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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
2
The piece cites Prohibition Commissioner Haynes on twelve points showing the law’s benefits. It notes liquor withdrawals up to 60 percent and imports down to one-half of one percent, with drinkers declining from 29 million to 2.5 million and two billion saved on the nation’s drink bill.
A quixotic mix of wartime chatter and politics appears, noting English withdrawal and Irish governance debates, plus seismic California whispers. The piece highlights a Jersey cow from Spokane that yielded 16 111 pounds of milk and 676 pounds of butter fat in 865 days, weighing 960 pounds and producing well over its weight in butter.
The four power naval limitation pact nears completion in Washington. It promises world peace by reducing naval tensions between the United States and Japan, while facing Senate opposition led by La Follette Read and Borah. The piece discusses partisan and racial tensions influencing ratification and policy.
A fragment discusses the origin of the phrase apple pie order from New England, noting housewives once finished baking on Saturdays and lined baked goods on the shelf. The piece then presents a sheriffs sale notice in Umatilla County Oregon describing debts, property to be sold, and sale details with dates and items.
In the County Court of Oregon Umatilla Estate of Edith J. Raymond Devens Marguerite E. Raymond administrator seeks license to sell southeast quarter section 22 and southwest quarter section 23 town 5 north range 34 east for estate purposes Hearing set for February 20 1922 at 10 a m in Pendleton and notices to heirs to appear Certified copies to be published in Athena weekly newspaper under the seal of the court RT Brown County Clerk and Seal attested January 3 1922
An inventory action begins today in which all goods charged will be due in 30 days. A 5 percent discount or surcharge applies depending on payment timing, with terms tied to monthly cutoff. Watts and Rogers announce the policy updates.
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