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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
4
Spot cash offered for eggs poultry hogs veal and other farm commodities. Bargains on butter, live stock, wax, and assorted farm products. Located at 107 Front St Portland with prompt payment and steady prices.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast stomach remedy claiming relief from indigestion heartburn and related symptoms within five minutes. It also mentions dangers of tobacco driving and cites a London postal tube project and pension statistics for 1912.
An advertisement hawks Knowlton s Danderine claiming to remove dandruff stop hair loss and itchiness while promising lustrous hair after a 25 cent bottle. It appeals to women and includes a humorous exchange about voting and house duties in the same clipped page.
From the St Paul Dispatch a notice explains Murine eye remedies for a special case. It claims the product helps weak eyes and promotes a small change to the hand to ease eye irritation.
Mr Lane called again this morning and the new office boy Stuart entered. Edward reports Lane asked when you’d be back, Stuart says after lunch, praising the boy and noting the trip to Europe.
A garbled note from an Ohio area exchange hints at experimental crops near Wooster. It claims yields are about twice the usual grain output per acre, suggesting a future where people may tolerate significant flattery as truth emerges.
A fragmented ad claims a remedy to tackle catarrh during winter. The text references a nonfunctional health product, unclear endorsements, and mystic guidance about safety and relief, but contains numerous garbled phrases and stray numbers. The readable portions indicate marketing copy for a medical remedy with vague assurances.
A curious experiment describes a toy made with a bar magnet, braided tinsel, and binding posts. By attaching the magnet to a stand and looping a slack braid between posts, a double throw switch allows the tinsel to wrap and unwind as cells power the circuit, creating an amusing mechanism.
The text explains guiding current in one direction around a magnetic bar and using a paper or linen tape wrap to prevent short circuits. It discusses the bar’s behavior with respect to current direction and mentions uncoiling and recoiling steel as part of the mechanism.
A vintage collection of kitchen notes details chili sauce and red chile sauce methods, chicken with almond sauce, and a turkey dressing variant. It includes step by step prep, boiling, browning, and stuffing techniques, plus beet cups with cucumber French dressing and date pastries.
A collage of early 20th century items begins with an advert for California Syrup of Figs promising relief for children’s bowels and a flat praise of its gentle laxative effects. It shifts to a humorous anecdote about an author seeking money, then a brief “Shake Into Your Shoes” promotion for a foot powder. The page also references poets Virgil and Shelley and mentions Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills and a Baltimore American note on rubber industry protection.
Lord Rosebery told grammar school boys that manners have enormous commercial value and should be cultivated not for status but as a personal asset. The New York World counters that manners rarely affect business success in major centers and notes captains of industry are not captains of courtesy. polite books are of limited practical value for youths pursuing wealth.
A detachable line ring for fishing rods has been introduced in England. If the agate or porcelain ring part breaks it can be replaced with a complete ring, enabling quick repair and extended use of the fixture.
Instructions describe inserting a knife into the ring holder catch, lifting the hinged top, replacing the center, and closing the top until the catch clicks to detach the line rings. The steps outline a manual method to modify the ring assembly.
Instructions describe a playground activity "Fanning the Feather" where two groups divide and use folded newspaper fans to blow a feather across a room string. Points are scored if the feather crosses to the opponent side or falls, with hands only allowed after it lands.
The excerpt describes Tommy failing to follow set hours and a father’s disapproval of his report. A mother reflects on the old adage children should be seen and not heard while she asks her children what they would do next, with remarks hinting at a moral lesson about conduct.
A historic recipe describes preparing a laminated oyster pie. It instructs layering cracker crumbs with oysters and butter in a greased dish, seasoning with pepper and salt, and finishing with a top layer of oysters. Pour oyster liquor and beaten milk with egg over the mixture, bake in a moderate oven for about forty five minutes. Delicious.
A vintage recipe describes economical parsley jelly and a jelly bag method. It then details a sweet milk based confection with agar, rose geranium, lard and sugar, capped by ammonia carbonate and lemon, with step by step preparation and a note to obtain ammonia and lemon from a druggist.
A terse note describes a batter method with two eggs and butter, a tang of sugar, and a dash of baking powder. The instruction mentions rubbing butter and mixing, then rolling on battered paper and a ten minute approach, suggesting a simple roll dessert process.
A quirky tip notes beat eggs to pale stage then fold in a pinch of tartar to keep eggs from breaking apart. The line uses old fashioned phrasing and playful vowels, reflecting a bygone kitchen lore.
No matter how bad your liver stomach or bowels are you may find relief with Cascarets. They cleanse regulate and remove foul gases by morning. Acent box from your druggist keeps bowels clean and stomach sweet for months. They work while you sleep. If prisoners worked as hard for dollars when they had a chance as they afterwards work for pardons the jails would be empty.
Ithaca correspondent reports Dr Andrew D White first president of Cornell and former ambassador to Germany and Hussia observed his eighty first birthday at his home on 4 East Avenue Cornell campus He is said to be in splendid health and walks briskly on campus and downtown He spends winters in a warmer climate and stays active in retirement.
A garbled excerpt recounts a drunk grape presser in a winery, a total abstainer blamed for his condition, and a brief police confrontation before recovery. It then shifts to a nonsensical exchange about apples, mentioning Aunt Bobby and Ip pombr.
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