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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
3
A fragment from The Athena Press presents local notices, advertisements, and editorials. Items touch on politics, postal issues, stockyards decisions, railway blockades, agriculture notes, and church revival reports with commentary by D M Helmick pastor.
A London Cor New York Post extract argues there is no caste at Oxford or Cambridge as Duke’s son and cook’s son share alike in sports and studies. It recalls an old tale of gen tlemen commoners and cites a high master’s remark on admissions.
The passage discusses slips by notable French writers including La Revue Paris and Troplong. It cites entries on Homer nodding, Thiers’ blunders, and sayings by Barcey and Ugalde. Toussenel is noted for a sentence on English and Russian nations, touching on gendered descriptions and ethnographical tone.
A white rainbow occurs when fine rain and a strong sun coincide. Interference from small water droplets causes colors to overlap into white, like a woven texture. The effect is enhanced by fog and a sun near the horizon, though the trio of conditions is rare.
A tale recalls a famed sage answering a riddle about a bird hidden in a closed hand. The prisoner asks if the bird is alive or dead. the sage replies it is as you please, reflecting that life’s outcome rests with each person’s choice. The piece ends with a quirky Hungarian place name and quaint local headlines.
A dated miscellany describes rustic record keeping with wooden rovas for wine consumption, the burnt notches after payment, and peasant quips. It includes jokes, notices, legal reminders, and a final account filing from Pendleton Oregon in 1913 with names such as Jackson Nelson.
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