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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
4
A civic meditation on living rightly amid politics and creed. The speaker laments pressures to expedience for daily bread and asks if duty still calls the bold to stand for Right, despite sacrifice.
Gertrude Woodford faces romance with Stephen Garst amid family tensions at Plum Cove. A yacht trip with Jack Clifford ends in disaster as a squall strikes the Widgeon, throwing passengers into a perilous sea.
Mrs Armitage cries out Stephen Save me as Garet remains unaware. Gis aunt comforts the girl while Gertrude clings to the tiller. The Widgeon reels in the squall with sails flapping before safely docking at the wharf. Gertrude is comforted by Jack, who loses his nerve in the wind.
A report discusses the historic abolition of suttee in Hindostan, noting that no widow has burned on a funeral pyre for generations. It cites British reform and Indian customs, with cautious skepticism about a recent suttee tale tied to a Parsees widow.
A district judge named John R Thomas visits a town lacking a hotel. A grocery-store lounger tells of a prior case in Muskogee where Thomas sentenced a liquor seller to sixty days in jail but allegedly never paid the $100 fine. The tale centers on the judge’s unpaid reputation.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt notes Mrs McCall’s eccentricities and her habit of replying that her gown or bonnet cost her husband whatever the price may be. The passage adds a aside about a swoonage man attributing success to his own judgment and ignoring others’ advice.
A brown paper sheet made into a magnet to attract slender paper strips, illustrating electomagnetic effects. The narrative follows Norman and Ralph Preston at school with a tale of apron-string boy insults and a teacher’s corrective restraint, ending with Norman learning gratitude from Ralph.
An inmate in a sanatorium discusses a method to conserve energy by using only one eye. He argues blinking wastes energy and tissue, claiming daily and yearly energy savings would be substantial, and that using a single eye could hasten a cure by several hours.
A fragmentary report notes Fortune appears to have knocked at his door while he endures remarks labeling him a bore. The text mentions Adispbia Press and a population claim about Asia and Europe with unclear context.
Former Treasury Secretary Frank A. Vanderlip argues in a recent address that large corporations should establish pension funds for old employees. He cites industrial changes over 25 years, the rise of an industrial army, and the need to retain experienced workers while balancing costs and productivity. He notes the US and other powers pension civil servants and that many corporations already adopt such plans, seeing pensions as a prudent business practice and a tool to reduce layoffs and encourage promotion.
The piece mocks American voices as travelers tour England and the Con vent. A New York Times jab notes shrill tones during a waterfall visit and a guide’s quip about distance. It also reflects on how new towns attract active church workers and the social judgments on newcomers.
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