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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
3
Pendleton residents and visitors appear in a crowded column of town news. Wares, weddings, and theater ads mix with farm sales, church notices, and a county court agenda. Names like Morrison, Kilgore, Swaggart, and Be nne appear amid a flurry of social and business items.
Umatilla County Caledonian Society plans for a May city province include committee appointments and business translations at a February 8 meeting at B. B. Richards office. A full member turnout is urged by the president. A tale of a falcon’s recovery follows with an owner proving ownership via recognition of his hawk after a sea voyage.
An analysis of Roman legions valued for selection, discipline, and adoption of foreign innovations. Caesar’s leadership forged extraordinary devotion, aligning troops with public valor rather than private gain, as noted by Plutarch and Howard Jones in Engineering Magazine.
Peggie Newton, a long time servant, complains as wages fall behind. Her mistress offers a worn cloak as partial payment. Peg refuses, saying she won't be treated as a peg for castoff clothes.
A report describes the Goliath beetle found along Africa s Konge river reaching about six inches, with large wings. It compares this to the giant elephant bee of Venezuela weighing nearly a pound with wings rivaling a mallard s. Both insects are noted as rare.
A rural justice fines a motorist forty dollars for driving at forty miles per hour on a reserve of two dollars. The motorist protests with limited funds, and the judge demands the payment, highlighting the driver's lack of cash. The anecdote is reported in the Kansas City Journal style.
A garbled excerpt recalls a glutton declaring he lives to eat, then admits he eats to take medicine. The Kansas City Journal frame references contentment as satisfaction in work and courage, with Thoreau’s sentiment echoed by Mae.
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