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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
1
The State Board of Health notes rising flu cases linked to holiday gatherings. It warns avoid crowds, bans dances during epidemics, and urges carriers to isolate two to three weeks. Recovered patients should wear masks and all utensils must be boiled for ten minutes to prevent spread.
Sergeant Sidney A Burnet, recently discharged after twenty one months service with the 46th Engineers, arrived home from overseas. He was met in Pendleton by his parents Mr and Mrs Barnes and a gathering at the Barnes residence included Mrs F B Boyd of Athena. He spent six weeks on the front near the Paul sector, with detachments of twenty men, before returning to the U S S for discharge. He brings home souvenirs including bombs from various seas. All at home report him in good health and eager to be with his family.
Fragmented OCR describes early war days with British troops near Boulogne and Dunkirk, a Belgian French crowd, and a disrupted London Daily Mail parcel distribution seized for battlefield use as soldiers repurpose newspapers for trenches and shells.
The Oregon legislature’s second week focused on highway plans and state bureau consolidation. Bills to merge agencies into departments were faulted by some but backed by others. Tax-funded road programs loom with roughly 10 million bond plans, financed by motor tax and gas levies. Budget cuts trimmed about 2.4 million, with further reductions expected to meet the per cent cap, impacting the industrial accident commission and the normal school system.
Fragmented dispatches show Mrs Josephus Danitel, wife of the Navy secretary, in uncertain scenes with military uniforms and local governance chatter. Budget notes reveal millage tax shifts and a 16,000 dollar forestry board hit while the Institution for the Feeble Minded reports 12,200 of 246,700 appropriation, plus dairy investigation moves, court procedure reforms, and tax law proposals amid legislative turmoil.
The document argues increased U S food exports to Europe to sustain democracy amid war, detailing projected tonnages, shortages, and global supply shifts. It cites past deliveries of 11.82 million bushels and outlines plans to export hundreds of millions of tons to meet wartime needs while managing shortages in pork, dairy, and proteins.
Captain Fred A Litallen of Portland, son of J Lievillen and Myrtle Hawke, writes from the war front about service with the 47th Infantry, 4th Division. He recounts exposure to shell fire at the Argonne, mustard gas exposure, injuries, hospital journeys, and the care received, noting a long hospitalization and relief at returning home.
My dear Mother I received your letter of November and another one Alea with papers The smoker came in handy we have been getting glory down Bull We pass Christ mas near the Rhine at a small town named Welsorethirm We are near the Rhine now in town by the viument Hohe About mix kilo meters from Coblenz Four of our boys are billeted with families here The old man is a tobacco manufacturer and for New Yorks he sent a beer as a present though I do not know if I will get a chance to the Itt when I return People here have been uniog us 1 00 far but we have them by the teck and it stands them I hand to top the mark Everything here is high priced thing cout from ten to forty timun as ach wm they did in pone time We have not got our Christmas packages yet but we will get them some time We have been quite looking not buen bothered with the fla 4 of the l ine funny Cupid’s derce wo ceny manly Bontts when needed on the fun tine Wait I’m hard telling when it will get back but I hope it won’t be long before we may get home and see mother again The army chuck is worse here than it was on the front for we sure had plenty when we were on the front Well I guess will have foe thin mean the old lady here has brought us some potato hot cakes no we will tackle them toot eweet Gorn Ed Sabusky HU BoA Bat D
A fragmented wartime letter describes Dick Winship with a broken leg and hospital stay. The writer mentions meals, gifts from the Hed Crow and Y groups, cigars, socks, and candy, noting sparse details and a rough tone.
Central Loyalty Committee of Unatia County reports local residents contributed to war relief efforts. Names like Witlom Swath, J B Hoon, Herman Betinks, and Pred Meihot pledged funds and bonds to Salvation Army Armenian relief and Armupfie-Byrian causes. The committee notes pride in patriotic support and urges continued loyalty.
The Umetilix County Good Roads Association discusses issuing up to 81,000,000 in road bonds for county highways. The proposal, approved by appointees, aims to fund highway completion with interest not exceeding a set cap. Governor Withyeunbw supports the plan while local farmers and residents attend the Saturday meeting.
A funeral service was conducted by Pratt for James Framont Sapha von, born September 12, 1801, in Wisconsin. He moved from Nebraska to California and then to Umwe County where he resided. He passed away after a long illness in California.
Everett Serbia is listed as bore for Cambs Gughary Taylor Kentucky on Torlowgh with expiration February 8. A son returns home after his father’s death. The obituary notes a Sunday morning passing and mentions Exton Fen California, with a sequence of unreadable names and locations.
Primary notes list October flu drive and emergency fund details. Mentions names and places in terse, fragmented OCR style with references to Freewater Milton and Ted Green finale. Reads like a community financial appeal with missing context and unclear figures.
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