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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
2
The Athena Press lists publisher F B Boyd with publication every Friday. It notes office at Third and Jefferson Streets Athena Oregon and outlines subscription rates including one year 1.50 if prepaid or 2.00, six months 0.75, and three months.
Harper's Weekly reports on two degrees of cold burns from liquid air as shown by French investigator Pictet. Red skin turns blue later. swelling and slow healing mark the first burn, while more prolonged contact causes a malignant second degree wound. A drop of liquid air on Pictet's hand healed only after six months, compared with a heat scorch healing in ten to twelve days.
Mme Judith recounts Victor Hugo at a dinner with Alexandra Dumas where Hugo's remark on Alfred de Musset is quoted. The tale includes Hugo snapping and swallowing pieces of a whole orange and sugar, then sealing his mouth as a spectacle. The piece ends with a lurid note on French chefs and snipes.
The piece surveys historic English literary consuls from Jomox to Burton and Lever, noting prolific output and roles in Venice Trieste and beyond, then questions the existence of a famous current English literary consul.
A fragment from a humor page describes Minstrels dialogue about a baby swallowing a key and a recitation titled Ragtime. It includes quips about money, banks, poverty, and mockery of overconfidence, with snippets about tone and judged daughters.
Fragmented clippings recount naval fear and courage during early U S naval actions. Veteran accounts describe Admiral Schley, Farragut, and tense boardings, with reflections on leadership under fire and the impact on a young officer’s nerve. The excerpt also includes unrelated notices and a court summons from Oregon.
Geo K Decoher owner real property listed as title holder. P B Hawley seeks circuit court action to foreclose tax lien and obtain certificate. Defendants must appear within sixty days of final publication to defend or pay amounts due plus costs and interest or face a decree foreclosing the lien. The notice, issued May 1 1913, published July 4 1918, lists Frederick Steiner as district attorney and directs service to address in Oregon.
Notice in Oregon for P B Hawley to foreclose tax lien on land in Umatilla County. Defendants include George K Beesher and unknown owners. 120 acres described in section 19 township 6 north range 31 1/2 W M. First publication July 4, 1913. Creditors and executors named for Leo Thomas McBride estate and Guatavoe Cornoyor estate.
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