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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1927
Page
3
This piece warns against fake real estate raffles used to trap investors. It outlines high pressure sales tactics, misleading prizes, and hidden costs. Readers are urged to consult a banker or the Better Business Bureau before investing, noting that winners lose money in fake raffles.
The Standard Theatre offers a weekend slate with Ken Maynard in The Overland Stage tomorrow night. Sunday features a double bill including The Frontiersman with Tim McCoy and a University of Oregon Orchestra dance at Legion Hall in Athena on Monday, part of a summer tour.
Vernon Miller and Miss Edna Chipman of Houston Oregon were married in Vancouver Washington on June 14. They traveled to Eastern Oregon for a wedding trip and will reside in Portland. Vernon works on a river steamboat and the couple are visiting Athena this week from Portland.
An OCR fragment notes a 19th century claim for a laxative candy named like a cure for Constitution issues. The brief mentions pharmacists or druggists responding to the claim, implying a public warning about dubious medical benefits and consumer safeguards.
Ex perts at the New York conference of the Association for the Proper Housing of Girls say a working girl in New York requires about $14 weekly for room and board excluding clothes. Dr. Benjamin R. Andrews reports budgets from 100 girls show average weekly food spending of $8.50 to $9 and that luncheon costs range from 25 to 50 cents depending on eating arrangements.
The estimate notes a daily per capita cost of 33 cents for living and an overall daily food expense under 50 cents, outlining a compact budget scenario.
Miss Edna Flanagan county health nurse reports forty three cases on active file last month. Seventeen were dismissed to hospitals families and institutions and 26 remain. Two children were discharged from Doernbecher hospital. Total duty hours were 260 and travel exceeded 5000 miles. Three cases were sent to hospital one to Salem tuberculosis sanatorium and one to Corvallis temperance farm home. Follow up work among school children was the main objective with several dental corrections and seven corrections on noses and throats.
Two Black boys struggle with a heavy motor coach tire. A bystander bets a quarter on guessing its weight. The first boy guesses 35 pounds, and the other jokes that inflating the tire with 70 pounds of air proves ignorance.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules against Sunday baseball, preserving the 1794 blue law and enforcing restrictions on recreational activities in Pennsylvania.
Charter No 4516 Reserve District 12 presents the June 30 1927 condition of the First National Bank of Athena Oregon. Assets include loans securities and cash items with totals and liabilities listing capital, surplus, deposits and notes. The bank cashier F S LeGrow swore the details true on July 7 1927 before a notary.
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