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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
1
A townwide plea notes the annual grocery dilemma of choosing nourishing palatable foods while meeting evolving government food rules. The article promises a carefully selected line of staple and fancy groceries and offers prompt telephone order service.
A wartime letter from Roy G Zeeba of the 11th Tank Center describes life in France in June 1918. He praises French hospitality and morale, notes driving a tank, visiting Paris, and learning to converse with gestures. He invites Athens friends to join Fighting Tanks and promises letters in return.
A wartime letter from June 24, 1918 describes billeting in a large city with cobblestone streets and old fashioned architecture. The narrator notes vineyards on hills, ruins and stone walls, a Fairfield river valley, and gas fears while awaiting orders. He mentions friends George Winship and Harry Keller, telephone work between cities, and watching Americans swim and fish the river as gas concerns persist.
Dear Mother I will drop a line this evening to tell you Sam is alive and well in the French village where we drill daily. James Sturgis 41st Lieutenant is here guiding us and he gives good advice. I have not heard from Russell. please ask him to write.
A Wide World correspondent describes a vast salt lake on York Peninsula in South Australia. In winter the lake fills with saltwater, then summer sun vaporizes it to leave a hard salt crust. Men harvest, rake, and cart the salt to coastal refineries amid intense heat and dazzling glare, yielding several thousand tons from a several square mile terrain regarded as valuable property.
A curious natural phenomenon explains how cedar trees crack and split even the hardest rocks. Over long periods, roots grow through soil and rock, expanding as sap flows, forcing cracks wider. Time favors the tree, turning tough stone into pieces as roots press downward and outward.
A Farm and Fireside columnist discusses child privacy and the value of having separate rooms. She argues privacy supports happy development, noting families with private spaces reduced bickering and improved harmony.
A fragment discusses remarks by Senator Overman and Senator Reed about President Wilson facing criticism. It mentions a misquoted biblical passage from Exodus and a misrendered scene of Aaron and Hur supporting Moses, amid references to Congress proceedings and wartime context.
Alfred E. Franz of the LaBrache place near the city was shot by a New York Central Railroad detective near Erie Pennsylvania on a Saturday and died Sunday night. The incident occurred at Four Mile as McCollum and others confronted him. Franz was taken to the hospital where a relapse led to death. Relatives describe he had nothing to do with McCollum or his friends. an inquest was scheduled in Erie.
The East Oregonian notes a National Defense Council report to the Umatilla County Patriotic League stating nurse reserves are exhausted and 25,000 student nurses are needed for American hospitals. Women aged 18 to 45 must be educated, healthy, and willing to enroll in the United States Student Nurse Reserve. Enrollment starts soon with multiple service options and readiness through April 1, 1917. Further details via the Women's Committee, National Defence, Washington.
In Spokane and Pendleton area reports describe a harsh dry spell prompting double shifts and continuous operation of machines. A.A. Faia installs a pumping plant to supply irrigation water, while workers facing Camp Lewis draft exemptions are left to labor on site amid hot conditions and mounting demand.
The Athena committee for Adop tion of Fatherlean Children in France seeks funding to place a French orphan in a Athene home. Ten cents daily, three dollars monthly, or sixty cents yearly pledges help, with donor names given after eight years. The Athena Girls' Honor Guard has pledged for one year.
A series of suspicious fires in Lavi and surrounding areas destroyed several barns and livestock. Notably the Pine ervol barn burned last fall with many horses and hay consumed. A large Walter Manting barn near Adams burned Monday, with authorities suspecting arson. A white hat suspect linked to war time folklore fled. county officers pursued him but he fled. The pattern includes other farm structures and livestock losses, with Dr. Baddeley aiming to save the remaining animals.
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