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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
2
The poem describes a mythical city in the Kingdom of Clouds hidden behind an azure curtain. Temples, golden turrets, sapphire seas, luminous beaches, luminous foam, bridges, lighthouses, hanging gardens, rainbow pavilions, and banners set a fantastical scene. As the sunset fades the vision dims and the city vanishes into twilight.
Penelope Chalmers, companions and secretary to Mrs Seton Hall, draws admiration from Bob Waldersen as three girls Majorie Wake Banice Adair and Anice Hart are hosted at Dream Vale. Penelope, pressed into service, faces marriage proposals and a shift in status as Waldersen declares he will marry Penelope rather than wait on others.
An extended historic note on dinosaurs, their size, habitats, and extinction theories. It discusses carnivorous and herbivorous species, the possible causes of collapse, including new predators, and references early scientific ideas including Cope. A tangential NY business fraud anecdote follows, noting dual signatures as a security measure.
Toledo Blade notes a quarrel over a cashier’s engagement and a director’s concern about waste. The exchange hints at trust in routine profits and fear of eroding principal as city readers react to domestic financial worries.
A collage of antiquated verse and prose fragments includes Mackay’s The Spanish Cavalier, a World War era ballad, editorials on water power and rivers, and notes on the old Bloomington road, highlighting England’s miller, a soldier, and Missouri’s historic highway.
Mrs nurich visits a jewelry shop to view newly arrived souvenir spoons. The clerk presents a tray and she admires them, exclaiming they are lovely and that she must have some, praising the maker’s craft. The piece ends with a local aside on agreeing with others to ease disputes.
The article surveys luminous Berlin street signs, vast American payrolls, New York land values, and global curiosities. It notes Columbia University tallies and new fundraising, calcium carbide briquettes, Dr. William S. Bigelow’s Buddhism work, a Swedish counting machine tested by the Bank of England, and a seaside Russian sally off Tyne. It also touches fashion through eras, historical thermometers by Otto de Guericke, Poseidon Australian gold finds, and scattered local anecdotes.
A tabloid style roundup notes rapid feats and curiosities from around the world. It lists Soldiers of Berlin constructing a pontoon bridge across the Spree in forty minutes, a $2,400 storm door design, a $40,000 wireless plant at Newport with 1250 mile range, and varied notes on technology and culture from New Orleans coffins to rubber in India and a harbor lighthouse in Delaware Bay. The piece mixes sensational claims with brief anecdotes, including a joke about a municipal brewery in Berlin and a peculiar epitaph in Ponca City.
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