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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
2
Ghee Athena Bross ax Independent Newspaper published in Athena Oregon by B Boyd, publisher. The paper issues Friday editions with a standard office address at Third and Jefferson. Subscription rates are listed for Mitch.
A colonial era note extols greenheart, a near indestructible tropical wood from Trinidad and British Guiana. It resists marine decay, ideal for ships and docks, and reportedly survives submerged for long periods. The piece cites alkaloids and tylopes as contributing factors and describes the tree’s age, height, and timber density.
Report describes Kerna people wearing enormous cotton hats with nine foot crowns and padded strings to stay aloft. Hats protect wearers from sun and rain, featuring bamboo frames, ducklike water shedding, and decorative elements like red hare bait, peacock feathers, porcelain bulbs, and unique bulb ornaments along the sides.
A Saturday Review excerpt lampoons the cuckoo as a murderer from birth, contrasting its deceit with other birds like jackdaws and sparrows. The dialogue recalls a London Post line about a man unable to hear or wed, noting social consequences and mistaken departures.
A winter scene portrays Dr Keate grading harsh lessons at Ete. A boy endures a stern rebuke, the crowd murmurs, and a spark of pride flickers as the master recalls long duties and quiet honors amid a harsh schoolyard test.
The text fragments describe a distant figure riding to death aboard a ship named Datiledeld of Bobracn and echo a phrase attributed to Kemte about a futile voyage. The garbled lines hint at a maritime journey connected to England and include a reminiscence element by Keppler in Atlantio.
A fragmented tale recounts Coleridge altering his name after a love scandal and a badge tale ending in retirement following a sentry’s dramatic quotation correction. The piece also notes Bavarian distance signs mislead pedestrians by promising time rather than distance and includes a quip about Australian painter Ambrose Cattarson seeking a suitable minstrel for work.
A quirky 19th century style note explains how to light a cigarette by using a spark plug as a makeshift torch on a lonely road. It details dipping waste into the plug head, igniting it, and cautions about size and handling. The piece also includes a marginal critique of prison sentences and capital punishment.
The text outlines a non absolute Japanese government with a parliament behind the mikado. It describes the house of peers influencing governance and mentions the nobles and vested interests. The passage reflects a distant, fragmented historical newspaper snippet with garbled OCR.
A compact reflection on work ethic and risk, urging reliance on effort and the law of compensation rather than luck. It warns against waiting for chance to favor you, noting many never prosper without steady toil and prudent judgment.
In a peculiar round at Blacktill Golf Course, a quiet, shy man without clubs surprised a confident opponent by using any old club and a rudimentary approach. The amateur, deliberately underplaying, allowed his rival to win a hole while displaying unusual eagerness for the game.
A damaged clipping presents a terse cartoon caption with meta commentary on the human race and a playful exchange. It mentions cautions in a lower story and includes garbled names such as Cartyle and Koulavidle Counterdoarnat, suggesting a satirical panel from a newspaper page.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer account reflects on the tomb of R. L. Stevenson and a distant grave on an Polynesian island. It notes Stevenson living in 1887 on an island paradise, his seven years there, his epitaph engraved in 1805, and the natives tending the mountain town with flowers and reverence.
An extract describes Troglodytes in a hidden Tripoli region near Ghaelan. Miss Ethel Braun recounts underground dwellings, dim surface access, and a prison scene where Italian inmates and European hairpins drew curiosity.
A popular pianist in the Attic village helped avert a concert fiasco by improvising on stage when the planned plan failed. Afterward the performer teased the piano neglect, claiming to have scrubbed every part himself that morning to repair it.
A servant admits a secret romance with a mistress and resists her suitor despite months of liaison. The mistress finally grasps that clandestine dating terms like candestine and elandeatine are synonyms, revealing the social tension behind their discreet relations.
Fragmentary quotes show a reflection on loving the forest through safe travel and observation of growth inhabitants while another note mentions a man returning home after a long night and an elderly amateur elocutionist wife saving her voice for an event tomorrow night in Cleveland.
The readable fragment mentions a discussion about whether a girl should marry before twenty one and references names like Cleveland Lender. The text is incomplete but suggests social expectations and a question of appropriate age for marriage.
Notice to creditors of Donald N. McDonald deceased and to all claimants that B A Dudley has been appointed executor. Creditors must present vouchers to Dudley at Athena Oregon or at attorney Wil M. Pavergon in Hendricks Oregon within six months from publication. Also notice that W S Fargeson has qualified as administrator of Lov ie Lianoache estate with claims to be presented at Athena Oregon or Homer J. Watts law office in Athena within the same period.
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