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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1926
Page
2
A collage of items notes leadership of Lee Moorhouse in Pendleton and artistically linked Indian photography. reflects on national business quirks about collars and a Hartford laundry. Includes Farm News critique of market prices, Oregon political shifts, Weston pioneers reunion, and fashion notes on Misses skirts.
A New York jury finds a man guilty of deception after a brief trial. The article mentions Salem Oregon nearing a Native name Chemeketa and credits W. H. Willson with a 1846 name proposal from a Methodist mission. It also notes Irving Berlin drawing inspiration for a new song about storks.
An East Oregonian quips about Portland's Burnside bridge missing a cover and imagines how residents would cope if rain falls. The lighthearted remark plays on weather and urban infrastructure.
Fragmentary OCR mentions "The bread that bringeth strength" and "water pure" with a 1924 date and a union reference. The legible parts evoke a religious or charitable motto and a brief union context, but concrete event details are missing.
The text describes curry sauce with butter onions curry powder and clear soup served with tomato, plus a method for stuffed olives in aspic using green olives, aspic jelly and red pepper garnish. It also details green butter with parsley shallot capers and optional anchovy, stuffed prunes with cheese or fondant, spiced fondant rolls, and raisin macaroons made with egg whites sugar vanilla and chopped nuts.
Two petty sailors tried to buy cheap beer from a German man causing a furor at the Hamburg ship in Los Angeles harbor. The German embassy in Washington reports the vessel master informed the state department and renewed protests over federal prohibition agents boardings claiming violation of immunity for foreign warships in friendly ports.
The Walker cup, premier amateur team trophy, will stay in the United States for two more years after American stars defeated Britain at St. Andrews Scotland to retain the title.
Seattle obituary notes Colonel Watson C. Squire 88 former governor of Washington Territory from 1884 to 1889 and among the first U S senators from the state. In Washington D C a Senate resolution seeks all official details on British rubber concessions purchase in Panama.
Beginning February 1 1927 payments of 550.00 due annually through February 1 1934 with 5 percent interest per year. Bids received at Watts Prestleye law office Athena Oregon until 10:00 AM July 8 1926. property sold to highest bidder. Dated June 4 1924. J W Bell and Catherine Bell administrators with the will annexed of the estate of John Bell deceased.
Administrators Nellie Taylor Sheldon and D Taylor file final account in Umatilla County Oregon and set July 10 1926 at 10 AM in Pendleton County Court for hearing objections and settlement. I Keater attorney for administrators Pendleton Oregon.
Legal voters in School District No 29 Oregon are called to the annual school meeting at the school house on the third Monday of June at 2 09 p m to elect one director and a clerk plus usual business. Dated June 8 192? B Richards chairman. Ernest A Zerba district clerk Attest.
A column listing various sale items and services including second hand fruit jars in half gallon and quart sizes, large stone jars of 10 and 20 gallons, a small phonograph and oil stove, mutual fabric goods and dresses through Mrs. V A Gholson, messenger service by Bobbie Lee, and beauty services by Miss Chappele Weston Oregon and Miss May Lanning. A piano offers quick sale with easy terms of ten dollars monthly via Pendleton Music House.
An Irish driver taunts an American passenger by claiming the ranges he sees are the highest in the world, insisting in humorous, emphatic phrases that the mountains are the tallest, aside from “those faraway parts.” The exchange twists language and dialect into a playful boast during a roadside ride.
In the Matter of the Estate of John Bell deceased J W Bell and Catherine Bell administrators will sell to the highest bidder for cash all of John Bell’s right title and interest in SE Sec 33 and SW Sec 34 Ty 6 N BR 34 EWM Umatilla County Oregon. The estate owes a mortgage of 18500 to The Prudential Insurance Company dated January 19 1924 payable within ten years in annual installments.
An elderly cleric, unclear in enunciation, urged children to be optimistic after a parents’ delegation accused him of telling them to be up to mischief. He checked his notes and found the message actually promoted optimism, not mischief.
The article notes Michigan adopted a state constitution and elected officials. Congress accepted the constitution without readoption, the delegate seated without reelection, and state officials served post admission on January 24, 1887. From November 1915 to admission Michigan was effectively a state though not technically in the Union.
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