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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
5
A collage of quotations and asides from the Chicago Tribune style feature strips reference Wolsey Henry VIII and a ball player in a humorous closings piece. The text mashes misheard words and dated slang with playful asides about newspaper coverage and memory.
At the Authors Club in London during a Christmas dinner Sir Arthur Conan Doyle told a joke about Americans and Christmas stockings. A man without stockings hung up his trousers and said he had likely received a wan because his pants were gone.
Cne for Old Tin describes how tin from cans is repurposed into trunks and utensils after cutting and smoothing. It notes concerns about removing tin coatings from tins and scrap, and mentions South of France stations where women signal daily trains while men work vineyards and wives wave flags.
Day after day there is weakness and fatigue with no refreshment from sleep or food. The ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla vitalizes the blood and restores vigor to the organs and functions. Available in usual liquid form or Sareatabs, 100 doses for $1.
A humorous exchange unfolds between a physician and his wife over the term counterpane and a puzzle about a crazy quilt. Uncle Alien riffs on Senator La Folletta and the moneyed Mrs Hetty Green as part of a playful misdirection.
Fragmentary collage including product advert claims for Castoria, a student exchange with references to a river and German name, and miscellaneous jokes and quotes from various publications. Content lacks a coherent event or news angle suitable for a standard article summary.
Moscow reports strong interest in growing grasses and clovers as soil restorers for new settlers in northern Idaho. An experimental sowing on ten acres mixed Alsike clover timothy meadow fescue alfalfa with careful seed rates shows promising stands by late fall, with two cuttings of wild oats helping weed out competition.
Washington State College Professor J T Ashlock explains a year of inquiries answered by classifying fruit varieties by region. Western Washington Inland Valleys and Upland Valleys lists apples pears cherries peaches apricots plums raspberries gooseberries currants strawberries and nuts with early to late varieties. A sixty five variety apple comparison to ten Washington farms gathers data on regional performance.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes a college play performance with John receiving a leading role despite remarks on his enunciation being poor. The satire extends to college life as Mrs Hardapple and others comment on his writing letters for money and the overall Greek play setting.
A dialogue highlights class tensions as a mistress objectes to shabby visitors while Norah defends the policeman as a plain doer of duty. Snatches include a quarrel about money and a teasing remark about weather and misheard names.
Letters from S Davis of Galena Missouri Connell Bluffs Iowa and Brayoy Ads Mich commend Peruna for health gains after long illnesses. Testimonies claim relief from catarrh stomach trouble and general debility following use of multiple bottles. Manufactured by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio.
Terrifying thunder storms in South Africa are said to trigger ironstone bed fires as lightning strikes nearby. A Pettiness joke follows with a quip about forgetful wives quoted from the Philadelphia Press.
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