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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
4
A collage of quirky items and social quips. A farmer’s odd posthumous request is recounted alongside pale health and influenza jokes. Snippets from London Punch and Daily Thought comment on romance and friendship, with a brief stage note on a forthcoming play and reflections by Disraeli.
An article extols a gentle courteous bearing as vital to business success. It argues first impressions reveal character and that rude behavior repels customers, while polite service invites patronage. Also promotes home herbal diagnoses and warns against small print harming children's sight with retinal images too close to text.
An advertisement touts Spohn's Diutemper Compound as a cure all for horses and dogs, claims to prevent contagious diseases, worm removal, and improved appetite. It asserts safety for humans, cites over 1,000,000 bottles sold last year, and seeks wholesale druggists and local agents. A separate Alps sound study notes inaudible noises on quiet days.
A fragmented OCR summary covers health claims about sunflowers lowering temperature and repelling malaria in Missouri Arkansas and Texas, notes on music attracting mosquitoes, Twins Opposite in Character, and assorted quotations from Harper's Weekly Life and Kansas City Journal. The text threads through advertising self promotion and old sayings with scattered references to Vasilee Rich and political cash influence.
The article advises sticking to one swine breed for profitable breeding, detailing costs, litter sizes, and selection strategies, with notes on pedigrees. It then shifts to dramatic anecdotes about manuscript recoveries including Magna Charta pages, Montaigne’s journal, Milton’s commonplace book, and Tennyson’s In Memoriam, all from The Sunday Magazine.
In Ray P Spher’s discussion from Minnesota College of Agriculture the value of purchasing a single good pure bred bull is emphasized for herd improvement. A state fair example shows a cow sired by an outstanding bull surpassing one by a high priced rival, illustrating practical, economical herd progression for farmers with limited capital.
A fragment discusses methods claimed to stimulate egg production and notes longer term effects on the birds. It references feeding practices and the wear off of immediate results, suggesting potential changes in body condition.
In South America snake pest control uses a harmless “beneficient” mussurana to kill poisonous vipers. The four foot long snake, immune to venom, lures and bites the venomous foe at the base of the brain. Also notes Allen's Foot Eyp and ancient Indian treasure recovery near Rampal.
A Kansas man reports a Spain tomb inscription praising John Cabeca, a Spanish king’s precentor, with a humorous line about angels and calves. The piece sits amid noisy political quips from the Kansas City Star and satirical notices from McCall’s Magazine on household duties and ignorant cooks.
An elderly, poorly dressed lawyerly man misreads a bus route in Paris and boards a wrong bus. He exits, leaving a yellow sealed envelope full of advertisements for a new restaurant. passengers speculate the papers might hold notes or bonds.
The National Gallery’s Lawrence portrait, long buried in cellar grime, has been restored and re hung in the vestibule. A second life sized portrait of Mrs Francis Robertson, mother of the historian, was also presented in 1837. Charles Holroyd and restorer Mr Buttery oversaw the process, returning the work to its original brilliance.
A clipped collection of quotes on equality and human rights cites Theodore Parker affirming women’s inalienable rights, with Thoreau’s forest imagery and Lowell sailor wit. The brief reads as a humanist collage ending with a joking marital exchange about a typewriter.
Two tiny coffins unearthed in Peterborough monastic burial ground are placed in the cathedral. Local lore labels them as the twin children of King Canute drowned near Whittlesey Mere while traveling to Peterborough Abbey. Also noted is an early sewing machine concept from 1755 by Charles W. Withal featuring a dual-point needle passing through fabric.
The article notes how language absorbs famous names turning them into words and phrases. Wellington signals boot. Brougham a carriage. Gladstone a travel bag. Burke yields burke and burking. Boycott gives boycott term and roles. Bowdler coines bowdlerize and bowlderism through Shakespeare edition of 1881.
An odd blend of old advertisements and anecdotes appears. Murine Eye Rew promises gentle relief for watery eyes and irritation. A NY theater memory recalls a child’s quiet behavior during a weekly-changing bill and a father’s joke at dinner. Historical weights of officers at West Point in 1793 are cited. A note on silver bullion demand for photography mentions five tons monthly. A cautionary tale shows Susie asking questions to learn.
A muddled memory piece references a piano tune played by Miss What's-Her Name. The excerpt mentions the bottom of the piano and a lam-tum-tumty-tom rhythm, with a distant judge's remark. The readable text is brief and unclear.
An old maxim about republic foundations appears in a fragmentary article discussing political theory. The piece hints at foundational principles and the enduring relevance of republican ideals in governance. It mentions names and places implicitly tied to debates on liberty and civic duties.
The article notes the original words of Yankee Doodle are unimpressive, with 15 stanzas on a single 1820s sheet in the British Museum. It mentions the sheet was printed around 1820 and sold by L. Denning in Boston, and cites Fitzgeralds Stories of Famous Songs praising the melody’s global fame.
Experiments show alfalfa planted on the south and southwest around homes reduces daytime temperatures by up to fifteen degrees. A persistent cool breath is reported from the alfalfa field. The article cites division in temperature between south and north sides of large alfalfa fields. It also notes New York records over three thousand five hundred accidental deaths annually.
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