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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
4
A collage of aphorisms and household tips from a past era. Notes on fortune, moral quips, advice for housewives, tips on cleaning plaster, and practical cooking instructions for puddings, meringues, and fruit desserts alongside brief social vignettes and odd quotes.
A collection of old methods for restoring copper pans kettles china and metalware using boiling water sour or buttermilk for copper polishing garlic juice for china whiting and oil paste for metal covers and muslin bags. It also notes hinges door soap and straw in ovens to soften grease crusts and an old knife scrubbing tip.
Auburn New York Mrs Wiett Gint describes ten years of nervousness and organic pains followed by four months of the Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound which restored her health Another testimonial from St Cloud Minnesota notes extreme fatigue after overwork and worry and credits the same remedy for recovery Indirect references to a doctor’s daughter and a Minnesota resident are included.
Old Billy Fox teases the pursuing hounds then lures a wolf with a fat rooster. The fox slips away toward the wolf’s den while the wolves drowse, and the hounds follow the wolf’s trail, leaving the fox free to head home as mischief unfolds.
Eleanor Eastman and Wilbur McClellan face jealousy and social tension as Clara Wheeler, an outsider, schemingly distances them. After fiery exchanges and unintended misreads, Eleanor mysteriously plans a final message with a love verse. At the club dance Eleanor arrives with Wilbur, staged by Clara’s covert manipulation.
Mrs John Hays Hammond is described as a devoted partner who has accompanied her husband on global mining expeditions from the western mining camps to Mexico Central America South Africa and Russia. She is noted for writing a book on the couple’s experiences including the controversial death sentence she witnessed in South Africa as reported by Popular Magazine.
In a curious dialogue, a haughty saleswoman presses for payment while a woman explains her husband’s absence and growing indifference. The Catholic Standard and Times notes a rumor that he allows his wife all the money she desires, reflecting tensions over wealth.
A fable style tale shows Billy Fox trick a gluttonous Wolf by giving him a rooster then escaping the pursuing hounds. The Wolf suffers injuries but accepts the loss as Billy Fox croons that wit and cleverness enable the smaller creature to survive. The Fox reflects on using brains over brawn to outwit stronger foes.
A primary teacher notes a strong platonic friendship between Tommy and Mary. Tommy, bright but lazy, faces possible retention if he does not improve studies. the teacher warns that Mary might advance while he stays back. Tommy responds with resignation, hoping for other girls named Mary to fill his future.
A parlor scene has a boy asking Mr Gaysmith if he weighs much and whether his sister could lift him. The sister’s lover replies around 150 pounds and the boy’s not convinced. Teddy and grandpa encounter a cow while a cow horn joke ensues.
A fragment from a light story recounts a mother letting a five year old sleep alone and the boy requesting prayers again. Uncle Jim comforts Bob with a kiss to ease pain. Brief, humorous exchanges follow about CRT sets and kitchen chores. The piece includes children’s questions about animal anatomy and a playful quip about a jawbone.
The readable fragments show a dialogue about a date or size and a reference to Mr Bagay and Mr Slack. No clear event, place, or outcome is established in the surviving text.
A student and father discuss school studies as a boy jokes he reached zero in ancient history. The first umbrella seen in America belonged to a Baltimore man who publicly carried it on March 5, 1770, provoking ridicule and sparking debates on rain protection.
A jumble of old time remedies appears with claims to cure piles in days, a lemon tea punch recipe, eye care with Murine, flowers for home cheer, paper saw novelty, and miscellaneous patent medicine blurbs. It reads like a scattered advertisement page from a bygone era, mixing cures and household tips with brief anecdotes from courts and travel.
An Iowa professor travels to England and is introduced to a British professor who recalls meeting an American colleague from Ohio. The Iowa expert corrects him, sparking the quip that the other professor from Ohio was called Iowa, highlighting a humorous misnaming from Lippincott's.
Gilbert Murray conjures a moment of beauty lost to time as Euripides Bacchae stands as a rare relic. Turkish General and a Boston Transcript exchange reveal a surprised opponent and a tense wartime defiance amid memory and age.
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