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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
2
A chaotic collage of letters and observations from Cathena Oregon on June 2. It criticizes wartime spending and graft in government contracts. It references hunger flour rationing headaches and concerns about civil liberties and justice amid national strain.
Fragmented notes describe life in the Dead Sea region with mentions of fish, bitumen, and sulfur springs. The passage references water density, Jordan inflow, and pervasive arid conditions, interwoven with unrelated local items about marriages, fishing trips, wheat deals, and town matters in Pendleton and Milton.
A garbled 1605 news fragment mentions a birth for a wife of Doc Stamper, Pendelton organizing an athletic club, a flour barrel sale at four dollars, and other scattered notices. It references Hurts land meeting, a wedding of Frank Curlail Midi Budlcott, and local Woodmen visits to Weston lodge with vague details about fires and a reward, all in a highly corrupted style.
OCR text shows mix of legal notices and an ad for Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It includes Administrator and Administratrix notices for the estates of Wacinda Hiteman Mary LaFave and Charles A. Barrett, with executors and claim deadlines. Also final account notice for Mary A. Jones and related court dates in Umatilla County, Oregon, with dates in May and June 1918.
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