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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
2
Independent newspaper page item notes pricing and ownership details for Athena Press F B Boyd publisher with subscription rates. Mentions location Oregon and date June 21 1929.
The Oregon State Board of Health extols milk as a foundational, economical food and outlines strict safety steps from farm to fridge. It urges clean handling, cooling, and sterilization through pasteurization at 145 degrees for 30 minutes to prevent disease transmission.
The report notes Biscay as the first Frenchman to cross non stop and mentions a landing as the true record with a Portland Maine boy. It cites Senator Blease’s 85 cent roast beef and 15 cent mashed potatoes as a congressional record, comments on freight rates, a Saskatoon traveler seeking Chicago police escort, and urges sunshine for bean growers and berry-pickers.
Mining in Oregon is rising as several properties undergo large scale development. Significant outside funding is being invested, and mineral holdings in the state are at a peak not seen in many years.
In Walla Walla the Legionaires plan a patriotic event with pyrotechnics on July 4 as entertainment after waging against cigarette ads and supporting Seattle women’s clubs in a push for decency. Citizens nationwide back the effort against billboard tobacco advertising.
Midwinter nears as Byrd and his crew report extreme temperature swings Antarctic base records show a 65 degree fluctuation from 48 below to 16 above. The stark shift highlights harsh conditions faced by explorers in the polar region.
Sanford Stone and Henry Barrett led Athena's Fourth Annual Horse and Colt Show parade Saturday with a mile long procession on Main Street at 2 PM. The event featured a top buggy driven by Charles Norris and 25 ladies on horseback, plus draft and coach classes and Shetland ponies ridden by young girls.
The article explains cicada septendecim spends 17 or 13 years underground before maturing into a brief adult stage. It clarifies cicadas are not grasshoppers, and notes common cicadas appear annually while the seventeen year variety emerges in long cycles.
Clare Sheridan plants a friendship garden at her Sussex home with Kipling and other writers as neighbors. Notable entries include George Moore’s fuchsia, Robert Alcens’s carnations, and A E W Mason’s Virbarnum Placatun. Kipling is described as a goolly little man with schoolboy humor.
A sailor pulls an elderly woman from a slipping deck to safety after she falls into the river. She begs to save her hair as the wig floats away, and the rescuer replies he is a life saver, not a hair restor er.
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