Oregon News and Community Notes in The Athens Press
The Athens Press summarizes local notices, advertising rates, and reader letters with commentary on Pacific telephone issues, school and business developments, and state cultural events. It notes Oregon’s push for agricultural prizes, development leagues, and a July visit by the historical ship Oregon to Portland harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Bie & Good Elange
Attity Committee
Portland
Oregon
Portland Harbor
Games of skill and curiosities from a colonial schoolroom
A lively set of classroom scenes describes a party game where captains pick sides and a girl’s chosen member must respond to opponents’ remarks with mottos like “Twas I” and “Indeed” while the other guests watch. Separate passages discuss a tame tree toad named Mozart, a pearl button lore, a voyage of coconut rafts in the Philippines, and a note on the first upset in the United States Parliament built in 1308.
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Mozart
Chicago
Japan's Navy Growth and Embezzlement Figures Across Years
The text surveys Japan's naval expansion listing sixty two vessels totaling 414055 tons with several ships under construction and a third 30000 ton dreadnought planned by 1915, alongside 1911 embezzlement data noting about 12 million stolen versus 25 million in 1910, across banks forgeries and other sectors. It also includes assorted anecdotes from magazines and humorous lines about life and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kawachi
Settsu
New York American
Hampton's Magazine
Cotton Batts and Wash Goods Sale Ad
An old newspaper notice promotes Cotton Batts for comforters and a wash goods sale. It lists Cotton Batt sizes from 4% lb to 1 lb and prices 150 to 600 each, along with fabrics such as Lawns Dimities Flaxon Cloth Ginghams Percales Calico, and a wide range of dress goods with prices per yard from 5 to 350.
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Taylor to Perform at McBride's Barn in Athena 1912
W. R. Taylor announces season appearances at McBride's Barn in Athena for the year 1912. Local patrons are invited to attend the engagements as listed by the venue.
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McBride
Athena
W. R. Taylor
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