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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1893
Page
4
A critic argues that Catholic authority cannot prove a papal change of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. The piece asserts Sunday observance arose with the early church, cites Daniel 7:25, and claims the New Testament era began after Christ’s death with Sunday as the Lord’s day.
Dr W G Alban of Walla Walla recalls meeting Leland Stanford in 1852 at Alcalde and Michigan Bar. He describes Stanford as justice of the peace, miner, oil investor, and financier behind the Central Pacific syndicate with Crocker Huntington Hopkiss Galton.
The piece notes a doctor’s reflection on who didn’t do it and confirms a construction contract with a firm for the Seven Devils railroad. It states the railroad will be built and calls on the Payette valley to support the effort. Mr Bates is praised for months of labor and investment, with hopes capital will be enlisted to span the line.
The Peary party builds a near complete winter house to be shipped from Philadelphia aboard the Halcon next Monday. It will stand on Inglefield gulf in Greenland and house twelve men. A five foot stone wall surrounds the dome, with corrugated iron plates and heated sheltering a corridor to doors. The design includes tar paper, an electric light plant, and photography gear.
A humorous tale from Arkansas Tarveler recounts Rose Peterson choosing a wedding in town over Sam Parker to attend a circus with many horses. Rose agrees to marry Nathan after the concert and monkeys, despite religious opposition. The Oregonian cites General Comp gon as seeking staff material, hinting at public office vetting and political fit.
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