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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
4
A collage of notes reflects on wheat and flour demand in the Orient, Rogue River fishing bills, New York bond requirements for commissions, crop yields, and education policy. Editorial quips critique Governor West's vetoes, Oregon university mergers, and political shifts in Seattle while offering sparse social notices.
Two versions of the Drury Lane caning incident from the premiere of A Million of Money recount the clash between Whistler and Augustus Moore. Whistler claims repeated cane strikes after Moore pushed him aside, while Moore says Whistler attacked first and he replied with a slap. Both give differing views of the confrontation, with Whistler asserting the act was clean and necessary.
In Mount Bethlehem a study measured fatigue versus load and rest time for pig iron handlers. By applying a derived law, workers learned exact lifting and rest patterns, boosting daily output from about twelve and a half tons to forty seven, and increasing wages.
Contractor Mulligan built a church and, after inspector Dunn found faults, declared the structure “more than plumb” after measuring from many angles. The exchange featured Mulligan urging Dunn to inspect firsthand, as the plumb line proved him right in the Cleveland Plain Dealer account.
A county tale recounts a man seeking escape from jury service and an obliging friend sending a telegraph reading Your son is no better The judge was amused by the ploy and released him showing a wry humor of the moment
A fatigued Goo soldier, a French grenadier, aimed at a marshal in protest of perceived injustice. He pulled the trigger but the pistol misfired. With no reaction, the veteran declared four days in the cells for keeping arms in poor condition.
Publication quote features a dispute over a stolen song with ridiculing tone and a publisher reply urging cheer and humor about obtaining music from another. The fragment highlights copyright tension and publisher response in a country music context.
A distorted OCR fragment captures a speaker asking why he should leave home while his wife responds with a curt, unclear line about family and duty in a late era style. The readability is poor and key names or dates are not recoverable.
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