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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
4
A garbled collage of quips and dialogues from a historic page, mentioning a Birmingham Age, a market mishap, and stray phrases about learning, engagement, and a mobile supply shop. The collage references various voices, locales, and mock headlines, all in fractured OCR style with stray names and places.
Washington reports indicate Congress will take no action that could embarrass the Wilson administration over the submarine dispute with Germany. President Wilson remains firm on full rights of Americans abroad while most lawmakers and ex-secretary Bryan show restraint. a few push for armed-ship action, but no immediate moves are expected. The House and Senate are aligned behind the president, aiming to avoid escalating to war unless relations with Germany deteriorate further.
Report from Pekin confirms Yunnan rebels defeated a small garrison at the Sre-Chuen border, with about 10,000 insurgents entering Bulfu while 4,000 government troops retreated north prior to the advance. Turks reinforce at Crete front as railway traffic halts. Justice Hughes denies presidential candidacy while detailing a political statement.
A garbled pasted page features stray phrases about prohibition era topics, literary allusions, and jumbled quotations. It cites names like Louisville Courier Journal and Washington politics tangentially, with broken lines about a play, a car, and a presidential term, yielding a chaotic, non-coherent mosaic of snippets.
Morgan daughter of J P Morgan will be a delegate at the national conference of mayors in St Louis. Mrs. Moure Sean Mare on piano will headline the event as the Rav Coupill of Women announces plans to rally female sentiment for national defense.
The Maloja of the Insular and Oriental Steamship Company struck an unknown object and sank within half an hour off Dover. Up to midnight, 18 men 11 women and four children among the victims were landed, with 11 more feared dead. The ship had sailed from Tilbury to Bombay with mails and about 200 aboard, most of them passengers.
A scrambled report details George Bakhmeteff, Russia's ambassador to the United States, amid Montenegrin diplomacy and a Dover harbor explosion that battered a vessel. It recounts rescuers, casualties washing ashore, and British officials aboard. Carnegie trustees plan a UK music school akin to continental models. German submarine campaign worries London while Standard Oil advances large tank steamers.
Northwest market notes list prices for Portland Wheat Blvester and other produce, with items such as artichokes tomatoes California cabbage garlic peppers and spinach. It includes livestock dairy butter pork and wool prices, plus hogs sheep and lamb figures and regional descriptions like Oregon markets and Cascara bark values.
Wool growers ship their 1916 clip to Portland and sell mostly at 21 to 22 cents for fine wool and 26 to 80 cents for coarse wool. W. Le Crowe reports prices above country offers and says about 17 buyers have been reached, with interest from eastern mills. The aim is to improve growers conditions and place all on equal footing through selling when ready and with growers’ approval.
Oregon has shipped about 600 cars of potatoes to date, with total shipments for the season not to exceed 1000 cars. Normal state shipments run around 1500 cars. An estimated 400 to 500 cars remain unsold, and prices may firm as California cleans up. Market roads discussed at Milwaukie meeting, led by B. Hanson proposing district road controls to balance funds. Reclamation interest grows in Sand Hollow area as 60 farmers attend.
The excerpt laments neglect of health practices and longevity, contrasting modern attitudes with ideals of living well. It references misused medicine, misdirection by doctors, and everyday temptations, then pivots to a midlife realization that time becomes friend as goals and shelter are valued. It closes with a satirical note on money and perception.
A judge remarks on a housemaid’s role and behavior describing her quiet, diligent work and simple attire. The observation notes how such duties involve tidying, collecting items like hairpins and cigars, while commenting on the housemaid’s supposed intellectual engagement and social standing in a moral light.
A garbled montage of quotes and names shows mock dialogue and street chatter. Fragments mention a judge, neighbors, a practical woman, and references to gas fumes, pride versus sniffing, and local personalities. The text reads like hurried OCR from a newspaper page with stray phrases and misspellings.
A real estate agent boasts of a premier residence development with splendid scenery. The buyer counters that the landscape between the borough and the city is just too much to overlook, quipping about the view though skeptical of the offer.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Resinol Soap for clear skin, claiming a week of use improves complexion. It references Retinol Ointment, then shifts to a chaotic mix of quotes about proscription writing, a lecture, and various disjointed phrases from different topics and voices.
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