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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
2
A poem excerpt contrasts the North Wind with the urban cry of hunger and homelessness. It frames the city as a place where the song of the hungry and homeless children is heard, turning nature’s wild voice into a lament for suffering and divine indictment.
Big Jim, the tallest fireman, takes in a barefoot boy named Black Pete. Jim shares his supper and hides Pete in the engine house. At a blaze Pete helps by cutting a wire fire escape, allowing others to descend. Pete is fatally burned saving coworkers, and Jim mourns the brave boy.
A St Louis Star fragment recalls a polite exchange about Christmas shopping. A woman complains about crowded streets and cars packed to the rafters, highlighting the seasonal shopping rush and urban congestion.
The Washington Star quotes braggadocio about a child prodigy, noting clever sayings attributed to four sources and the young figure keeping a scrapbook. A comparison is drawn between a creature and a crank, reflecting early impressions.
An excerpted piece lampoons early 20th century pleas to youths about farming. It contrasts presidents and leaders urging rural life with a long agricultural discourse by McLandburgh Wilson, noting the economic and social pull of farming, farm life, and income considerations, while discussing cattle horns drive and farm practices. It frames debates on farm work hours, education, and the value of rural labor in terms of national wealth and population shifts.
An American woman promoter outlines a Berlin exposition display planned for 1910 featuring "feminine America" with homes, kitchens, and attire. The piece also notes Pellagra as a widespread disease in southern Europe, detailing symptoms, progression, and suspected causes linked to spoiled maize products.
Princess Duleep Singh praised an American woman as beautiful and an American man as kind and handsome. She remarked that Europe teaches a harsh saying about Eve and the apple, claiming the evil one gave it to the woman to share, not the man. She suggested the saying would mislead about pattern husbands in America.
A brief item notes a quip about legal costs with a lawyer joking he cannot state his value but will reveal his charges, mentioning Cleveland and a Cheveland misprint as part of the odd wording. The gag underscores fee talk in courtroom banter and local legal culture.
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