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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
4
An excerpt from Colliers Weekly dated February 3 details a gradual shift in stance against spirituous and intoxicating beverages. The writer notes personal struggle and resolves to abstain, expressing hope that their state moves toward a dry summer.
A Brooklynite reflects on years of life in Brooklyn and Pittsburgh, detailing daily routines and long waits. The speaker mentions years spent collaring, tying neckties, waiting for trains and tax collectors, and searching for a spouse amid routines and delays.
A garbled ad-like fragment touts a 10 cent remedy for sick headaches sour stomach sluggish liver and constipation. It promises overnight relief and a month’s good feeling from a box bought at a drugstore, with mis-spellings and odd phrasing throughout.
A vintage advertisement extols Jad Salts as a kidney cleaner to relieve backache headaches and other ailments. It promotes mixing a tablespoonful in water before breakfast for a few days to restore kidney function and curb bladder issues, praising its lemon grape lithia formula and pleasant taste.
A garbled historical clipping hints at comments on a wife’s beauty after marriage. The text appears as dialect and error filled dialogue with phrases about beauty, mock advice, and social expectations, lacking clear names, dates, or places for precise context.
A vintage ad describes a hair darkening mixture marketed as restoring natural color and shine. It promotes ease of use with a dampened brush, promising quick results by morning and claiming long lasting effects with simple daily applications.
A fragmentary ad like dialogue promotes Byrup of Fire as a fruit laxative for children. It claims to regulate liver bowels and stomach, with a mock patient named Courtenay Thory and a kind woman offering help. The piece touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and includes garbled marketing lines and purchases.
A report from the Indianapolis News recalls a frosty morning aboard a downtown streetcar. A tall fur cap wearer whistles "A Perfect Day" as crowded cars fill with riders, prompting a joke about whether the tune honors him or the women on board.
An old ad style note touts Hesinol Ointment as a rapid cure for itchy skin, claiming it brings relief and better sleep after use. The piece also contains scattered historical and miscellaneous quotes about Thales of Miletus and efficiency, appearing as a clipped, mixed-text page segment.
Weeds injure crops by crowding, stealing moisture, removing minerals, pulling down growth, harboring pests and fungi, and hindering cultivation. Carrots are a valuable feed for cattle and horses, with limited value for sheep and hogs. Proper feeding improves digestion and bowels, though carrots are bulky and costly. Under proper conditions, carrots provide valuable feed for various livestock.
A jumble of notes covers fowl water preferences in winter and a plan for burning tree stumps. It mentions hens seeking water, warming kettles, and feeding habits, interspersed with ad-like lines and scattered quotes about hair, Sunday school, and a stove-like method of burning stumps with hot coals bored into holes.
An odd promotional snippet touts a corn treatment promising quick relief by lifting out hard or soft corns and calluses. It claims easy use with direct freezing action, markets an inexpensive bottle, and urges readers to buy from a wholesale drug house.
Fragmentary post urging removal of apple trees deemed vulnerable to weather and disease. The message argues cutting down trees to provide timber for fuel and advocates using remaining wood to protect families during blustery days.
An old message urges farmers to see farming as a business. It states prosperity begins when a farmer treats the farm as a factory, keeping equipment busy and turning work into ongoing production.
In the Varieties column a note on pint and flour corn types warns that worm fre quent infestations and harvesting difficulties raise costs. Heavier yields from some varieties are noted but overall popularity remains low due to labor and production challenges.
A garbled account describes a cornerstone laying and ceremony with doubts about leadership and purpose. Fragments reference digestion, stomach discomfort, and a disjointed scene among attendees, signaling confusion and strained rhetoric at the event.
A Russian applicant faced questions on U S Constitution during naturalization. He answered oddly insisting the constitution was "Rugped and healthy." The mishearing led to confusion and a need for clarification at the hearing.
Fragmentary quotes from newspapers hint at public concerns and social rumors. Readings reference a thermometer and malaria as topics amid suburban life, with scattered exchanges about moving and neighborhood chatter.
The readable fragments mention a brother and a bear in disjoint phrases, but no clear event, date, location, or identifiable organizations. The text appears as distorted dialogue with no coherent news item or named entities to anchor a summary.
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