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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
2
A sweeping column surveys candidacy wits and social notions with satire on figures like Senator Hale and Mark Twain while lampooning faith healing, wage trends, fashion, and Edison. It criticizes misused reform talk, notes growing female work, and argues apprenticeship value amid shifting industry structures.
Edgar Banks, University of Chicago professor, arrives in Baltimore as the Women’s College hosts him to discuss Blamya the old city in Asia. He notes a Sumerian statue of David, claims Turkish authorities keep tight control of finds, and mentions difficulty dating the city beyond 4000 B C.
Reader Magazine describes Rio de Janeiro’s Avenida Central as revolutionary urban planning. It contrasts with Chicago style slum clearing, noting 641 houses torn down and over 4000 people relocated between March 1904 and November 1905, with total costs nearing 80 million dollars. It argues cleanliness and sunlight justify the project despite remaining slums and social challenges.
Lady Swettenham, wife of Sir Alexander Swettenham the governor, is commemorated as a leading helper in relief work for Jamaica’s homeless and suffering, reflecting her charitable role in the island’s crisis following the Admiral Davis episode and marine actions.
A young woman, aided by a badge, confronts a coal-cart driver whipping a horse in a crowded street. Her father intervenes, and the driver laughs off the rebuke as the horse bolts away, leaving the pair to reflect on the incident and its outcome.
The Chicago News notes a young gentleman who cannot craft proper formal letters declines Mrs Raymond’s invitation for the twenty first. He thanks her for the opportunity and cites no other reason. An average girl tests her engagement by writing with a fragile glass pane metaphor.
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