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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1927
Page
3
A reflective quotation on passion and appetite frames dining as essential to life. The line questions who can live without meals, implying sustenance holds equal weight to romance and affection.
A collection of dessert recipes including Tapioca Pudding and Apple and Cranberry Roll alongside a feature on finding the right career path for children. The column stresses matching a child’s natural inclinations to work, urging parents to nurture talents instead of forcing limited roles.
A report to the Department of Commerce by Assistant Commercial Attache H. A. Butts at Tokyo outlines plans to establish 7,000 drug stores in Japan. Two thousand would be in large centers and 5,000 in rural areas, with a uniform store layout and 2,000 articles stocked in each. A salesmen school at Gotanda has trained over 5,000 graduates now working nationwide.
Poem celebrates the South as a mystical, moonlit paradise where rivers, scents, and heavenly calm unite with northern visitors feeling closest to God on dusky streams. The piece invites northern readers to praise the South and recall youth and homeland with reverent affection.
The word crest, used on European family insignia and in modern stationary, traces its origin to the crest worn on a knight’s helmet. The helmet crest was a heraldic emblem like a bird’s comb, most famously the cock’s comb from barnyard birds.
SAWS By Viola Brothers Shore FOR THE GOOSE- OU wouldn't swap one of your teeth for a di''mond and yet you go countin' the d!'monds you ain't got. Common sense is a stock that isn't always rated below par, but you can't buy it at any price. It make a big difference whose pi anola is bein' played at two o'clock in the morning. FOR THE GANDER- Some men are so careful they rather steer over a cliff than drive over bro ken glass. Driftin' from industry to Indolence is shippin' from Christmas to New Year's, 'Travelin' from indolence to industry, Is walkin' from New Year's to Christmas. ( Copyright.)
Dad tells of a family with cats, snakes, a chameleon, a chimpanzee, an opossum, and a Lancehead Viper. The story describes kindness, humane treatment, and the animals' gentle behavior, noting the pets share a quiet language and care when sick. The tale ends with the monkeys praised as the greatest pets.
Robt E M Cowie, then an ambitious American Express employee, recalls starting as an office boy in Cleveland earning 80 dollars monthly. He describes rapid early promotion, mastering complex calculations, and discovering a crucial reference book that secured his career. Today he leads the global American Express enterprise with tens of thousands of staff.
Sioux City resident E. H. Planalp, manager of a cigar store, believes he has the only reversible surname. His name reads Pianalp forward or backward with identical result, a rarity noted by Pathfinder Magazine. He says few people outside his family can spell it both ways.
A column by H. Irving King explains the bride’s bouquet toss superstition as contagious magic. The bouquet, handed to a newly married woman, carries her mana and can influence the catcher to marry soon. The piece links the belief to ancient ideas of contagion and notes its persistence in primitive and modern societies.
A hotel stenographer defends cautious behavior after recounting a late night automobiled ride gone wrong. She urges women to trust their instincts and avoid risky situations, comparing life to a race where starting right matters and warning against rushing into danger. The exchange ends with a philosophy on red danger signals and personal responsibility.
The article recalls Charley Hoyt the satirical dramatist replying to a comedian’s telegraph request for a lead role with a sharp line You staid practically alone In your desires Hoyt’s quick wit is noted as he famously quips during a chop house moment Hoyt then jokes about joining a celebratory lunch as a historic event unfolds
The dialogue hints at curiosity about a musical comedy's content and significance, asking what the show is about and why it matters. It suggests audience questions rather than plot specifics.
Raymond meets Miss Weed of the Buzzy Dee farm after a roadside breakdown. He admires her, learns she is the bee and farm owner, and plans to apologize for a prior accident. Evelyn Bright and Julia react as Raymond grows close to Miss Weed and hints at a future sister-in-law.
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