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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
2
Whittier envisions optimism as west winds blow and streams sing. The speaker tears away pilgrim striving, welcomes the present, and lets the windows of the heart open to sun and day, amid spring imagery and nature’s calm.
An intricate San Francisco scene unfolds with Guatemalan and Central American revolutions, a young woman Maria Rivas, Vincent the strategist, and a web of danger, love, and murder. The narrative traces exile, insurrection, and a brutal firing squad, ending with a tragic confession and a deadly confrontation.
The article discusses laws on real estate ownership, government power to condemn land, and the importance of clear boundaries. It covers government survey corners, section and quarter section divisions, and advice to verify corners before purchase to avoid disputes and costly litigation. It also includes farm notes on cattle feed and egg testing developments.
A Kentucky farmer has devised a novel hand held digger that resembles a tiny wheelbarrow. It uses a perforated metal receptacle to hold soil and vegetables while a front swinging door and small shovel separate dirt from produce through light shaking.
A fragment discusses the fate of coreleas apples once hailed as revolutionary for orchards, notes thornless blackberries and brambles, and considers a future for seedless grapes as a long hoped for fruit if quality and yields justify production and shipment.
The Louisiana Experiment Station investigated bilmt staggers in cattle, examining its cause and possible cure. They believe the disease relates to feeding materials such as grass or cured corn products, potentially triggered by mold or fungus.
The London Chronicle recalls a century of frozen meat trade as Eskimos arrived at Harwich in 1816 with five sledges of ptarmigan and game. They paid high duties and carriage costs but found ready sale. The piece notes their profits and a brief, successful stay in England before the venture faded. A reader offers a fattening method for fowls: confining six birds, dark housing, grit and water, and a diet of potatoes, rice, corn bread, and grains, with feeding after dark and at dawn.
Guidance on wagon loading from an old text explains placing weight toward the hind wheels, balancing load across all wheels, and adjusting for wheel sizes to reduce draft. It notes larger rear wheels sink less and warns against uneven weight distribution that increases effort.
Plant trees and plan a home forest for future value. The age of bos elder and cottonwood is over. select ank catalpa larch and oaks for a productive timber focus. Timber is worth more than metals. landowners should seize the opportunity in trees.
Vienna public schools will offer a five week program in four districts to help children who stutter. United States Consul General Jublee reports daily two hour sessions, requiring exclusive attendance, home practice four hours daily, and silence during the first two weeks. Parental attitude and weekly progress reports will support lasting improvements, with monthly examinations after course completion.
A collection of short, playful child quotes and family banter. Jests cover funny bones milk sour jokes and a veterinary joke about a papa who is a veterinary surgeon. The humorous exchanges capture a domestic scene with Elmer Mabel Johnny Nell and Bess in lighthearted dialogue.
A New York oculist tells a woman with poor sight to daily gaze at the distant horizons from a high roof. He argues long range looking strengthens eyes, noting New Yorkers tend to favor short sight. He suggests daily half hour long distance viewing across the Hudson River.
A tailor questions a young man about crossing streets to avoid paying a bill. The young man denies it, while a knight on a tape asks why. The piece ends noting 9 kicker and a nod to people who prefer circus trips over quizzes.
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