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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1930
Page
3
Local notices and advertisements from Athena Oregon dated May 16 1930 include price markers such as two dollars and one dollar along with numbers like 75 and references to annual timing. The page compiles small items and public notices typical of regional newspapers.
The Mapuepeh tribes of Chile play a game called rum where two competitors bet on who will break first in silence and speak last. They also use colored beans in a dice like game and chant to the beans to invoke disaster for rivals. Gambling can escalate to gambling clothes knives blankets and weapons, often ending in fights.
The article outlines 19th and 20th century U S cents including Indian cents from 1858 to 1909, rare nickel and aluminum varieties, and Lincoln cents from 1900 with Brenner initials. It notes S and D mint marks on many issues and identifies the 1922 cent as the rarest modern issue with about 100,000 minted.
The article traces shorthand origin to before the first century and its spread through the Roman empire. It credits Marcus Tullius Tivo as a pioneer, notes church leaders like St Augustine Origen and St Jerome used it, and mentions emperors employing shorthand secretaries and attempts to learn the art.
A kitchen scene unfolds as a child refuses to finish her milk pudding. After a sigh of relief she asks to be allowed to sit or go, while the mother quotes grace and the child privately thanks heaven she was not sick.
A five year old boy answering the door introduces himself as Mr Jones and gently corrects a visiting salesman. He informs the caller that he is actually professor Jones and that the salesman may have mistaken the identity.
A reflection on how a people’s leisure reveals language, tastes, and aspirations. Reading habits, entertainment, and artistic recreation expose social currents more than labor or food. The quote emphasizes leisure as a window into culture and identity.
The article outlines several bird parks including Island of Angie sy’s sacred haven for wild birds, Hawksnoor near Cheadle in Staffordshire with 200 acres, and a proposed Ealing park adapted from a large house. It notes Selborne society backing a memorial park for W A Hudson and references Anticosti’s wooded landscape as a related sanctuary.
A German dressmaker created a toy bear from leftover materials around 1888 leading to a village fad. Richard Steiff marketed the bears, George Borgfeldt & Co. imported them in 1902. A Roosevelt hunting story inspired the famous Teddy Bear cartoon "Drawing the Line In Mississippi" by Clifford Berryman, popularizing the name.
The article extols the British post office as capable and obliging with easy services. It notes kennelling express messengers for direct transport, a cent for a certificate of posting, and night mail for urgent letters with six cents for the first thirty words and two cents per ten thereafter plus standard postage and phone fees.
The Darwin theory explains origins of new species through variation and natural selection. It asserts organisms produce offspring with slight differences and that survival favors those best adapted to their environment, enabling new species and diverse groups from common ancestors.
A reflective note from J. W. Howe argues the world persists despite doomsday fears. The author jokes about predicting apocalypse, asserting the world takes care of itself and people should mind themselves to be wonders.
The late Chauncey Depew rebukes a young critic for lacking mercy. In a village roast of a notorious man, Kin Kincaid lists only one redeeming trait a bad man showed, his appetite, as townsfolk name his flaws. The tale contrasts charity with vice through sharp humor.
A 1720 five pound draft drawn on James Barclay of Lombard Street bears George Washington's signature on its back as an indorsement. The paper, found in Barclays archives by two Chilidelphia students, was likely not sent to Virginia or Carolina.
The article credits Leonardo da Vinci with inventions beyond art, noting his spiral spring hinge ideas for screens and wheelbarrows, rotating smokestacks, and flexible roller chains. It argues his scientific laws endure beyond four centuries of testing and his innovations influence daily life.
A prominent scientist argues the real pessimist thinks everything is as good as it can be. The piece praises hopeful men who labor to improve the past for mankind's benefit. It notes the tension between cynicism and progress.
Squabs are praised for gatherings. Prepare by splitting, buttering, and broiling ten minutes per side, served with buttered lima beans and crisp bacon, plus corn bread. Also includes roast stuffed squabs with pan gravy, potato and carrot balls, and a squab with spaghetti and cream sauce, baked to finish.
Dr Plamondon and the Pressman traveled to Pendleton after road problems on Wild Horse road. Grain prospects look good and a wheat shipment moved to Portland. Various visits, travel plans, and the upcoming horse show in the city are reported along with community notes.
A remark in the Christian Register notes Dr Lewis, an elderly Hime Welsh divine, wrote a six penny pamphlet on How Sin Came Into The World. A friend, heterodox in theology, urged adding a chapter on removing sin to profit from the scheme.
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