Athene News Inaugurates Campaign Notes And Local Sights
In Athena on November 6 1896 the town endured a flood from Main Street sewer boxes as debris clogged the outlets. B Huntington spoke at Helix and Pendleton drum company furnished music for the event. Walter M. Pierce of Pendleton was summoned by telegram to Morris to attend his father’s bed. Moreland of Perth preached republican doctrine at the McKinley club. School closed Tuesday as the vote district used the schoolhouse for polling. A wagon accident in Walla Walla injured Jim Clark’s household goods shipment. A birthday and anniversary celebration honored Mr and Mrs Froome. A dog feasted on a Pills box then recovered with care. Birthday party at Mrs Hawks’s honored Mrs Roome’s mother and others with November 5 birthdays.
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Main Street
B. Huntington
Helix
Pendleton
Ion Wood
Weston
Walter M. Pierce
Morris
Avis
Moreland
Perth
McKinley Club
Athena
Rossland
George Froome
Sanders
Walla Walla
J. H. Hiteman
Billy Winship
R. O. Hawks
Mia
Charles
Irene Freeman
Anna Kirk
Clubbing Her Husband in a Moral Tale
The passage quotes Cervantes on sleep as a universal equalizer and compares it to death, noting its allure as a blanket of desire that covers all eight men alike. It hints at themes of temptation, wealth, and the contrasts between rulers and commoners in a reflective, allegorical style.
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Ike
Cervantes
African Treasure Mystery Amid Legends and Diamond Claims
In Krugersdorp the Africander clings to the cave of gleaming void tale told by a Kaffir. In Grange river country a Boer family pursued diamonds once handed to an ancestor by an Englishman fleeing justice. The packet, hidden on an ant heap at dusk, contained large stones and was forgotten.
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Krugersdorp
Grange River
Rsee
Just in Time Negro Preacher Describes Prodigal Son tale
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph report recounts a black preacher addressing a congregation with a rambling parable about the prodigal son. The account focuses on the preacher's gruff speech and vivid actions as he narrates the prodigal's penitence.
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Pitsburgh
Tate Graph
Camel Adaptations for Long Desert Journeys
A Pathfinder summary notes camel physiology and behavior aiding long desert travel. It explains water storage in stomach pouches, fat reserves, and thirst endurance, while noting drivers entice camels with feed to encourage travel on arduous treks.
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Weloatitis
Trivelitia
Taste and Invention For venerations past
The piece argues architecture has degraded by overemphasis on extraneous matter and authority preaching against invention. It claims true architecture is reassembling utility with form and Greek art would not exist without Grecian influence. The author urges solving practical problems as the core of design.
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Manny
Tate
Careet
Bey
Nie
York Sun
Brother of Tecumseh Neglected by History
Elkawatawa, Tecumseh’s younger brother, spurred a movement to unite tribes of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois against white encroachment in 1805. He preached temperance and abstinence, urged preservation of native customs, and resisted intermarriage, alarming settlers and inspiring Tecumseh’s later federation mission across the South.
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Elkawatawa
Tecumseh
Warren
Indiana
Ohio
Inois
Colonial Home Built to Defy Father Time
A French noble Margulis Ternant settled in Pointe Coupee around 1788 and built a red cypress colonial mansion. The estate, a stately mansion with hand carved interior panels, was given to his bride on their wedding day. Today the manor remains in excellent condition, preserving eighteenth century craftsmanship.
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France
Louisiana
South
Margulis Ternant
Pointe Coupee
Mississippi River
Black Phosphorus Production by Phosphorus Mercury Interaction
The article explains how phosphorus contact with mercury during liquid to solid transition creates black phosphorus. Molten phosphorus dissolves in mercury to form a colorless solution. upon cooling the solution remains colorless while solidification weakens and mercury colors the solid.
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Posphorus
Liberty
Arnold and the Saratoga Breakthrough Monument
The article recalls Benedict Arnold’s bold attack at Saratoga and his controversial career. It notes Arnold escaping captivity, leading a charge that breached Burgoyne’s trenches, and a granite monument marking his high point amid mixed legacy.
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Benedict Arnold
Saratoga
Horatio
Caius
Jachites
Batton
Arnold
Saratog
Burgoyne
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David H. Nelson Place
Holdman Road
Umatilla County
Col. W. F. Yonka
James H. Sturgis
David H. Nelson
Saling
Situa
Jim Clark
Clerk
Carol
Black
Tube Radio
H. W. LeRoy
J. B. Crowley
McFadden’s Pharmacy
Steve’s Grocery
Oregon
The
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
B. B Richards
J. L. Harman
Pendleton Machine Works
Bell & Venable
Continental Oil Company
Bryce Baker
Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
Frigidaire
A. W. Logsdon
Main
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
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