Athena News Snapshots From Oregon Anxious to Reform
The Athena reports on Portland liquor reform efforts by Retail Liquor Dealers and public opposition to saloons. It calls for stricter enforcement, no free lunches, late closing, and license revocation. It also covers football disgrace at Corvallis and Eugene, the Rainbow Mine sale, Roosevelt’s Osawatomie stance, and local school and railway news.
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Portland
Corvallis
Eugene
U. of O
The Last Call of the West by Walter V Woolke
A preview of Walter V. Woolke new piece The Last Call of the West in November Sunset Magazine, described as beautifully illustrated in four colors. The issue is now on sale at all newsstands for 15 cents.
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Athena Commercial Ansociation
Oregon
Walter V. Woolke
Sunset Magazine
City Woman Praised For Cooking School Kitchen System
A rural scene recalls Mrs Goodyear discussing a neighbor who has attended a cooking school. The neighbor claims to bake bread and prepare dinners efficiently with minimal dishwashing using the cooking school method. The speaker notes a disciplined, productive kitchen routine and pride in her work.
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Talolsier
King of the Metals The Importance of Iron to the Electrical Industry
The article explains iron as essential to electrical machinery. It describes soft iron cores and insulated windings forming induction magnets. It notes magnets lose magnetism when current stops and that coils power motors and generators. The piece highlights iron’s role in generators meters and transformers.
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Elecrtteal
Captive Elephant Sleeps Standing Says Trainer
The trainer explains that captive elephants rarely sleep lying down. The elephant reportedly stands to sleep, waking briefly during the night to rock from side to side. The observer notes the animal’s grief and longing for freedom.
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Eleshant
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hopi Courtship and Marriage Customs Summary
The Hopi practice includes a maiden choosing a husband by sitting in his home and grinding corn. The couple wed in an elaborate ceremony and reside in the wife’s house. Divorce is possible by throwing the husband’s saddle out of the house. After marriage the wife controls the house and land, while parents are indulgent and allow children freedom.
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Cort Worthe
Odd Way to Rest from a Family Doctor
A family doctor describes a quick rest method: sit upright, lift feet off the floor, extend them forward, stretch arms, tilt the head back, open the mouth wide, and yawn to relax.
Mamie Walks While Asleep In Baltimore Family Case
The Baltimore American notes a case of somnambulism in a local family. A visitor asks about sleepwalking, but the mother insists there is no such illness and Mamie merely walks in her sleep.
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Lear
Morhor
Mamie
All Shell and No Kernel line from Beatrice dialogue
Fragmentary quotation quotes Beatrice chiding Charley about lacking real genius and all show without substance. The lines suggest a taunt that Charley possesses only superficial wit rather than true intellect.
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Charley
Beatrice
Fragmentary Transcript Cites Brief Exchange
A brief, unclear excerpt shows a terse exchange involving a speaker named Mr Saptelzh and a reference to two seconds. The text appears as a partial transcription with scattered phrases and names, lacking a clear event or context.
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Mr Saptelzh
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