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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
4
Readers confront a broad digest of European tensions with Germany Britain and Italy amid a local scoop on a dog poisoner offering a $175 reward. The column links global unrest to a call for cool diplomacy while noting Iowa dairy crop values and Rockefeller’s $1,000,000 anti hookworm gift alongside critique of his business practices.
The article notes dairying as a major profitable branch of agriculture. It cites 1908 data showing creamery butter sales in Iowa reaching 26 million dollars, with additional value from farm butter, milk and cream used or sold locally, and byproducts like buttermilk.
The writer notes that the season has seen many casualties and wounds and compares a football game to a battlefield. He argues that while sport should retain excitement, eliminating kicking and brutalities would improve the game for players and the sport overall.
480 acres in Umatilla County with abundant water and a ten room modern house. Adjacent farms sell for 100 per acre. this property can be bought for 85 per acre if taken now. Also 560 acres wheat land on railroad near station at 65 per acre. City property includes a nine room Athena house for 1100. ATHENA LAND CO Box 274 Phone 355.
Sacrifice three and one half acres on Main street Milton with a nine room modern house and barn. Fully cultivated fruit trees, good water, fenced and painted, near churches and schools. Price 7500 with 4000 cash and 8 percent on deferred payments. Also offers telegraphy training and job placement through The National Telegraph Institute of Portland.
Citizens attend a planned supper next Wednesday night at the opera house hosted by the School Entertainment and Commercial Association. The event promises a lively program and an engaging narration by County School Superintendent Welles about aunt Mary and her ont, adding local entertainment to the community gathering.
The Astors appear determined to challenge Vanderbilts and Goulds in society circles amid ongoing scandals. Observers note the idle rich drift into risky living as social currents churn with talk of political upheaval in Central America, suggesting volatile times ahead.
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