Athena News Mixes Politics Roads and Heroines
The Athena paper surveys national politics with Schwab praising trusts amid DePew attacks while Oregon primary ideas loom. A November 28 good roads convention in Athena seeks broad support for a statewide route from Umatilla County through Pendleton to Portland and beyond. The piece also honors fearless mothers and royalty, praising sacrifice and education in a broad civilizational context.
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Umatilla County
Portland
Willamette Valley
Ashland
Washington
Walla Walla County
Freewater
Milton
Weston
Athens
Adams
Pendleton
Bobo
Hermiston
Irrigan
Athena merchants boast large stocks as season peaks
The piece notes vibrant trade in Athena with broad, well chosen merchandise across lines. It mentions plentiful money, fair farm prices, and a general mood of improvement, while humorously quoting public figures and debating credit to genius versus hard work.
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Athena
Iowa
Politics and the Bedfellows Quarrel
A witty reflection on political alliances and infighting noting how power shifts create disputes over control and influence, with an observation that alliances often dissolve into contention over the center of authority.
Miscellany of quirks and political snatches in a noisy page
A collage of whimsical remarks and political quips from various figures. Prominent notes mock Charles M Schwab fashion, Grantland Rice quotes, and Captain Hobson war bravado. The piece also cites a Prussia death toll, a Pennsylvanian girl swallowing a safety pin, and Portugal’s debt crisis tied to a young king.
The Danger in Promotion and Page Comic Debates
A series of editorials discuss promotion risks for Cortelyou Hitchcock and Roosevelt, contrasting civil service needs with executive talent. It notes Pinchet as a risky choice, lauds Secretary Wilson, and critiques comic Sunday supplements while urging higher quality and responsible art editing.
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Runyan
Cortelyou
Washington
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
National Republican Committee
America
Cleveland
Harvard
Department of Agriculture
Pincchet
Wilson
Sims
Dea Moines Register
Not less marvelous cures promise amid ether medicines
The notice touts remedies claimed to cure many female affections using glyceric extracts. It alleges medicines are prepared by skilled chemists and pharmacists with special apparatus and are alcohol free. A list of ingredients is printed on each bottle.
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Pierce
Roth
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the Athena Press
F.B. Born
Punuaner
Wnr
Athena, Obe
Republican Party
Schwab
San Francisco
Trosta
Associated Press
Chauncy M. DePew
United States Senate
Faunt
Oregon
United States
Chamberlain
DePew
Chauncy
Biz Mesamute
Clark
Montana
Senate
Ast
Taft
Messrs. Schwab
Apont
Portugal
Brother Greer
Sile
New York
Hetty Green
Hoboken
Miss Warrington
Hotty
Edison
the Peoples Ware Houe
Charles M. Schwab
London
Grantland Rice
Huston Post
Grantland
Japan
Hobson
Prussia
Boston Herald
New York Post
Vomie
Spokesman-Review
the Palace Drug Company
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. E. Froome
THE
ST. Nichols
American National Bank
Pendleton Savings Bank Commercial Banking
Old Savings Bank
U. S
S.W.P
A. J. Parker
Athewa
Celsus
Wonder Worker
DR. King’s
Dr. King
Eva Uncapher
Grovertown
Ind
Palace Drug Company
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