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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
4
A brief guide explains a simple shoe care method using a small rag dipped in oil to rub into black leather. The technique aims to restore and preserve color without shine, making footwear appear cared for during mourning periods.
An offer invites women with female health issues to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts. The firm promises confidential, woman-to-woman correspondence, with responses from a female adviser. A free 180 page Text Book is available by mail.
A garbled dialogue fragment appears to recount a sales scene with names and phrases that read like a broken historical ledger. Despite the strange wording, it hints at a failed mechanism, a town interaction, and repeated exclamations.
County bankers associations form across Illinois to discuss rural education and highway improvement. The Illinois State Bankers' Association promotes informed local action on road construction, maintenance, and the use of a steam roller and road drag to save money and improve durability.
A German widow aboard the Cincinnati sailing from Hoboken loses her adopted parrot Hans overboard after an emotional farewell to her husband Rudolph. The cage slips from a longshoreman rescue attempt and Hans cries Donner und blitzen as the ship sails away. The tale blends sentiment and comic peril aboard a sea voyage.
A historical note discusses sowing crimson clover after corn harvest to deposit nitrogen, suppress late weeds, and boost next season yields. It advises broadcasting 12 to 16 pounds per acre, notes fall grazing benefits for stock, and mentions Maryland Maiden Blush and The Farm Boy as related orchard and farming topics.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses arguing with a farmer about value and related terms in agriculture. The text is unclear, with many misspellings and incomplete phrases, hindering precise interpretation or identification of entities.
Louis Fuchs and four fellow street artists faced jeers as their bass violin was shattered by a thrown bottle after performing Oh You Beautiful Doll. Police court records show Charles Mery of 178 Abbott Street accused. political figure B. Corbett offered to pay repairs and court settled with a cash offer.
John Yonker, a popular patrolman in Chicago, serves as chief organizer of youth games at Hamilton Park. He enforces park rules after 9 pm, escorts distressed children home, and settles disputes for the six baseball diamonds. His cheerful, steady presence earns respect and trust from local families.
A Maltese cat ran through Cleveland area county courts at a $5,000,000 temple of justice. Led by custodian guides, it toured marble halls, paused on upper floors near $90,000 decorations, then leaped to the lower floor and vanished, sparking a building-wide chase and delayed proceedings. Chief O Connor led the pursuit with caution and reported the climactic leap.
A brief guidance notes soaking technique with cold starch to lift Jadine stain. The text cites Ladies' Home Journal forecast of trouble. It includes a quarrel line where a character Mr Knott laments drunkenness and remorse over marriage and children.
Describes old English games played by children in a circle with a center plate, including truckling the trencher and the game Twos and Threes. Participants chase, swap places after forfeits, and a calling rhyme with numbered items tests memory and steadiness, producing laughter and forfeits.
A cork and four forks demonstration explains balancing a dinner plate on a pin. The piece also notes Roller Skates evolution from early wheel-less to iron and steel bearings improving in the 1800s. A Rhode Island hospital incident recounts a patient’s reaction to ether before an appendicitis operation. National Monthly Farm Telephones reports a surge in farm telephone adoption over three years.
Quotation notes that indulging children leads to heartache as they grow, fondness spoils, and neglecting faults harms outcomes. It compares excess motherly love with too little care, using gardening imagery to illustrate discipline and guidance versus permissiveness.
A naval diver beneath Toulon harbor was attacked by a giant octopus whose 26 foot tentacles wrapped around him. He signaled for hoisting and was pulled to the surface with the octopus, which was stabbed to death weighing 125 pounds. The event was noted in a London Mall item about a soft voice and gracious manners.
A collage of quotes and snippets discusses belief as virtue's aid, praises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for infants, muses on how attire shifts mood, and recalls a minor car accident scene where victims walk away.
The Houston Post reports a lighthearted exchange about romance and a joke that a car leapt a fence when spoken to. The article then notes widespread gold hoarding in the Turkish empire, especially in rural districts, where jewelry serves as the main form of hiding wealth.
An old advertorial urges consulting a doctor about remedies for coughs and colds. It recommends Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and Ayer’s Pills for related symptoms. The text includes garbled phrases and a partial mailing address likely for Lowell, Massachusetts.
A physician recalls a patient with an inflamed eye who was prescribed a medicine to be dropped into the eye several times daily. The man returned and asked whether to administer the drops before meals or after, highlighting a humorous misapplication of medical advice.
Johnson and Macklin argued a literary point when Johnson quoted Greek. Macklin admitted not understanding Greek and insisted a literature critic should know every language. Macklin then rattled off Gaelle phrases, leaving Johnson momentarily speechless.
A remarkable longevity record is noted in rural France. In the village of S1 Thomas de la Filche has presided as priest for 800 years with 14 parish priests, the current fourteenth still serving. St Germain du Val has had three pastors in a century, and Glory en Argonne five in 130 years. Sterne remarked that true mastery of books is to serve them by knowing their titles.
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