Athena News Roundup and Social Notes 1918
Athena residents and visiting notables figure in a dense, amid influenza reports. Events include Navy furloughs, births, travels to Portland and Medford, a garage being built on South Third, and many community updates on illness, schooling, and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Gribbtoner Pendleton
W. B. Shaffer
Waltwburg
Ferguson
Thin City
Navy
David Lavender
Weaton
Joe Smith
Otha Reeder
Hie
South Third Street
Chas. McLean
W. E. Potts
Pendleton
Curious Coconut Crab Of Christmas Island Inhabitant Habitat
Curious coconut crab drifts from the ground hole to coconut trees to feed. The text notes Ameri can Forestry claims the crab uses a method of stripping husks and lifting coconuts with its legs while retreating, then hammering the husk open. The passage is fragmented and hard to parse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christmas
Earok
American Forestry
Athena School Notes Push Home Study For Pupils
Amid school closings, Athena School outlines home study plan with improvised mailboxes for written work. Principal Gene W. Hall urges parent pupil cooperation, noting grammar and high school work will resume where home study warrants. Also includes an original verse criticizing war leaders and the German invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Howe
Fumure
Gene W. Hall
Red and blue in color symbolism across politics and myth
The article notes red as a symbol of domination in politics and religion and its use in uniforms and state ceremonies. It contrasts red with blue, linking blue to legends and fairy tales and suggesting color influences on behavior and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora
Ted Hae
Tadla
Bine
Uute
Ireland's Round Towers A Mystery of Early Irish Towers
Ireland's round towers date from an uncertain era with theories they served as watch towers or danger markers. Many towers survive with broken tops or restored tops, no ground door, and doors placed high to require ladders for entry. Tiny high windows and scarce perfect examples abound across Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Treland
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Fred Reod
Walla Walla Bulletin
Athena
Denar
Sabra Nason
Busi Ness
Wall
Aan Wan
Walter 3. Gleiger
Dayton
Wash
Mise Grant
Mise Wiley
Miss Eabensen
Athawa
Violet Kindig
Arthur Douglas
Portland
W. J. Carsten Have
North Yaks
A. L. Merwen
Hutsdon
Clifford Walker
Emery Achilles
Verner Maslin
Sherling Partis
Columbia
Homer I. Watts
Medford
Mr. Garr
Cyrus Knight
Colorado
Me. Knight
Hiram Knight
Stelville Jolena
Vancouver
Sharp
W. H. Bailey
Ailton
J. W. Ware
Mias Peuline Myrick
Herman Anderson
Foss Hardware
Christus
Mru
Fouréy
Lanadate
Weston
J. M. Bruer
Bruer
Red Gross
1. W
Mis. Ware
California
Edmund Walker
Mra
Hot Lake Sanitarium
Miss Lula
Sanitario
Tommy Kirk
Jesse Gordon
Quanta
B.C. Heamer
Gordon
J. H. Beamer
Emery
Robert Lee
Josephyna Clark
Rudolph Lansinger
Waab
Clark
Mra. J. U0. Wal
Helix
seGrow
Trent
Prank Hunter
Hunter
Orduelles
Hue
Abel
Trada
LW. Ware
AOIL
A. W. Logsdon
Oregon
St. Helenan
Elba
Europe
Edith Cavell
Hell
Menabells
Koltur
Red
Cloak of Heaven
Rome
Athena Department Store
Berry
Monument Works
Barry, Propath
Mai Street
W. R
Walla Walla Wash
Miller
N. A. Miller
F. Sharp
Dalle
Omee
Athena Orugor
Shiltwell
Eves Testo
Lensis
American National Bank
Pendllon
Ore
Mccens
A.E. Anderson
Chicago
Finnert Mit
W. J. Carsten
Athena Garage
S. G. Lessinger
Athena and
Vicinity
Zerba Bros
V. R. Zerba
C. A. Barreté
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