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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1922
Page
2
A 1922 Athens Press column argues labor profits at 70 percent of industry, urging a businesslike union stance after strikes. It condemns crippling output rules and details causes and processes for replacing a locomotive staybolt, highlighting cross trades tensions and political commentaries from Borah to Cornish.
A monitor of political exchanges outlines Republican and Democrat maneuvering, noting Tom Lawson and figures like Harding and Mustapha Kemal in a tense electoral period. The piece critiques campaign financing, party lines, and the push for voter support amid debates over taxes and debt.
An excerpt describes a vivid collage of travel, hardship, and memory. It mentions a sea voyage near the Krome, conductors and street labor, a public reaction, and a shift toward forgotten days. A native named Prencele from Thursday Island appears with curious speech and a shark skull tale.
The Baptist church announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. morning worship at 11 a.m. with the address titled They Followed Him No More. Evening service at 7 20 p.m. features The Fiery Trial. Midweek service Thursday evening led by Pastor B Johnson.
Dr. Fisher of the University details six years of field work in Egypt uncovering ancient quarrying and block transport techniques. Workers split alabaster with water wedges, finished stones with bronze tools, loaded them on sleds, and slid them along watered roads to the Nile, where blocks were floated to building sites.
A dense digest covers methods to measure stellar distances via parallax, trigonometric and spectroscopic techniques, noting Greenwich Observatory and American efforts aiming to map parallax for naked eye stars in the northern hemisphere. It also touches on social topics about women and tobacco, plus a Harvard bulletin on star movements, and ends with a final account notice from Umatilla County regarding Mary R. Fatlon guardianship.
Freshman initiation at Athena High School featured a street parade through Main Street led by Lois McIntyre on a white mule. In costumes and burlesque characterizations, several upperclassmen directed the stunts. An evening party for faculty and students followed in the school, with games, stunts, and refreshments.
A dental advertisement from Athena Oregon urges readers to seek health through dental care. It stresses mouth health, calls for doctor visits, and promotes affordable materials and services from Dr. A C Froom while highlighting price competition and patient comfort.
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