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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
2
A poem tells of a man who toils without time to play or rest. He hoards wealth and looks forward to a day when labor ends. At last the gun sinks in the west and he sits to rest, but the dream of lasting leisure is denied as he dies.
Mortimer Davent buys a macabre death head from a china collection at a rambling near London country house. His friend Crosby joins to view the eerie piece with eyes that seem to follow them, raising tension as Hammond reacts with a dread cry at the sight of the head.
Davent revisits Hammond’s mansion where Hammond dies by a throat tear marked by animal teeth. A mummified head and a hidden crime link to Tibbing the head as a cursed relic. Crosby discovers the head’s gruesome background as a servant’s murder connects to the haunting artifact.
Old Timer in Chicago Journal ponders what happens to the so called sissy boys who were overly proper and bookish in school. He recalls Ethelbert Johnson Proctor, a top student who wore curls, kept neat shoes, and tattled on others. The piece asks whether such pupils become bankers builders or officials or simply fade away, arguing a need for both brains and strong bodies.
The article explains late summer to early autumn budding as an alternative to cleft grafting. It notes applicability to apples plums and roses, and describes using a round-pointed knife and yarn, selecting a branch ½ to ¾ inch, lifting the bark with a knife and making a slit, then preparing a bud from the same season’s growth for grafting success.
Instructions on applying a bud graft with knife work, wrapping, and timing. Followed by brief farmer letters on protecting quails, starting sheep, raspberry tips, animal health checks, and fall wheat planting guidance.
A compiled list of historical dates and figures including battles, treaties, political changes, notable deaths, and early scientific warnings. It references locations like Otterbourne Northumberland Banbury and events from 815 through 1898, with scattered notes on public figures such as Hamilton Cobden and Pettus.
In a fragment from a city column, Mile Men quotes LT and Henry discussing a humorous “groge” or grodge described as a stable for people without horse sense. The note hints at playful local slang and a tip about writing love letters that may return home unexpectedly.
Text describes a curtain front poultry house with a hinged frame front that swings to let sunlight in. It outlines variations to suit builders and mentions using lumber instead of cotton to enclose the house. Interior fixtures like roosts nest boxes and drop boards are to be constructed and installed accordingly.
A detailed 1910 style ledger shows radishes and onions to tomatoes and corn. The entry lists crops and quantities including 3,615 batches of radishes 80 bushels white China radishes 1,800 boxes strawberries 1,000 heads lettuce 5,000 heads cabbage 440 baskets tomatoes and 25 bushels parsnips.
A fragmented note discusses farmers who sell grain crops and the impact on soil fertility. It questions practices that extract fertility from the home farm for 1 cent grain prices and urges consideration of sustainable farming. It also references union principles and a Denver miners convention reaffirming industrial unionism.
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