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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
2
Athena Oregon reports on the November 4 special referendum asking voters to approve $100,000 for a new administration and addition to the Oregon State University buildings. The article emphasizes growth in enrollment, new courses, and the strain on existing facilities, noting the need to uphold both appropriations to avoid hindering higher education.
The London Chronicle recounts Ireland's leprechaun as a tiny brogue maker who lures captors with wealth but vanishes at a glance. A peasant’s clever trap failed, leaving the treasure hidden among ragwort with a red garter on each plant.
A New York Tribune item extols adhesive tape for home and garden. It notes labeling jars, mending tears, reinforcing hot water bottles, patching corns, securing sheet music, binding manuscripts, and training plants against supports, all with simple tape. It cites a trained nurse praising comfort and protection from chafing and highlights versatile, quick fixes.
Elisha Yale held the first English flat auction sale in 1700 to market East Indian wares, a method that inspired others and led to later regulations and taxes on auctions. American auctioneers faced fraud with fake sales and bid rigging, prompting fines and imprisonments to curb abuses. Tamworth Castle, a thousand-year-old site linked to Alfred the Great’s lineage, is described as Jacobean with an ivy tower and banqueting hall, sold to the corporation by the Marquis Townshend.
Harper's Magazine describes Carlsbad’s springs as the father of all hot springs with stony geyser basins and white robed priestesses. It notes geologists call the water virgin or volcanic, rising from rainfall to subterranean reservoirs and boiling to life, a vivid mythic portrait.
A humorous note traces the expression eat crow to an 18th century officer and private punishment story. It recounts a soldier forced to eat a crow, then forces the officer to join, and recalls a girl reporting a dog seen as mad. Harper’s Weekly quotation closes the piece with a vivid remark.
A French subprefect reports a mild quake in a province and, disguising himself in uniform, summons the government attorney the lieutenant of gendarmerie and the police magistrate and awaits orders from the minister of the interior. This reflects rapid centralized response despite natural upheavals.
A veteran officer recalls a clever real estate style solution after a French fleet visit near San Francisco. Unable to fund an official banquet, he invited the naval guests as patrons of a community picnic with baskets and provisions from locals, turning the event into a famed social success.
A medical note asserts that moderate coffee use is not harmful for healthy adults and can relieve fatigue. It cautions depends on individuals with deurasthenic or dyspeptic conditions and notes no fatal toxicity from large intakes, while warning against excessive consumption.
A fragmented excerpt follows a man noticing odd details in a kitchen scene. He observes familiar items like sleeves and butter while foreshadowing a hidden grudge between Taginei Detralt Bree and others. The piece hints at tension beneath a domestic setting.
A fragmentary selection from a 19th century era paper laments a future dominated by overprocessed news. It contrasts bleak predictions with personal quandaries about weddings and fashion. The voice references social fatigue and media saturation affecting art and literature.
Belgian zoologist M. Plateau tested whether color or odor attracts bees by placing a striking colored and strongly scented object before a perfect mirror. Insects ignored the reflection and went only to the real flower, showing they are guided by the actual flower, not its mirror image.
An Yonkers Statesman item recalls a motor trip where the chauffeur drove too fast, prompting a partial return journey at reduced speed and a tow back. The exchange reflects a lighthearted roadside mishap reported in local columns.
A remark attributed to Inte B. Lb. Godkin, editor of a New York paper, targets Charles Sumner noting he uses adjectives so aggressively that they would "murder" him if left alone.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a rare patient play on words about meddling as a man recalls another’s excessive involvement. A humorous exchange hints at reactions to intrusiveness and age related quirks without graphic detail.
A shortened, aphoristic note from a Brussels article quoting Sleep and Longevity ideas. It argues that neglecting sleep shortens life and invites death, framed as a caution about overworking and misusing rest. The fragment lacks clear names or dates but conveys a moral about balance.
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