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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
2
An editorial on the impracticality of strict home budgeting for busy households. It argues that rigid bookkeeping costs time and money, noting older merchants and modern housekeepers both struggle with balancing income and expenses while maintaining daily duties.
Died July 21 in Dumfries at about 77. Large funeral procession moved from Branklyn hall to St Michael’s Church with military honors. Volunteers of Dupafelos and other regiments joined by crowds from Dumfries and surrounding counties. Coffin borne by workmen and carried through High Street to the churchyard. The ceremony marked by traditional civic and military displays.
Investigators abroad report severe hardships for Balkan Jews in Serbia and Bulgaria. Epidemics, poverty, and religious repression persist as Belgrade communications fail and refugees return. Aiding the Jews with clothing and food is urged, with $25,000,000 sought in the United States to fund relief.
A fragment describes a Congo village beauty rite where a neckpiece, anklets, and bracelets are worn during a forced display to attract the chief, with the process ending when the girl’s partner selects another. Two teenage girls arrested by Rotterdam police are noted in passing.
Fragmentary text shows names Rivard and Thursby with amounts and dates unreadable. Possible references to payment or reading and a pets note. Unable to determine full event or context from the provided garbled OCR.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that audits of major wool dealers’ accounts are underway with no refunds to consignors. Excess profits from about 10 percent of country dealers will be collected and distributed to growers whose wool profits were permitted under wartime regulations. Auditing will take months and notices will identify the firm handling each grower’s wool.
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