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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
2
An old style advice piece urges mothers to stay informed through reading and libraries to truly be called a mother. It criticizes overwork and teaches balance, listening to children, and not making work a fetish. It discusses fashion shifts from long sleeves to sleeveless, and offers household tips and beauty guidance.
A mixed feature on nurse duties and infant care warns against unhygienic mouth-wiping practices and advises proper nourishment for nurses. It then shifts to bargain shopping advice, stressing price familiarity and avoiding debt, followed by notes on home remedies, clothing trends, and the evolving ideal of the modern healthy woman with fashion details for summer hats and garments.
The article notes beadwork under new styles with large beads in irregular alignment and small beads forming pretty patterns. It mentions precious gems and garlands priced cheap, with strings also appearing attractive. Women wear various bead designs, indicating evolving fashion without signaling decline.
The article advises keeping doors windows and shutters closed during the day to exclude heat. After sunset, open the house to let the night breeze cool the interior throughout the night.
Boston club women embrace a silence room fad as a craze to practice quiet, noting the rarity of true silence amid the noisy world. The piece laments the humming and whistling nature of modern men and sings the virtues of silence as precious.
A brief note extolls a fruit diet for clear skin by drinking hot apple tea and eating paredd and cured apples throughout the day. It adds a tip on preserving brooms by dipping in boiling soda to keep them tough and pliable, claiming carpets wear longer when swept with such a broom.
Dr G B Asotin counties surveyed sheep health across Washington and Oregon ranges finding heavy grazing has depleted tall bunch grass. He argues restocking hinges on fencing ranges and protecting grass during seeding to sustain future forage and prevent further loss.
In a recent volume on farming and lands, Professor Thomas F. Hunt of Cornell praises Pacific Northwest conditions and Oregon resources. He notes vast forest assets, strong fishing industries, and wheat production via dry farming along the Columbia River, with Douglas fir and red cedar as key species.
The Washington state college experiment station at Pullman reports progress on Little Club and White Track wheat hybrids begun in 1899 by Professor R. Elliott. One long headed hybrid yields high straw and 60 bushels per acre in some cases, with good cold tolerance and dry-land suitability for the Big Bend region. A stiff straw hybrid resists uprooting and shatters little, though its stem is short for some dry land uses. Another long stem hybrid shows uniform height and strong threshing compatibility with a combined harvester. The variety’s even length and low shattering make it a desirable hybrid from the college farm.
Report notes growing interest in Ashland area coal prospects as workers push to map deposit extent beyond doab. With wood fuel scarcity driving demand, developers see coal as a solution. Harriman railroad reps have visited Ashland to assess prospects, while a local observer reports general excitement and ongoing legal developments.
The narrative recalls Davy Crockett and a talking raccoon in coin dialect advising not to shoot. Crockett agrees to keep the incident secret, fearing the President’s reaction. Somehow the story escapes, revealing the moment to the public.
The article notes experiments with liquid sodium as a potential cheaper conductor for electric cables, detailing a 130 foot tube with a 500 ampere current. It also describes a rubberized tire substitute from glue and chrome, a German official’s aerial navigation theory by Herr Martin, and a primer on asteroid discovery including Eros and Asteroid 688 with their orbits and observational importance.
A debtor avoids payment by telling a collector an interblock soothsayer will reveal the future for 80 cents and a throw. The collector reacts with exasperation as the man insists on adding 80 cents to the balance. The exchange appears in the Washington Herald.
In the Philadelphia Press a cartoonish tale questions a builder named Slicker with a suburban residence scheme promising a ten year supply of servant girls per contract. The piece notes inflated prices for lambskin and kid gloves as a regional fashion concern.
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