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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
5
Prominent religious figures from multiple denominations denounce prohibition by statute and advocate local option. Archbishops bishops and pastors argue for temperance on moral grounds, stressing individual choice and religious liberty over enforced law.
Prehistoric cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park southwestern Colorado attract researchers and visitors. Spruce Tree House, Cliff Palace, Balcony House, and Funnel House form a notable complex with about 130 tows, kivas, and ceremonial spaces. Fortified walls, watchtowers, and blockhouses characterize the sites, with elaborate underground passages and burial grounds.
A discussion on the dry cell highlighting its crucial role in scientific progress and its wide range of applications from automobiles and motors to medical devices and explosive settings. The piece notes the manufacturing precision, origins, and related steam power ideas, interspersed with assorted anecdotes and quotations from period sources.
A tumultuous Oregon campaign tale accuses two small groups and brewers of financing a "Taxpayers' and Wage Earners' League" to push for a dry vote. The piece alleges widespread misinformation across Salem and multiple towns, claiming dry towns show prosperity, lower debts, and better business, while urging a vote for Oregon dry and no saloon.
Sequoia and General Grant National Parks celebrate giant trees and scenic beauty near Visalia and Sanger California. Visitors travel by electric railway and stage or automobile to reach the parks famed for the General Sherman and General Grant trees, ancient giants, pine and cedar groves, trout streams, boating and songbirds.
Tables of life expectancy show exact years remaining by age for men and women, used by insurers. At age ten, about 41 years remain. twenty yields around 41.2 more. twenty-five about 39 more. thirty about 32 more. forty about 29. fifty about 18 to 21. sixty around 15 to 17. seventy roughly eight to nine more years.
A historical clínica note describes treating corns with a surface application of a mixture of collodion and ether, allowing drying, then soaking in hot water to remove the corn in one piece. Repeated applications were said to dissolve the corn and expose a hole, with cautions about blood poisoning.
Vague political pitch from X 57 D C Brownell of Umatilla for 20th District Senator against J N Burgess. Centered on equal rights and moral character. Dense garbled text mentions alfalfa farming, Bnatarn Oregon, and town issues.
Paid ad by L. L. Mann pledges to enforce all laws including bootlegging prostitution and other major offenses. He claims to support economic growth, curb corruption, and avoid delaying election timing.
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