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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
3
The passage compares unmagnetized mariners’ compass needles to a young man lacking purpose and magnets to a life’s direction. Once magnetized, the needles point north and stay true, mirroring how a person gains and follows a clear aim.
Mrs J G Jonson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring her health after heavy farm work. She says it prevents backache and supports well being, and notes her daughter benefited from relief from painful periods.
In Chicago a voice assails cat whiskers as allegedly carrying microbes. The piece hints at future barbers offering care to curb the whisker menace as an age of enlightenment progresses.
Samuel Want, who arrived penniless from England a decade ago, has been appointed a member of the University of Maryland law faculty. At age 22 he also serves as assistant editor of the American and English Encyclopedia of Law and teaches commercial law at Eastern High School. His rapid rise followed entry to the university in 1907 and graduation in 1908, noted for his merit and effort.
A youthful immigrant in England starts as an office boy and rises to store manager by fourteen. He moves to Baltimore at eighteen, enters the University of Maryland, excels in law with the second highest class rank in 1908, and becomes a broadly cultivated scholar. He is married and known for extensive reading and language study.
Allentown Pa report outlines Stephen Jons of Washington township leaving a will teaching executors to provide his widow with annual staples including wheat rye oil corn potatoes lard beef sugar coffee molasses apple butter and coal and wood. It also notes a $1000 reduction in real estate if his wife causes trouble and an estate valued at about $20 000.
Local notice details a fatal incident in Montgomery involving a child from the Strata family after ingesting large amounts of inexpensive colored candy. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strata, reported the illness and death occurred before medical help could arrive. Authorities investigate potential dangers linked to the cheap candy.
The article describes Tehuelche and gaucho culture before modern equine emphasis, noting the bolas as a distinctive weapon. It explains bola varieties for horse pursuit and necking targets, from primitive stones to shot-filled variants, and mentions a single bola perdida used as a burning-stone.
A fragment outlines a call for a movement to resist aging mentally, urging Mrs. Winson references and a focus on sane moderation, cheerful spirit, and joy of living. It mentions nature's beauty and humanity's potential, though the text is fragmentary and unclear.
A jumble of advertisements and short notes discussing blueing products, matrimony maxims, health advice for girls, and curious anecdotes. It blends product pitches with social musings and odd curiosities from a late 19th or early 20th style page.
Due to dwindling sturgeon supply, Biberlan fishermen test salmon roe as a caviar substitute. The shift reflects a barter of valueless byproducts into a market option, with debates and reactions noted about its quality and acceptance.
The text pleads for hope and healing through God, counseling, and medicine. It condemns poverty and suffering, urges resilience against pain and indigestion, and references remedies said to stimulate digestion and liver function, urging trust in divine and practical aid.
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