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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
2
A Kansas City boy, John, questions his father about practical math problems and explores old texts from Richard’s Natural Arithmetic to Milne’s Inductive Arithmetic and a 1368 work. He finds early exercises quirky yet insightful, noting shifts in practical focus from farm to industry and daily life.
In a large New York wholesale house five partners work together, but two have not spoken in twenty years. They see each other daily and work in offices a short distance apart, communicating only by stenographer memo or private telephone. A quarrel over wives ended their friendship, yet the other three fear ruin if the split persists. They now discuss prices and deals by indirect means and maintain courteous business relations.
A city novelty investigates outdoor social music for rag men hawkers and street vendors. Mina Caroline Weneel a settlement worker and graduate of Vanar proposes rag man calls in fatlike tunes. She believes the voice should be heard rather than silenced.
Mika Wenzel has set up an outdoor school on Washington street and Massachusetts avenue with nearly twenty pupils. She instructs vendors by tailoring expressions to fit their wares and teaches pronunciation to produce a strong head tone. Her idea came from a trip abroad last year and patrons enjoy the sessions.
Hyde Park police respond to a routine summons as Sergt Cronin leaves his duties to return home to 7018 Indian Avenue. Polly the red Durham cow gives birth to twin calves amid the family celebration with a veterinary surgeon in attendance. The scene echoes a yearly ritual announcing new farm members and diary interest.
The page presents aphorisms and observations about daily life and social behavior. It notes high prices for beer and cigars, women picketing sales, and reflections on marriage, parentage, book agents, and wedding trips. The tone is satirical and reflective.
A Utah inventor details a pea sheller that shells a peck faster than hand work, using a hopper and rollers with blunt teeth driven by a handle. The piece also describes a detachable ladder step, Milo as dairy feed, green fodder for chicks, peach tillage debates, and a Nebraska harvest machine with a gasoline powered wagon.
A Brooklyn lawyer recalls Patrick H. McCarren visiting Rome’s Ara Coeli Church. After sitting through a service, McCarren repeatedly tried to retrieve his hat from the floor, only to be restrained by an unseen hand. A voice finally warns, Cheese it boss that’s my hat you’re taking.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader shows Ample Proof and a postscript about Dolly asking why she isn’t at the teaching school while Polly notes the teacher is laid up with dye pepela. The dialogue features a young minister and a rector with church marriages affecting women.
The article warns attic and closet fire risks from inflammable contents and heat, notes spontaneous ignition in sawdust and coal, and offers practical extinguishing steps. It emphasizes water application on the material, not the blaze, using rugs or brooms to smother small fires, and prompts immediate alarm if unrecoverable. It also covers safe exit methods during a fire and how to signal rescuers from a burning building.
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