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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1927
Page
3
An analysis warns widows are prime targets for high pressure promoters. It urges consulting bankers before investing, avoiding fraudulent farm, business, or real estate schemes, and checking credentials through reliable brokers or the National Better Business Bureau.
Hawaiian Island Ke fiang Claims to Fame recounts Ishinds of Linwallgy noting a motto about cited fuels for boast. The extinct Hhalenkal volcano crater hosted 1823 Christian funeral of a Hawaiian chieftain. The island’s earliest newspaper appeared in 1884 titled The Aria of Hauwaili.
A fragment describes a white house set near a river bank with a Sipuelous garden bearing vines pears strawberries and vegetables. An interior features a cheerful dining room filled with books and a drawing room above with three windows and prints, recalling old Alcinous.
A fragment from Harper's Magazine recounts a New Jersey morning fog on the North River ferry. Passengers react as a hoarse whistle cuts through the gloom while a poetess and a passenger discuss Shelley’s drowning.
Hindus in India celebrate the three day Holi festival marking the vernal equinox with bonfires at temples and sacrifices to the gods. Red powder is thrown and clothing is stained as in a Saturnalia style celebration.
Mrs. Ralph McEwen was honored at a Bridge luncheon hosted at the Watts home on Jefferson street by Mrs. M L Watts Mrs B B Richards and Mrs C O Stephens. Nine tables played with I L Michener high score and A A Kimball consolation. Guests included Mrs Henry Collins Mrs Glen Storie and many others from Pendleton Walla Walla and Athena. Verne Dudley hosted a Bridge tea at her Dayton country home complimenting Mrs McEwen with five tables present.
The article notes Chinese regard the stomach as the source of intellect and that the fattest person is seen as wisest. It describes customs around hosting guests at meals, the general pattern of two main meals daily for most, and the richer class often having three or four meals. It also mentions that high status families may have meat only for the father, while others eat rice.
Karl Hagenteck led a zoological garden in Stellingen near Minburg introducing slow can to frame large carnivorous owls of different species to perform together. He also devised outdoor confinement methods for animals in a garden setting with wire enclosures and labeled spaces for groups of large mammals and birds.
The Athena column reports straw coating on Fifth street, a sick harvester treated with whiskey, and recovery. It notes L L Montague buying the Commercial livery stock and lease, steady beef sales at Beale's market, and local moves including Parker family changes, Miss Waid’s marriage, and woodmen visits in Butte.
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