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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
3
H Lane Young argues banks must back farms with sound security and profitable operations. He cites overbanking, poor loan standards, and need for diversification and soil-building practices. A new stabilization plan may steady markets though costs to the federal treasury are uncertain.
Dean H. L. Russell of Wisconsin praises the new Agricultural Marketing Act for creating a Federal Farm Board with broad powers to advise and execute farm relief. The plan emphasizes cooperative financing and cash advances to hold crops, aiming for orderly marketing and surplus reduction through organized farmer groups.
Advice on parenting prayer stresses letting a child observe genuine faith at home. A mother should pray with her son and then gradually step back, allowing him to internalize prayer through lived example rather than forced routines. Religion is primarily absorbed before being taught.
The piece contrasts rural and city life, noting farmers face constant toil yet social events once brightened country days. It recalls sleighing parties busking bees apple paring and quilting gatherings and raisings as lively, socially rich traditions now faded.
Water connoisseurs and expedition managers in the Levant stress the water boy as vital to digging morale. They note locals drink four to five times more water than Westerners and insist on pure, distinct vintages. Turks and Greeks reportedly judge water from different forests and springs, choosing one over another.
The distance to the horizon increases with eye level. A 100 foot cliff lets an observer see a ship earlier than from sea level, as higher elevation reveals more of the Earth's curved surface.
In a quiet village the death of Rooker leaves little concern due to his untrustworthy reputation. Months later talk erupts over a tombstone defacement, where someone added the word friends to the epitaph. The line, fe did his best, crowns the grim joke.
The Indianapolis News reports a surge of weddings at a church rectory due to the rector’s popular service. A bridesmaid nearly tittered during vows, revealed by the minister after the ceremony when he spotted his granddaughter Ann among the bridal party accessories.
The blue cornflower sprig, favored by Marie Antoinette at Sevres, sparked a popular porcelain trend. Chantilly and English potteries adopted the design, later called Sprigged China, with Sevres as the origin and the queen’s taste driving its spread. The Kansas City Times notes its royal connection and rapid adoption.
The article describes oxen as indispensable to Korean agriculture due to limited machinery and small horse size. Oxen plow fields haul loads and power mills, with slaughter for food or hides noted. Since Buddhism’s expulsion, meat has become a ceremonial diet, and cattle markets serve as social hubs in isolated farming communities.
The passage extols locusts as the only living beings that made the world safe for democracy through perfect cooperation. It notes they have no overhead charges or rulers and manage themselves via a masterly system of getting together, achieving organization without leadership or internal conflict.
An advertisement by B. B. Richards promotes Public Liability and Property Damage insurance for motor vehicles, landlords, owners and tenants liability coverage at low cost, claiming it saves homes and protects families amid claims from ambulance chasers and damage suits.
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