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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
4
An Egyptologist friends notes a ghostly reflection seen in the glass cases of the Egyptian gallery. He describes a mysterious figure appearing in the empty basalt coffin of Ptah’s priest and the Isiz statuette case reflecting into it. The scene is described as uncanny and striking.
A legal issue arises whether a son of an American ambassador born abroad can be eligible for the Presidency. U S law treats children born to American parents abroad as citizens, but the Constitution requires the President to be native born, likely needing Supreme Court interpretation.
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba serves as a winter rendezvous for navy ships on the Atlantic coast of the United States. The bay lies on Cuba’s south coast about forty miles east of Santiago, four miles wide and ten miles long with deep waters protected by hills. Historically it hosted pirates and buccaneers waiting for galleons from the Spanish Main and ships from Santiago.
A five year old hears talk of relatives visiting the Holy Land and now in Greece. She tells her father with tears that Uncle and Aunt are in all. The child misunderstands the journey as a shared fate.
Munich engineer Dr George Krange claims a specially prepared silver form can purify drinking water. He says about twentieth of an ounce is enough to disinfect vast quantities of water.
The pipe organ’s history spans 2000 years from early pipe rows to the water and bellows organs. Puritans resisted music, and American organ history starts in 1713 with the Brattle organ in King's Chapel Boston and continues with John Clemmis last
Descriptions portray Papuans as governed by deep superstitions and fear of spirits. Their villages are built for protection, with sea and river shore sites, elevated huts, stockades, and tree-top watch platforms to deter and detect threats.
A club member seized the top card a three of diamonds to guard his beer while away on a telephone call. On return the beer was gone and a chatty onlooker reveals Jenkins took the trick with a fen of daniworms.
Two day offer from Mr. C F Redlich claims perfect retention shields cure ruptures without outside support. The device purportedly strengthens tissues, relieves stomach and back issues, and works on recent and old ruptures with no plastic belts or legstraps. Advertising claims include high cure rates in children and caution against mail order contraptions from a Minneapolis expert.
Modern observatories use instruments to gauge the moon’s heat. Heat input varies with solar radiation and reflection, while radiation governs temperature. During Earth's shadow, direct solar heat stops and moon heat is radiated away, revealing rapid cooling as eclipse progresses.
A London Post report recounts a traveler staying in Tenerife who was shown a distant islet by a companion. The observer counted seven islands near Teneriffe with Grande Canary, then saw a map omitting the islet, labeled as the ghost of a submerged island arising only in certain atmospheric states.
A firemen rescue scene unfolds as a distraught woman pleads for help. She reveals a missing child but confesses the item was her bicycle, only a month old, purchased on the warming plan. The crowd learns the true tragedy behind the smoke and flames.
A London Saturday Review piece scoffs at modern young people preferring the past and recalls harsh eighteenth century life, imagining common workers and servants enduring hardship rather than idealized manners. It contrasts contemporary arrogance with ordinary history's bleak realities.
A traveler notes a saying about finding work by using brains and adapting to conditions. An anecdote about a westward piano tuner who survives by tightening barbed wire fences in a wild unsettled region illustrates creative, practical income ideas.
A Westchester schoolteacher asked pupils to list their fathers' occupations. A 13 year old wrote Ixpressman, prompting questions. it was learned he is the son of the American Express Company president.
The Living Age notes Europe's best North American Indian collection at Radebeul near Dresden. A replica block house sits beside Karl May's former home. The bulk of the arrows and headdresses were brought by Patty Frank, a Viennese acrobat who toured America with Buffalo Bill and others.
The article lists acts passed by Parliament as roots of the American conflict. It names Navigation Acts, Molasses and Sugar Acts, Stamp and Quartering Acts, Townshend Acts, Acts on paper glass and other imports, Boston Port Bill and Massachusetts Government Acts, Administration of Justice Act, New England Restraining Act and dates from 1600 to 1775.
A historical piece explains how new hotels face bankruptcy in their first year and use tactics to attract attention. It notes offering free board to celebrities, creating bustle with dusk sights, and staff shouting notable names to simulate activity, aiming to project prosperity and attract guests.
The article notes slow but evident changes to coastlines with islands appearing and land disappearing. It describes Lower California's land rising while the Gulf of California narrows, suggesting eventual connection to mainland Mexico and the possible disappearance of waters separating them.
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