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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
2
Athena Oregon editorial urges local reciprocity between merchants and customers to build a strong commonwealth. It criticizes mail order purchases and urges shopping at home. The piece warns of fraud and theft in major cities mentioning a vigilante mood alongside notes on Marshall Field and tax practices.
The Oregonian asserts spectators to prizefights share guilt with fighters, arguing humans are by nature drawn to combat. It notes fighting propelled mankind to preeminence and praises mental struggle over physical combat, while condemning the depravity of the scene.
The spectator of a prizefight shows a degenerate craving for cruelty and blood, likened to Roman gladiatorial zeal and modern football hysteria. Gambling motives drive attendance, while the show is a hard, serious business with corrupt overtones. Nevada is criticized for permitting legalized prizefighting, threatening its reputation as corrupt and degenerate.
William Jennings Bryan delivered a keynote address in New York praising the party’s prospects and predicting a Democratic presidential nomination. He attacked corruption, defended government ownership ideas for railroads and transit, and outlined views on corporations labor socialism taxes and campaign finances shaping the campaign tone.
The remarks echo the President in several respects and show the speaker as a Democrat on some issues. The piece ponders how far a Democratic Congress would follow the outline presented. Beyond politics, the speech is likely to please many Americans.
In this essay the machine is hailed as the modern cornerstone of society shaping law science ethics and the arts. It argues machines from the sowing machine to the typewriter educate the people guiding precision and the adjustment of universal laws to human needs. The machine is described as the head master of the high school of the race.
The Medical Review argues that benefits from changing air arise from new environments or habits, not from dwelling changes. It suggests many people would gain more by simple habit changes, with examples from cab driving to milkmaids, and notes that gradual altitude adaptation may be possible. The Philadelphia Press item ends with a brief “Report of the Condition.”
At the close of business September 4 1906 the entry shows total liabilities and due to other national and state entities. The text is garbled with unreadable fragments and stray mis-spellings making specifics about amounts, names, or entities unreadable.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and other preparations as tonics for blood poisoning and debility. It claims rightful, alcohol-free formulations with transparent ingredient lists, offers to send endorsements and books to readers, and promotes Pellets for constipation and liver regulation.
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