Novel Meeting for School Lads Delights Athena Citizens
Prominent local women and the mayor address boys at a Thursday afternoon gathering at the public school. Athletics, refreshments, and moral talks promote discipline and community pride among 40 boys, with prizes awarded and thanks given to organizers. A follow-up school exhibit at the county fair and a return engagement by the Vin Moore company are also noted.
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Athena
Amon
Betts
Coomans
Hunter
Mies Bruce
Meldrum
Athens
Meldram
Helmick
M. EB
Misa Partridge
Umatilla Bridge
Oregonian
Saya
Umatilla
Morelog
Atlas Bridge Company
Anowme
Grand next Sunday engagement for company leader Gregg
The article notes a manager named Gregg arranging for the company to appear at the Grand again next Sunday, likely for a single performance. Further details to be announced later. The Washington primaries report light votes with Roosevelt’s visit affecting progressives in Seattle and multiple nominations across parties for governor, congress, and other offices. The Young People’s Society at the Methodist church elected officers including Laura Bruce as president and Roth Stewart as third vice president.
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Maneger Gregg
Washington
Roosevelt
Seattle
Hay
William BE. Humphrey
E.C. Millen
H. O. Fishback
J. H. Shively
Charles G. Heifner
State Central Committee
Congress
William LaFollette
Spokane
Albert Johneau
Hoquiam
J. E. Frost
Ellenstorg
Frank Hammond
King County
H. W. White
Robert McMurchine
O. Connor
Duly Bees At The Fair In Umatilla County Exhibit
A major bee culture display at the Umatilla county fair will educate on modern practice. T. B. Barringer of Stanfield leads the exhibit with two daily lectures on honeybee culture, hive safety, and disease checks, plus hive inspections upon request. Eleven lines describe other fair items and local notices about horses, banking, and a harvest ball.
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Anova
Umatilla-Morrow County
Oregon
T.B. Barringer
Stanfield
Barringer
Resolutions Back Governor West for Clean Up Crusade
Christian citizens at Athena Oregon voiced strong support for Oswald West in his vice crackdown. Residents praised reform efforts as a moral boost to the state and authorized sending copies to the governor and local newspaper. Signatures included D Jackenzie Meldrum Thor Lannon Jerry Stone R Coppock Henry Schmitt Houty Keon.
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West
Athena
Oragon
Oregon
Oswald West
Commonwealth
Weat
Diackenzie Meldrum
Thor. Lannon
Jerry Stone
R. Coppock
Henry Schmitt
Houty Keon
The Gun That Is A Puzzle From South Africa
A curious description likens the gnu native to South Africa to a cross of horse cow and deer with head and horns of a cow a mane and tail of a horse and legs of a deer. The text notes wild behavior quick movements and herd dynamics and mentions an Italian garden statue lighting while a Cleveland postcard dealer anecdote follows.
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South Africa
Women and marriage debated in scrim motions
A fragment from the Baltimore American discusses gender roles and marriage expectations, noting women resist traditional judgments and men seek wives, reflecting a contentious view of courtship and social norms.
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Baltimore
Turbulent Medford dance furor and a runaway crash
The Medford Mail Tribune reports a party at Geer where ragtime dances offended the rural set. Farmers demanded refreshments back and left, while townsfolk continued in ragtime revelry. A runaway accident injured Hoory Koepke and J. S. Hunter as a four horse team bucked, bruising both men. Mr and Mrs William Yampkin and daughter Lillian returned from a British Columbia trip, Calgary included, noting Tompkins owned land and improved health.
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Rogue River
Medford
Virginia
Theo
Partiay
Dancera Aline
Hoory Koepke
J. 8
Hunter
Mr. Koopka
Wm. Yampkinnond
Lillian
British Columbia
Calgary
Tompkins
Boy Survives 40‑Foot Fall At Santa Rosa School
Claud Dickenson, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Sime Dickenson, fell forty feet from a new Santa Rosa school building and was unconscious for a time. He required five stitches to close a chin wound and survived the accident.
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Claud
Sime Dickenson
Santa Rosa
California
Remarkable Ingenious Robbery Comment by Magistrate
A fragmentary London sketch quotes a magistrate about to stand trial for a theft. The dialogue mockingly notes the accused deservedly affected the robbery with cunning while joking that punishment includes shaving the gentleman again. The piece reads as satire with names and places obscured.
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Londos
New Pastor Rev D M Helmick From Rosalia Arrives at Athena
Rev D M Helmick arrives with his wife in Athena to assume pastor duties at the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is praised for community service, including organizing a brick church, Sunday school, and Epworth league, and resigns as chamber of commerce treasurer to join the Athena charge.
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D. M. Helmick
Methodist Episcopal Ofarot
Athena
Rosalia
Aelalot
Orat Armen
Atheon
Helmiak
Roselia Citisen-Journal
D. M. Helmiak
M. HB. Oberch
Ore
MBH
Ellonaturg
Holmick
Chamber of Commerce
Dad
Helmick
Thia
Epworth
Genere
Citizen- Journal
P. Turnley
Bia
New Feld
Labor
BR. P. Tornley
Br. D. A. Argos
B. B. Blood
Rev. Helmick
Call for Warrants in City of Athena
City of Athena issues notice to redeem outstanding city warrants numbers 515 to 670 and water commission warrants 487 to 800 inclusive. Warrants paid at the office of B. B. Richerde on August 18 1973. after that date interest on warrants ceases. Dated Athena Oregon August 16 1912. Vieloe C Barke City Irene
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Notioe
Werery Gayou
Athena
B. B. Richerde
Oregon
Vieloe C
Barke
City Irene
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