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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
4
A jumble of short items and quips from a 19th or early 20th century paper. It includes a child’s bedtime anecdote about running away, tips and ads for Hanford’s Myrrh and household items, and scattered jokes and domestic vignettes from magazines like Woman’s Home Companion and Louisville Courier-Journal.
A garbled older paper snippet mentions a puzzling phrase about a sport or event, with scattered quotes from Theultate to take mtscakh and references to a hospital and a county paper. The fragmentary line hints at misprints or mistranscriptions and does not present a clear reportable event.
Portland Maine Republicans won a decisive victory Monday electing Carl E Milliken governor and defeating Governor Oakley C Curtis by about 19000. They also carried both U S Senate seats and all four Maine representatives to Congress, seizing the state house and likely enabling joint legislative action on state officers. County officers favored Republicans as well, including attorneys and sheriffs, amid a campaign waged with national issues such as defense tariff and eight hour rail labor law.
New London Conn with the border situation unsettled the American Mexican joint commission studied control in Mexico. Informal indications suggested Washington might lift its stay out warning if Carranza shows progress. Transportation figures showed roads operated regularly, private lines turning over to the government except for lines in the federal district Hidalgo and United Railways of Yucatan.
Berlin calls a high level Balkan policy conference with Kaiser Wilhelm II and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria in attendance. Von Bethmann-Hollweg and other Teutonic leaders join, aiming to outline aims for the near eastern situation and Balkan developments amid Romania’s war entry. concrete proposals are not on the table. Separately in Marshfield, Dr. N Shoemaker makes digitalin from fox glove, while in Oakland Floyd Smith is shot and wounded by an unidentified man at the pier as a train is about to depart.
A collection of humorous snippets and anecdotes from a historical page, including misread phrases about a shipyard, farm barn doors used in railroad surveying, domestic jests, and pithy exchanges. The items showcase everyday wit, phonetic spellings, and light social vignettes from archival newspaper humor sections.
Dispatches reach Washington describe a holy war aiding the Turks in Turkestan with internal support to the Turkish forces. Husolan reinforcements and nomad auxiliaries are reported aiding the Turks as Persian Turkish regulars are estimated at about 20,000 men.
A dubious promotional item touts Anuric as an insurance against sudden death. It claims doctors will test urine before coverage and features nonsensical medical assertions about kidneys, heart valves, and blood pressure to sell a supposed remedy.
Northwest market notes list diverse prices for grains, hay, dairy, vegetables, fruits, and live stock. Items include flour, oats, barley, timothy hay, alfalfa, eggs, poultry, pork, vegetables, fruits, hops, wool, cattle, hogs, and sheep with strike prices and per unit figures across Oregon and nearby regions.
Tacoma markets reopen with strong demand and higher prices across produce, meat, and eggs. Heavy buying for crates, with pork and mutton up and dressed hogs rising. Creamery butter and cheese see no bids, while eggs and cheese edge up. Portland hop picking underway under favorable weather, peaches held firm with limited oversupply, cantaloupes plentiful but weak, and fruit crates priced higher than seasonal norms.
A jumble of quips and gossip items from several papers describes an odd scene with an animal painter and a humorous exchange about a winter room. Other snippets reference laughter, unknown visitors, and social chatter, all captured in a rapid-fire collage of 19th century newspaper tone.
A Woman's Problem The Change of Life is a critical period for women. It warns that neglect invites disease and pain and touts Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a remedy made from native roots and herbs. Read these letters.
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