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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
2
A poem reflecting the pull of the hills over the sea as the speaker turns from the shore. The hills call with a sapphire harmony while the sea’s voice fades, and the speaker vows to seek home among the hills once more.
A thief infiltrates a room to confront Mrs Wytham and her diamond bag but is surprised by Lord Mordon's revolver. After a tense escape and a staged switch, police are summoned and the couple confront their past, with a new life offered in distant lands.
In London sessions an appeal involving a pork butcher fined for selling a sausage not of the demanded quality revealed fresh and preserved sausages and boric acid preservative. Judge Wallace asked what defines a sausage while counsel noted commercial sausages may not be sausages without boric acid.
The text describes a Malay painted picture titled The Angelus showing a wan couple digging potatoes at sunset. A church steeple and a bell signal time to pray, and the couple wish for larger potatoes. The narrator notes pretender storytellers who lack real skill.
A nostalgically toned verse recalling the mountains and valleys of the old Granite State. The speaker laments departures for the West, memory of a lost mother, a beloved maiden, and scenes of nature as they recall home, kin, and solace in poetry attributed to Thomas Moore.
A Chinese delegate to a chemistry congress read on the Chinese chemical industry noting alchemy to predate Christ by 2700 years and that China originated gunpowder paper glass and porcelain. He described government drives to expand agriculture and mineral studies, new provincial chemical societies, and chemistry as a compulsory subject in schools.
G K Chesterton argues in Hampton's Magazine that talking is the weapon of the poor against wealth. He mocks reliance on sentiment and envisions speech provoking discomfort at dinner, while warning action against the rich risks lynching and a manipulated democracy ruled by the powerful.
Humorous vignettes of small children and family scenes. Little Ethel mispronounces breakfast while Grandma corrects her. Myra boasts of ice cream after parties. Harold defends playing with bad boys across the street. Bobby answers a minister’s question by saying he will be an orphan.
A minister orders strict quiet for his sermons as his young son Bobby bangs a radiator to stay calm. The minister insists the distraction must stop, though his wife notes it is the only thing that keeps him quiet. Harper's Weekly reports the scene.
A humorous exchange in the Somerville Journal features talk of dusting off a traveler in a parlor car porter scene. The front man jokes about a quarter for dusting, while another offers half a dollar to leave the dust where it is.
The piece presents a series of religious maxims on fidelity, suffering, and Christian life. It critiques church mood and leadership while urging humility, love, and true fellowship with Christ over hollow show. It notes dangers of division and misplaced priorities within congregations.
In 1887 Holman Bentley and family journeyed up the Upper Congo. The Bentleys’ baby, displayed to hostile Bolobo crowds, helped found the Bolobo mission station and drew attention to European presence in the region. The scene marked Mrs Bentley as a notable first white woman in the area.
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