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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1928
Page
3
Milo Hastings of Physical Culture Magazine argues the body can endure weeks without certain nutrients and may benefit from periods of dietary variation. He says humans do not need a complete daily supply of every element and even suggests spinach could offset acid tendencies from eggs.
Wordsworth urges a forward-looking mind as key to happiness and success in life. He argues that while life is long in outlook, progress is gradual and steady, and belief in a better day fuels present work and meaning. Grove Patterson cites Mobile Register reflections on vision, growth, and purpose.
Mount Lassen remains inactive though the crater emits continuous steam and clouds of snow, creating a striking sunrise or sunset illusion of renewed activity. Volcanologist R. M. Finch notes periodic earthquakes indicate the volcano is slumbering, not dead, with multiple shocks possible on a single day.
A heart shaped stone bearing a nearly eroded inscription was found near a culvert in Dover Ohio. The message reads Let be known if found I'm bleeding to death May 181 F B W. Authorities believe flood waters recently uncovered the stone and the note was never sent to its intended recipients.
A Thrift Magazine piece warns that over half the world’s trees are sick due to neglect. Many suffer from parasites from roots to crown, with 75 percent of shade and fruit trees afflicted by V shaped crotches likely to spread and kill. Trees require water and nourishment. foliage reflects root vitality.
Detroit News notes the Liutic alphabet anciently formed in Egypt or Arabia via a Semitic inventor taught by an Egyptian. It suggests a hieroglyphic inscription influenced the order of letters in the A to Z. The Romans then passed it to the Greeks and Phoenicians, who borrowed it from Semitic peoples.
Aleiphron counsels Thrisanides to embrace farming and obedience to parents. He warns against praising warlike gear and mercenary life, stressing that farming brings safety, ample family gifts, and a peaceful old age without battalions or ambushes.
The article traces the origin of weaving from early grass plaiting in ancient Egypt to silk in China and claims weaving arose in four places. It notes primitive looms, hand and treadle types, and credits English inventor Edmund Cartwright with the power loom breakthrough in 1787, signaling modern improvements.
An actor recalls a Chicago troupe that travelled with little money and paid debts by forcing landlords to sing in the chorus. After several venues the landlords kept joining as tenor singers, prompting the manager to seek a hotel where the landlord sings bass. The Washington Star quotes the tale.
The article describes batik as a wax resist dye method. A yellow butterfly drawn with hot beeswax on a yellow cloth is covered, then green dye is applied. wax resists dye to leave the pattern. After drying, the leaf is drawn and waxed, then a background dye is applied and the waxed areas resist color.
In a backstage moment Ellen Terry rehearsed a Shaw play while G B S watched. Shaw remarked that she spoke the lines as he should have written them, not as he did.
A soaked afternoon led to a miscommunication as Bobble’s mother warned him not to leave the porch. He returned with a stick to spare her from going out in the rain, saying he fetched it so she wouldn’t get her feet wet.
A downtown clerk amused a customer by tracing his origin through a string of humorous Irish place names from Cork to Farranflahadoremore and Gur teennaplymore, noting many locales with outsized names in Ireland.
A fragment describes Billy eagerly announcing a newborn brother to neighbors and a shopkeeper asking if he resembles someone. Billy notes the baby is a deeper shade, and Wien responds with a serious remark.
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