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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1927
Page
2
Public notice from Athena Oregon dated September 23 1927 appears in The Athena Press with a price of two dollars. The fragment records a local notice or advertisement item likely for milling or goods. The text is terse and lacks full context but anchors to Athena and the date.
A discussion traces how romance centers on flowers in courtship and gift giving. It notes the flower as a lovers gift dating back to early Greek times, with bridesmaids and garlands symbolizing fruitfulness, and explains the rice shower as an ancient custom to appease spirits and ensure a fruitful union.
In Medak Hyderabad India a great community of Indian Christians around Wesleyan missionary Rev W P Osnett has funded a stained glass window for their church. A window designed by Frank Salisbury depicts the Ascension as donors seek beauty to aid worship amid marble tiles.
Oregon's new gold rush centers at Windy Point on the McKenzie highway above Sisters where hundreds of claims are staked. Thousands of tons of ore were crushed and used as fill in building the McKenale highway.
The state department reaffirmed U S sovereignty over the Panama Canal Zone after the Panama delegate to the League of Nations said the two governments were in disagreement over a claim.
Kansas City reports a new top price for all cattle classes since fall 1925. Sixteen head averaging 1431 pounds each sold for 14.45 dollars per hundredweight, about 207.10 dollars per head.
The text notes hats worn by the Merchant in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and hints at a shift toward more frequent hat use in the period. It mentions various terms like felt hats and 'biever hats' as markers of distinction and noble birth throughout medieval times.
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph quotes a letter discussing evading penalties for nondelivery of a bar machine. It references using a diplomat, forging a form, and threats of prison to influence a religious and upright businessman, with a suggestion to add serpentlike wisdom to build a good business edifice.
Dreamy reminiscence recalls the moment Grace and George met while the Wallaces' Parlor scene unfolds with affectionate nostalgia. The dialogue hints at a remembered night and a reunion of two married people in an intimate setting.
Notice calls a meeting of Athena legal voters at the Commercial Club rooms on Tuesday October 4 1927 at 8 PM to nominate candidates for Mayor City Recorder City Treasurer and 83 City Councilmen for the November 7 1927 general city election. All legal voters are invited to attend. B B Richards City Recorder.
Classified notice lists young pigs and bundle wheat hay for sale by Charles Betts. A standard piano offered for sale at $10 per month from Tallman Piano Store in Salem. George Shevar advertises horses in Barrett pasture near Athena and Union Oregon, available at low prices to clear the stock.
Equity No 4423 announces a sheriff sale by the Circuit Court of Oregon in Umatilla County. It lists Tum A Lum Lumber Co as plaintiff and John H Samuel and Alta R Samuel as defendants with several monetary claims and attorney fees, plus description of real property in Athena to be sold at public auction on October 8, 1927. Also a notice of final account in the estate of John W Keen with hearing set for October 8, 1927 in Pendleton. Executors Laura May Gross and Louis M Keen, Watts Prestige Attorneys.
Final report of executor W. Lockwood in the Dora Lockwood estate will be heard Monday October 10 1927 at 10 A M in the county court room Pendleton Oregon. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the report should not be approved and the executor discharged. Dated September 7 1927.
Retta M. Potts administratrix files final report in the Oregon probate matter and a hearing is scheduled for October 1, 1927 at 10:00 AM in the county court room Pendleton Umatilla County. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the report should not be approved and the executrix discharged.
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