Athena Brevities From April 5 191X
Athena braces for a busy weekend as Yellow Kids face Walla Walla Boosters with Danny Shea catching. A charity dance follows Saturday night at the opera house. Notables feature Rev Jenkins moving to Hood River and local talk of Alberta and Idaho departures, picnics, and a Fifth Avenue banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reyv
Jenkins
Hood River
Hall
la Grande
Athena
Yellow Kids
Walla Walla
Athena Opera House
Pendleton
Danny Shea
Northwest
Inland Empire
Knights of Pythias
D. B. Jarman
John Evans
James N. Scott
Uy. W. Jenkins
Hasbrouck
G. W. Proebster
Weston
Will M. Peterson
T. P. Mosley
Alberta
Mosley
T. J. Norval
Bruce Wallace
Doris
George Thompson
T. J. Watts
California
W. H. Reeder
Tacoma
0. M. Coetleman
All Lending Grocers Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder
All Lending Grocers Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder a true remedy for all Kidney Disease from simple pain to Bright's Disease We claim it cures you and we have confidence in these cures Sold at 0c a box by Tallman Co 623 Main Pendleton Oregon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cason
Tallman & Co
Pendle, Ton,re
E. C., DeWitt & Co
DeWitt
Opening the Circus Season in Chicago
Ringling Brothers circus opens in Chicago at the Coliseum with a larger show than last year. The herd includes 40 elephants, about half of the U.S. total, and a cast of 650 performers plus 200 dancing girls and 1200 total acts. Highlights feature a German rider doing a bicycle somersault from a 60 foot platform and a French woman in an automobile performing a similar stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Erin
Gay's Harbor Lumber Co Sold in Pons Dieton Deal
Notice to Pardee and others that the lumber business in Pons Dieton has been sold. The firm requests immediate settlement of all indebtedness and account balances.
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Pons Dieton
Pardee
Gay's Harbor Lumber Coo
Fashionable fur trade turns rabbit skins into many large furs
A historical study describes how rabbit skins are processed in fur shops with chemists and dyers, producing sealskin, gablay, otter, mink, marten, beaver and more. Paris and London are major centers. damaged pelts are diverted to felt making, while bogus furs reach buyers worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Windfall origins and Jane Grey tale in old English lore
The piece recounts Lady Jane Grey as a remarkable child prodigy, notes her lonely Bradgate upbringing, and explains the historical origin of the term windfall from William the Conqueror era. It describes royal courts, guardians, and a forested family seat while linking to a forestry decree on fallen timber.
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Andy Jane Firey
Be Grey
Beaides
Plato
Bradgate
Jane Grey
Mussied Women of Muscat
A brief, wry note from the Allahabad Pioneer contrasts Muscat women who wear muzales with the Kangra district custom of nose cutting for unfaithful spouses. It dismisses both as extreme, praising the former as a milder method despite its limitations.
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Muscat
Cleopatra
Antony
Kangra
Allahabad
Curious canvas screen nets Malay shoal in Malacca Strait
Chinese fishermen use a white canvas screen stretched on wood from the boat to lure Osh shoals. The fish misidentify the screen as an obstruction and leap aboard, enabling capture. Malays in their waters employ this method.
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Strait of Malacca
Osh
Ventrilogulam Im the Bible Speaking From the Belly
A fragmentary note cites Ventrilogulam described as speaking from the belly. It references Itmiah xxix 4 noting speech emerging from the ground and whispering from dust, attributed to Brooklyn Engle in a brief historical mention.
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Brooklyn Engle
Resourceful son outwits old lawyer in London Punch joke
A London Punch quip shows a father scolding his son in law study for not cutting leaves in a law book and the son claiming to use X rays. In a Philadelphia Press line Henpeck jokes that he does not always do what his wife tells him, prompting surprise from Meeker.
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London
Henpeck
Meeker
Philadelphia
Fragmented Art Talk Sparks Reader Curiosity
A garbled excerpt from Brooklyn Life discusses art and character with references to refined and coarse phrasing. The piece mentions a Second Artist and hints at a discussion about taste and perception, alongside a stray nod to Tartarkind and Cleveland’s Baking Powder.
Murray and Mack Coming to Fraxer April Show
Loyal old-time comedy duo Murray and Mack, who have not split in 14 years, tour with a new act Around the Town. They will perform at the Frazer in April, while political measures in the article discuss prison labor abolition, inheritance tax repeal, higher saloon taxes, local option changes, search and seizure enforcement, and bans on indecent images and offensive phonograph records.
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J. F. Bentley
Adams
H. Williams
Williams
Horn
Mike Moran
Cayuse
John Baker
Vancouver
Wash
Adans
T ‘E Owens
Athena
Ella
Loton
Miss Price
Grace Blake
Fred Blake
Earl Spencer
Art Walters
Henry Brewster
Pendleton
G. Morrison
B. A. Marquis
Lawrence Liewallen
Athens
Roosters
Walla Walla
John Richardson
Canada
Washington
Oregon
Helix
H. A. Richardson
Inland Empire Mercantile Company
Cd. B. Richardson
Primrose
West
Weber
Field
Murray
Mack
Ohio Reform Sees License Fees and Rates Revised
The Ohio general assembly adjourned after enacting reforms including 2 cent passenger fares, a state railroad commission, regulation of freight rates, and salary-based county officer pay. A separate note mentions Carver road subscriptions and a major fundraising effort near Asotin, with $12,000 secured and expectations for $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Asotin
Carver Road
Anatone
W. J. Clemens
Asptrin Sentinel
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Athena and
William Musgrove
Athena Merchantile Company
Claresholm
J. W. Jenkins
Christian Church
John Davison
Cw Tody
Davison
Umatilla Caledonian Society
Tallman & Ob
Wil
Idaho
Lawrence Licuallat
T. C. Ried
Kamela
Mra
Ried
Cleveland
Irving
America
Nike
Brooklyn
Murray and Mack
Frazer Theater
W. C. Minnis
Hennings
Peoples Warehouse
National Cash Registers
Gho. H) Payne
Ransom
Wood and
Rock Spring
Lantz Brothers
Phone Main
Roslyn Roslyn Coal
Deligwee Femo
Roslyn Wood & Coa. Co
East Oregonian
Careriy
Onan
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