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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
6
The passage recalls a balloon ride and a near disaster, with Mayne and Spryng discussing the danger and emotions after the basket fell away. The dialogue contrasts what might have been with reflections on the past and a pivot to recounting a fish catch.
A fragment shows a bantering exchange about buying a hundred dollar bulldog to escort a wife on walks. Mr Blunt questions the veil, suggesting saving money by letting her go unveiled.
The Rev Sydney Goodman and his NG e church at Atlantic City are praised for bright original sermons. A Men’s Church member recalls a beggar sermon where a deacon teases the minister’s wife about why the family asks for money.
A fragmented speech scene features Pat debating wind and breath with a listener. The dialogue shifts between garbled phrases and a claim that stronger wind equals stronger breath. The piece reads as a playful linguistic sketch with Irish vernacular tone and comic mishearings.
A speculative invention described as tablets that trigger an alarm at a chosen hour. The creator claims five tablets raise the user at 5 AM, six at 6 AM, promising convenience but provoking disbelief from the audience.
An unclear excerpt describes a passenger journey with lament about slow service and poor accommodations. It mentions a Mrs War Scadds and a passenger who waited for transit on a vessel, referencing a first cabin. The text is garbled but hints at travel hardships and late arrival.
Lost scrambled text fragment with no clear events, names, or places readable for a factual summary.
A Washington physician recalls a year of periodical headaches growing into near-constant agony. He describes symptoms including sallow skin constipation irritability sleeplessness memory trouble tremors and confused thoughts. After switching from coffee to Postum his condition improved.
Meope Abaendonid, after physicians said no cure, recovered from four months bedridden illness with Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs Enos Shearer of Centraire Washington says she slept, her limbs no longer swollen, and gained strength after using the remedy. Sold by dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A suburban five year old Bobby floods a tub by turning on both taps with the stopper in place. He cannot stop the flow and prays for help. His sister, passing by, turns off the water and saves him from a dangerous overflow.
Dr. Arthur T. Holbrook recounts a tale about a man named Evans who dies and seeks heaven. At the gates St. Peter checks the records and finds Evans was not expected for 20 years and asks which doctor helped him, prompting the punchline.
A busy man halts before an office, leaps from his carriage, and confronts an eager urchin who asks to hold the horse. The man insists the horse will not run away and dismisses the fear as the boy frets about a possible fall.
A fragment discusses Miss Gadabout asking about an electric carriage or runabout. The dialogue suggests advising her to choose something fitting for a runabout as noted in Baltimore Americas.
A illustrated essay on using borrowed lines to enrich prose. It warns against vanity in quoting and urges borrowing wisely from poets and authors, noting that many great ideas gain value when echoed by others. It cites Shakespeare Emerson Milton Homer and others to underscore the value of well-woven quotation.
Lim Jacklin and his wife debate women reformers and writers as he muses on gender roles. He recalls Patsy Page and love powders, laments men’s failures, and argues that mothers and loving care surpass grand speeches, ending with a sly nod to Ople Read.
Practical tips for cleaning downy fowl and brightening faded carpets. Use dry brushing on fowl with a light touch to avoid damage. Wipe dusty carpets with a cloth dampened with gasoline to lift dust and restore brightness while protecting edges from moths.
A column discusses a woman's duty to keep up with fashion while avoiding waste, urging prudent expenditures and maintaining dignity. It includes an anecdote on Judge Gillette and a sheriff's misheard arrest, illustrating old-fashioned courtroom humor.
Mrs. Frank Donahue reports a severe itchy skin outbreak on her son spreading from his hands to his body. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment nightly and notes a full cure in four days, crediting the remedies for relief and recovery.
A sentimental suitor mails a seasonable verse book to win a heart. He writes a line about imparting poetry to win her, but she replies with a witty rebuke asking for fudge instead, dismissing the poetry ploy.
A lawyer drafts En peck s will with a condition that the wife marry within a year to test the mourner’s regret. The office quiets as the attorney delays, the boy interrupts about a ball game, and Mr Spotcash contemplates a postponed meeting. A jumble of ad like lines follows including a syrup warning and odd maxims.
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