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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
7
Readable text shows multiple auctioneers and vendors in Portland area offering autos, parts, furniture, and accessories. Also includes notices of real estate and land offers, with scattered local business names and addresses, plus a short crime reference and a marriage report from Vancouver.
A damaged fragment describes a window shade coming loose and a rod sustaining a pull, with a girl smiling and a man forgetting his wife’s picture in a watch. The disjointed text references a Cincinnati newspaper tone and a quip about memory and domestic life.
A fragmented Portland newspaper page lists paint and wallpaper retailers including Wall Paper Co at 229 Market Street and Paints Wholesale, plus sanitation and beauty parlors. Ads for Tailored Suits, Talking Machines, and woodworking supplies mingle with real estate and college ads.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes American poultry keepers seek economy and efficiency to boost egg production with fewer hens. Wartime conditions push for rigid breeding, selective stock, and feeding efficiency to conserve feed while expanding output. Professionals stress using productive stock to maximize returns without wholesale replacements.
A collage of wry lines on disguise and artful misdirection from Ohio State Journal and Knoxville Sentinel plus noted quips from Samuel Johnson and Herbert Spencer. The mix surveys misperception, beauty ideals, and surprising turns of phrase across late 19th to early 20th century commentary.
The Hebrew word for prophet likely derives from a verb meaning to bubble forth like a fountain. The Albany Journal notes this as a plausible origin and comments on broader ideas about troubles and virtue. The passage also touches on optimistic thought and mentions products and ads from Cuticura and Allen’s Foot-Ease.
Brother Williams laments that many avoid doing the right thing by making excuses. He notes common obstacles like missing tools or water, illustrating how people hinder themselves from timely action.
A South American lantern fly is praised as the most brilliant luminous insect. It can exceed two inches long with a curious head shape and a hollow transparent snout that carries a lamplike light.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless remedy that dissolves corns and callouses. A small bottle, inexpensive and non irritating, can remove the wart-like growths by direct application and allow them to be lifted out root and all.
A brief humorous clip notes a young detective eager to catch an assassin, only to be reminded the goal is clues. It then recalls Charles Stratton Tom Thumb born in Bridgeport 1838, exhibited by P. T. Barnum, and his marriage to Mercy Lavina Bump before dying in Michigan.
A reflective note urges reducing days to essentials and pursuing real, needed tasks quietly and earnestly. It extols directing energy to true effort, doing whatever hands and minds find to do nobly and well.
The article notes a dispute over the first American automobile, highlighting Elwood Haynes of the Haynes Automobile Company in Kokomo as a claimant. It mentions a 1894 trial run at six to seven miles per hour and an 1899-4 machine displayed at the Smithsonian in Washington.
A proverb-like saying emphasizes that wealth is valuable when earned honorably and used prudently. It stresses frugal, fair, and thoughtful stewardship of riches rather than extravagance or misuse.
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