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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
6
The article recounts Norse myth of Baldur's death by a mistletoe arrow aided by Loki and Hod. It explains legends of kisses beneath the plant as love tokens, Druids and sacred oak beliefs, and notes mistletoe’s spread in America from New Jersey and beyond as a noted nuisance.
A playful scene describes soldiers facing a snowball battle with a big snow fort near at hand. Young fighters test mettle and brawn as ammunition piles up for a daytime fray ending at sunset.
The verses name cities as “places for” various things including Wheeling for baby carriages Port Deposit for bank savings Rosston for politicians and Baltimore for the national game. It also cites Cleveland for earthquakes and Newport as a caution for connoisseurs of rare old wine.
A 10 foot long iceboat with 4% feet width, steel spiked runners, and a 3 horsepower air cooled motorcycle engine forms a motorized craft. Power transfers via belt to a driving wheel with 7% to 1 reduction. Rear wheel tire adapts from motorcycle. overall weight 120 pounds. Operator uses three levers for spark throttle and steering.
An Ohio inventor patents a toy with a single wheel guided by a horseshoe magnet. The magnet’s long poles form an endless track and the wheel rests on a through axle. The light wheel stays on the track due to magnetic attraction, teaching children about magnetism in a playful way.
A mother asks George if eating butter with jam is extravagant. He replies it’s economical since one slice of bread serves two purposes.
The sentence includes all letters of the alphabet as an example showing a complete pangram. It features the well known phrase about a quick brown fox jumping over the lazy dog.
An editorial urges practical conservation at home toward food and resource efficiency. It argues for intensive gardening, using thoroughbred seeds, and farmers and gardeners as true conservationists. It links sun and soil stewardship to personal profit and national welfare.
True porcelain was never produced in Persia yet Chinese hard paste porcelain mimicked Persian forme and decor. Wine ewers with powder blue glaze and gold overglaze decoration, a small vase and bowls with bronze luster glaze appear in Persian ware collections though they are clearly of Chinese origin.
A verger in a large church tries to summon a person from a seat reserved for a VIP. An organ begins to play and an elderly woman, unused to church organs, quips loudly to request someone younger, startling the congregation with her remark.
Train timetables show multiple daily departures from Independence Monmouth and Dallas with connections to Airlie. Services include No 64 68 and 70 from Independence to Dallas, No 61 and 73 to Airlie, and returning No 66 69 TL from Dallas. Air routes pass through Monmouth with varied arrival times and daily operation.
A reader notes departures from Independence at 10:00 am and 3:30 pm to reach the McNary crossing. Trains travel east and west with a return fare of 50 cents per trip.
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