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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
7
The text traces England’s pigtail and bag wig fashions from 1740 onward, noting a black silk bag for a pigtail loop, a gray hair tied in London in 1858, and relics on Royal Welsh Fusiliers dress tunics. It also mentions a mother’s soothing remedy and a lullaby rhyme linked to old styling.
A mayor, under regulations, prepares a passport for a wealthy and respected lady. He glosses over a facial flaw and notes in her description that she has “eyes dark beautiful tender expressive but one of them missing.”
Patchy ad copy hawks Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen and smarting feet and mentions other powders and tonics for feet and eyes. It also includes a sensational quote about femininity and a note on automobile eye insurance after sun exposure. A miscellaneous list of patent medicines and a marine remedy claim appear in the fragment.
A fragmented note contrasts Ruskin on short and long space and time. It mentions an eye remedy for a mother with weak watery eyes and granulated eye aid, plus a stray line about imports from Japan. The garbled text includes stray phrases about paper napkins tea and a crossed liquid phrase.
An Atlanta Constitution line warns hosts to curb inviting trouble, noting some people blame it when visitors arrive yet create an inviting environment that seems to invite misfortune into their homes.
Dr. James Withycombe of Oregon Agricultural College argues for county demonstration farms under supervision to raise state agricultural output by 10 million dollars annually within five years without expanding farmland. He cites Denmark as a model and notes downstream projects in Marshfield on loganberries and industrial juice extraction with Gravenstein apples to boost local farming.
Seventy men are at work on the Algoma Lumber company’s new sawmill on Upper Klamath lake near Klamath Falls. The plant, second largest in Klamath county, is expected to operate by August with a daily capacity of 125,000 feet. The company owns 150,000 acres of timber and is building a slogging railroad four miles this season, extending into timber as needed.
Chicago investor Barteher and artist Outcault plan a 1600 acre Hood River valley orchard featuring Delicious apples named Mary Janes Jonathan s Buster Browns and Yellow Newtowns Yellow Kids. Boxes will bear wrappers illustrated from Outcault drawings to boost demand.
Oregon City Secretary Cross of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua has arranged extensive lighting at Gladstone Park for a July 9 start and a 12 day meeting. The Portland Railway, Light & Power Co will donate electricity as in past years. A large crowd is expected July 14 for Charles Edward Russell to lecture on Soldiers of the Common Good.
N J Maris reports Grant county compares well with any district in Oregon for schools and resources. He notes John Day valley as a premier hay and alfalfa region with ample water and multiple six to eight ton per acre crops. Oregon City’s Weat Oregon City poultry fancier Washburn claims the state’s youngest laying hen, hatched in March, laid daily since June 24.
Local Weather Observer Gilmore reports Astoria recorded 4.14 inches of rain in June, 1.04 inches below the long term average. Eleven days had rain, fifteen were clear, and fifteen were cloudy with a high of 90 degrees and a low of 43.
Arrangements are in place to restart the milk condenser in Newberg after a fire destroyed it months ago. The facility is key to Chehilem valley’s dairy trade and is considered important for the local economy.
About 20 teams start work on Fourth Street to prepare the grade in two weeks and two more weeks to finish the Hyde estate crossing where condemnation is in progress. Grade and bridge work await the track laying crew from Albany. The temporary Willamette bridge is nearly finished.
Hood River-Owlers report incoming Hood River apples as the National Apple company, newly established, says it has 12 carloads of fruit to be shipped in fall and early winter. It also lists an order for one car of Arista Reds, though no trees of that variety are grown in the valley.
The Lower Columbia Farmers' Creamery co op plans a creamery in Astoria. Stockholders elected John Onkka president Mat Matson vice president and C Dow secretary treasurer. They bought a 560 by 100 foot tract at Ninth and Duane for 5500 and will build a two story reinforced concrete building.
Assistant Attorney General Van Winkle states the state dairy and food commissioner cannot maintain a dairy exhibit at the state fair with expenses to be drawn from the state dairy and food commission fund.
An old ad urges keeping Ayer's Pills in the home and taking one pill at bedtime to ward off biliousness indigestion and sick headache with doctor guidance. Produced by The Ayer Company of Lowell Massachusetts.
The text reflects on imperfect humanity and the enduring trace of goodness within every soul. It argues that even when broken or ground down like a mirror, a human spirit retains some reflection of eternal goodness.
An old promotional text promotes Murine Eye Remedy Co. products in sealed tubes with instructions to treat eyes. It warns to avoid contact with wake irritants and emphasizes packaging and care. The fragment cites eye care and product claims without detailed efficacy.
The Earth's interior warms by about one degree for each 60 feet of depth. This gradual increase reflects geothermal gradient as rocks transition from crust to mantle and core zones.
An archaic dialogue features Sir William Earle admonishing a man for offenses and harsh phrases. The passage mocks expressions in a facetious literary vein, referencing adulteration and bleaching agents like Red Cross Blue and Taquat.
A fragmented note describes painters and decorators failing to cover certain spots as paint adkalsumina temortely falls, leaving exposed areas amid their work.
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