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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
7
A Galveston News piece notes humans resist gaze from wild animals and urges calm, undisturbed behavior. It argues that economy suffers from buying unwanted items to form unnecessary acquaintances and that routine life breeds errors, with a constant expectation of mistakes in office and shop work.
A periodical devoted to drama argues for plays built on themes other than love. It notes the challenge of creating a hero without repeating the antiquated view that a man is a gentleman only if he has loved a woman, a sentiment attributed to a Pompeii wall inscription.
Reported on ships near Cape Otway in Australia that communications with Melbourne harbor fail due to the cape’s mountain. The iron minerals in the mountain are blamed for absorbing electric waves, hindering wireless signals aboard vessels.
A Upper Bern Pennsylvania resident, Mrs Minerva Reminger, describes years of nervous prostration relief after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. She cites improved mood, appetite, and strength, noting a strong, purifying effect on her blood and nerves.
Fragmented text discusses great men defined by inner resolve and virtue. Claims a graveyard in Battle England holds a remarkable 126 year old, Insane Ingall, died 1798, with others cited as long-serving figures. References to horse care and patent medicines follow in jumbled ad style.
A physician recalls answering odd questions from patients including a Jew asking whether to drop medicine into the eye before meals. The piece mentions Eye Salve advertising Perrit's brand and notes the Rialto Bridge architect Antonio da Pom le. Also a judge dismisses a lawyer after remarks about contempt of court.
Covington Missouri and Brownsville Indiana women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from uterine hemorrhages and weakness. Mrs Junnin Green says monthly bleeding now manageable and she can work. Mrs O M Ching notes prior doctors urged operation but the tonic restored health and strength.
Prof Fred Newton Scott of the University of Michigan announces a new simple alphabet to speed writing and spelling. He describes light and heavy marks with consonants and vowels having distinct meanings. A Chicago lecture and accompanying papers outline the system and its technical basis.
Professor Scott unveils a simplified alphabet to cut nine letters and eliminate digraphs. He argues it would speed writing, cut complex phrasing, and benefit business, with distinct heavy and light stems signaling voice and breath sounds for letters like f v th and there.
The article surveys governor pay, noting Alabama’s $1,000 to $7,600 push as futile. It lists states by salary bands from $2,600 up to $12,000, with five states at $10,000 including New York, and Alaska and Hawaii at $5,000. Porto Rico pays $8,000.
Murine Eye Remedy market notes list liquid and salve products with prices and mail order Eye Books. A five foot snake appeared at a Katzil Victoria funeral causing panic before being killed and service resumed with no further interruption.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a laxative and cold cure from E. W. Grove. It claims the product is used worldwide to cure a cold in one day and references a 260 price, emphasizing its universal use.
The piece describes a rural English custom where an auctioneer sells a meadow only while boys race a fixed course. When the last boy finishes the bid ends and the meadow goes to the final bidder. Afterwards, all present share a meal of bread cheese and spring onions.
Pressed sheets of aluminum are used for wall covering in place of paper, offering a metal option for interior surfaces.
A bakery dispute over paper wrapping for every loaf arises after a hygienic education. The newer partner pushes for wrap to improve cleanliness while the old partner warns customers object to dirty wrapping causing order cancellations.
An old ad style page promotes Red Cross Ball Blue washing bluing at 10 cents a package and asserts its superiority as a solid blue liquid alternative. It also mentions an English builder using double glazing to reduce street noise and weaken sounds in sick rooms and lecture spaces for quieter interiors.
The text outlines that Arabs introduced cotton manufacture to Europe via Spain under Abdurahman III around 930, spreading slowly to other lands. It notes Arab advances in silk and leather industries, silkworm cultivation, and the block printing of calicoes as an improvement over hand painting. It also mentions a medical ad and a historical anecdote about the duke of Newcastle offering a penny for a pauper.
A new alarm indicator activates an incandescent light at a map point indicating the origin of the alarm. The device translates a location into a visual cue, helping responders identify the call source quickly.
A fragmentary newspaper line discusses a pipe and a germ with a critical tone toward a smoker. It mentions Mothers seeking a remedy for teething, and a remark about great minds not being jobless attributed to John A. Howland.
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