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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1912
Page
7
Georgi tells his father that a bicycle would ease his mother’s endless hurry. He describes how she rushes to bake, runs out of yeast or nutmeg, and frets when visitors may arrive, while he worries about long trips to the shop and his mischief. He asks for a bicycle as a solution.
The Itate victim says, I recognize you now, you are one of them men with schemes to get something for nothing. The precarious promoter replies, I would never take a man's money and give him nothing in return, not even allowing you to enter the most elegantly furnished offices you ever saw.
A father persuades Ben to join a homemade circus by making a sawdust ring. He supplies the saw and instructs to cut cord wood into stove lengths, promising all the sawdust Ben produces for the act.
A despairing Frenchwoman declares she is so fat she prays for a disappointment to become thin, but the prospect of thinning brings joy and makes her fatter, as reported in Tit Bits.
In a brief exchange the dramatist claims the present success lies in a punchy play while Specknoodle notes audiences still prefer a musical show with a witty act. Both point to ongoing demand for sharper, entertaining theater.
A humorous exchange recalls a spendthrift lament about past purchases. The speaker jokes about prudent spending while recounting a meal in Chicago costing 40 cents, highlighting light social humor and thrift themes.
Judge Limley Smith noted at the Old Valley that eight pound checks were often altered by forgers in an extensive business. A single digit could turn eight into eighty. In court, a check for £8 148 was changed to £80.
In sharp dialogue Dora accuses Harry of declining love and effort after marriage. He coolly compares her to an apple a boy keeps chasing, then stops once reached, leaving Dora torn between anger and reflection on her feelings. The scene ends with her lingering uncertainty.
Cosmo Hamilton in New York recalls Horace Hamfat an actor who rose from provincial penury to stardom. A London admirer sends $50 after a Manchester show collapse yet a misprint makes him appear starving, illustrating how a typesetter error altered perception and fate.
A Quincy Massachusetts baker nearing retirement refreshed a wedding cake he baked 25 years earlier for a local man celebrating his 26th wedding anniversary. The cake had survived from the original wedding and was restored to mark the milestone.
The double bladed principle has been applied to safety razors so the user shaves with two blades simultaneously.
The dialogue shows Mr Hardhead claiming he saved money today by letting a man who owed him something go instead of suing. Mrs Hardhead remarks on the kindness and asks how this was achieved. The exchange implies a resolution avoiding legal action and a financial gain from patience.
A witty exchange frames a political moment as a boy asks about a demagogue. The speaker redefines the term as a leader who can entertain an audience so thoroughly that personal opinions fade from view.
A chattering exchange reveals anticipation about a girl’s musical ability. One speaker emphasizes her good ear for music while another questions the claim, mentioning her ragtime playing as the implied evidence. The banter hints at rising expectation around her talents.
Months pass before a shy young man gains a kiss from a girl who points to his rose boutonniere. He accepts the offer with a blush then dashes to the florist to buy all the roses, turning the moment into a comic exit.
A note on using symbolism when plain English would be better avoided. The author argues that metaphor can obscure meaning and urges clear expression in reporting and discussion.
A dated ad urges readers to consult a doctor about constipation and suggests laxative doses of Ayer's Pills from J. C. AyER Co in Lowell Massachusetts. The copy warns against daily culling of bowels and links toxins to headaches biliousness and nausea.
A relic of William Henry Harrison's 1840 cider barrel campaign, owned by 5. M. Unger of 2219 North Pennsylvania street, is a campaign medal once worn by Civil War veteran Henry M. Ward and presented to Mr. Unger who will pass it to a son. The medal features Harrison and a log cabin with the words The People's Choice in the Year 1840.
The London Daily Graphic reports that Bacon's Gorhambury house is deteriorating with Roman statues and medallions missing. After years of decay, only trunks remain and danger grows unless Lord Verulam acts to preserve the historic site.
The text notes adding one tenth of a grain of hypochloride of lime per gallon can sterilize cistern water though not for laundry or bathing. It then presents a quip about diamonds being carbon in coal’s equivalent yet appearing valuable.
A moral exhortation on speaking with care and consideration for listeners. The author urges choosing words that avoid wounding spirits or embittering lives, advocating hearing others with their ears and speaking with restraint.
The cartoonists and humorists popularize emblems that symbolize political followings, showing a cheerful mood in which many attack politics while keeping the earnest aims behind its manifestations.
A vivid anecdote recalls a pianist performing in a hotel parlor as an admiring audience member requests Mozart's Twelfth Mass. One woman explains her late husband served in that regiment, adding a personal link to the moment.
The article outlines various forms of hiccough including emotional and hysterical types tied to moral shocks and fright. It notes a coarse noisy hiccough lasting minutes to hours and cites Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for soothing period. It also mentions Mayflower descendants Miles Standish and others as present among US descendants.
The fragment presents a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote about a son’s pride in a sharp misstep yielding profit, noting a later regret about timing and possible burnout if waited another week. No event, person, or place beyond Cleveland appears.
A Jugend excerpt celebrates vast solitude with no critics visible on the horizon. The line “How glorious this solitudal As far as the eye can reach” underscores a breathless, unjudged landscape.
The fox terrier owned by L. N. Hanky earned a license tag after killing 100 rats. The council member offered the prize when the dog had dispatched 80 rats in two weeks, as reported by the Carlisle Advocate.
Ashland Kentucky wife recounts recovery from female and kidney troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Camden New Jersey resident reports cure of serious displacement. doctors urged operation but she recovered and now recommends the remedy. Correspondence offered from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co with confidential, woman-to-woman advice.
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