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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1922
Page
7
A list of makers and products includes Rubber Cement Fleer Palsi A4 Purpose Varnishes Silkeewhite Sosmel Hilton for Fleurs Waehatile Wall Finish Aure Enamel Mo Md Teal Paidt Porch and Step Falat and Pioneer White Lead.
Dallas notes tell of W. J. Burns earning trophies with her husband during a hunting trip in the Siletz river country. Oregon hatcheries planted about 60 000 cutthroat trout fry near Dallas. An Enterprise Classified ad offers selling buying trading options.
Optical advertisement states Hewett and Knott offer glasses fitted with satisfaction guaranteed.
The article describes two groups in Africa: tree-dwelling “Two-toed and Clawhanded” ferocious folk and Central Africa dwarfs with ape-like features. It places them near the Juba and Tana regions, names them Manathinie, and notes ancient Christian origins from Abyssinia with historic irrigation, camel herding, and circular houses before pestilence and native wars.
A sketch of household provisions in the fifteenth century showing advance stocking for noble estates. Margaret Paston orders beer bread saltfish and salt, with shipments of overseas luxuries like spices and sugar, plus eel quantities and fish by the horse load before Lent.
The article notes King Alfred the Great founded an early English navy with about 100 vessels stationed along coasts to deter invaders. It credits modern practice resembling his coastwise squadrons and mentions Edward II’s era introducing the cog ship and the term cogswain or coxswain derived from it.
The article traces Constantinople as the capital of the eastern empire named in year S80 after Constantine the Great. It notes Byzantium's founding by Byzas and Megarians in 867 B C, its Greek and Roman ties, a long siege and ruin, and its capture by Mahomet II in May 1458, after which the Turks held the city.
Historical herbalists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries used hard to obtain ingredients such as mountain mouse fat and swallow residue. They often mixed remedies with wine and warned gatherers that being seen by a woodpecker could cost eyesight. Early root gatherers discouraged rivals by making the collection dangerous.
A traveler debunks rumor of puff adders springing fully over tents and wagons. He explains that puff adders strike from ground contact, with lunge distances of about a foot, and that claims of leaping several feet are false. The piece contrasts expert observation with popular myths in African veldt camps.
A lobster trawler near Kineute hauled up an ancient anchor weighing five tons. The shank exceeds ten feet, with a small cannon attached. Likely from a Spanish Armada ship wrecked centuries ago, it was embedded in sand and encrusted with marine matter, now worn but massive.
In the South Sea Islands tennis thrives among ardent fans though heat and improvised gear strain players. Play begins at evening cool, shirts and vests the dress, rubber soles protect the courts, and perspiration soaks quickly. A wager on a game between helmeted diver and booted players ends in a dead heat as vision and mobility fail.
Canary Islands tomato growing is a dominant industry supplying foreign markets. Fruit is picked when greenish and yellowing to ripen during transport, a practice perfected over years. Despite lighter home flavor, exporters ship large quantities to England to cover demand between regular seasons.
Notice of sheriff sale in Polk County Oregon to satisfy a judgment in the circuit court. J G McIntosh sues Ben Mills and Sadie Mills. property described as Lot in Block in Henry Hills Addition Independence. sale set for October 7 1922 at 1 PM at the County Courthouse Dallas. bid with cash and 5 percent certified check. bids subject to rejection.
Maggie R Graves appointed Executrix by Polk County Oregon County Court to administer the estate of Charles A Dick deceased. Creditors must present claims with vouchers within six months from first publication dated September 8 1922 to the Executrix in Independence Oregon or at D E Fletcher attorney in Independence Polk County Oregon.
Emma G. Hibbs has been appointed executrix of John D. Hibbs estate by Polk County Oregon Court. All claimants must present their claims with vouchers within six months to the executrix in Independence. Dated and first published September 8, 1922.
B F Swope named administrator by Polk County Oregon Court for the estate of Julius Stalding deceased. Creditors must present verified claims with vouchers to the administrator at his Dallas Oregon law office within six months from September 22 1922. Debts and claims due to the estate must be paid within the same period.
A New York Sun item quotes a fortune teller predicting a husband’s death by motor vehicle, insisting the forecast is certain barring an accident. The dialogue shows the sensational tone of a career of such predictions.
In a lighthearted exchange Mrs. Crabshaw offers Willie a balloon if he asks for no more candy. Willie replies that any gift comes with a string, highlighting a playful bargaining moment.
Sealed proposals will be received at the city recorder's office in Independence Oregon until 1:00 p.m. Monday September 26 1922 for furnishing materials and constructing concrete street pavement storm sewer and catch basin on a section of 3rd street from its intersection with A street to its intersection with Monmouth.
Mrs H B Casper of Dallas secretary of the Rebekah general assembly of Oregon travels to Detroit Michigan to attend a meeting of the Rebekah general assembly.
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