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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1910
Page
6
A compact set of wry observations on work, superstition, marriage as religion, greed, lying, and sportsmanship. The author contrasts excuses for misery with actions, noting how superstition and social scrutiny shape behavior and highlight human folly.
An advertisement from The Orrine Co invites individuals to seek treatment for drunkenness. It promotes Orrine No 1 as the secret method and No 2 for voluntary treatment at $1 per box, offering a free booklet and confidential reply envelopes from 274 Orrine Building Washington DC. The piece notes endorsement by leading druggists.
Orrine is listed as available in this city through Silver Thorne’s Family Drug Store. The fragment notes Oct and Nov dates but lacks full context or details about price or purpose.
Public notice warns trespassers no hunting allowed on premises. Irregular digestion ad copy promotes a laxative product as a remedy.
Mrs. Laura Winston opens a week long engagement at Steward Theatre starting Monday November 7 presenting The Grey Dove a comedy guaranteed to please. The show promises wholesome fun with Miss Winston's infectious laugh and natural stage presence making characters feel living and real.
An advertisement asserts the tonic relieves coughs colds and whooping cough without danger and promises relief following use. It notes the remedy is allied and recommended for persistent coughs.
A poem contrasts reading the book of nature with fiction noting nature presents life as it is. It declares truth in nature unadorned, then ends with a tragic exchange about a boy named Willie who, finding an old revolver, attempts to shoot it but fails, repeatedly trying.
A humorous dialogue asks why a handsome man marries a homely woman. The reply cites two reasons: to receive compliments for the family and to even things up.
In a Westminster Gazette snippet the London attorney Else, short and not well respected, confronts Jekyll calling him a pettifogg ing scoundrel. Jekyll retorts he never called him that, merely that he was a little Else.
A brief dialogue recalls early married life when scarcity mattered. She notes the need for rice and the old shoes tossed at their wedding, while he agrees the picture of rosy days was not complete. The exchange underscores hardship and longing in their marriage.
A brief dialogue shows a man complaining about coffee sweetness and a woman retorting that the remedy is to lump it. The exchange features a casual domestic quarrel motif and a humorous tone.
A humorous exchange questions naming a future president as a mother worries about fame. The friend quips about fines and the mother insists on choosing a careful, dignified name to withstand future prominence.
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