Concerted Broadside In House Piano Parade
A fragment notes pianola pianos aboard a vessel and describes their synchronized playing as a formidable broadside aimed at a “berry enemy,” attributed to a Cleveland plate dealer.
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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
7
A fragment notes pianola pianos aboard a vessel and describes their synchronized playing as a formidable broadside aimed at a “berry enemy,” attributed to a Cleveland plate dealer.
A damaged note warns of over exertion during long sessions and overheating. It suggests cooling off, rubbing the tired area with a rough cloth, and using St. Jacobs Oil as a topical remedy to revive surface circulation and quicken relief.
A playful exchange questions why certain ancestors sailed on the Mayflower while others were said to have come aboard different ships. The dialogue hints at family lore and historical ship names in a humorous, literary tone.
The advertisement claims deafness results from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars to any claimant cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts the mucous ear surfaces inflamed and the Eustachian tube blocked, and promotes the remedy as a universal cure with testimonials and a mail order offer.
Side Lights on Literature recalls Walter Scott pondering a new immortalized subject Winnetka and Evanston Wilmette mentioned as impossible while the novelist faces a magistrate in Chicago for speeding. The anecdote blends literary whimsy with a tongue in cheek legal encounter.
The Idaho Experiment Station notes isolation hurts stock breeding as buyers seek carloads. Advocates propose coordinated local breeding to unify stock types, enable easy comparison, and secure new bloodlines, especially in the Pacific Northwest, with Mississippi Valley experiments guiding practice.
Washington State College reports a denatured alcohol plant may rise in Pullman as the Commercial club advances plans. President Bryan notes the potential yield from potatoes and waste fruits, with starch to alcohol conversion and profits aiding farmers.
The doctor meets a skeptical professor who recalls a familiar tale and nods to Chauncey M. Depew as a witty aside. The exchange highlights dry humor and a shared literary touch.
A Chicago Tribune quotation shows Mrs Lapaling urging harsh punishment for a man who shases his horse, calling for utmost obsequioness to dumb brutes and immediate incarsonation.
Mrs Rawler says the group are well though many have had the grip. She notes her husband refuses to admit a cold and will not take light illness seriously, contrasting with others in the household who have suffered.
Advertisement asserts Pazo ointment cures piles in 6 to 14 days for itching burning and protruding symptoms. It promises a full refund if it fails to cure any case.
A banker sternly accuses a citizen of hoarding new gold pieces while the citizen insists he is'suring the pieces away to curb their artistic influence. The exchange frames a wider concern about currency design and public benefit.
A jumbled collage cites misheard lines about soup etiquette from a Mrs. Hendricks scene and a warning label for Brom Quinine. It references Vitow Dance and Nervous Disenter and a Nevada tourist remark, plus a Chicago Tribune notice fragment about living in Nevada.
An odd fragment recalls a night school teacher and a pupil named Virgil near Spoon River. It mentions Mrs Winslow moralizing teething relief and a willful interruption as George plans to propose and a tire blows up, leaving thoughts scattered.
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