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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
7
A London paper reports a well known bishop visiting a small country town where scarce servants left ladies to work. He wakes to a soprano voice singing Nearer My God to Thee. The hostess explains she uses the hymn to time eggs, three verses for soft and five for hard.
A dramatic fragment shows a rapid wooer pressing advances as a young woman resists. A knock at the front door interrupts the moment, revealing social pressure and evasive refusals amid a tense domestic exchange.
A courtroom exchange features a lawyer pressing a witness on age and the witness refusing to answer. The witness cites fear of lying if under oath, noting she always answers age questions when not under oath, reflecting on honesty and legal risk.
The passage extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reputable family laxative. It urges purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product, approved by physicians and widely accepted, and sold by leading druggists.
Mrs Stubb expresses eagerness to watch a play for the change in the heroine's hat style, noting a twenty year gap between acts three and four. Mr Stubb checks interest in the performance and the audience agrees to stay for the wardrobe transformation.
The Oregon State Grange at Eugene on May 14 1908 adopted resolutions urging codification of a complete water law. It calls for state grant based rights, a central water-rights record, measured basins, surplus water rules, and a 25 year limit on power rights with renewal safeguards.
Cheney correspondent asks about government bacteria research for agriculture and soil poisoning by successive crops. The reply notes some cultures succeed in controlled labs, inoculated alfalfa soil helps stands, fertilizers tested unevenly but likely future use as corrective, and soil overcharge harming vegetation requires counter measures.
The report shows a tense exchange between Pulsatilla Corkins and a determined applicant. Orlando Rokdnaiare leaves in darkness after a disruptive confrontation as Speedham seeks a driver. The dialogue touches on reliability and experience for an automobile chauffeur position.
A conversation unfolds with a former sailor, referred to as Dusty Dennis, who admits he fears water. A housewife jokes about bailing out a water-filled cellar, while noting the man previously served as a sailor on an airship. The exchange mixes irony and nautical hints.
A dialogue theme centers on a gentleman described as among the submerged tenth, noting his current role as a stoker on an ocean steamer. The exchange contrasts prior better days with present hardship and social invisibility.
A young heiress admits love to Clarence and plans to speak with her mother who returns from Europe tomorrow. She fears her mother may have engaged her to a nobleman during the three months abroad.
Advertises a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Claims to cure tired swollen aching feet and ease new or tight shoes. Mentions relief for corns ingrown nails and bunions and urges all druggists to carry it. 20 cents price and warning not to accept substitutes.
A Chicago Tribune report describes a youth in a bleacher section who hurled a pop bottle at an umpire. A patrolman restrained him, measured his head, and warned him about returning to the asylum for the feeble minded, noting head size as size 6. No further incidents occurred in that section during the game.
A historical classifieds snippet touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a One Hundred Dollars Reward offer for incurable cases. It includes endorsements from Jocheneÿ & Co and Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo druggists. Also references testimonials and price 75 cents. The piece ends with a humorous quote about a chronic borrower from the Boston Transcript.
A humorous exchange cites a book claiming England is the mother country and George Washington the father of his country. The child infers a marriage, prompting a playful correction about national parentage, as reported by the Chicago News.
Scapegrace recounts how his uncle Henry has altered since knowing Miss Hope. The exchange hints at a transformation in the narrator as the uncle remarks on the nephew becoming a different man thanks to Hope.
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