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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
7
A fragmented exchange shows a family opposing a proposed marriage with terse, accusatory language. The speaker contests the notion of acceptance, insisting the decision lies with individual choice despite family pressure.
A collage of imperfect OCR lines features stray phrases about memory, teething remedies, gas meters, a farm dug remark about a coal bin, and a dubious cold cure. It includes an ad for Catarrh Cure backed by questionable mercury warnings and a note on a New York magnate from decades past.
Fragmentary text mentions a Missouri razor and a grateful scamp with unclear context and names. No coherent event or details are discernible from the provided words.
Art and Natare discuss a comic doers production. Prude-Yes objects to participating over costume demands saying she will not wear tights. Mies Sharpe chides why not and jokes about padding.
A playful exchange where Teacher Now and Tommy Blinkins discuss giving Johnny Frecklenose one of two apples. Tommy argues the larger apple should go to Johnny, questioning the need for a choice.
A noted philanthropist plans to give away his fortune to charities. The ad praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion and liver health, urging readers to buy the genuine product. A comic exchange about rain leakage closes the fragment.
Col. James G. Milner former secretary of the Confederate Navy died recently at Milford U He was once among the wealthiest men in the South before the war and left little after his death The report notes his prominent wartime role and sharp postwar decline
A reader notes that every new war ship is described as the queen of the navy and a transport that recently overturned is deemed the joker highlighting the mix of hype and mishaps in naval reporting.
A mistress asks what reference to write for a departing servant. Mary suggests a six month stay as the basis for the letter. The exchange is tongue in cheek and focuses on social etiquette and employment proof.
Excerpt shows a man writing Molly asking if she has dumped him while a reply reveals Tam's illness and near death. The exchange captures poignant miscommunication and emotional strain amid a fading relationship.
A spoof exchange features a nervous passenger and captain debating ship ice damage while mocking sensational remedies. The dialog pivots to dubious candies and pets with a mock casual tone, highlighting absurd medical claims and a sharp, humorous bluntness.
A Jersey shore grove near Wildwood on Memorial Day draws visitors with twisted, numeral, and letter shaped trees carved by centuries of gales. The wind lashed trunks bend into W and N forms, a ladder-like trunk, and even a snakes head, while vines and large grapevines climb the trees and a two-trunk holly twists together. The article notes the grove’s eerie reputation and unique shapes.
The largest elk antlers hang in the Head Keeper Maniey’s office at the Philadelphia Zoo Lion House. They rise over five feet tall with main horns four feet six inches apart and fourteen inches wide at the base. Naturalists call them huge and perfect. The elk was sent from the West to the Academy of Natural Sciences where the skeleton surpassed all others in weight and size.
The report notes General Daniel Butterfield dies at his country home in New York. He served from colonel of a New York regiment through twenty campaigns, twice wounded and brevetted thrice for bravery. He rose to Major General of volunteers and breveted in the regular army. He retired in 1890 to civil duties but remained patriotic and urged mobilization during the Spanish American War. He is buried in the national cemetery on the Hudson.
Pierre Lorillard's will leaves a $1,000,000 estate with large sums to his grandsons and a $50,000 annuity to his widow, while Mrs Lillie Allien, a longtime companion, receives the New Jersey stock farm. Lorillard's heirs challenge the will over her claim, citing alleged scandal and a supposed marital tie to Allien.
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