Barber Shop Exit Cleansed Customer of a Scrape
A customer, paying the barber, remarks he avoided a mighty bad scrape by stepping outside the shop. The anecdote highlights quick action and a near-miss incident in town.
Myrtle Point Enterprise in Myrtle Point, Oregon
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
8
Reception on the Isthmus Banquet Delights Aide
The Isthmus mosquitoes swarm the genial Secretary of War and declare a candidate to their liking. At the banquet that follows, attendees agree the event was very enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flere
The Crow Nation Faces Decline and Transformation
A historical overview details the Absarake Crow people, once formidable in Montana, shrinking from about 4500 to 1730 in a century. It notes battle prowess, hunting abundance, and later moves toward farming and irrigation as civilization rises, while their numbers dwindle due to disease and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hits
Montana
Catlin
Wll
Custer
Secret of Aeroplane Described by Wrights in French Patent
A published description of the Wright brothers aeroplane, filed with the French patent office, cites a new fact about maintaining equilibrium. It details a three section wing arrangement with a center rigid panel and pivoting outer wings that adjust during operation to tilt one wing up and the other down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Brothers
Patent Office
Women Wear Overalls Say Arkansas Law Allows It
A Little Rock dispatch explains Attorney General Kirby concludes there is no Arkansas law prohibiting women from wearing overalls provided they do not disguise as men. The opinion notes dated unease about women in overalls and cautions against a broader rush to legalize such attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Little Rock Dispatch
Kirby
Wright brothers describe airship control surfaces invention
Orville Wright explains the machine uses a fist-tail rudder system to counteract rotary motion and maintain an even keel. A front horizontal rudder and a forward rudder at the center top are described, with a twelve foot tail extending from the rear, all built on a spruce and ash frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wright
Wrights
Wright brothers' monorail machine weighs 800 pounds
The Wright machine weighs about 800 pounds with a four cylinder motor of 25 to 30 horsepower. It can carry two men and fuel for 800 miles, or with one man aboard travel 500 miles. It is easily movable in any direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Brothers
Painful Etiquette and Teething Remedies Across Echoes
A collage of snippets notes etiquette at the French court where a rash act by the lord of the chamber could shame Louis XIV, a patent for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a humor piece about a wife’s shopping habits. Includes a quip exchange on poetry to woo a daughter and a doctor praised for nerve restorer claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Louis XLV
London
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies, Hall's Catarrh
Sales pitch declares deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad cites F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills for constipation, End excerpt with a humorous cartoon line about Archibald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Borax Preserves Fresh Meat With Powdered Treatment
Fresh meats dusted with extremely fine borax and rubbed in will keep fresh. Wash the meat before cooking to remove residue.
Keeps Poultry Sweet and Money Making Pion
A brief plea notes that poultry can be kept sweet for weeks by rubbing with powdered borax under wings legs tail and placing some in the mouth. Local agents are wanted and a money making plan is promised.
The Feline Propensity in Baltimore Club
A Baltimore American quip notes Mrs. Sleigh joining the club with her familiar feline presence. The exchange pokes fun at social ease as the cat takes the spotlight, illustrating lighthearted city humor and society banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Truth and Quality in a Laxative Advertisement
A vintage advert promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative. It claims the product cleanses and relieves without debility, stresses natural action, and asserts physicians approve its ingredients. It warns to buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Not a Safe Bet to Judge by Egress and Guns
A Washington Post quote notes risk when men jump fences with loaded guns and warns against assuming safety from reckless bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
To Breal in New Shoes and Foot-Ease Cure Ad
An old advertising notice promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder claiming to cure hot sweating aching swollen feet corns ingrowing nails and bunions sold at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample offer and a mail address in Le Roy New York. A second sentence notes a social observation about girls blushing when men are abusive.
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Breal
Allen
Allen S. Oimsted
le Koy
N. Y
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