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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
6
A vivid poem celebrating a divine, dreamlike house of summer days. The speaker envisions expansive halls, frescoed ceilings painted by dawn and night, fountains, gardens, and treasures of honey and gold. The work describes a tranquil, magic dwelling as a divine tenant in a radiant, blooming realm.
A rector sees a white figure in his garden on a new moon night and suspects a thief. The next day onions and radishes are found missing. A woman explains she is new housekeeper and pays for the vegetables with money, offering a rose in lieu of repayment.
In a countryside tale, Constance debates choosing love over wealth as Gerald Alston, a parish rector, courts her amid a rose garden. She marries him after learning Herbert Wilcox's engagement collapsed. the couple moves into a cottage, while Constance discovers happiness alongside Gerald Jr. and a life not based on fortune.
A Dallas News take on a Kansas City inventor claiming a fly trap can catch 10 000 flies per hour. The piece doubts the device will solve the fly problem, arguing cleanliness and regular sweeping are the real fixes. It warns most households keep filth in fetid places where flies breed, suggesting the trap has limited value.
Among lawyers it seems a mark of ignorance for one lawyer to agree with another. Even an artist may not be able to draw a matrimonial prise.
Anna Bazinet of Fall River testifies that Cascarets Candy Cathartic improved her torpid liver and headache and that she would recommend them as the best medicine she has seen. The ad touts Pleasant, Paintable, Potent, Taste Good tablets priced at 10c 25c and 50c, genuine CCC stamp, money back guarantee.
London reports a layman William Doig has devised a poultice of acite and chloride applied near the diseased area to form an ulcer and a duct for pus drainage. The ulcer is dressed with a salve twice daily and the cure of the diseased lungs is claimed in four to six months.
Advertises Pettit's Eye Salve used for congested inflamed eyes and to remove film. Claims over 100 years of use and lists Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo New York as suppliers.
A Cleveland News verse notes the charm and ambition of choosing routes, as the speaker studies folders and trains yet rarely uses the paths selected, reflecting on distant travel fantasies and practical restraint.
The Louisville Courier Journal muses that N Bonaparte would be a striking vaudeville star with a lion heart and banners, imagining him as a distinct headline act and a bold bill rival.
In Ally Sloper style dialogue a character notes that Jim the old lawyer Skinner died yesterday. Daniel asks for a complaint and is told there is none, the family pleased rather than troubled. The exchange frames a humorous obituary cue.
A brief note describes a stiff neck and recommends Hamlins Wizard Oil as a quick, comfort restoring remedy, promising relief from tension and discomfort.
A Clayton New Jersey woman using a hair tonic suffered severe burns when the product exploded. The incident drew local attention amid concerns that explosive tonics threaten bald men and prompted calls for government scrutiny by food and drug authorities.
A Chicago Tribune note recalls Horatius defending a bridge as the ward boss claimed the job was easy. The ruse misled him into thinking it was a saloon keeper’s perk, yet he pressed on, fighting harder to hold the line.
To Breal in New Shoes. Always shake in Allen's Foot-Ease a powder that cures hot sweating aching swollen feet. Cures corns ingrowing nails and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores 25c. Don’t accept substitutes. Sample mailed free Address Allen S. Olmsted La Roy N Y.
Suburban exchange notes a humorous bet about wife’s cooks versus bees warming. One man says he has made money betting his wife’s cooks would leave four times as often as the bees would warm. The joke highlights domestic finance with a sting of irony.
One boy asks how many letters have more than one syllable. Grandpa tests him by reciting letters up to e and hints at the rest in a homey exchange.
In a Cleveland Plains Dealer vignette three sitters at a cafe side table, a sudden power outage reveals a shy scene. When lights return all three exchange sheepish smiles as a joke rumored to be a kiss unsettles the room. The lady denies any kiss.
A caller presses a school board member to buy new geography books claiming a specially prepared up to date edition marks the north pole as discovered by Dr. Cook. The member rebuffs that all purchases are controlled by children and not immediately needed.
A multimillionaire philanthropist declines new library buildings saying education comes from five feet of books. Reporters ask why, and he replies that grand library houses are unnecessary when a person can study with a small collection of essential volumes. The Chicago Tribune notes the remark with curiosity.
A famed naturalist laments that Peary’s Arctic expedition ship bears the name of a tropical explorer and hunter, a contrast noted by the observer in the Chicago Tribune quoting his remark.
A depraved outsider disrupts a scene as a Hon bursts into view and vows a meal. The outsider then cruches the Hon while the exchange escalates, yielding a startling confrontation.
A reader from Lacon Illinois notes that eighty is plenty and suggests that at that age a person has enough life, expressing a wry view after seeing an elderly man enter a doctor's office.
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