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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
2
Quote from Theodore Parker on duty in daily work across home shop market and school. Then a 19th century cleaning recipe for wallpaper uses flour and ammonia to form a stiff dough to wipe and renew wallpaper surfaces.
A satirical exchange notes that Americans prefer politics to theater when they can craft a strong practical plot and dress it with eloquent speeches. The dialogue suggests artists shift to political aims, implying theater is neglected as national focus tilts toward governance.
A Virginia farmer reported his cow acted unruly and feared madness. Officials found the cow drank fermented cornstalks and was intoxicated on raw bourbon whisky from ensilage.
A reflective quip from Mrs Humphry Ward about enduring life’s rough patches. The line suggests time smooths the hardest parts of the journey.
Julia, a ten year old in Sunday school, gave a half dollar from the family pin money to a man at the back door believing he might be God. The lesson on entertaining angels unawares deeply moved her and prompted the act.
A compact comic domestic scene features Verena and Uncle Elijah at table with quips about napkins and manicure. Remarks from Mr Plimming Mr Spooner Mrs Chucksley and Clarence hint at subtler tensions beneath light banter in a late stage.
A New York farmer sought dental treatment for an ulcerated tooth in upstate New York. The dentist offered nitrous gas claiming a brief sleep would ease pain, and demonstrated the machine. The patient prepared to pay but joked he preferred counting his money first before dozing.
A tramp asks for food at a back door while a woman questions him about a supposed steady job. He recalls an offer from Mr. Oatseed at a large white house to rise at four, milk 17 cows, feed and groom horses, clean stables, and chop wood before work begins, with pay details not discussed.
A girl asks how to tell yachts from sailboats Captain Cleet jokes that a yacht has plenty of reefer tables and cigars while a sailboat carries mostly plain victuals. The exchange playfully contrasts luxury items with simple provisions aboard.
A fragmented satire notes characters Willie-Pa Mr Jones Mr Smith and Mr Robinson discussing the “H. P.” of their autos. It suggests a casual, jokey reference across cases with unclear meaning, presented as a light linguistic quip from a comic page.
A dialogue between a senator and an interlocutor discusses free trade protection and tariffs. The senator concedes that the other has explained much, and the speaker believes they are beginning to understand the topic themselves.
Secretary Wilson funds bug collection at the Vienna experimental farm near Washington to study the role of bedbugs in agriculture. Officials post rewards for bedbug delivery and plan to test bedbugs against fruit-tree pests to see if these insects might be redirected to orchard work.
In Washington the Count Perreard known as the Count laments Bastille Day falling on a Sabbath. The Chateau de Perreard shows the tricolor in a quiet scene with no public party or cabaret songs. The Count recalls past celebrations and sighs over the subdued anniversary.
Secretary Wilson notes the department's close link to daily life as it studies home use of agricultural products. Scientific methods aid housekeepers by solving problems in nutrition and food use, aiming for good living at reasonable cost with less effort. The emphasis is on translating farm science to household benefit.
Washington society members heard Prof. Edward Davidson claim the turkey trot long predates its modern use, tracing the dance to Murat worship in northern Borneo where natives perform it nightly to appease a rain god. He cited its spread through Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries and notes of controversy by clergy.
The narrator recounts daring figures abroad, from Jim in Central America who stamps letters with an American seal and runs a scam bar, to an Argentine art fraudster selling forged Van Dykes via a French painter. A watch club ruse nets police and officials as unwitting members, showing a web of international swindles.
Lawrence Wheat known as Larry from Broadway earned the role of Stub Talmage after impressing producer Henry W Savage. Despite not looking like an actor Wheat insisted his type was right for the part and won the job with that reply.
Readable excerpt presents a playful scavenger hunt of obscure terms such as opuscule fadie duvet predicant younker quintal quib beluga hypoatyle foram rundpet caddis ho st to identify their meanings. The piece encourages guessing before consulting the dictionary and reveals a variety of quirky nouns and adjectives.
Countess Szecheny nee Gladys Vanderbilt hailed American women at a luncheon. She praised their good taste and declared that while women of all nationalities can make clothes, only American women can make them do so without suspicion.
Incoherent OCR fragment references England and a product. Mentions a monetary amount 34 746 000 and a date or year. Lacks coherent subjects or events to summarize.
A deranged man gained access to a Berlin consulting job and posed as a doctor, issuing prescriptions and advice to patients. A patient questioned his substitute status, he laughed, told her to use peppermint lozenges, and was later taken into custody amid fears of poisoned medicines. Pharmacists alerted to the affair.
A simple improvised hanger can be created from a folded newspaper by folding it to about three inches wide then bending it in the center and tying with cord to form a loop. The result serves like a wooden or metal hanger and takes only minutes to make.
A Pittsburg Post fragment mocks wealth and youth with a humorously tangled scene. A youngster wears large glasses says wealth doesn’t bring happiness while debating candy choices with a cousin. The piece ends with a product plug for Red Ball Blue.
A judge notes a tramp discards a sandwich wrapped in a newspaper from a farmer wife he once courted. He muses on rising car wheel prices in the market report and mutters about nothing to get nutty about the advance of $2 a ton.
A Kentucky reader shares a testimonial about Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing years of backache and female disorders. The account claims lasting relief after using the product and urges others with similar symptoms to seek root causes and treatment.
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