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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
7
A New York magazine editor recalls George Moore the Esther Waters author sharing a lunch at Claridge's. He recalls meeting a young American in Kansas who praised his work and asked which story locals favor, with Lalla Rookh named as the favorite.
A medical man touts a five hour cough cure with a home laxative tonic syrup. The recipe mixes wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and pine syrup with dosing instructions. A dentist comments on dental work after the scene, while a young woman asks about candy intake.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet recounts a social clash over vacation company. A speaker notes spending time with friends during part of the break while another asserts altered after weeks. The item frames evolving friendships and social expectations.
When comp ny comes to our place that’s when dad’s mouth sets the pace He reels off freight car loads weather signs brick-paved roads billiard chalk and more He talks of baseball congress soil meat prices lawnmower oil and even life on Mars and coal mine fires.
The speaker recalls a father who covers many topics from pens and cures to taxes and wines with striking wit. He offers many points and jokes when guests are present, yet stays quiet at home, while the mother smiles and hints at a hidden assurance. The piece concludes with a nod to the familiar phrase When father knows it all.
The New York Journal of Commerce cites John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie James Stillman and others as examples of financiers who quit or avoid overwork to stay healthy. It notes J P Morgan and James J Hill remain active, arguing retirement can bring ennui while continued work supports vigor and influence.
A humorous quip from the Louisville Courier-Journal about a woman testing a plan for two to live as cheaply as one. The man dismissively replies that cooperation is simple, recalling a bachelor living arrangement as example.
A fragment quotes the Louisville Courier-Journal discussing public instruction and improving living conditions. It mentions lectures at a fashionable hotel and notes a tolerant view that many make mistakes. The excerpt ends with a quip about generosity and desire.
An Albany testimonial extols Cascarets for biliousness and indigestion. The ad claims complete cures and urges repeat purchase for families. It emphasizes pleasant taste, safety, and a money back guarantee with 10c 25c and 50c prices.
A Fliegende Blaetter anecdote notes a music passage that provokes chills as the wandering guest’s hotel bill emerges. The piece contrasts imitative music’s clear meaning with ordinary appreciation and hints at concealed intent in sound.
Something Nee explains a Chicago style arrangement bureau now led in Washington. The bureau handles cases of dismissed West Pointers and arranges their reinstatement, a new approach gaining attention in the capital.
A retired train robber sits in his mountain retreat and opens a bag of Lincoln pennies won through danger. He holds a penny to the rugged profile, declares he never voted for the man on the coin, and says he is glad about it.
A dialogue features a senator deflecting a young questioner by pointing to his voting record on tariff matters. The exchange ends with the senator noting he could argue both sides, then bids the caller good morning.
Confidence of Genma claims the dirigible balloom succeeded though it landed with a terrible bump. He admits the descent was rough but asserts it hit very close to the intended target.
A Sunday school teacher asks who the neighbor is and Tommy Tucker blushes and remains silent, not revealing the little girl's name. The moment highlights shy suspense in a simple moral tale from the Chicago Tribune.
Fragments show a clerk and guest dispute over signing a registry. The guest insists on reading before signing while other guests are waiting to register. The brief captures a cautious interaction in a lodging setting.
A union of hatmakers at Le Mans France consolidates leadership with one man holding the offices of president vice president secretary and treasurer all in one.
Electric Laundry Compound offers washing without rubbing using no lime lye or acids. Eight washings cost 25 cents with a money back guarantee. Located at 822 South Spring St Los Angobin Cal.
A humorous exchange shows Pleader moving offices while McMurk jokes about needing a new place for teeth pulling. The gag plays on dental and leg pulling as a pun about changing locations and services.
A general warns a colonel that attacking the enemy fortifications requires extreme risk to life. The colonel accepts, noting the unit will be a forlorn hope formed solely of amateur chauffeurs for the operation.
The right hand feels touch more acutely than the left but is less responsive to heat and cold.
The Washington Star notes Maymie’s reaction to a young Mr. Guffsum’s poem. She agrees it was not good, yet acknowledges the effort and compares the ordeal to Shakespeare in a wry, reflective aside.
Chronicle-style note recalls a modernized Trojan affair with mock joy ride antics followed by sudden slaughter as reimagined history. A quip from the New York Sun frames a satirical revival of an ancient siege and its brutal end.
An information editor weighs the best seller list and favors Col. Mulberry above all others as the preferred choice, sharing the remark during a discussion about top titles.
While awaiting a train, Lionel Brough entertained a harmless elderly inmate at a northern lunatic asylum by playing billiards. Brough offered the patient 40 in 100 but was beaten easily. The patient quips that such odds could land him there too.
The excerpt notes Schiller arguing that beauty alone grants happiness to all and that under beauty people forget limitations. It states happiness as the end and aim of being and that without beauty happiness cannot reach its full flowering.
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