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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1911
Page
6
The Bahamas shows a history of indigenous descent carried away by Spaniards for labor and pearl fisheries, with many white residents tracing Loyalist roots from Georgia and South Carolina. A notable linguistic feature is the blacks use of we and their vs, echoing a London dialect once seen in Mr. Weller’s spelling.
A listing shows fourteen Protestant church buildings in Rome including three English Episcopal, one Presbyterian, two Methodist, four Baptist, one Walden sian, one German Lutheran, and six of the Free Italian church.
It claims quick relief for irritated eyes from dust heat sun or wind sold by druggists or Howard Bros Buffalo.
The Detroit Free Press contrasts etiquette with idiosyncratic behavior. It highlights how manners favor gentle requests while mannerisms reveal abrupt habits with humorous examples.
James D. Dole of Honolulu introduces Hawaiia Pineapple Juice made from picked ripe Hawaiian pineapples. The product is pressed bottled on the Islands not mixed with sugar water or preservatives and has sold across the United States four months after release. The juice is valued for flavor therapy and suitability for doctors and nurses in supportive care.
The article explains halibut and flounder as holy fish used on church fast days. It notes the term holy and relates it to halibut and plaice, and mentions hollyhocks deriving from Palestine, with explainers on related name origins.
An anecdote from Planche's Reminiscences recalls Tom Hood's remark to a visiting clergyman on his deathbed. Hood quipped that the clergyman's religion did not seem to agree with him, highlighting his characteristic wit in a somber moment.
The line about a fictitious Salt river to row defeated candidates is cited as a cheerful example of political Americanisms, with uncertain authorship but broad approval.
A classroom moment contrasts a Bible story with modern journalism. A teacher asks what happened to Lot’s wife and a student jokes about a “yellow journal” interpretation, highlighting generational views on sacred text and sensational media.
Mrs. J M Lightner of Paris Missouri says she was deceived by a man posing as a Lyon & Healy agent seeking a Hopf violin. A confederate allegedly showed a prized instrument in Missouri and the widow deeded her farm to him after paying $2000. Lyon & Healy confirms no such agent.
Skunks overrun Ipswich town leading residents to advise against befriending cats. Willard Brown, a notable resident, mistook a skunk for a cat and was fined for the mistaken catch. A skunk was later found in a commercial building while Knute Knutesen operates a local skunk farm near Clear Lake Township.
In Warsaw Indiana L C Hamman a restaurant keeper noticed a raw oyster on a plate he removed it and held it in his mouth for safekeeping. The oyster opened its shell then snapped shut biting his tongue as he yelled in alarm.
A cow driven to slaughter by Basil brothers charged into a Dayton laundry’s ironing area causing frightened workers to flee. The animal, angered by a red apron, was lassooed by R B Cady and quieted after the apron vanished before being driven out.
In Middleton New York burglars broke into Bernard Levinson's Benton Avenue home at night and stole $95 from his trousers on a chair, then took the family watchdog as they fled.
William Inglis recounts a brutal two and a half day storm at sea. The crew endures repeated knockdowns, freezing conditions, and hunger while storm noises echo like turkey chicks in the cabin. Manuel’s soup ritual provides a grim, dark comic relief amid terror.
A narrator recalls dining at a longtime favorite restaurant with wife away for two weeks. A sweet-faced server muses on fate and lost loves while the narrator awaits his check, watching her search pockets and apron for the missing bills.
Otto Naumann of Berlin has invented a compact mouth held pistol for emergency use. The device can be placed in the mouth and fired with teeth, offering a last resort against highwaymen or burglars though it requires careful handling to avoid mouth powder explosion.
A brief exchange recalls a man once a first prize winner in a short-story contest twenty years ago. Since then he has struggled, living on the edge and trying to recapture past glory while neighbors comment on his appearance and situation.
A garrulous young man boasts of knowing fresh oysters and points to a jar in a restaurant window. The corpulent proprietor reveals the oysters are rubber for show only, deflating the boast with a calm, wry smile.
Ultra-Swell reports Madge of Shantytown wearing a long skirt that hampers her walk as onlookers tease from the river pier. Jimmy Finn mocks the umbrella cover style while Madge retorts to read Paris fashions and identify the hobble skirt.
A cardboard castle melodrama ends with the eighteen carat villain leaping away as the heroine laments Harold McDuff undoing. The heroine notes the villain's truth as she reveals the plot unraveling. She identifies a fault in the conspirator’s plot by a gown hook incident.
A reader denounces a public figure as two faced and criticizes the aide labeled Secretary-Worse. The piece notes newspaper illustrators have caricatured the figure, reflecting public derision and satirical press coverage.
A Luckless family endures broken legs and a trolley accident as misfortune strikes three brothers. The lone bright note is the son’s marriage, contrasting grim events with a wedding milestone.
A short dialogue plays on a pun about electricity and drink. A speaker asks what drink mirrors a complaint of bad electric service, then answers that no drink resembles it, finally delivering the pun current whine as a witty misdirection.
A historical reflection states that an amiable and content elder reflects a just and generous youth. The calm, untroubled old age is described as the evening of a fine day, free from lament or fear of what lies ahead.
Nicholas Copernicus, born 1473 and died 1543, challenged the geocentric view by demonstrating the earth moves around the sun, not the sun around the earth, changing astronomical understanding.
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