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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
6
A dated guide explains a scientific tree climbing method using tied towels or kerchiefs as loops around the trunk. It instructs foot loops and stirrup holds, urging practice before venturing into woods with animals and hazards.
A humorous collection asks why a spider seems winged and why the letter l resembles a clock notch. Another quip links a pig in a parlor to a tire in a house, noting both need puffing out.
Rosamond M. Pent in Philadelphia Record reports a playful mother’s woes as children cause fuss with torn dresses and laundry chaos. The verse portrays a busy mother singing while mending, amid ruffled petticoats and nightgowns.
A brief on using dominoes to tell fortunes with point meanings. Double six for money, six five for success, six four happy marriage, six three affection, six two industrious, six one twice married, six blank sorrow, five double luck, five four marriage, five three wealth, five two love, five one engagement.
In a quaint dialogue young Edgar asks how many ends a candy stick has and hears two. He notes he has bitten off three or four ends but still finds two remaining, prompting a small moment of wonder.
Little Clara asks what a spinster is and her brother Harry explains it as a female bachelor in this concise dialogue from a domestic scene. The exchange highlights the playful misperception of aging and marriage in a family setting.
A teacher asks why God created the world and a bright child replies that it was because there was no one else who could do it, reflecting a playful take on purpose and creation.
An article explains constructing a hand sled from three quarter inch pipe and fittings. It describes bending each runner from a single pipe, filling with rosin or lead to shape, then removing the material by heat, plus tight joints, brazing, and specialized top crosspieces with left and right hand threads and unions.
A compact moral meditation urging boys to cultivate cleanliness, kindness, honesty, piety, and prudent discernment. It extols the body as a dwelling for mind and soul, and extols hands feet lips ears and eyes used for good, charitable, and truthful ends. It cautions against mischief and temptation.
The article surveys the underground economy of New York, describing stores, restaurants, art galleries, and workspaces beneath Broadway and subway routes. It notes tens of thousands of workers spend hours underground daily, with Manhattan expanding downward as the only solution to space.
A local union joins Philip Strange and Helen McGraw after their farms intertwined to save crops. Turkeys protected potato fields from bugs, drought hit feeding grounds, and the couple married on the farm where both livelihoods met.
Lawrence Kansas reports Ellen Ellen a Chickasha Indian girl at Haskell Institute earning 600 dollars weekly. She spends only 15 cents in town, while most of her funds remain unused. Her wealth contrasts with typical Native American depictions and she is noted as the richest student in Kansas.
In Columbia Missouri the Methodist Episcopal church under Mrs C M Aker develops a Sunday nursery to care for babies during church and Sunday school. Miss Loretta Ferguson leads a team of assistants to keep infants calm so mothers can attend services without worry.
A Sydney resident inherits a trunk of postal stamps collected by her father over 60 years. She had discarded the stamps unaware of their value until a visit to a stamp exhibition awakened the realization. Experts now estimate the collection at about 100000 dollars.
Bluing for undyed fabrics advertised as reliable satisfactory and economical. Claims to make clothes white and clear and dissolve instantly. Price ten cents and available at all grocers.
The Sydney Bulletin notes the Pure Food Law halted hundreds of fraudulent medicines amid investigations. It highlights Hamlins Wizard Oil as a long standing product claimed to endure scrutiny for almost sixty years.
The passage recalls James Russell Lowell mockingly naming the editor as the first King of Sparta. While readers forget the line, they look it up to find the misquotation as H ωs - Fudamidas, highlighting errors in early play texts.
An old advertisement claims a fast cold cure with laxative bromide quinine tablets. It offers a money refund if it fails and features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
A man offers a brownish medicine to another who questions its purpose. He insists it is medicine and good for circulation, noting the recipient seems cold. The exchange centers on administering a remedy.
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