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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
7
Advertises local agents worldwide for Medicology the latest large family doctor book. Claims nearly one million copies sold in the East. Describes lucrative commissions and asks applicants to send age experience and references to The Lyon Slater Co Pioneer Bldg Seattle Wash.
A depositor taunts a bank receiver about lasting comfort. A Benedict confides his wife’s expense but her longevity. Mothers praise Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething nerves. Mrs Stubb boasts of a Brazilian parrot, only for her husband to call it dead.
An advertisement claims permanent cure with Dr Kilne's Great nerve remover and offers a free trial bottle and treatise. It lists Dr It Inkline at 931 Arch St Philadelphia, and targets conditions including St Vitus Dance and other nervous diseases.
A weary stage actor asks about distance to Chicago on a railroad main line. The gatekeeper, blunt and practical, replies with shoe fares saying three pairs of half soles and six pair of new heels. The exchange blends humor with travel setback as the stranded troupe seeks a path south.
An old advertisement claims KR Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease relieves hot sweating and swelling feet. Sold by all druggists with price or trial package free. Address Allen 8 Olmated Le Roy NY.
A fragmented dialogue presents a patient fearing brain fever dismissed as an illusion by a doctor. Interwoven are ad-like lines about Hall's Catarrh Cure and a humorous scene where a girl calls a kiss a retainer, reflecting varied vintage newspaper content.
Instructions describe peeling oranges and boiling the strips in water, then making a sugar syrup with one and a half cups of sugar per six oranges and three cups of sugar per batch. Add peel, boil until syrup thickens, then stir in extra sugar and cool before serving.
A recipe instructs slicing one gallon of unpeeled cucumbers into quarter inch pieces and salting with one cup. After three hours, drain and mix with two to three chopped onions one ounce each of white mustard seed black pepper and celery seed. Pack into glass cans press down and add olive oil half pint divided evenly then seal with cold cider vinegar.
A simple cake method uses one and a half cups granulated sugar, half cup butter, a scant cup of milk, two and a half cups sifted pastry flour, one egg, two and a half level teaspoons baking powder, and flavoring. Cream butter and sugar, add milk, beat in the egg, then the remaining milk and flour to finish.
Two pints green gooseberries two ounces yellow mustard seed pound ed two ounces ground ginger five ounces coarse sugar ten ounces stoned raisins three ounces salt three ounces garlic two pints vinegar Chop the raisins garlic and gooseberries almost to a paste fix all together thoroughly and boil for three quarters of an hour then add enough turmeric to make the mixture a nice color.
A vintage recipe list details soggy measures for a bread crumb batter with molasses and sour milk, steamed for three and a half hours. It also includes a fresh egg test for doneness and a German Potato Balla dish using boiled potatoes, egg, bread crumbs, and flour, formed into peach-sized balls and boiled fifteen minutes.
A simple gingerbread batter combines New Orleans molasses one cup with soda ginger nutmeg and cinnamon each. Add half cup sugar and one teaspoon butter then beat in sour cream or milk. Stir in flour pour batter into a tin and bake in a slow oven.
A medium baking dish is filled with alternating layers of dry bread crumbs and finely chopped ham. The dish is covered with a mixture of two cups milk and three beaten eggs, salted, and baked for thirty minutes in a dish suitable for serving at table.
In the absence of other water sterilization measures Dr. Riegel of the Austrian army finds citric acid effective. In a shallow vessel in sunshine 6-10th of citric acid killed cholera germs in five minutes and typhus germs in one and a half hours.
A historical tip suggests mixing mustard with a salt spoon of salt and an equal amount of moist sugar, then blending with boiling water. The method is claimed to help the mustard stay moist longer and improve its flavor.
An uneasy letter to the London Westminster Gazette discusses a forthcoming book on the literature of roguery. The author notes a publisher’s remark that the reader’s name is referenced in the prospectus and suggests a gentler presentation.
A Munich arts note laments that a portrait painter is unjustly restricted to his niche. The piece argues specialization should not bar broad artistic talent and urges broader recognition beyond feline subjects.
An Eastern tourist asks about staying healthy in the region. A Westerner answers with caution about avoiding bullets knives and rope in the local environment.
A playful dialogue unfolds as a professor questions a boy about measles. The boy replies with a pun that only one measle exists, prompting the professor to remark on the singular nature of the remark.
A veteran boarder warns a new roommate he must start paying his board, noting the morning politeness of Mrs. Starvem as a sign of potential trouble. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Press.
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