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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
6
Bishop Murray told a tale in Aireen Spring Valley about a church cemetery fence blown down by a storm. The congregation voted 95 to 5 to rebuild but one member urged reversing the decision noting insiders cannot exit and outsiders cannot enter, moving to recall the vote which passed 100 to 0.
Court pressures defendant held on dog license charge to renew license as it expired January 1. Defendant tries to interrupt evidence. clerk insists on renewal or face fine. Quote notes dog license expiration matching dog’s lapse.
A family dialogue unfolds as a speaker realizes relatives planned a joke about a surprise visit. The exchange notes a puzzled reaction and hints at unexpected presence despite initial denials.
The exchange notes a man remarking on Miss Knobby’s gown as vulgar and attention seeking. It mentions men turning to look and wonders about the dressmaker, with the woman declining to name the maker.
She-Ferdy won the booby prize tauntingly called a lobster as a joke. The prize is described as a copy of your last book of poems.
An unsophisticated woman asks if the Potlatch parade participants are real Indians. A man replies that some faces on a passing float resemble "quote unquote" Indians, sparking a moment of bemused doubt.
A humorous caption style exchange describes an elderly sea captain's unsteady progress toward the sideboard as he clumsily attempts to steer toward port. The dialogue hints at nautical competence versus human frailty in a playful tone.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a Peru rubber district scandal and secret atrocities being scanned as remarkable. No clear names, dates, or events are readable.
In a Harper's Bazar piece, a potato omelet is shown as economical fare for guests. It uses mashed potatoes, brown butter onions, parsley, and eggs baked to rise, followed by a veal ragout with shoulder meat, flour, vegetables, and water simmered in a pot for rich nourishment.
Practical tips from an old period column on flavoring mince with crabapples and preventing boilovers with buttered pans. It also covers keeping vegetables fresh by using a rinsed muslin bag, using a flatiron stand for warming and simmering, cleaning rust from steel ornaments with paraffin and emery, camphor to brighten metal, and creative flower protection using glove fingers pinned to dresses.
Two bunches of mint simmered in water half an hour with sugar and gelatin. Add lemon juice and melted gelatin, strain, and chill. A green garnish or sauce for lamb, or use as a mint sauce substitute.
Take mediumpure apples of equal size and boil them as for potatoes. Add a cup of sugar and a grain of salt per two quarts of water. Boil water first then drop apples in. Do not cure or bruise. tear with a knitting needle. Pack in a warmed glass dish, boil away excess water, strain over apples, and cool to enjoy.
The article describes cooking sweet peas in a saucepan until tender. It folds in butter rubbed into cream, flour, salt, and hot water to make a gravy. The peas and gravy are poured over six light brown toast slices arranged on a platter.
To iron a shirtwaist lay it flat on a table with an armhole at the corner. Pull the waist taut and press along the shoulder to smooth and keep its shape. This method works well for pleated waists.
Two pounds beef is seared in hot fat and placed in a kettle. It is covered with boiling water, then simmered four hours with a half small onion a third of a cup diced carrots two tablespoons vinegar and four cloves. The method yields a rich, traditional stew.
Oregon Agricultural College reports watermelon wilt a destructive fungous disease in parts of Oregon. It can persist in soil for years and kill plants when watermelons are planted. Research by F D Bailey details how the fungus damages vascular tissue, spreads by spores, and can be spread via manure or compost. The text notes control steps and breeding for resistant strains, with ongoing work in the Willamette valley.
Dean J A Bexell and G Nichols publish Principles of Bookkeeping and Farm Accounts a 184 page brown buckram guide for rural and urban schools. It teaches poultry and household accounts with simple farm records to aid future farmers and business minded students.
The piece notes rising greenhouse vegetable production in the Northwest led by Oregon, with tomatoes cucumbers and lettuce. It cites Prof. A G Bouquet on market demand and defines tomato quality and packing to fetch 15 to 30 cents a pound retail and 10 to 20 cents wholesale depending on year, maturity, size and color.
Prof Milam of Oregon Agricultural College explains jelly can be made without sugar but needs about six times as much juice and yields tough product. For palatability and economy, sugar is desirable. Typical proportions vary from three quarters sugar to juice up to equal parts, with currants and grapes best when sugar equals juice. Apples raspberries blackberries cranberries usually need three quarters as much sugar as juice.
A humorous Life caption shows Tulser saying remedies to rheumatism were not tried. He jokes that the disease has not lasted long enough to test friends’ suggestions, echoing a light gag about patience and cure timelines. The exchange pairs Benton and Tulser in a witty twist.
Mrs. Alice Marks Dolman of the Oregon Agricultural College offers two essentials for any sick room rest and cleanliness. She emphasizes absolute quiet, clean skin and bed, and ample fresh air, plus a cheerful ventilated room away from cooking odors.
A home tip explains how to secure a loose wall nail by mixing plaster of parts in a teacup, enlarging the hole, inserting the plaster, and inserting the nail after a minute. The plaster dries and the nail becomes securely fixed.
A linguistic note explains how the word top may be corrupted from the French taupe meaning mole. The piece discusses how shifting wording can alter sentence meaning and alter interpretation.
A columnist or editor named Baer or Bear is quoted saying a grapefruit is a lemon that seized an opportunity. The remark appeared in the Co-op-tor column tone. The line reflects playful wordplay on fruit labels.
John Gilbert recalls a Georgia style yarn in which a man on a North Carolina woodpile challenges a land deal between Bill Lobdell and Jim Jefferson. Deeds, calfskins, and fifty acres surface amid digressions on Natur and fertilizin the site, ending with the grocer riding on.
In Horace Kephart s Outing essay the solitary mountain farmer, facing denser population, finds crowding intensifies among shy backwoodsmen. Neighborliness declines as arable land vanishes and free range narrows, turning strong individualism into neighborly distrust and social decay.
The article notes Japan’s abundant cinema presence from small towns to Yokohama where a street of theaters dominates The Water Street area. It describes large banners, sensational program signs, and original pictorials above entrances, with spectators removing geta sandals before entering theaters.
Howard Palmer writes in Outing that Mt Sir Sanford is the monarch of the Selkirks and among Canada’s top peaks. It has repelled nine climbing parties and requires attackers to haul gear on their shoulders for days before the ascent. It ranks among the most majestic Rockies and Selkirks.
Sir Herbert Tree, a famed English actor, travels in rural Scotland when his guide asks his work. He replies he is on the stage and explains his craft is serious work. The guide doubts him and calls him no much better than a meemster.
A vacation trip near town showcases a beagle hound trained to tree squirrels. The small dog quickly treed twenty six squirrels in flat scrub timber, ignoring rabbits, and had to be carried home to stop hunting.
A homesick Dorothy cried at her first party and was urged to leave by the hostess. She returns in tears but explains she had a lovely time, insisting she did not want to go back home.
A collection of puns and quips on letters and meanings. Jokes cover amiable girls, bells and organs, love and potatoes, sunsets, a one eyed schoolmaster, safe robberies, arithmetic, poverty of lack, lawsuits, and a tailor always “ting out.”
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