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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
7
A solicitor unprepared for formal attire asked a London judge for permission to appear without robes. The judge declined to grant permission but offered to bear him if fellow professionals rose no objection, avoiding delay and preserving etiquette.
The text humorously imagines a spider's voracious 24 hour diet and scales its appetite to an alligator and other animals. It also shifts to a theatrical kitchen scene where Peggy pokes a fire while Percy and others react with offbeat dialogue and risqué innuendo.
Report notes New York churches auction pews to wealthy parishioners. Grace Church on Broadway sees six pews sold at high bids, while St Bartholomew’s and nearby Catholic cathedral also auction or rent prime seats. Rich bidders drive prices into thousands.
Rev Frederick L. Odersbach, chemistry professor at St Ignatius College Cleveland Ohio, uses a ceramograph to predict storms hours in advance. The device mimics telegraph relays to record electrical disturbances, forming a continuous sand record as the storm approaches, with the decoherer clattering until deafening.
The Detrok Tribune cautions against overconfidence as wealth grows. It warns that life remains risky and fate can strike when one rests on success. The piece admonishes watching rivals and family, lest fortune collapse and the ladder of achievement give way.
A historic recipe and soup preparation are described. The pudding uses apples sugar cloves egg butter and flour layered with apples and baked until brown. The soup combines carrots turnips celery parsnip onion butter stock lettuce peas asparagus and cauliflower boiled gently and served.
Pare six medium onions and slice thin. Layer onions in a small nappy with cracker crumbs salt pepper and small pieces butter, repeat until onions finish with a top layer of onions. Beat an egg, pour over, add milk to the nappy and bake two hours in a moderately hot oven.
A dumpling dough is rolled, divided, and baked as two layers with butter between. After baking, the layers are separated and arranged with stewed rhubarb between and on top. Serve with custard sauce or sweetened cream.
A home recipe describes making an ordinary bread sponge by creaming butter or lard with sugar then adding currants and saffron infused water. It instructs to bake a ham with a saffron cracker dust glaze until golden brown.
Afternoon Cinh Cake recipe details sugar and flour mixture beaten egg whites with cream of tartar and salt. Instructions for Pepcorn Balls use old fashioned molasses candy and popped corn. Peach Pudding lines dish with sponge cake soaked in milk and filled with stewed peaches and sugar.
Mrs Youngbride sobs and accuses her husband of deception after a late night encounter with a young English woman. He is pressed to explain as she demands truth and laments misunderstanding. The exchange hints at social tension and marital strain reported by the Cleveland Leader.
Mrs Gotrox asks Charlie Short to marry her daughter. He avoids claiming love and admits the motive is to gain a mother in law. Mrs Gotrox presses about fortune hunting and Charlie confirms the humorous reason behind the match.
Official statistics show 3,3086 487,215 cigarettes were made in the year. With a US population of 80,000,000 and smoking age assumptions, the calculation yields about 8,966,487,215 cigarettes to be divided among 10,000 persons, roughly 8 cents per person per year.
A humorous exchange about marriage ends with a jab at shifting love. The quote contrasts past idealization with current doubt, reflecting a witty newspaper cartoon caption style from Philadelphia press pages.
A old typewriter debate presents a joke about the average weight of women, framed by a bachelor dentist. The punchline suggests women weigh until they are asked to marry.
A court appearance described a lightly spoken threat to kill with an ax by an imported citizen named Pat. The magistrate questioned him as the New York Sun report notes his claim that he would not strike a newborn. The incident closes with the charge dismissed. Mothers are advised Winslow’s soothing Syrup for teething.
The text notes the borsot or Russian wolfhound fastest at seventy five feet per second and the gazelle at over eighty feet per second. It also mentions a forty year Cure for Consumption claiming to cure coughs and colds, and references dubious quotes about time money a demoralizer and a personal moment.
Under the Elkins law any railroad paying rebates or a shipper accepting them faces a fine of 1000 to 20000 dollars upon conviction. It bans carrying freight below published tariffs and empowers the Interstate Commerce Commission to prosecute violators. President Knapp says rebate paying has become rare since enactment.
In a hushed afternoon exchange Miuldred consoles Stella about Tumireen. Stella reveals she has rejected him three times in the past weeks, offering little comfort to the troubled youth.
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