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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
2
A visitor urges repairing a road mudhole while Farmer Corntessel boasts about paying off a mortgage by hauling automobiles from the hole. The passage then shifts to a nondescript note about Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children.
The article notes the Moabite Stone unearthed at Diban in 1868 by Rev. F. A. Klein, measuring 3.8 by 1.2 feet with 34 Phoenician inscriptions. It recounts Mesha king of Moab’s wars with Ahab of Israel and mentions at least two replicas exist while the original remains in the Louvre, Paris.
A patent medicine advertises relief for hot, sweating, callused, and swollen feet. Sold by all druggists at 25 cents with a trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
A man on his deathbed confesses to a loved one that he will not recover and believes he is dying after a hospital operation. She implores him not to die, expressing concern over her own lack of suitable attire.
Pain and swelling are commonly due to a cold or inflammation and can be relieved quickly by Haam lins Wizard O31, a remedy advertised to target internal discomfort.
A reflective excerpt asserts that true peace comes from a mind free of guilt. Wealth, status, or eloquence cannot match the serenity found in untainted actions and intentions.
Druggists offer Murine Eye Remedy in liquid forms priced 25c 60c and 1.00 with soothing effects on eye pain. Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes also 25c and 1.00. Eye Books and Advice free from Maih Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
A reader shares a traditional Devonshire cream making method from a dairy experience. Let milk stand to form a rich cream, then simmer the cream in a tin over hot water. Water scalding prevents burning, but care is needed to avoid overfilling the tin and to maintain sufficient water depth.
A historic recount of the Alamo siege from February to March 1836, detailing Cols Travis Bowie and Crockett, Santa Ana’s 6000-strong force, and the Texan defense at San Antonio. The defense ends with the fall of the Alamo and the later Texan victory at San Jacinto securing Texas independence.
London editors debate the best time for a marriage proposal. Lady Troubridge proposes daylight proposals before breakfast to curb moonlit overromantic proposals and strengthen the social fabric by exposing couples to life as it is.
In this reflective piece the author muses that loneliness and ennui drive animal cries aboard Noah’s voyage. Cats caterwaul from impulse, parrots scream from boredom, and the two parrots emerge as the loudest relaters to the voyage’s confinement.
A Wilkesbarre woman’s use of “laughing eyes” led to a girl’s arrest but the judge invalidated the charges. The court praised the girl’s charm and freed her, suggesting the man faces the real risk of being restrained for misreading a smile.
Rev D J H Jowett, New York's second importation of English ministerial talent, has a short way with skeptics. A Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church member recalls an Oxford debate where he mocked agnostics as a Greek word and asked if they favor its Latin equivalent ig noramuses.
In a fragment from a 19th century scene Mrs Leeder, with a freshly enameled face, self consciously notes she cannot risk cracking a smile.
A quarrel between two vagrants over a found sum escalated when one demanded a share and was stabbed after the other refused. One man found money, the other pressed him to surrender it, leading to the fatal attack.
Fragmentary text cites Frank Lincoln James in an Atlantic article as part of an older usage note. The readable fragment hints at terminology or stylistic observations without fuller context or details.
An unpublished 1714 letter from Chet wice to Swift hints at Stella and Vanesea relations, noting Swift’s companions are “a little hard upon you” for faces that bind you to ugliness and age. The draft erasure suggests caution to avoid Swift’s indignation on Stella’s private regard.
A playful exchange questions if a doll has real hair, answered with a witty comparison about a little girl whose mother also has real hair, illustrating a humorous line of dialogue between children or in a serialized child’s dialogue segment.
An advertisement touts Munyon's Cold Remedy as relieving head and throat symptoms almost immediately. It claims fever reduction, protection against pneumonia, and cure of grip and obstinate coughs with free medical advice from Prof. Munyon at 53rd and Jefferson Streets Philadelphia.
Willie longs to be a horse but cautions that he would miss dinner. The vignette contrasts desire with family routine as he watches his father's horse prance and voices a practical caveat about meals.
Baltimore readers report a fifteen year old girl restored to health after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter from Mrs L A Corkran of 1103 Rutland Street cites Green Sickness and urges other young girls with menstrual and digestive troubles to seek the remedy. Hundreds of such letters are received by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
At the church congress the bishop of Bristol notes motoring aids the church though not as much as it aids the churchyard, reflecting Punch's wry quip about progress and graveyards.
Advertisement asserts constipation causes serious diseases and claims Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets thoroughly cure it. Describes one laxative and three for cathartic use.
In Staffordshire near Stoke upon Trent the Potteries district produced tiles in Saxon times. Excavations uncovered tiles and fragments of cooking and domestic utensils likely of Roman origin, indicating early activity and settlement in the area.
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