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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
2
A collage of quips and observations from the Myrtle Point Enterprise touching on money marriage meat prices royal remarks and public figures. It jokes about life, luck, divorce gossip and the pace of work plus a note on librarians debating removing unused volumes and thinning dead matter.
The Pope imposed a two week interdict on Adria Italy depriving residents of all religious services as punishment for mobs attacking a bishop attempting to move episcopal archives from Adria to Rovigo. The archives have been kept there since the third century and Adria once served as a seaport near the Adriatic.
The piece analyzes papal interdicts used in medieval Europe and compares it to modern gun culture. It argues revolver myths in America, discusses concealment challenges with contemporary dress, and suggests fashion influences weapon carrying habits more than law.
United States Vice Consul General W. R. Dorsey describes China's abundant fowl supply and low egg prices. He notes hens kept by nearly every family, varying egg sizes with Huai fowls and Lanshan strains, crude incubators, and hens wandering fields for feed. Egg prices rose from 4 to 5 cash per dozen to 12 to 16 cents Mexican currency, now about 5 to 6.23 cents US, with some eggs exported to Japan.
The Statesman notes a humorous exchange aboard a stage coach where a driver objects to stage money and a passenger questions why it cannot go elsewhere, highlighting a quip about settlement of fare.
A dialogue notes tourists mounting a ruin and a native claiming it safe. The ruin was built last year as crowds walk nearby, a Bon Vivant remark amplifying casual attitude toward preservation.
A poem narrates sending two roses a white for purity and a red for passion to test fate with a beloved. The speaker waits for the beloved to wear the blushing rose if she truly loves him, else the white rose. He recalls meeting, her shy greeting, and the moment the red rose blossomed on her cheek while the white rose remained pale. The scene ends with a note of surrender and a line attributed to John Hay.
Brownlow orders Miss Gordon to prepare The Hollies at Nutford regarless for Crewson's return from abroad with a wife. She takes charge, facing a difficult task to furnish a comfortable home in Lancashire while confronting memories of a failed merchant and a past shadowing her present. The three weeks prove a crucible of duty and emotion.
A description from Illustrated London News explains a metal running rabbit used at an ecole de chasse near Paris. The device moves on rails and wheels, simulating a live quarry. When hit correctly it leaps, dies, and somersaults, aided by sloped rails to enhance realism.
Brownlow’s plans fail as Miss Gordon resists guidance and Crewson returns to a recently furnished home. A caretaker is chosen, photos arranged, and a twist reveals the sitter is the owner, now embraced by Crewson in a tearful, joyous reunion.
A London novelty clock runs three years without attention before a new battery is needed. Another English clock shows mean time meridian and earth position at a glance and lets the user view the earth’s rotation speed and direction. It uses a clock in its base and needs winding only once a week.
Fragmentary note from the Boston Transcript mentions a dull mood at a social event at the Flatleys with an odd remark about dinner knives and keeping troubles private.
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