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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
2
A sewing machine canvasser visits a home and hands a card from Blang and Company claiming to prove the need for their machines. A large man named Bury from an undertakers firm then appears and counters by offering to prove their coffins are essential, prompting the agent to flee the scene.
Mrs Poopleigh asks Mr Poopleigh for thoughts on Dr Plumbers sermon and he admits missing the drift. She taunts him that his drift toward Slumberland caused the lapse in understanding and sharp banter follows in a light humorous exchange.
A humorous tale shows Tom breaking an engagement after Dick asks what Harry did. Tom replies that he sent his fiancée a bill for the use of the engagement ring during the period of their engagement.
In Pearson's Weekly a comic bit has The Jolly Fellow waking a man dragged from bed by a ringing bell. The man argues which window is open and The Jolly Fellow retorts, exposing a humorous exchange about worn dressing gown and shoddy doors.
A brief dialogue shows Bill returning from fishing with several fish in his pocket. He jokes that he bought a can of sardines at a store, highlighting a humorous mix up of catching and carrying fish.
A delegate notes that prayers delivered at the conventions were beautiful and met with unanimous approval. The observer remarks that religious ideals are progressing, with prayers singled out as universally welcomed among attendees.
A fragmented overheard exchange shows a landlady and doctor figure debating mustard plasters and patient care. The dialogue hints at nocturnal calls, a Tavaya order, and concerns about medical attention during emergencies.
The article explains techniques used to imitate gems like zirconia diamonds and emeralds. It describes dyeing and heating processes in Oberstein Germany to enrich stones such as onyx carnelian and agate and mentions a secret to converting crude citrines into cat's eye. The text notes that such imitations often reveal themselves under testing and highlights specific stones and methods.
A man in rags, once a Marseilles barrister, was arrested in Paris for begging with no visible means of support. He explained he left society twenty years earlier to tramp France, joined the Foreign Legion under a false name, then returned to beg. The magistrate offered assistance, but he refused and was taken to prison.
In examining a shift from steam to electric drive at a St Paul Minnesota saw and box mill the key obstacle was disposing of accumulated sawdust. A storage house now keeps sawdust in bales and sales peak in winter for bedding boosting the viability of the electric conversion.
The article describes methods of invisible writing using substances like coal dust and sulfuric acid. It notes that writing can become legible when treated and may re disappear on cooling. It cites invisible inks made from saltpeter with copper sulfate and sal ammoniac as examples.
Doctors condemn the government decree enforcing upright penmanship and argue it harms business prospects. They urge a return to the old system and propose each child use a state supplied small typewriter for lessons.
Fragmentary OCR reads a personal line showing intimate mood and rhyme like a college paper fragment. It mentions Princeton Tiger and a dance or embrace scene with unclear punctuation and garbled phrases.
The Rev Daniel Crawford described Central Africa as a land of poetry and cannibal danger, contrasting Africa's life with London materialism. He spoke at a meeting, criticizing Rhodesian prospectors and noting a boy reading to cannibals, while a girl escaped from a Be a street police station through a rope down to the pavement, suffering injuries.
Los Angeles chauffeur Charles Linsen bord halted on South Spring Street and injured his hand while starting his car. Mrs. Sadie Ball a widow offered aid then, in leap year fashion, agreed to marry him. He grabbed her and forced her onto a routo truck toward Justice Sumster where she became Mrs. Charles Linsenborn.
Edward Kennedy a 39 year old farmer from Parkertown, previously blind for five years and legally declared beyond aid, briefly regains sight after Dr. J T Nicholson extracts two badly ulcerated teeth. The event follows a long battle with optic nerve paralysis and a pension from the blind relief fund.
San Francisco reports Mill Valley trustees weigh an ordinance to muzzle or restrain Dr. Higgins s alligator after wandering through neighborhoods causing alarm. The proposed rule aims to prevent possible bites while noting the animal has caused no serious injuries yet.
Excavators uncover copper bottler and stove fragments amid vessels. Scientists note a flowing water source and speculate on a long vanished facility. The find references a historic eruption and suggests a prior industry presence near Pom poll, with Yeats era context inferred.
A Scientific American writer notes North British Columbia Indians on the Skeena and its tributaries construct innovative bridges across swift upper river ravines. They borrowed from white engineers the techniques of wire and cantilever design, using logs, rock anchors, and cross bracing, and even incorporated wires, bolts, and spikes impelled by nearby railway works.
Skeletons described as men of giant stature were found twenty feet underground near Craigehill Ellensburg Washington. The remains include foreheads sloping back from the eyes large jaws and teeth worn down from uncooked foods and hard substances. Femur measured twenty inches suggesting a height around eighty inches. The skull shows low intelligence.
Sir William Ramsay argues a bore-hole could reach coal and set it on fire by electricity to produce gas. Air would be injected to ignite, then restricted as heat rises while steam provides hydrogen and carbon monoxide to form water gas. Large engines would sit at the bore mouth to generate electric power.
The Zurich bankruptcy department released a study listing monthly living costs for both sexes. It cites tariffs such as 20 cents for single men, 17.28 for single women, and 19.92 for a childless married couple, plus increases for children up to six and fourteen and twenty years. Life and health costs are included in the figures.
A fragment reflects on how friends react to success. It divides them into three classes: envious ones who show contempt, those who become overly affectionate, and the reasonable peers who remain unchanged and blessed by God. Names Robart Neilson and Etephens appear in the text.
The Boston Evening Transcript notes a 300 year old Amsterdam custom where hundreds of boys with drums fill the stock exchange floor each summer after the day’s business to march and drum. The tale recalls a 1622 gunpowder hoax thwarted by a boy who reported explosive plans, earning the right for boys to use the exchange as their playground during a designated period.
A small metal case from Australia fits in the palm with rollers and folded paper that reveal notes at a touch. The device allows a speaker to read notes without sounding like reading and aims to boost seeming mastery of a speech.
Minnie spent the afternoon with a neighbor and received a bouquet. At home her mother instructed placing the flowers in a water filled vase to keep for days. A few days later Minnie returned with wilted flowers saying she had melted them by mistake.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a dog and a mother figure with unclear action. The text appears as stray phrases including walking with her smothered or smother, a dog, and a remark about a low down 46d. could be a stray diary-like snippet from a page.
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