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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
7
Rodrick says the visitor learned the language and began with the alphabet but only managed to pick up the Xs and Vs, Van Albert notes. The odd quip highlights slow progress in language acquisition.
A measured exchange unfolds as a man asks if the woman is ready to live on his income. She replies affirmatively but edges toward a constraint, implying a future condition linked to her own gains. The fragment hints at social or domestic negotiation within a melodramatic tone.
Mrs DeAysker and Mrs Von Holmer discuss a cook’s departure over a 15 cent weekly raise. Rumors swirl whether the move was for extra pay or a new position.
A teacher explains ability to first form pupils in London, then asks for the opposite term. A sharp faced boy answers nobility, sparking a moment of humorous mischief and classroom chatter in the Work and Play column.
Instructions urge cleaning and whitewashing the henhouse both inside and out. Remove litter and droppings, sprinkle ashes on the floor, and fumigate weekly with sulphur or tobacco smoke. A two month insect war is recommended to minimize pests through summer.
The Sabbath in Puritan New England described a practice where deacons walked the church aisles after services and gave metal checks to those deemed fit to commune. At the next Lord's Supper the recipient could join in the ordinance, and on the communion Sabbath the deacons verified each participant by collecting the check before the bread and wine were shared.
A dialogue mentions extending a dining table by replacing top boards while describing it as worn. The text also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best teething remedy for children.
Corkins claims he can tell time by instinct while McStab insists nature grants such ability to creatures lacking higher faculties. The exchange underscores differing views on natural timing vs learned awareness.
Mrs Brown laments the stay at home life, saying fiction feels tame after marriage. Mrs Smith asks if she reads much now, noting her husband’s tales keep him late.
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy from Chicago. It touts relief for red weak weary watery eyes and claims the product soothes with 60 cents at druggists. The cost is listed and a free eye remedy book is offered.
A simple practice recommends mixing a table spoonful of chloride of lime with a peck of shelled corn to deter crows. The treated seed is easier to handle than tar-coated corn and provides a cheap effective protection.
A Chicago Tribune quip features a lobster noting concern over new ideas while an oyster jokes about vegetable oysters and “human lobsters,” highlighting wit about unexpected food terms and human absurdity.
An advertisement promises a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Olmsted Le Roy N Y. The product claims to cure sweating hot swollen and aching feet ease tight shoes and help with horns ingrowing nails and bunions. It notes price 25 cents and warns against substitutes.
Willis A. Hendricks of East Twenty first and Albert streets brought Magoon and Oregon improved berries to the Oregonian showing city lot cultivation without irrigation. He planted 1000 plants and at first picking yielded 56 boxes, with some berries over five inches in circumference and one at seven and a half inches.
A folklore puzzle from Everybody's Magazine features a fisherman puzzled by a classic riddle. The exchange contrasts herrings with the misheard mackerel as the skipper corrects the question and the speaker reconsiders his arithmetic.
Henri Deutsch of Paris, noted for advancing aviation, commissions a Wright type aeroplane with a small basketwork cab to shelter the driver and passenger from rain and cold for his own use.
A Kansas City Journal line notes a milliner's claim to craft hats and her remark on gaining ideas in the countryside. She suggests blossoms might be wired to bushes, reflecting a whimsical view of rural hat design.
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