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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1905
Page
7
A jumbled clipping mixes dialogue about time expressions with brief social scenes. The text includes stray phrases about a conductor, a railroad worker, a hostess, and a shopper, interspersed with brand names and ads for medicines and products, creating a mosaic of mid-century newspaper content.
A Boston Herald anecdote recalls Mr Capen, a Seaport driver, meeting three travelers who joke about the desolate area and lack of a Sunday paper. The piece also recounts Dr William Osler noting a 17th century gout cure using a sequence of odd acts. Other old-timers say shipboard marriages are unlucky and a spider on the wedding gown signals happiness to come.
Amusement notes announce the engagement of Jeidore Witmark and Eric Rankin in The Chaperons at the Marquam Theatre for six nights with a Wednesday and Saturday madness opening Monday night October 18. The Chaperons is described as a mandard attraction drawing the nation’s amusement going public. The Tayler company also completes a stay at The Empire this week.
A jumble of quips and cartoon captions features puns about love, gas leaks, vacuums, and foreign phrases. Jokes range from a nurse and child to a judge and a Paddy learning Niagara’s grandeur. The piece riffs on language, travel, and everyday misadventures with quick punchlines.
A humorous dialogue scene features a judge questioning a vagrant about his lack of means and a hobo admitting he ate the money. Intertwined with this, Carrie and Hattie discuss a music teacher’s harsh critique and a young singer’s worry about growing out of it.
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