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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1904
Page
7
An elderly minister reflects at a funeral on a brother clergyman's rare character and mental faculties. He recalls moments from the service and a memorandum noting traits, while an anecdote about a medicine ad and an odd dream motif reveals local concerns with health and vanity.
In June a dozen farmgirls used paper and pencil to review Moses and ancient dating during a practice for a high school exam. They debated backward counting BC and how to start the chronology, finally agreeing ages are counted forward and the tutor would subtract each year.
A note from Lanspelle News discusses farmer complaints about farm children growing restless and eager to try new work. It argues against blaming youth, urging parents to let them explore on the farm and prove their talents before jumping to conclusions.
An underground cable worker, perched beside a manhole at Washington and La Salle streets, tells a lawyer that he is the death watch. He explains sewer gas dangers for workers below and his role in rescuing any suffocating man. The lawyer notes the danger and moves on.
A bizarre anecdote describes Mise Myra Keily recounting a strange encounter aboard a nearly empty car where a lone man bowed, spoke in garbled phrases, and swayed from a strap for twenty blocks, leaving the narrator puzzled by the surreal scene.
In a Boston theater tale a country youth asks a ticket seller for the best seats and is told two dollars. He responds with a rustic joke about not wanting to take the seat from someone else, highlighting high prices in Eastern cities.
The Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, the nation’s oldest theater built in 1800, is nearly torn down with a modern play replacing it. It has a century of life serving the Quaker City audience and hosted many great American actors and actresses.
The text mentions the Soubrette Tee and the theatrical angels attached to the wings, indicating stage equipment and acting roles interconnected with production design. It underscores a blend of practical gear and artistic personas shaping performance.
Bit of overheard chatter shows two girls, one in brown and one in gray, debating a man named Alfred. The girl in brown claims George says he never had a better time than when with her, while the gray-clad girl expresses sympathy and notes Alfred is unhappy when out with her until he makes it so.
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