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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
2
Colton receives a wedding invite from Bobby and Mabel and schemes to fund the gift. He borrows and pawns his watch for cash, but a late train summons Bobby away, postponing the wedding and leaving Colton with a single cheap pitcher as the mock reward.
The article recounts early proposals for a Yale University Press, noting Benjamin Franklin outlined a plan to William Strahan to set up a printing office in New Haven Connecticut. The venture was never completed though a press and materials were ordered and funds raised for a campus site.
Mrs H P Belmont dismissed antisuffragists at a New York luncheon. A suffragist slum worker visited Mrs Mallory in her East Side home where the washer woman criticized English militants. Mrs Mallory claimed voting would unsex women and spoke of home troubles as a visitor questioned her husband’s drinking and wages.
In a tense exchange the architect asks about a southern exposure in a new house. The nervous magnate rejects exposure and insists he mainly needs a getaway rather than sunlight. The dialogue hints at a hidden motive or escape plan behind the project.
A conversational exchange notes that certain things expand at different times while others contract. The discussion mentions a keyhole contracting and a night key expanding as examples of seasonal behavior.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports a quirky trade proposal where a person negotiates property for notes, with playful dialogue about not wanting real estate yet willing to purchase a claim with notes as currency. The piece reflects a humorous exchange and local language of the era.
Two high school friends Lib and Ange drift into a life soaked in flirtation wealth and vice. The piece mixes intimate scenes with a satire on finance and fame, ending with a moral about wealth inviting press scrutiny.
One hundred years ago Andrew Jackson was appointed a major general to fill the vacancy from William Henry Harrison. The Mississippi territory legislature voted him a sword and other honors followed. He took command of the Army of the South at Fort Jackson on the Mississippi River and negotiated the Fort Jackson treaty with Creek chiefs.
Ethel brushes off a question from her suspicious mother about what delayed her at the door when Mr Spooner left. She replies there was nothing to speak of and changes the subject.
The exchange questions Jiggina's use of his new automobile. It notes he has not been arrested since acquiring it for exceeding the speed limit.
An 18th century tale links Aaron Burr to founding the Bank of the Manhattan Company now Bank of Manhattan. A Wall Street Journal note recalls a 35 foot well on 40 Wall Street, Burr’s charter, Hamilton’s opposition, and the 1799 push to create a water company with banking privileges. The bank grew, with state and city ownership, becoming New York's oldest bank.
Foote could not bear rivals at the Haymarket theater and often showed rude pique. During a rehearsal of the Spanish Barber he quipped with the manager about an actor’s groan and yawning, joking that even his own Man of Business would make him yawn for a month.
Professor d Arsonval announced a breakthrough to the Academy of Science of Paris identifying a serum substitute that confers immunity. Doctor Tissot has analyzed its elements and action, enabling potential immunity to tuberculosis and syphilis and boosting existing serums for tetanus and diphtheria.
A Cincinnati Enquirer snippet cites a joke about medical practice with a homeopath and an allopath suggesting a trip to Europe. The exchange turns on the idea of a two week seashore cure as a small dose and the need for broader care.
The narrator describes Old Peter smiling in sunlight as he umpired the season’s first match. He checks the clock at ten minutes past twelve and longs for his sandwiches before his son Billy reveals mother wants them back. The humorous dispute ends with a playful rebuke about boot polishing using salmon and shrimp paste.
A tourist questions cornfields and crow damage while noting absence of scarecrows. The farmer replies he spends extensive time in the field, reducing the crow problem. Source: New York Mail.
A congressional member complains that rural voters have become too fancy after reviewing fashion and dancing in a backhanded remark about plain folk. The exchange pits nostalgia against perceived social change.
A witty quip about surgery ends with a grim pun as the speaker asks why an operation could end in death. The doctor responds with a scornful look and the line Let's bury the subject.
Greenbaum complains of a terrible cold and asks Greenburg for medicine while negotiating payment terms in a terse exchange. The dialogue highlights their casual bargaining over treatment.
Mrs Bacon recalls attending a musicale with her husband who could hardly hear, and though she did not enjoy it, he seemed to have a good time.
Store proprietor Mr Jones notes customer chose a dancing slipper by foot fitting. Manager confirms the fitting choice reflected proper style rather than a deliberate misselection.
A new nickel cylinder preserves warmth for several hours to heat a woman's muff. Patrice makes a quip about the wise men being away, suggesting a light, humorous exchange in a social setting.
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