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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1937)
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. Thursday, March 11, 1937 Lantern to Hunt Snails WORLD’S BEST COMICS Lighter Side of Life as Depleted by Famous Cartoonists and Humorists A New Fee-ture THE FEATHERHEADS You H’LO, DEAR! WHATS NEW, WOULD ASK------ Nou NEVER NOTICE ANYTHING — You ", DIDN’T SEE THE NEW s TODA/: ) RuG IN THE _ HALL 2 i — I'LL SAY You SPOTTED IT/ - WHEN WILL You EVER LEARN To WIPE — OH- OH NES, THAT— I SPOTTED THAT AS SOON AS I CAME y ltd/ ___ Qs QuAK HUSBANDS IGNORE DOORMATS PROBABLY THROUGH , Da Be OUR FEET ) MoN ). MU) I BEFORE You COME — /251 1 IN 2 y A FELLOW FEELING FOR THEM An odd exhibit In the collection of heating and lighting utensils in the United States Museum at Wash ington is an attractive little lantern found in Spain many years ago and said to have been used as a light in hunting for snails. Italians Used Many Woods Walnut, chestnut, oak, pine, cy press, elm, beech and poplar were the woods from which Italian furni ture of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries were made. Practically all the finer pieces were walnut "Vegetable Gardens” Put in Box In Seventeenth century Quebec, “vegetable gardens" were sold In the markets each fall. Boxes of earth In which rooted lettuce plants were growing were bought by towns people and stored In their cellars to insure a supply of greens. When Men Powdered Hair The use of powder for men's hair went out of fasbicn in 1794, but some people continued to use it un til as late as 1810. Doctors still clung to wigs as late as 1819, but they went out of fashion about 1805. Captain Kidd’s Pewter Listed WELom By C. M. PAYNE S’MATTER POP- Gosh! Take a Look, Pop! Among the pewter items listed in 1701 In the estate of Capt. William Kidd, the pirate, were three tank ards, thirteen dishes, two candle sticks, thirty plates, five basins and two salt-cellars. Men Wore Gloves First IF AFTER In France men wore leather gloves long before women. In Louis XIV’s time ladies first set off the beauty of their hands and arms with kid gloves or long knitted-silk mit tens. . “A 4 o T ALL T+Rout+ SHAMIN, A NOTICED Not President of U. S. John Hancock was the President of the Continental congress from 1775 to 1780. which office at that time was the highest in the country. The Paisley Shawl MESCAL IKE B, s. A Paisley shawl is a kind of wool en shawl imitating a cashmere shawl, formerly made at Paisley, Scotland, between 1805 and about 1850. With Sympathy L. HUNTLEY . BEEN HAMIN’ A HECK OF A TIME ArJ‘ A- Al LI N‘ . RIGHT SMART J SHATTER _ FOOT TROUBLE AGENJ ? Where Seed Pearls Are Found “Seed” pearls are so called be- cause they are tiny and appear like seeds. They are the pearls of Ger many, Ireland, Scotland, Russia and China. Bark Produces Dyes Barks from many common trees produce dyes having good color fast ness and are used on woods and other materials. First Life Insurance Policy The first American life insurance policy was written In Philadelphia in 1813. FINNEY OF THE FORCE Throw for a Loss PHoolOSSIFER By Ted Q’Loushlin -SO AFTER I CLEANED ALL THE SNOW OFF LIKE HE TOLD ME, HE DIDNT EVEN GIVE ME A j WAL 2 an HAFTA CENT— n CETIAINLY that ’ s FUNNY— WoULDMT 6E WnHEs. A BLOOD . AN‘ PETES TRACKS? SHoT 100 — PEies GUN CAUSE His IS 30-30 AN THIS IS A 44-40. Pool OL PETE MUST BE HURT - BUT WHo WOULD SHooT Hir- AH' WHY ? Eagles Good Builders Engles build eyries out of Inter locking sticks with a core of dead grasses. DEAF or HARD OF HEARING? 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AWFUL FAST ‘CAUSE PETE » LIGHTNIN" with His SHooTIN’ IRONS — Nature can more quickly expel infection when aided by Internal medication of recognized merit COME ON WINDY- LETS GO/ HAVE RECOGNIZED MERIT CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL MINING Good mining and milling properties want ed. Will negotiate sale or financing. Stock issues placed PETER VOGELAAR, 406 McInytre Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. A Fatherly Fear The Curse of Progress NEAL I HEARD BOUT THEM THINGS! PRE SENT! “I’m afraid my boy Josh’ll never make a farmer,” said Mr. Corn- tessei. "Why?” “He’s too refined. He wants to discourage an insect pest by stand- in’ off an’ callin' it Latin names, instead ot bein’ coarse an' uncom- promisin' an' hittin' it with a hand- ful o’ paris green.” WNU—13 Roughly Spoker IN COU The woman motorist had given her evidence with an abundance of superficial detail. “Now tell me,” asked the magis trate. "when you knocked down this man, what was his attitude, roughly speaking?” "It was.” answered the woman. FINDS The Dog Why is it that you encourage all your clerks to get married?” "Well,” replied the knowing boss, "1 find that married men are not in such an awful rush to get home early as single men.”—Wall Street Journal. 10—37 EATING HEAVY FOODS brings on highly acid stomach condition —“morning after’* distress. Milnesia, original milk of magnesia in wafer form, quickly relieves distress. Each wafer equals 4 teaspoonfuls milk of magnesia. Crunchy, delicious flavor. 20c, 35c & 60c at druggists.
