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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
4
The Myrtle Point Enterprise frets about politics and daily life with observations on editors, candidate strategies, and a dog from Germany. It contrasts luck with industry, urging readers to work hard and mind their own business rather than rely on chance.
To boost sales a merchant must make advertising worth reading by offering incentives. The text argues the ad should elevate the store’s importance to readers and persuade them to engage with the promotional message.
The piece argues that famous figures like Grant owe success to hard work, not sudden inspiration. It condemns the notion of genius as luck, cites interviews revealing steady effort, and contrasts noble labor with idle leisure, urging truth and perseverance as enduring drivers of achievement.
The Myrtle Point merchants must make their ads pay for readers. True value in prices and usefulness drives advertising, as progressive merchants know readers judge stores by offers. The logic binds big advertisers to deliver ads that truly pay the reader. Are you reading the local business ads in the Enterprise?
A 1717 Muscovite expedition led by Prince Bekovitch Cheraski invaded south central Asia aiming to reach India via Khiva and Bokhara. The Khivan ruler feigned friendship, invited the Russians to entertainments, then killed Bekovitch and sent his head to Bokhara, annihilating the army.
The advertisement argues catarrh is constitutional, not local, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from I J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy. It claims the medicine is taken orally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 reward if it fails to cure, and lists purchase details and testimonials.
George Reeves, a prominent Black Hills resident from Marshfield, traveled with Engineer F. A. Haines to the coast early this week. Reeves suffers heart trouble and hopes the low coastal altitude will aid his condition.
A Chicago News piece notes Spaniards' intense courtship and social customs. It describes Spanish weddings, flirting norms, and the quick, passionate love typical of the country, claiming Spain as Europe’s most marrying nation amid festive dances and tale of amorous life.
The Compleat Housewife praised snuff as an eye treatment for aging readers. It claimed Portigal snuff rubbed into the eyes and ingested through the nose could restore sight and allow users like Sir Edward Seymour and Sir John Hoblon to read without spectacles after years of use.
A sunbeam lingers under a leaf as a forest sunset fades. The moon rises and enraptures a couple who embrace, the opal photo symbolizing their union. Anonymous notes the fair face and mingled calver of moonrise and sunset.
An old anecdote recounts a Freshwater cabman asking whose bodies were in question and asserting poet Alfred Lord Tennyson’s friendship. The cabman remarks on Tennyson’s greatness, noting he has only one servant and does not sleep in the house.
Lois A Giles and Claude Sh boon ke were married in the parlor under an evergreen arch. Rev. Thos Barklow officiated, with Winnie Spires as bridesmaid and Norman McDonald as groomsman. Guests enjoyed refreshments and wedding cake as they departed.
West Myrtle Point residents and relatives gather for visits across nearby towns including Bandon and North Fork. Among those seen are Albert Barklow and his niece Ruby, Uncle Abe Steele visiting with old friends, and Elford Michael and Wesley Barklow recovering from injuries after an accident last Friday.
In Carbonate camp a freak dynamite incident left two miners at bottom of a shaft with five caps failing to explode. One miner toppled from a fit as they signaled the hoist, another reached the bell cord too late. The escaping blast did not occur, the five cartridges all failed to detonate by providential misfire.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes a racing drama with a bold scene where a horse breaks through five men during Act I. The vivid stage imagery suggests a vivid, possibly theatrical chronicle of a race or performance.
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