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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
3
A woman near madness flees a London household after a harsh confrontation. She travels by train toward Guernsey seeking a cheap shelter, meets a helpful seaman named Tardif and his mother on Sark, and begins a careful, hopeful adjustment to island life with them as winter tightens.
A fragmented passage reflects on memory and time, with narrator reliving past scenes and relationships. The prose hints at solitude, introspection, and the strain of returning to earlier identities in a constrained life.
A French clockmaker named Le Boulfat, based at La Coutaness, gains fame for quirky clocks crafted from unconventional materials. He creates items from straw, paper, and even newspaper pulp, producing timepieces that keep decent time and sometimes feature gold and precious stones.
The Bwedlah government grants 5000 kroner to Major WT linge to advance experiments on the flying torpedo devised by Ange's Invention. The device resembles an elongated cannon shell and propels itself like a rocket. It carries a slow burning charge in a separate compartment and uses a turbine at the base for exhaust thrust.
A Washington governor's signed statement, published in the Times, rejects interference with court judgment in the Nordstrom murder case. He cites the need to uphold criminal law, condemns lynching, and notes recent legislative action to remove legal obstacles.
Detectives report discoveries suggesting wholesale smuggling of Chinese from British Columbia into the United States via Santa Barbara. Vessels haul lumber from Puget Sound to Southern California, then pick up Chinese crews offshore and dock at Port Harford and San Pedro. Some crews aboard are mostly white sailors, while Chinese are landed on islands and brought to Santa Barbara as fishermen. Opium smuggling also cited. McCulloch has been patrolling Santa Barbara Channel for weeks, sharing evidence with revenue and secret service.
United States commission departs Manila on northern trip. Civil Governor Taft urges justices to run courts to leave a good impression and favors parental clemency for first native offenses. Harbor improvements contract signed costing about 1.4 million dollars begins immediately. Superintendent Atkinson readying reception for 600 American teachers arriving soon. Sixteen launches will take teachers from transport to Lunets landing then to the Spanish exposition building turned educational colony. Army quartermaster supplies building with cots and chairs.
Forest fires along British Columbia coast devastate small islands. Reports say trees stripped on several islets and mainland blazes spread rapidly in dry conditions. Authorities warn of extensive property losses across Vancouver region and beyond.
News from Vishivintock reports Lieutenant Wallace Bertholf of the United States Navy has begun shipping 1,200 reindeer from Okhotel porte to Alaska. The effort aims to stock submarine defenses and aid local transport.
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