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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
7
A Mississippi inventor introduces an automatic wagon brake that operates without a foot lever. The brake engages when horses slow, via a rear wheel contact and a top lever connected to the harness, eliminating driver handling. The report also surveys crop-hauling costs and notes on the sparrow hawk’s feeding habits.
Farmer C T Pritchard of Randolph Missouri shares a stack method that keeps grain dry by reversing the center to edge approach after five or six feet height. A poultry study confirms that fertile eggs lose weight during incubation while chicks weigh far less than the egg.
Whitney of Meetectnes Wyoming relays a story of a slum boy who mocked mushrooms and milk, then misidentified a horse as a cow. A separate Montana pioneer son tricked a wolf with a sheep skin, realizing the jest and feeling April fooled in the end.
An exchange questions if fear affected the man during a lynching. A respondent, claiming to be a leading local citizen, doubts the newspapers’ claim that prominent locals participated in the lynching. A separate ad notes Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children.
The animal trainer falls ill and his wife steps in. The circus owner tests her by asking about handling the act. She quips that her husband manages the beasts, and she can manage him just as easily.
Police describe the man as loitering in a park and refusing to move on. He pretended to sleep and dream, leading to his arrest. The record notes the officer’s claim of pinching the suspect for the offense.
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