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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
2
A quixotic parade of offbeat observations and wry wit notes Halley’s comet, Dr Cook and Peary, marriage myths, coffee habits, and political philosophy. The piece reflects social breezes, celebrity boasts, and skeptical takes on progress, religion, and foreigners.
In a shifting Turkish regime, all religions gain equal recognition and Jews may at last enter the ancient temple area in Jerusalem to worship. Since 70 A D Moslem guards denied entry, forcing devout Jews to weep and pray outside the walls.
The article notes generations visiting Christians entered under guard and for a fee at the Mosque of Omaha, built on the site of Solomon's Temple. It highlights the July reopening for Jewish worship and frames 1909 as a landmark year in Jewish history with a long awaited fulfillment of prophecy.
The remarks of E H Harriman on leadership show his practical view that a single man is not indispensable. After his death the market rose, while the future relies on a network of capitalists and institutions including Standard Oil Kuhn Loeb and National City Bank. The piece notes the need for a capable successor and warns against miracle worker thinking.
An old puzzle explains using a picture labeled Magic Fan to determine a friend’s age. If the friend is not older than 31, identify the blades where their age appears and sum the numbers at the top of those blades to get the age, as in a 19 example from blades under 16 2 1.
Quippy dialogue pits a boss and his assistant over a misidentified tree. The old man snaps insult with a rural cadence while the New Man apologizes and adjusts the error. The exchange captures provincial humor and workplace mishap in compact dialogue.
A clipped exchange from Yonkers Statesman features remarks about a man with a black eye and a scratch in Philadelphia and a quip about loyalty. The text contrasts truthful speech with broken promises, noting that loyalty can be folly.
A year after a Red Sea petroleum discovery a 1400 foot well yields about 300 barrels daily at Jemseh. The article also details Japanese shii take mushroom cultivation, Libyan oasis life near Luxor, and global moves to protect natural monuments.
Odd little farms in Japan show how scarce land and dense population shape farming. Small plots rarely exceed an acre or two and are divided among households, reflecting compact rural living and family allotments.
A Point of Rocks correspondent describes a G. S. Mercier warehouse scene with oak stringers from early B&O rails built for horse-drawn cars. Straps and slight wheel flanges created “snake heads” risk, leaving intact rail fragments in the timber. The 60 year old warehouse once stored loads for the railroad’s western end at 1832 and now serves as a hotel.
Mrs Perkly claims her husband cannot cook like his first wife while Mr Perkly jokes about learning from his first husband in a domestic squabble. The Brooklyn Citizen quotes the exchange as a light social bit.
Dialogue depicts a worker named Fanny breaking a vase and a master lamenting that her breakages exceed her wages. The line suggests a demand for a pay raise as a solution. The snippet reflects labor themes and worker compensation tensions.
Mercury freezes at minus forty degrees Fahrenheit. The first biblical illustrative art appeared in catacombs frescoes. Cheap Indian labor slows modern machinery adoption. Erasmus printed Green Testaments appeared in Basel in 1516. Berlin hosts about a hundred linen factories.
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