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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
6
A Myrtle Point column compiles scattered quips and snatches of text. The notes touch on advice about discretion, money, business, crops, a hair on a sleeve, Pacific warships, a joke about Japan, eagle symbolism, and a jab about Mark Twain as a literary doctor.
Readers discuss understanding mosquito behavior and nature, noting mixed recollections about prior coverage. The conversation highlights curiosity about how mosquitoes act and spread, reflecting general interest in science reporting.
Comment encourages shifting to selling eggs by weight noting many eggs in a dozen are as small as hailstones and arguing the idea could move the market forward.
In periodic observations English tailors critique American society fashion. The remarks reflect cross Atlantic tastes and tensions over clothing styles in social events.
A Washington preacher declares hell is in the sun while noting the old pastor’s view that hell lies in the opposite direction. The exchange frames a clash of familiar sermons on hell’s location.
The Duke of Abruzzi is reportedly in love with a Philadelphia girl whose father has millions. If true, the duke and his friends may regret his current financial difficulties.
Congressman Nobson calls for a massive Alabama plant that would produce 100 battleships daily. He does not address how commissioning captains and commanders would handle such an outcome.
A New Jersey janitor attempted to wipe windows with a U.S. flag. Police removed him, and the incident quickly became a lesson in what education means, lasting only a few minutes.
The text notes Japan adopting Western methods and even language, citing General Kuroki’s remark about America. He said the country is full of remarkabilities yet the weather is curseworthy, highlighting two notable new words formed in one breath.
Sir Chentung Lian-Qheng, Chinese minister to the United States, is recalled home like predecessor Wu to aid internal reforms. He built a reputation with Yankee baseball skills learned at Phillips Academy Andover, a talent to be left behind in the foreign office as reform consumes diplomats and administrators.
The pension commissioner reports a shrinking rolls trend since the service pension law passed last February. The roll peaked in January 1905 with just over one million names and fell by eighteen thousand in the next eighteen months, then sixteen thousand less the following year, with a net April drop of 2977. The pace approximates thirty five thousand annually.
Commander Robert E. Peary of the American navy Col David L Brainard of the American army and the Duke of the Abruzzi of the Italian navy gather in New York to celebrate advances in polar exploration over the past twenty five years.
The three men who held farthest north records include Colonel Brainard who reached 83 degrees? latitude in 1882, Nansen at 86 degrees 13.006 minutes in 1895, the Duke of the Abruzzi’s 1900 expedition about 20 minutes farther, and Peary in 1903 with 87 degrees 6 minutes. Over 25 years explorers advanced roughly 34 degrees toward the pole, about ten miles per year, leaving around 200 miles to the pole.
The Biological Survey details the brown Norway rat as the chief mammalian pest in America, tracing its arrival about 1775 and its spread, while noting the black rat’s decline and the Alexandrian rat’s seafaring habits. It highlights economic losses, damage to poultry and property, fire risk from chewed wires, disease spread, and explosive population growth, and promotes methods for control and trapping.
A Providence narrator recounts a woman’s tale of a disappointed moment when a hat ruined by a trolley sparked a mild exclamation, contrasted with a companion who notes the man’s long history of profane speech. The article also mentions the use of fire lines to prevent and fight wildfires along railroad tracks.
A short verse from the Atlanta Constitution reflects on gratitude for life and nature. It speaks of lil' rain and sunshine, a growing rose, and thanks to the Lawd as times change, ending with a hopeful sign of a final time coming.
The article warns fires menace woodlands after drought with underground smouldering and soil damage. Sparks from locomotives and brush clearing ignite blazes that burn soil and vegetation. mentions mining era stories and Chinamen labor near a nugget site.
Three Americans traveling in the French provinces considered upgrading their dinner from the standard table d hote and ordered a bottle of Margaux, prompting the waiter’s reply and the ensuing dining scene.
Describes how wind affects bush fires and their spread in forests, noting how flames travel uphill or are stifled by calm air. Then shifts to a Paris cafe scene where a waiter overhears guests and an American pays a bill of 30 francs, tipping with a franc that is declined by the waiter.
Johnny Kearn, a longtime placer miner in the Highland district, reports to the Anaconda Standard on discovering the largest nugget ever found there. He mined near Poodle Dog gulch and unearthed the gold specimen after decades of earlier work, weighing about five pounds and valued at 1228 dollars after sale in Helena.
The article argues that predisposing factors such as low spirits, worry, poor sleep, exposure, and dietary indiscretion raise cold risk. It urges hearty eaters to try abstinence during winter to see the truth of the claim, suggesting not eating rich food reduces illness.
In this Missouri University weekly editorial the impact of higher education on lucid writers is discussed. The piece argues that certain annual occasions force a single conclusion, leaving no room for two sides as motives align toward one right course and condemn the other as wrong.
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes Dumley calling his hunting trip the most dismal feature he ever experienced. He notes the trip failed despite expectations, criticizing his own imagination.
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