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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1907
Page
2
A column reflects on health, science, and progress contrasting past comforts with present luxuries. It notes cheap food additives, medical advances, improved sanitation, and daily conveniences from telephones to electricity, arguing today outshines the “good old times” and foresees further tech advances ahead.
A New York editor reports Hall Caine advocates a 50 cent London price to show publishers would profit more issuing new books at lower prices. The tale compares publishers to druggists and cites a salesman paying a nickel as odd money.
A garbled excerpt reflects on friendship and love, noting some people value self interest over shared joy. It hints at social perceptions of Mimesis and a character named Paita, mentioning trouble and personal feelings.
Dr Ella K Dearborn discusses pneumonia as an infectious disease with high mortality, noting diplococcus pneumonia often causes it and that young, old, weather exposed, and alcohol users are most at risk. Advice includes bed rest, ventilated room, steady 65-70 degree temperature, mild foods, fluids, and limiting visitors.
By May, Edwina C Hardy argues the American farmer holds a preeminent role in industry and commerce. The farmer is the nation’s chief welfare contributor and poised for continued prosperity as shown in the Secretary of Agriculture’s annual report. The year’s farm output exceeds two billion dollars more than prior figures.
A column by Della Austia argues the patient woman can reform society but must sacrifice personal comfort. It claims women gain judgment through practice, while stressing that even virtuous wives face male dominance. The piece echoes old era debates on gender roles and tactful behavior.
A short verse fragment traces the many laughs in nature from dawn to night. It contrasts the joyful child’s laugh with other forms of laughter from wind stars and streams, ending on the pure happiness of a child at play.
Danny, alone in a damp camp, endures a trembler and a dangerous night. He recalls a troubled past in Missouri as the earth shakes, sparks fly, and he heroically rushes to save a train and its passengers.
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