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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
2
The piece notes Cuba's inaugural lottery and the public’s enthusiasm. It contrasts this with calls that explorers Peary and Cook may have reached the pole already. A Connecticut female burglar is reported, prompting questions about women taking men’s jobs.
The note cites that the belief it is never too late to mend comforts weary souls. It states that the men digging the Panama Canal consume 129,414 pies a year and asserts the project will be a great canal.
A Kansas girl reportedly became engaged seven times since June, suggesting limited time spent assisting her mother.
The speaker Mr Taft confesses he cannot milk a cow amid accompanying doubts about King Edward's similarly limited cattle milking skill.
A Boston physician argues that removing the vermiform appendix is a crime, noting the procedure often precedes a funeral.
With most records already shattered this year the city eyes completing the run by breaking phonograph marks. Local musicians and studios rally for a final push to set new benchmark speeds and audacious times on domestic and novelty records.
The senior William K. Vanderbilt is quoted noting there have been enough divorces in the Vanderbilt family and that there will not be any snore, a remark he is partly right about.
A Washington judge declares chewing gum a contempt of court. The ruling does not threaten the chewing gum industry despite the bold decision.
The piece notes that while ships named Indomitable Indefatigable and Inflexible exist, many English citizens think the next battleship should be named the Insupportable.
The governor objects to the term Wooden Nutmeg State describing Connecticut and argues most users do not intend offense. The piece notes places or people acquire nicknames quickly and can struggle to shed them despite lack of slur intent.
In the year ending June there were 444 women in English bankruptcy courts. Married women showed more failures, while spinster and widow failures fell. A commentator says women attempting both business and family stretch themselves too thin, requiring commercial acumen to manage a household.
The American construction party that built wooden cottages for Messina and Reggio earthquake victims has disbanded. Eighteen hundred seventeen cottages were completed and material for about twelve hundred more was given to Italian carpenters. The relief work, funded by American money and directed by Lieutenant Commander Belknap, earned wide gratitude from Italians from the King and Queen to the homeless at Messina.
The American Bar Association suggests punishing desertion with up to one year in prison and a 50 cent daily fine from earnings. The plan assumes some earnings and ignores cases where the convict has none, noted as inadequate in addressing mercy and humane treatment.
The speaker denounces wife-beaters and deserting fathers, arguing the innocent wives and children suffer most. He urges harsh punishment for those who abandon families and insists convicts who abandon their children deserve severe treatment.
A British medical opinion warns young men in schools to shun medicine due to oversupply and低 wages. It notes reform efforts, Harvard’s preventive medicine department, and growing public health roles, stressing future opportunities despite current hardships.
Citizens form the League of Social Protection to operate an armed force against Apaches amid rising threats. Posters by lawyers and doctors urge locals to join as strikes and reprisals are planned in Paris and suburbs. Operations target winter months when darkness aids illicit activity.
A clipped dialog references Penrotte becoming well acquainted before his play's success, cited as a remark from the Boston Herald. The fragment hints at literary circles and early recognition but provides no further context or details.
Joseph Howells argues coal mining causes significant deaths and injuries. He notes that at 120 ton locomotives moving 30 mph with heavy coal cars, the nation loses about 3,800 workers per year and injures about 1,200 more, highlighting community burdens beyond fatalities.
A provocative passage asserts that matter may be fundamentally spiritual and conscious, linking chemistry physics and biology to a mythic doctrine. It describes ultimate substances as breathers or soils of life, created long ago, with spirits guiding the powers that sort and form material substances.
Robert H. Jackson of London, visiting the United States for the first time, says US roads are among the worst he has seen and that farming practices neglect soil quality. He contrasts British road building using brick foundations and steam rollers with American turf grading and derides weed control, noting farmers should rely on their soil and improve highways nationwide.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes cannot recall who wrote The Light That Failed. The speaker asserts one certainty the advertising man of any illuminating company did not author it, as their rights never fall.
This saying urges focusing on personal business and discipline as the path to wealth rather than chasing rumors. it emphasizes self management and practical effort over idle chatter.
The passage argues that science’s power and dignity hinge on a karma like fate, tracing modern science’s superstitions to medieval matter concept. It claims materialism’s roots in scholastic thought were shattered by organic descent and natural forces, reshaping views of life.
The excerpt by Jack London argues that the tramp sustains thousands by enabling honest livelihoods and family education, while detailing personal memories of a constable father who hunted tramps for pay. It notes corruption in policing and the complex social role of hobos in winter and community life.
Daily records in aviation show M Rougler at 645 feet in Brescia and Orville Wright at 6585 and later 1600 feet at Potsdam. Rheims week features include Latham Farman and Paulhan reaching 367 feet. The Illustrated London News compares these heights with St Paul’s spire.
A Chicago business leader cites a daily one million dollar loss from employee carelessness and inaccuracies. A New York firm notes twenty five thousand dollars yearly from similar issues. The piece argues deception is as harmful in work as in speech, citing office thieves and lazy habits.
A cautious counsel warns against chasing secrets as they often upset others and lead to blame when exposed. the era’s view on discretion and rumor highlights social risk in withholding or revealing information.
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