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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
2
Myrtle Point Enterprise weekly edition continues publication, delivering local news and notices from Myrtle Point community. The paper maintains regular weekly schedule, serving residents with updates and community interests.
An alphabet of opinions on price and reform, trust and divorce, and a parade of curiosities from a late nineteenth century paper. Observations on aut o matic typewriters, coinage of phrases, and a flood of anecdotes about judges, presidents, and embalmers. The piece traces social foibles, debates over farming value, mortality fears, and the evolving standards of public speech and morality. It notes the decline of farm values in New York and New England, the push to revive agriculture, and calls for agricultural high schools. It highlights concerns about premature burial, with a survey of opinions from Britain and Europe and appeals for stricter death verification.
An excerpt from Youth's Companion recounts a scene at a gallery where a couple views Landseer and Lear prints. A primed joke shifts from a collie to a king with a catalog misread, prompting a witty quip about finding an ideal man by age 30. The vignette blends art, family, and social irony with remembered characters and a shared joke.
A historic piece argues for keeping the open door in trade with China, urging American merchants to pack and ship goods properly to reach Chinese markets. It stresses government openness, fewer privileges to foreign interests, and warns against protectionist restraint, citing national strength and future expansion. The piece closes with a literary allusion to Bryant about life and memory.
A lecture discusses the futility of chasing money as the sole measure of life. It cites Andrew Carnegie as an example of immense wealth and questions what worth youth gains in exchange for dollars. The speaker warns that wealth without fulfillment leaves life fruitless and seeks to urge young men to pursue meaningful aims beyond material gain.
Altom B Parks contends Federalism threatens the balance of power set by the constitution arguing that the rising federalist view seeks powers not granted by the states and people He urges supporters to defend the constitutional distribution of powers before it is too late
The piece extols American payrolls as the measure of national strength, praising courage and resilience of merchants and workers. It asserts the payroll’s role in shaping homes, schools, and savings, claiming it has no equal and reflects American material greatness.
A fragmented extract discusses circus life focusing on discipline, endurance, and schooling for performers and children. It notes that women and children hear swearing rarely, outlines the rough routine of wagons and equipment, and praises self thinking and patient instruction over corporal methods. A medical student-turned-canvas worker story illustrates merit-based advancement.
A controversial tale from a bygone era describing Mrs Wheelwright insisting the wedding ring be worn on the third finger, the bishop’s cautious stance, and clerical opinions. A separate anecdote riffs on an English golfer’s quip about Scotland, ending with a chatty aside about Miss Giggietth.
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