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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
2
A column of assorted remarks and quips on marriage, science, and public figures. Pieces include a London bishop’s marriage advice, Oscar Hammerstein on money, various social observations, and comments on athletics at West Point plus public figures like Gov Hughes.
The text warns that overcapitalization leads to ruin, while appropriate self knowledge and restraint ensure safety and success. It then praising archaeological pursuing under Dr Schliemann’s era urges rich young men to fund discoveries in Southern Europe and Asia, highlighting opportunities for Americans to lead significant digs and share in scholarly glory.
An elderly rider and a driver engage in a dialogue about temperance. A Denver bottle story reveals a moral: saving money for government land spared him from liquor and helped him buy land that became a town block.
The speaker urges public leaders to ease anti trust rhetoric and defend the Sherman Act as essential to fair corporate life. He argues current enforcement is strict yet lawful and warns that overzealous state laws create harsher conditions, even equating price fixing to penitentiary offenses, urging balanced reform.
Frederick Treves argues against reliance on medicines and urges a shift to simpler living with sun and air. He cites declines in tuberculosis mortality and historical erasures of leprosy and the Black Death, warning such progress may alter expectations of disease and death.
Reverend Dr Charles B la Y laments universal money mania in America. He warns riches grant power, privilege, and greed, citing robberies by insurers and abuses by corporations while wealthy gain and smaller dealers suffer. He cites the mobile maniac slaughter as an example of passion unrestrained by law or safety.
Essay argues that educated women and professionals can live independently and may not need marriage for happiness. Love remains central, but financial necessity is lessening. Women now weigh marriage against personal autonomy and ability to support themselves, choosing freely rather than by obligation.
Cyrus Hamlin, Bowdoin student turned missionary and educator, rose to found flour milling and bread making in Constantinople during the Crimean War. His steam engine work inspired a bakery that produced better bread for soldiers, earning the nickname Hamlin bread and prompting a military hospital visit that blended faith and craft.
A Potterville man Amos Budd reportedly attacked during a church collection when a blue slip triggered a dispute over ten cent contributions to church charities. The account notes prior tales of disruptive behavior but emphasizes the rare severity of this incident.
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