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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
2
The column rattles off a string of observations from politics to romance. It notes New York restoring a world restaurant, legal actions, divorce pleas, steel prices, and Hayti governance with casual commentary and satirical asides.
Rules issued for Elisabeth duchy court require ladies to wear satin slippers instead of kid and chaplains to shave their upper lips, reflecting strict court conventions imposed on frequenters of mineral courts.
A Fresno dispatch claims a California Chinaman has created an odorless onion, a feat hailed as a supreme Chinese development. The note touches on China’s powder history and suggests the onion may top prior claims as a major invention. The piece also reflects on global progress and rapid transport undercurrents shaping public perception.
A four and a half day schedule makes ocean travel accessible to all classes. It dissolves class barriers as second class rivals former first class comfort and even steerage improves. The ocean shrinks as laborers and servants begin European vacations and frequent crossings.
A long history of feuds in Breathitt County Kentucky ends as the violent reign of a political and financial mountain king collapses after he is shot in his store by his estranged son. The piece notes entrenched family loyalty and isolation, urging reform as public indignation grows and killers face life terms.
A Scotland Eng resident designed a two section windscreen and weather screen for cars recently patented. The lower section attaches to the dash and extends to near the steering wheel, while the upper section is hinged and adjustable to cover the driver’s face without glass in the lower part.
In a brief Philadelphia Press item, Mrs Naybor and Mrs Spenders joke about a husband leaving the house in good humor. The quip centers on a forgotten request for money.
A Washington Star excerpt shows Senator Sorgum declining to study political economy, saying constituents would think he is amused by books rather than hustling for pensions and appropriations. The piece ends with a quip about a man who pays coal bills always having money to burn.
A historical account of Kentucky tobacco politics detailing the division into districts, the Planters Protective Association, and the impact of the tobacco trust on farmers. It covers price manipulation, labor costs, and the emergence of the Kentucky Union of the Society of Equity to pool and control sales through organized warehouses and sample-based purchases.
The white burley belt spans 42 to 55 counties and parts of Indiana and Ohio. The Kentucky Union of the American Society of Equity organizes growers to secure fair prices, while the Tobacco Trust controls raw materials and prices. The Equity pools a growing share of 1907 output, with 130 to 140 million pounds produced in white burley. 50 million held from 1906 and about 110 million from 1907 remain.
The Equity plan to restrain tobacco crops provokes night riders amid a national fight for fair prices. Kentucky farmers resist a trust with a campaign that risks violence, including the murder of Hiram Hedges by a masked mob.
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