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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
2
Professor T D Beckwith explains soil bacteria as vital energy sources whose growth depends on light, moisture, pH, and air. He notes bacteria thrive where light is scarce, moisture supports their food, lime neutralizes acidity, and nodules on legume roots fix nitrogen, boosting future crops.
George T. Mortimer of United States Realty and Improvement Co asserts plans for a 100 story tower in New York are practical. He notes foundations need not be deeper, citing Manhattan rock capable of supporting 500 stories, and outlines required steel, brick, limestone, granite and terra cotta materials for such a structure.
In Old Bridge New Jersey a 60 year old deacon and wealthy parishioner was charged with arson after a six year inquiry that terrorized Middlesex County with fires and murders. The arrest follows the August 31 blaze at Mrs Jessie Browns home and a series of linked killings including George Whiteman Jr and his father at the Rooster Inn. Investigators from insurance firms and Freeholders pursued the case amid a long running murder mystery.
A 21 year old woman posed as a store inspector at John Wanamaker Philadelphia and robbed five cashiers of about $600 before a vigilant clerk thwarted further theft. She timed impersonation with the real inspector, taking advantage of a belief the inspector had been replaced. The salt and cloak department cashier resisted, saving over $4,000 in cash.
In Kansas City a rugged cowboy spends freely on winter wardrobe items. He buys $40 boots $10 gloves $20 hat and $75 paddle while dreaming of Kansas City trips and Blank's outfit shops before exploring city life.
An old advertisement for Ayer's Pills claims the product relieves coughs at night and induces increased bile flow with a laxative effect the next day. The box promises one pill at bedtime and directs showing the formula to a doctor. Manufactured by J.C. Ayer Co. Lowell Mass.
True porcelain was never produced in Persia. Chinese hard paste porcelain was made for the Persian market in Persian forms and styles. Wine ewers with powder blue glaze and gold overglaze decoration, a small vase, and bowls with bronze luster glaze and white designs are found in Persian ware collections but are clearly of Chinese origin.
Don laxative Bromo Quinine tablets offered to cure a cold in one day. Drugists refund money if it fails to cure. George W. Grove's signature appears on the box, price 25 cents.
A reader advises saving gas by using multiple tightly covered pans in a hot oven. Start with boiling water for stews and vegetables before placing in the oven, allowing efficient use of heat. Potatoes fail with this method.
Atchison Glade notes many cocnun try boys who go to cities seek fame but some fail to receive publicity and success. The piece contrasts those who prosper with others who obtain less attention in the urban scene.
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