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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1911
Page
6
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation highlights a wife who coaches her genius husband at a surprise party. He fumbles through an unprepared speech until she intrudes, prompting him to claim prior knowledge and seek help from her. The piece wryly notes how anxious wives aid husbands.
Walter Kelly known as the Virginia Judge complains to his English companion that London’s Strand is dark at 9 o clock while Broadway glows with 50 000 electric lights around The Chariot Race sign. The exchange highlights cross cultural views of city illumination.
Lincoln Beachy wins the first cross country aviator race from New York to Philadelphia earning 5000 dollars. He also dazzled at Chicago and Niagara Falls flights. The 21 year old Curtis flyer crossed Falls and bridge, drenched by spray, with a 2 hour 22 minute journey including a ten minute stop at Trenton.
James K. Vardaman, former Mississippi governor, runs a dramatic campaign in Meridian. A parade features 160 white oxen in 80 spans drawing a chariot with Vardaman in white linen and a white hat. Five brass bands, 100 horseback riders, torch-bearers, and banners urge voters to “Vote for the white chief” and “Uphold the white South.”
The quote by Ruskin extolls music as the nearest, most delicate pleasure that aids all ages from nurse to infant, contrasting it with other pleasures that fail even at the deathbed of pure spirits. It frames music as a universal, enduring solace across life.
An ethnologist and a statesman discuss how possession of a high silk pageant or emblem marks leadership in primitive instincts. The dialogue hints at how "savages" equate power with scarce luxury, illustrating debate on civilization and authority.
A satirical piece riffs on Samson and the temple collapse with a punch about contractor standards. The text then moves to a humorous claim that Atlantic City dogs tell time, noting dogs’ barking at meal times and nightly howls.
Philadelphia millionaire society man, famed boxer, and Bible class leader A J Drexel Biddle stands out as a rare blend of wealth, athletic vigor, and religious philanthropy. Once a newspaper reporter, he now champions boxing and Christian work in Philadelphia and beyond.
Henry Clay Frick announces retirement from the directorate of Union Pacific Railroad citing a clash with the times over a director influencing affairs of a rival line. He holds large stakes in the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and is closely tied to Carnegie steel relations and the US Steel move after disputes over bond money and railroad interests.
In Waurika Oklahoma Mrs Sallie Stevens reports years of illness and insomnia ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Huntington Massachusetts user, Mrs Mary Janette Bates, credits the tonic with restoring health after three years of nerve and fatigue. The ad urges trials for female complaints including inflammation ulceration and backache.
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