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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
4
The Public Pulse column invites readers to discuss farm life business life and civic improvements in Southwestern Oregon and Coquille Valley. Submissions should address community life directly and be accompanied by five cents to avoid being discarded or treated as advertising.
The piece argues that modern movements threatening retailers are not protests against distribution but against retiree methods. It frames outside competition as a 20th century advance meeting intelligent consumer needs and asserts local retailers have nothing to fear from outside rivals, citing American Lumberman.
The Farm and Home editorial argues for using the fair grounds at the Coos and Curry county fair as a base for a demonstration farm. A portion of buildings would host a scientific farming expert to help ranchers in their orchards and fields, turning a months long quarterly asset into a steady public good. It draws a Chicago example of idle property valued over a million dollars, unused most of the year, as a model of institutional service over profit.
The author argues that at sixty a man’s mind reflects what he has built in youth. Brain tissue, like breath, remains. good habits yield lasting virtue while bad ones linger. Wisdom comes from constant mental cultivation and serene contemplation in later years. Cicero’s essay on old age is praised as sensible.
The speaker likens national livestock expositions to a world wide university, praising the value of opening unused state fair grounds to farmers. They urge better use of idle institutions to maximize returns on invested money and support lasting benefits for humanity.
A humorous lament about honest toil failing as subscribers delay payments. The speaker notes worn pants patched with different hues, urging readers to send in payments, or risk having no pants at all when March arrives and the “blasts” begin.
The Eastern Exchange reports a severe dry spell with minimal rainfall. Vell die yeer notes parched ground causing dust storms in the Beeg Soo and Beeg pond fires. Crawfish holes sell cheap while fishers face restrictions and local dangers rise.
Mrs. Percy Peel and her son Kenneth left last Friday for Centralia Washington where they will spend the winter.
The text recounts Augustus Caesar as a wise ruler who left Rome marble not brick and who supported literature. It notes the term Augustan age for such eras and recalls a final ritual where he asked if he had played his part well and said farewell and applaud.
Observations on Celtic speech note that Irish speakers rarely utter yes and instead affirm with phrases like I shall, afr. It says Celts lack a direct yes and common English equivalents.
A fragment notes a contrast between an old fashioned bride dowered with bed quilts and her daughter who will bring her husband a trunkful of lingerie, as reported by the Galveston News.
A concise reflection on perseverance and steadfast spirit guiding moral victories. The message emphasizes persistent courage and an undaunted cheerfulness as the path to triumph over temptation.
State Library Commission loans now at Myrtle Point Library include Abbott Life of David Crockett Adams Wells Brothers Alcott Proverb Stories Alden Moral Pirates Altsheler Guthrie of the Times Barbour Captain of the Crew Brady Indian Fights and Fighters Brooks Century Book of the American Revolution Brown Fresh Posies Browne Greece Peeps at Many Lands Bryce Short Stories for Little Folks Buchan The Great Diamond Pipe Burnham The Right Princess Clemens Twain Tramp Abroad Collins The Moonstone Comstock Meg and the Others Crawford Saracinescu Crockett The Raiders Doubleday Gunner Aboard the Yankee Finnemore The Story of Robin Hood Fitch At Good Old Smash Fraser The Outcasts Furlong Gateway of the Sahara Glasgow The Voice of the People Glass Potash and Perlmutter Hancock The Children of History Hawks Stara Shown to the Children Hayans The Red Cape of Lyons Ingalow Mopsa the Fairy John Marliss Little Moorland Princess Kirk Dog Watches at Sea Kingsley Westward Ho Locke Simon the Jester MacGowan The Sword in the Mountains Miller Kristy's Queer Christmas Perry Hope Benham Prescott Conquest of Mexico Price Land We Live In Pycraft The Animal Why Book Reed A Weaver of Dreams Remick Glenloch Girls Abroad Rila The Old Town Riley Armazindy Sadler The Cause and Cure of Colda Shedd Our Little Persian Cousin Stockton The Merry Chanter Tomlinson Two Young Patriots Van Sickle Seegmiller Riverside Primer Wheeler Shorter Course in Woodworking Whitney Hunting with the Eskimos
Burns and Pinkerton agencies hire to single out baggage shipments of quail moving across state lines especially Oklahoma to Kansas. Railroads bear responsibility for illegal shipments and use this method to protect themselves. Local businessmen and ranchers favor the Enterprise prompt print shop for quality stationery.
N C Werkins reports many Myrtle Point people benefit from a simple buckhorn bark mixture mixed in Adler-ika, a German appendicitis remedy. A single dusk helps sour stomach gas and constipation instantly as this mixture antisepticizes organs and draws off impurities.
Taxpayers of Road District No 17 in Coos County Oregon announce a December 20 1912 meeting at 11 AM to vote on a special road tax for district improvements. Also included are homestead and land notice items with dates and witness names from Myrtle Point and Roseburg Land Office notices.
Notice to file affidavits of protest by December 27, 1912 regarding land described as NW or NE parts of section 26 and 4 in township 32 south range 11 west with adjustments under the 1897 act. Frederick A Kiibs via Frank E Alley, Roseburg Oregon, listed as claimant. B F Jones, Register.
Benjamin F. Mathes of Bridge Oregon filed notice of intention to make final proof to establish his homestead claim on land described as Ej SW and lots 6 7 Section 4 Township 29 S Range 10 W Willamette Meridian before the Register and Receiver at Roseburg Oregon on December 17 1912 The land is in a school section as per state provisions
Local dealer promotes D D D Prescription for eczema psoriasis and rash with a no pay guarantee. They pledge to advise honestly and stock well known skin remedies while offering the Chicago made formula on trial with no risk if it fails to work. The ad stresses instant itch relief from drops and permanent cures in some cases.
Claimant and transferee are ordered to appear on the date of proof and submit adverse testimony. Witnesses named include Dan Steen of Camas Valley Oregon, Patrick O Connell of Camas Valley Oregon, Andrew T Bestul of Roseburg Oregon, and James Gurney of Bridge Oregon. B F JONES, Register.
Notice is hereby given that the administrator of the estate of E. Bender has been appointed. Creditors must present claims verified with vouchers to the administrator at his Spruce street store in Myrtle Point Oregon within six months. Claims may also be presented to S. D. Pullard attorney in Myrtle Point Oregon. Dated November 7.
North post office address is St Paul Minnesota filed in the United States Land Office an application to select land under the 1898 act as extended. Land described as N E 3 N E 3% Sec 14 Twp 31 S Range 12 W W M Aay. Protest affidavits due by December 12, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of an execution issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Gre en for the County of Coos and to me directed and delivered upon a judgment and sale of real property will be made at public auction for cash to the highest bidder at the time and place fixed by law and the terms of sale set forth in the writ and notice of sale.
The document records a 1912 real estate execution in Coos County Oregon with Hibernia Savings Bank as plaintiff and Ed C Allen Martha C Allen and O C Wright as defendants. It also includes a divorce suit filed by Arthur Fisher against Jessie F Fisher with publication summons in Myrtle Point Enterprise.
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