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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
4
A playful dime driven craving for candy contrasts with a note on a Missouri photo play while two couples swap spouses through divorce then remarry. The piece links a sensational divorce to broader debates on easier laws and social norms.
A newsroom veteran notes the danger of misrepresentation in a single line and the lasting judgment for omitting a person, place, or thing after 999 kind mentions. He warns that a thousandth oversight will be remembered, intentional or not.
A survey of growing restiveness in public life notes widespread criticism of laws judges and officials. Voters grow tired of broken promises and ineffective statutes as financial trusts and unions shape a polarized national climate. The piece argues for a remedy and upholds individual rights to vocation without molestation.
A narrator recalls a man whom he knew years ago who shifted from harsh, caustic behavior to obsequious servility after leaving a job, then later became steady and patient but servile again. The piece argues that men’s natures are shaped by their profession.
The Pacific Northwest notes calls for strong anti-trust action to check predatory combinations. It argues for a law against boycotting and brutal union tactics and demands regulation of all labor and capital groups to reduce living costs and improve conditions for nonmembers.
The Board of School Directors of District No 41 Coos County Oregon will issue negotiable warrants to pay $2000 for land purchase at 6 percent interest. Warrants of $600 due in 1 year $700 due in 2 years and $702 due in 3 years. Subscriptions accepted until October 12 1912 with details for residents and clerks.
The annual report of Fort Wayne public works shows street cleaning costs at 19 086 40 for the year and street maintenance and repairs at 10 808 32 plus bridge improvements at 2 412 62. The garbage department handled 8 772 loads to the incineration plant with total expenditure 14 485 60 of which 96 489 97 went to collection contractor David Wiebern.
Daily entries of total sales help later. Weekly and monthly totals enable year over year comparisons. After a year, compare all periods to motivate work and beat former records.
The article records local farm concerns in Bancroft C. F. Waterman’s vicinity including crop gatherings, a new school house, and weather impacts. It also contains a land notice in Roseburg Oregon detailing a timber and stone act filing by A. B. Hammond via Frank E. Alley and a long court summons list for a Coos County civil case with numerous defendants and property descriptions.
Mrs Eve Dorris and Mr John Settum of Astoria Oregon were united in marriage on Thursday evening October 8 at Coquille with Rev W B Smith delivering the sermon at the M E church South. Mr Sthermer Robison of Fishtrap wed Miss Lolo McAdame of Coquille last week at Myrtle Point.
Farmers are busy digging potatoes and gathering apples in West Myrtle Point. Dan Berklow is in poor health and the railroad depot was completed on the Graham place across the bridge. Ira Root sent word from Chico California that he found work at Dismond match factory. Mrs Manley Barklow is sick but improving with writing. Several local residents and families visited and relatives relocated to join Mr Humphrey in the Heary Knight home.
At a city council meeting in Marita Texas the marshal was directed to enforce the ordinance against obstructions on streets and sidewalks. The action targets vehicles, wagons, stables, boxes, barrels and related debris in public areas.
Department of the Interior announces that Frank Huston through attorney A T Bestul filed an amended selection under the 1898 act in the Roseburg District Willamette Meridian. Protests or contests within thirty days may be filed alleging the land is valuable for timber or mineral or other purposes.
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