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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
2
A reflective piece urging balance between speech and deed. It warns against the silent majority and the loud nuisance, advocating thoughtful dialogue to reveal community strengths. It stresses personal conviction tempered by will and the influence of others on the mind.
Farmers across states head to fairs to exhibit results of their labor including a massive hog. The piece ponders whether the hog owner also aims to educate and elevate his sons through such showcases and effort toward their development.
An editorial piece urges fathers in Coos and Curry counties to guide boys toward higher development, stressing environment’s power and community cooperation. It compares collective effort to a single worker’s limited results and advocates supporting local merchants and town life to keep youth from drifting away.
A collection of humorous and opinionated quips targets prohibition, war effort, and civic virtue. It cites figures like Kerensky and Taft, contrasts forefathers with modern politics, and mocks profiteering leaders while urging practical public service over preaching.
The passage argues that town life will not harm him and that he will come to value his own life over that of any town boy he knows. It presents a cautionary view of urban influence on youth.
Printer notes rises in cover and book papers from 40 to 70 percent and 50 percent for bond stock. Colored papers up 30 to 100 percent, ink costs escalating sharply due to imports and war demands. Type, reads and slugs up 20 percent, while brass rule and other materials follow similar increases.
The article argues that every printing department faces higher prices for equipment and materials, with the industry as the sixth largest in the United States needing legal protection and fair profit margins. It urges manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers to treat printers fairly.
Notice from the Department of the Interior Roseburg Oregon dated August 6 1917 lists Joseph Ira Davis of Attle Point Oregon who filed to make final five year proof on land in section 82 township 29 south range 13 west Willamette Meridian with witnesses Guy Hanson Fish Peter A Spani Charles E Wood and Charles William Crook all of Myrtle Point Oregon. Also notice for Charles William Crook of Myrtle Point Oregon who filed to make final five year proof on land in sections 83 and 33 township 29 south range 13 west Willamette Meridian with witnesses listed and before U S Commissioner Edgar A. Dodge at Myrtle Point Oregon.
Department of the Interior notice announces Thomas F Lawson of Myrtle Point Oregon with Homestead Entries Serial Nos 07285 09066 seeks final five year proof to establish land claims. Witnesses named Reuben Romp Louis Peari Carl Bushnell Willis Chandler all of Myrtle Point Oregon before U S Commissioner Edgar A Dodge Myrtle Point on October 8 1917. Register W H Canon.
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