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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
3
A guide explains converting surplus fruit into fruit butters to avoid waste. It covers apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots, and garfield butter, plus methods with cider or without, cooking times, sugar levels, spicing, and home sterilization procedures to seal jars and preserve nourishment.
Industrial notes show Bend-Brook-Scanlon Lumber Co. running two shifts and expansion talks in Coos Bay while Oregon’s cranberry crop and box production surge. The Southern Pacific orders locomotives and cars, highway projects advance, dams and mills rise, and labor shortages loom with officials noting railroads may hire women to fill jobs.
The Oregon Agricultural College lists 15 Agriculture departments 4 Commerce 6 Engineering 3 Forestry with Logging Engineering 4 Home Economics 3 Mining Pharmacy and Music. The Military Department enrolled 1085 cadets in 1916-17 and earned a War Department commendation. Cadets receive uniforms and R C T C subsistence, with six weeks summer camp. Registration begins October 8 1917. Information on request from Registrar Corvallis Oregon.
The Myrtle Point Enterprise promotes its Prompt Particular nishop for job printing claiming the Linotype Way is the only correct method. The notice emphasizes reliable service from the paper’s Job Department.
September 12 1917 opens with Myrtle Point Store Day urging local buying to help business during the six annual exhibition. September 13 features Gold Beach Port Orford Langlois Bandon Dairymen Cheesemakers and Loganberry Gravenstein Apple days with racing starting at 2 PM.
On Friday September 14 1917 nine day events include North Bend Marshfield Coos River Ten Mile and Southern Pacific Railroad Days with a 1 pm parade at the race track and a 2 pm start for racing. Saturday September 15 lists Soquille Gravel Ford Fairview Norway Arago Bridge Powers Lee Loggers and Lumbermen Grange Farmer Dairymen and Stockmen Stock Parade and a livestock sale at 10 am and 1 pm parade with racing at 2 pm.
HealthogRams by Dr. R R Daniels extols green vegetables as vital summer nutrition. They supply tissue salts key to building and burning body tissues, aid bowel function, and can replace some heavy foods in hot weather. A daily salad of lettuce tomatoes cucumbers and onions is recommended with olive oil dressing. those with sensitive stomachs should omit lemon juice and vinegar.
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