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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
2
Poem by Agnes L. Pratt in Journal of Education reflecting on sorrow, struggle, and eventual light. It compares weathering winter to enduring hardship to value spring, concluding peace follows suffering and love rewards pain.
A newspaper opinion laments declining spelling standards across all education levels. It calls for a revival of spelling schools or bees and more emphasis on spelling in schools and examinations, noting careless proofing and linotype errors in daily papers.
Harlan Read argues that successful men invest vigor in youth and endure old age through hard work. He condemns idleness and urges continuous effort from ages 15 to 30, warning that slackers face toil and failure later. A fable moment contrasts ants and grasshoppers about preparation and consequence.
The Umpqua Valley News laments spelling decadence and the erosion of literacy. It quotes Woodrow Wilson on discussion as reform, noting that it challenges false sanctity and replaces it with reason, unless reason is lacking.
The passage extols silence under trial as rare and hard to acquire, noting it strengthens beauty of character and implying success cannot be achieved by mere flashy actions or quick buttons.
A terse remark captures that a few people express more with three words than editors draft in long columns. The comment notes the efficiency of concise speech over expansive writing.
A prairie train ride prompts a school ma am joke about a dog chasing a train. The author reflects on knockers at fairs and their impact, praising Miss Myrtle Point for well behaved county fair week conduct and noting that criticism follows anyone true to themselves.
J. J. Fox reopens a furniture factory at Coquille during fair week. Myrtle Point residents visited S. D. Pulford overseeing myrtle wood stock saved by Mr. Hall. Pulford scaled up about 1300 feet of stock to assess viability and may expand if successful.
Municipalities control street rights and may remove obstructions. Property owners hold title to trees in front of lots to the street center but must allow public use. If trees or overhanging limbs block travel, authorities may require removal after notice. owners may seek damages if removal is unlawful.
The notice invites all to a millinery opening Thursday Friday and Saturday September 25 26 and 27 1918 from 7:00 to 8:00 PM. New stock available for selection and purchase.
A resident filed a county court petition with neighbors to open a long unused road near the Feemann steel bridge and Whittinger noted as essential to reconnect the South Fork route. Settlers say reopening the path would restore a historic rural link and ease travel.
The County Court of Coos County Oregon has set Saturday October 11 1913 in Coquille City for health objections to the final account and settlement of the estate of Guy L C Rose deceased. I E Rose administrator dated September 11 1913.
Public summons in the Oregon Circuit Court for Coos County directs Oscar Garman to answer Osa Garman’s divorce suit within six weeks from August 14 1913. The case seeks dissolution of marriage, custody of minor child Freda Garman, permanent alimony and related costs and relief. Publication is ordered in Myrtle Point Enterprise for six weeks starting August 14 1913.
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