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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
2
A public appeal argues Americans must protect individual and collective rights against price exploiters and speculators. It warns Congress is failing to act and urges citizens to demand justice, curb price boosters, and end exploitation by financiers and large corporations.
Carl J. Menz of Ferndale Washington writes in The Oregon Farmer about local unity between farmers and business people. A fruit cannery and local facilities support marketing, roads, and better farming. consolidation of school districts fuels mutual cooperation and growth for city and country.
A fragmentary column mixes wartime satire with economic notes and political jabs. It critiques pacifists in Germany and Britain while mocking price controls and profiteers. A bank report from 1917 Oregon appears, followed by sharp editorials on McNary, Maine suffrage, and Wall Street influence.
A health column advises staying healthy into old age by treating middle life ailments promptly. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a blood nourishing tonic to strengthen, relieve aches, and aid rheumatic conditions, noting it contains no alcohol and is produced by Scott & Bowne in Bloomfield, Iowa.
The author argues that fair price signals rely on free movement of goods and warns that storage hoarding and cornering can push prices to fictitious levels. Cold storage is praised as a discovery but feared as a potential oppressor if misused. The piece urges citizens to demand a square deal to avert national disaster.
National Forests in Oregon Washington and Alaska report gross receipts for the year ended June 30 1917 totaling 644 937 57 dollars, about 150 000 dollars more than the previous year.
Bank cashier D R Annin attests the Oregon Coos County bank statement with liabilities and deposits listed including capital stock 25000 Surplus 4000 and deposits 196510.31 The note also mentions a Coos County moderator vacancy and local remarks about fair attendance and peace, with remarks about Mayor Thompson and future brands of peace.
The text argues memory has limits and urges forgetting petty slights and envy. It notes forgetting could spare time and ease bitterness, leaving memories that bless lives and relationships, while praising controlled recall over constant resentment.
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