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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1911
Page
6
Two American girls from Kansas and Alabama describe the high cost and disciplined routine of voice training in Paris. They detail lodging in attics, club life, and expenses totaling about 7,000 dollars for four years, including lessons, costumes, and travel, with auditions shaping careers despite modest Parisian pay.
A head clerk recalls a dream of being Andrew Carnegie and a Scotch piper atop a wall near Ninety First Street and Fifth Avenue. The piece shifts to warn about the deceitful cantaloupe, praising rare melons with true sweetness while condemning ordinary fruit as a lure of false promises.
Malherbe the French poet known as the tyrant of words and syllables due to a delicate ear and refined taste is described. At death his confessor spoke of heaven’s happiness, but Malherbe warned that such style would disgust him, saying Say no more about it.
Miss Marjorie Patterson of Franklin Massachusetts became the first woman to receive the A B degree at Tufts College. The school formerly coeducational now has a women’s department. Patterson may be the only graduate for three years as this year’s class consists solely of freshmen and she did the first years at West Virginia University.
A Chicago writer argues that naked coal mine lights will be abolished as safety lamps improve. Electricity via pocket storage batteries powers a robust two volt miner lamp, waterproof and armor clad, with numbered racks and fast charging.
The text outlines benefits of battery powered lamps for miners, including no gas ignition risk, resistance to wind or air gusts, time saved filling lamps, no oil or dirt on hands, lower costs than oil or carbide lights, and cleaner air with no smoke. It notes safety gains as lights stay on after afterdamp and when battery weakens, preventing sudden darkness.
Preliminary Hermosillo agreement between Yaqui leaders and Vice Governor Guyon for return of Yaqui people from Yucatan and Vera Cruz to Sonora. They will regain confiscated lands including 600000 acres from a construction company irrigation project. Thousands of lives and millions at stake in long conflict with the Diaz regime.
Westfield residents report a barking dog nuisance and find Ray McDonald chained in a chicken coop. Parents say the boy has believed he is a dog for years and lives in the coop, gnaws bones, and sews clothes on to himself.
In Ogdensburg New York Daniel Snyder, a woodsman, crawled to his ax after a heavy tree fell on him. His leg was crushed and bled rapidly as he severed his limb, ripped off his shirt, and bound the wound to halt the bleeding, preserving his life.
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