Fragmentary 1929 0-Aer Item Oddities
A damaged OCR snippet lists numbers 2 9 456 11 12 13 and a stray phrase about MP 3 178. The content repeats with similar digits and symbols, providing no clear event, person, or place to identify.
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
4
A damaged OCR snippet lists numbers 2 9 456 11 12 13 and a stray phrase about MP 3 178. The content repeats with similar digits and symbols, providing no clear event, person, or place to identify.
An experimental Illinois farm of 80 acres demonstrates electric farming. Power drives milking, feeding, refrigeration, watering, egg production, pig care, and incubation. Electric light extends hens working hours improving winter eggs. A turtle in Indiana moved a mile in 67 years, likely from a Sunday parade confusion.
The passage warns Myrtle Point readers that assuming safety rests with others leads to accidents. It cites $3 200 000 yearly human losses and 95 000 fatal injuries annually with autos causing about a third, urging vigilance and personal responsibility to reduce the rate. It notes one death every six minutes and 18 injuries per minute. It also mentions a Mr. Coolidge remark about earning from a one dollar per word statement.
Fragment discusses a long standing saying about sweets and tooth care, noting a truth emphasized by a source. The passage appears as a partial quotation about health and eating habits with obscure references.
A Vermont editor warns of a dire outlook as sugar consumption climbs with more candy and desserts. The bulletin links rising diabetes deaths to indulgence and suggests a beef and vegetable diet, urging readers to reconsider sweets amid a century-spanning health concern.
Nearly 600 students registered during six weeks of the Oregon summer session. Among graduates finishing summer school work are Hedwig Harnish Margaret Harnish Helen Russell and Floyd Summers of Myrtle Point. Commencement exercises will be August 30 after the post session for those meeting graduation requirements.
Local warning about seasonal door to door salesmen selling magazine subscriptions and books. Many promise work through college and hide poor practices, some take down payments and never deliver. Reputable agents exist, but residents are urged to avoid clubbing offers to shield the public from rising nationwide scams.
Pastor Rev E V Ostrander takes vacation and no regular Sunday service or morning preaching in August. Sunday school and youth meetings continue, Bible school at 19, and a communion service. At 11 the congregation will join in a countywide service at Coquilie in the city park with other churches. Basket at 1280, preaching at 2 kg.
The Christian church of Ie invites the county to an evening service at 7 with Bro Hackett as guest preacher. The topic is Behold the Lord Cometh Jude 14, focusing on the manner and purpose of Christ's Second Coming. Lunch will be served and fellowship with other churches is encouraged.
Sunday school starts at 10 led by Mrs O H Clarke as superintendent. Sermons at 11 and 8 with a guest preacher expected to handle the services. If he is absent Rev Marsters will preside at both morning and evening. Evening service designated as a union meeting.
Last Thursday the missionary society met with Mrs. Ebe Watkins and elected officers with Mrs. Watkins as president, Mrs. Fish as vice president, and Mrs. Burtis as secretary and treasurer. Gillespie returned from Monmouth, Edith Woodward arrived Saturday, and Hockema went to her daughter's home in Portland. Albert Fish family vacation news followed as they planned a long farm break. Grant Carrick of Myrtle Point preached to about 40 at Crescent City. Mrs Woodward sold her last letter from her daughter, while Miss Racuse prepares three years before returning to the United States.
The record highlights Mrs. and Mrs. Wednesday traveling from a local business excursion to Eugene for a celebration. The Beetle onice reportedly carried a party home after the event. Mr. and Mrs. E. Fredrickson of Me Geong held a weekly gathering with Mrs Ramet Raversteve La ine accompanying home. The note mentions visits by Poulson and others, including R. Davis and C ta Now, amid social and travel chatter.
Notice from Roseburg Oregon June 29 1929 of a homestead entry holder filing for final three year proof Edgar A Dodge U S Commissioner Myrtle Point Oregon dates July 11 1929 to August 1929 witnesses Moryan Howe Weathers Casper creditors notice administratrix Mildred Christian and Charles M Christian collateral details indicate Willamette Meridian entry 016837 for SW 11 288 11W.
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