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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
5
A long list of Christmas gatherings and visits across Broadbent Marshfield Forest Grove and nearby towns. Families such as the Smiths Hall Guerins Robinsons Clinton and others share meals and travel over the holiday with relatives and friends. A major note reports flooded basements and a city hall heating outage due to high river water.
Upton Sinclair joked at a New York reception that novelists should avoid high society. A young American writer visiting the Duchess of Marlborough dropped his soup when a rubber loop on his tie came loose, attracting the butler's pointed question and public attention in Detroit.
A Kansas Rotary panel asks four professionals how to edit a newspaper. The lawyer emphasizes accuracy to avoid libel suits, the educator wants polished prose, the minister aims to preach Gospel ethics, and the physician questions advertising and health views. The piece argues for trusting the trained newspaper man to balance facts, pace, and responsibility.
The article notes the significance of colonial bookplates such as Deueoeane we Keowee and compares them with plates by famed engravers including Mathaniel Herd Paul Revere Amos Deattle and Alexander Anderson. It mentions a 179 era Thewns Declan plate and a Gard engraving, placing these works in a historical context of American craftsmanship.
Researchers at Columbia University show dogs lack color perception, failing to distinguish hues beyond brightness. The study notes dogs excel in motion detection while still object vision lags behind humans. A German shepherd quickly identified a pine wood block among 20 untouched blocks, even after two seconds.
The article recalls legendary devil hoof tracks in snow across Devonshire and Rungland, noting scholarly and local theories. Lieutenant Commander Gould of the Royal Geographical Society suggests an unknown marine creature as a possible cause in Oddities, Some Unexplained Facts.
German meteorologist Doctor Hann notes a hailstone from Austria in early July 1907 weighing 1 kg or more. He says largest hailstones tend to fall in subtropical regions where land rises above sea level, with occurrences in upper India Mesopotamia Asia Minor Armenia Australia Natal and parts of the United States.
The French Society of Comparative Pathology reports that horses do not smoke or eat meat yet suffer from arterial hardening. Animals also show emphysema and chronic rheumatism once believed unique to humans, with cases of madness and intoxication noted in various animals.
A resort guest recalls a correspondence with a young reporter who ends every sentence with a kiss. The girl finds the formal tone puzzling while noticing the romantic punctuation in the letters.
The article discusses rug design significance with colors and symbols. Red for life or victory blue for royalty white for purity green for devotion black for evil swastika for good luck six pointed star represents Allah. It notes human nature and scientists focusing on material study and mentions chemists in U S Department of Agriculture labs.
A fragmentary note describes observed scare zones and ironic tones around a site labeled r-serrer sey, with unclear context and no concrete events or dates. Further readable details are unavailable in the text.
In a curious note the Montreal Family Herald asks who yields to Iis love, invoking a theme of romance and surrender amid civic chatter. The brief item centers on affection and communal sentiment rather than strict news.
A vivid scene from 1928 shows glittering snow and rough street youths tormenting a bowler-hatted passerby. An officer detains one boy, who shares crude Christmas humor while a respectable citizen offers money to the mother and children, wishing a Merry Christmas.
The Detroit Free Press proclaims Christmas as a sign of divine intervention amid darkness, while the Woman's Home Companion argues modern Christmas is not a loss but a reimagined celebration with added elements.
The Boar's Head and Peacock Yuletide celebrations in England reached their peak in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries with lavish banquets. The boar's head was the centerpiece, followed by the peacock as a principal course.
The Christmas spirit grows across years binding Christian hearts in love and good fellowship. It calls communities to celebrate, share, and reflect on togetherness during the season.
An old scrap book describes Ratting as a substitute for bullfights in London and Madrid. Billy the ratter reportedly killed a hundred rats in a hundred ninety and a half minutes, his ninth watch, implying a high score per match. Audiences differed greatly from modern times as rats sometimes failed to appear.
A narrator recalls garlands of pine and wreaths in an old Southern home. He longs to return, remembers his mother there, and resolves to travel south after canceling a house party and packing for a midnight train. The memory tugs him toward a Christmas pledge.
Mollie receives a $23 check from mother and imagines Christmas gifts while Alf Cox’s debt and travel strain the family. The tale contrasts extravagant spending with a “cement binding them together” as Alf repairs toys and Mollie dresses dolls, highlighting family cohesion during difficult times.
The wreath blends pagan and Christian meanings linked to crown of thorns and red berries. Holly protection against witches on doors and windows. In England bringing holly signified future household ruler. England's Yuletide observance rooted in ancient Celtic and religious traditions.
A Bavarian village tale links Silent Night to its 18th century roots. The carol remains among the most beloved Christmas songs and is widely celebrated worldwide.
At a Society of Automobile Engineers meeting a leading national engineer warned that rapid yearly model releases create automobile buying indigestion. He said the frequent new models encourage unnecessary purchases and strain to keep up with trends.
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