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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
7
The column lists residents and visitors from Portland to Roseburg, noting Kathryn Sumerlin’s tonaila removal and recovery, Shirley Carter’s move to Eugene, Mies Fula Mayes’s attendance at a normal school in Ashland, and several family trips and health concerns. It mentions a university connection at Oregon and community fundraising efforts for road improvements, plus funeral attendance in Roseburg.
An editorial notes that President Coolidge Governor Smith and New York Mayor Walker favor simple staples like doughnuts bread pudding and corned beef and cabbage over exotic dishes. It argues the mighty’s cravings reveal human common ground and a longing for basic pleasures.
An article extols the southern mammy as a first woman artist in cooking and hospitality. It notes Washington’s famed cook at Mount Vernon, whose culinary art aided the social life at home and the nation’s political growth during the Revolution.
An official daily ceremony marks the House of Representatives as it convenes and adjourns. A distinguished bearer presents the mace at the speaker’s stand signaling session power. the mace, resembling a flagpole with a metal eagle, is carried to the sergeant at arms’ office at adjournment and returned when the body resumes.
The Kansas City Times explains that blue blood refers to wealthier families avoiding labor, their fine skin showing blue veins in hands and arms. The term, though not literal, became a popular badge of aristocracy reflecting inherited richness.
In eastern Siam near Chiengmai the Me Ping river forms mud islands during the flood season. Islanders cultivate these reed and silt islands as vegetable gardens, watching from sheds to guard European vegetables, before floods erase the plots.
The text outlines Cuba becoming independent from Spain after the 1898 treaty of Paris and notes a 1901 constitution. It describes U.S. congressional authorization for a transfer of government to Cubans and the Platt Amendment restricting foreign alliances, debt, and guiding welfare plans for the island.
Benevolent efforts to educate the blind emerged in New England New York and Pennsylvania. The New York Institution for the Blind was incorporated April 22 1831 and began with three pupils under John Ruskin. Progress was slow until an efficient headmaster was secured. The Pennsylvania institution, among the foremost in the nation, followed, with other schools later opening across states.
The article links Felicitus to a real event during Napoleon's Egypt expedition. It recounts Captain Louis Casablanca and his ten year old son remaining aboard a sinking French flagship as English forces attacked. The boy aided his wounded father while English sailors paused fire and cheered before the ship sank.
The Myrtle Leaf notes a council meeting on Festal management and lists student leaders including Robert Powrie Truman Wagner and Anita Gill. It also includes fragmented dialog about a circus and a class reading exchange, with several student and staff names and stray quotes.
Several agriculture club members missed class to prepare stock for the fair. Gweneth Waters Lois Ray Avolia Bax Averil Laird and Genevieve Knight were noted absent on various days last week due to illness or injury. Knight returned Tuesday on crutches with an injured foot.
The article lists choir members including First Soprano Jacse Holloway Virginia Kelly Lois Velma Hamilton Audrey and others. Officers named are President Jacaneli Holloway and Secretary Thelma Snyder.
The school library opens with librarians by period including George Harker Calen Marster Lorence Mead Mabel Hall Kender Reynolds Vera Knight Clyde Maxon and Clyde Maxon. A large new map of Oregon is displayed in the library for student use and desk copies for teachers are provided this year.
The Myrtle Point Bob Cats meet Grants Pass at the Fair grounds next Saturday in a key practice game. Grants Pass, with a larger student body and an ex Stanford coach, seeks revenge after Myrtle Point beat them earlier. Last year’s game was canceled due to Infantile Paralysis. The Bob Cats, with a heavier line and sixteen on the first team, are training hard and aiming to beat Grants Pass and then rival Randon.
The Junior class met in Room II at 8:00 in Portland Oregon with the Kahn Jewelry Mfg. and discussed pins and committee work. The Sophomore class also held a Wednesday meeting focusing on planned activities and engraving achievements.
The American Tree Association urges removing dead and weed trees such as cherry and hornbeam, leaving some shade for pines. Heap and burn waste brush when safe. Also notes natural gas types and their varying heating values and uses in city supply.
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