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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
2
A fragmentary opinion piece surveys daily life topics with satire on manners, finance, science, travel and public figures. It mentions a Chicago man, hereditary debates, a California theft, Peary expedition, and various curiosities while skimming social and political mores of the era.
A text discusses the ruinous effect of extravagant living and pride in appearances. It argues debt and debt avoidance drive ruin when incomes fall, highlighting the lure of maintaining status over prudent spending and the social scorn of perceived wealth.
A New York correspondent reports jeweler Mr Miller undertook a three day fast and a longer abstinence over a week. He lost weight from 129 4 to around 111 pounds, felt hunger and headaches but slept well and felt improved in spirits. He planned a cautious reintroduction to food and expected further effects to fade.
A family dispute over a painting divides a panel into two parts. One owner proposes selling the work. the other resists. A confrontation leads to a revolver being fired, destroying half the composition. The piece later changes hands for about 6 000, with the case tied to heirs and a sale.
A Chicago couple elopes and flee to Montreal as homesickness grows. The bride and groom joke about telegraphing a letter to the father to secure forgiveness, debating the two F’s and the fate of their news.
A poetic fragment explores digging in clean dirt and growth as a metaphor for spirit and mind. It touches on roses, fragrance, and winds as symbols of freedom and admonitions about advice when an agent is involved.
A fragmented historical excerpt presents Delayed answers to prayers and faith in God. It follows a distressed narrator urging patience while characters Mary and her father resist romance with lines about love, duty, and divine timing. The text hints at a tragic lovers theme and social pressure.
The Spokane Review reports a push by Dr Pina Day and the University of Memmi to create a formal home economics and child care program at a state university. Proponents argue educated motherhood benefits society while critics say traditional colleges lack practical training for wives and mothers.
The text argues that education on small farms broadens citizenship by teaching thrift, reserve cash, and self reliance. Farmers cultivate conservative values, support stable government, and build national capital through aggregate thrift rather than capitalist deposits. It notes England France Germany and the United States as examples.
The article argues for universal agricultural education and demonstrations to improve rural life. It emphasizes that education alone does not suffice. practical knowledge, correct and elevating instruction, and state supported schools must prepare thrifty small farmers for responsible citizenship and broader societal progress.
A reflective excerpt discusses parental anxiety about infant feeding and vaccination, noting sterilization fears, cow milk bottles, and the burden on mothers. The narrator questions religious doubt, maternal terror, and the coping methods used to ease worry while critiquing the practicality of extreme harm avoidance.
A humorous dialogue features Willie age seven and Eva in a country setting. The rural scene includes a Sunday school teacher's lesson and light exchanges about Prideys and dinner routines. The piece preserves a playful, old fashioned tone with misheard surnames and childlike misunderstandings.
A newspaper column discusses aluminum prices falling from forty to about twenty cents per pound and its use in textiles such as evening cloaks and rival costumes while weaving into shoe strings. It also recounts a Washington Star anecdote about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a comical theft tale ending with a goat as blame.
A composite editorial feature surveys rapid growth of telephones and their bills, impending air travel regulations and property rights, and calls for updated laws. It also notes congressional actions shielding the sunken Maine wreck and predicts medical advances eradicating tuberculosis and disease, highlighting medical optimism.
A sweeping digest of publishing season chatter in London, noting mixed success, new works by Alleuete Hulell Reamon, Bigner d'Annunsio, General Kurovathin and Max Gorky, plus Edison diary discovery and Erie railroad legends, with portraits of authors and public figures.
In 1851 Mrs Henry L Pierson of Ramapo New York persuaded a steam locomotive to make a fret The two care were crasy contraption narrator claims her enthusiasm helped accelerate the construction of a major trunk line in America cited by C F Carter in When Railroads were New.
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