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Newspaper
Southern Coos County American
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
7
White Salmon Washington reports geese abandoning the time honored V formation and adopting a crescent pattern. The article speculates on causes from observed patterns in human aviation and military practice to suggest a possible experimental learning by the geese in a scientific age.
Mary Ludwig Hays, famed in legend as Molly Pitcher, aided her injured husband at Monmouth, served a wounded soldier, and earned praise from General Washington. The Continental Congress granted her a sergeant’s commission with lifelong half pay, and Pennsylvania granted her a pension.
A boy named Johnny repeatedly resists leaving the yard after his mother warns him. Each time a friend invites him to play or go to the hill, he stays until a new temptation appears. He asks why his mother did not alert him as temptation neared.
The text notes a curious beaverlike rodent from northern California to British Columbia living in wet vegetated habitats. It forms colonies, hibernates, and stores woody plants and ferns for winter. Indians used their fur and meat. A second species exists in California, with distinct features placing them in a separate family.
Government hired story tellers spread cautions to stop jay-walking in Shanghai. One tale likens traffic to a tiger’s mouth and warns that ignoring police signals risks not living to grow up and earn many pens, leaving ancestral tablets untended.
In his latest revision of The Antiquity of Man Sir Arthur Keith argues the Piltdown skull is most likely human noting brain capacity around 1900 cubic centimeters. He maintains 1000 cubic centimeters as the lower human threshold and presents new computations of the skeletal fragments.
A mother cleans and sterilizes dishes from the sick room during influenza. Her four year old son asks why she boils them. He then ponders and asks why she does not boil daddy himself, highlighting a humorous child misunderstanding of germs.
The Commune of Paris began on March 17, 1871 as a self governing insurrection in Paris amid German encampment. It represented a democratic expression though its aims and methods were loose and incoherent.
The writer argues parents seek a practical education to secure social status and material security for their sons. They overlook education as a broader path to life advancement, suggesting true progress depends on choosing the right approach over mere accumulation of worldly markers.
The article notes that law emerged in early civilization and that around 2200 B.C. a written code existed. It highlights the Hammurabi code over 4000 years old and its features resembling modern law. It mentions Babylonia as a cradle of civilization with ancient temples unearthed dating to 6500 B.C.
The dialogue notes the struggle to persuade Alice to sing, stating the burden falls on everyone including the speaker and Goensn't potential reluctance. The exchange highlights tension and fatigue among participants in the scene.
A fragmented excerpt discusses city planning with terraces and artistic effects, plus notes on varnish removal techniques for floors. It mentions an article by Dr. Donald Laird and describes a risky, near-miss motorboat transfer using a rope and eye bolts.
An account recounts wild turkeys reacting to a large king snake in a Pennsylvania mountains setting. The flock forms a slow moving circle around the reptile, wings lowered, necks extended, calling, then the birds disperse after about thirty minutes of feinting and circling. The snake, a king snake about the size of a large diamond deck rattler, is left unharmed.
A police officer tried to serve a rent summons on a tenant walking a street. The resident refused entry and used bellows to blow the paper from under the door. After several failed attempts the officer retrieved the summons with a remark about the drafty hole.
Oregon and Washington residents show strong interest as Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows gathers in Portland September 21 to 25 With an estimated 25 000 to 30 000 in the monster parade on September 23 local lodges and Rebekahs prepare uniforms regalia and ribbons Oregon Fire Relief Association leads state insurance in 1924 with over 50 000 surplus gain and assets surpassing half a million dollars with 2 000 policies in Coos county See gins Insurance Agency Marshfield and Jesse D Clinton Myrtle Point named as local representatives
Guardian of the persons and estate of Walter J Corbis Fannie Belle Corbin and Halen P Corbin minors requests all claimants to present debts within six months with proper vouchers. Badingholla Attoney claims to probate in Coos County Oregon dated July 24 1928.
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