Temperance entertainment planned at Arago school house
Notable Myrtle Point notes report a May sixth Temperance event at the Arago school with local talent to fund library books, post-program refreshments, and a large anticipated turnout. Other items describe a Staus woods picnic after Sunday services, a Winslow relative visit, and local social gatherings including weddings, farming news, and school activities.
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Arago Argus
Arago
Rge
Miller
Staus’ Woods
Oregon
F. J. Fish
Winslow
Arizona
Local notices from Lee area include Easter events and injuries
The Lee community reports a large Sunday School attendance and a basket dinner despite sickness. Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Coffey visited at the Albert home. Alvin Jackson, injured at a camp, has recovered enough to visit relatives. Dr. Mike Summerlin was a Myrtle Point visitor. Easter events include a picnic at Arthur Brown’s and an upcoming basket dance at Lee Hall with girls bring baskets and boys money.
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Ned
Ingram
Waymire
Alvin Jackson
Smith-Powers
Mike Summerlin
Myrtle Point
Dan Lewis
Fletcher
Harmon
E. R. King
Lee
C. O. King
Antar Gravel Ford
Clarence Johnson
Muack Baker
Chandler
Wm. Harmon
Cland Waters
Arthur Brown
McKinley
I AM GARLESSNESS THE WORLD'S WORST ENEMY
A stark anti dramatic piece declares garlessness as mankind's supreme foe. It emphasizes its vast reach across labor, industry, and daily life, causing sickness and death while offering no benefits. The passage warns readers to heed the peril and avoid its silent spread.
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United States
Garlessness
Popular Parsley Patch Parsley Cultivation Notes
The piece discusses growing parsley as a garnishing herb and outdoor crop. It covers propagation tips such as soaking seeds 24 hours, sowing in beds with 12 inch rows, thinning to 3 to 6 inches, and timing plantings for continuous growth with multiple successional sowings through summer.
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S. H. Garkel
Northwest
Spicy local page prompts readers to submit stories
A call for reader submissions to create a livelier weekly paper. The writer praises the Bible flood story and Noahs ark as the best tale, notes skeptics, and contrasts stubborn critics with the eventual flood outcome.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure All Stages
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh in all stages by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It claims the company offers 100 dollars if the cure fails and invites readers to request testimonials.
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Hall
Industrial Review of Oregon Roadwork and Industry Moves
Coos County Courts award a 64000 dollar road contract between Coquilles and Marshfield. Grants Pass sugar factory rush work. Eugene company turning out ready cut knock down houses. Portland firms win two large steel ship contracts. Newport donates site for kelp factory. Monarch Lumber near Kenton plans to resume with 300 workers. Salem architect drafts 15000 dollar brick business building. Flax industry to be established in Salem by Theo Roth. Loganberry juice factory expansion in Falls City. Bear Creek Logging starts 50,000,000 ft operation near Astoria. College Hill in Eugene gets 15 telephones at 5000 dollars. Municipal milk distribution debate cited. Valley and Siletz road rumor to coast. Cougar Mine operations soon. Rickreal school building bid at 5000 dollars. Portland firm opens vinegar factory. Bend expected population boom. McCormick shipyard to build three vessels. Grange bill to rural credit system favored. Coast shipyards expand with new two story blocks. Alkaline lake soda deposits refined for market. North Bend eyes large sawmill. shipyards produce deepwater vessels.
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Coos County
Coquilles
Marshfield
Grants Pass
Eugene
Portland
Newport
ePapmouth
Mair
Monarch Lumber Co
Kenton
Salem
San Leandro
Cal
Theo. Roth
Industrial Dement Chamber of Commerce
Falls City
Astoria
Bear Creek Logging Co
College Hill
Dallas
Valley
Siletz
Acate
Pa Pbaker
Cougar
Rickreal
Fey
Jones, Bros, & Co
Watsonville
Bend
Bt. Helens
McCormick Shipyard
Astoria Yard
Azusa
Blake McFall Co
Estaba
Grange Farmers’ Union and Council
Gresham
Cocoanut Butter
Paisley
Army Ak Ree
Chicago Company
North Bend
Grippe and health myths from a skeptical editor
A neighboring editor imitates a cold and describes the grippe with vivid exaggeration. The piece mocks sensational disease fears, notes exaggerated symptoms, and asks trivial questions about plague malaria and hygiene, reflecting public health quips and misperceptions.
Dogs Threaten Village as Urgent Issue
The article laments a dog problem in the village describing many dogs and a visitor would think it an Indian village with ten dogs per person. It calls the council to act on ridding the village of dogs and ends with a quip about paying the printer.
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Prevant
Adler ka one spoonful cleanses bowels instantly
Myrtle Point residents report dramatic results from Adler i ka a buckthorn bark glycerine remedy. A single spoonful is said to trigger a fast bowel cleanse, relieving constipation and gas within minutes, with claims from local retailer N G Wr Perkins.
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Myrtle Point
N. G
Wr Perkins
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