Gravel Ford Notes Reflect Busy Rural Life
Notable Myrtle Point section reports August incidents and local happenings. Mr. M. Bright injured at Powers and taken to Mercy Hospital North Bend. Community activity includes logging camps, road crews clearing river, and local farm work. DeBoer creamery fire causes no harm. crops like Walter Colvin’s fifteen acres of beans look promising.
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Gravel Ford
M. Bright
J. D. Bright
Powers
Mercy
James Bright
Mr. Moser
Here
Lee
Mr. DeBoer
Mesdames
J. M. Bright
J. D. Bennett
Coquille
Harnish
Carter
C. F. Leathermann
Myrtle Point
Local trips and family visits in Bald Hill area
On Aug 7 Frank McNair and family visited the L. B. Fetter place at Remote. J. W. Mullen and son moved old gentleman's belongings to Bridge to join his son on Mountain Spring farm. James Parry and family plus Mr and Mrs J W Parry spent Sunday at Will Warner place. Mr and Mrs B F Wyatt dined with Mrs Widby who served chicken.
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Bald Hill
Frank McNair
L. B. Fetter Place
J. W. Mullen
Bridge
Mountain Spring
James Parry
J. W. Parry
Will Warner Place
B. F. Wyatt
Local Notes From Bald Hill Area Mention School Start and Neighbors
The column lists a new term starting with about 20 pupils under teacher Mr. Ratliff and notes several community happenings. Frank Miller visits his sister Mrs Hans Hangen recently released from Mercy Hospital after three months. Embroidery club to become crochet club, and Murry Smith Powers camps worker injured with a broken leg sent to Marshfield Mercy Hospital.
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Ratliff
Frank Miller
Wid
Jess Bright
Murry
Smith Powers
Marshfield
Mercy Hospital
Robert Parrish
Will.Barger
Bandon
Gravel Ford
Alta Rookard
Bridge
Frank McNair
Jesse Clinton
B. F. Wyatt
J. W. Parry
Woodburn
Bridge Briefs From Myrtle Point and Nearby Pines
The corn in this vicinity is looking very fine this year. Clarence Davis and family returned home from Rock Creek and are improving nicely. Many people attended the Cooper Bros. circus at Myrtle Point last week. Phillip Hunt, visiting his uncle William Hale, plans to return to Seattle soon. A large crowd picked hazel nuts Thursday with several named families and individuals among the gatherers. Several local trips and picnics took place around W. A. Fish and Hale and Peterson homes. Johnnie Wickmann and his sisters visited Bancroft with Miss Golda Carey. Miss Vesta Crunk has been ill but is better now. G W Crunk went to Allegany to visit daughter Mrs Elwood Carey and family. C E Peterson made a Myrtle Point trip last week.
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Bridge
Clarence Davis
Rock Creek
Cooper Bros
Myrtle Point
Phillip Hunt
William Hale
Seattle
W. A. Lett Ard
Sarah Williams
Brewster Valley Breezes Report Local Visits and Events
Brewster Valley residents gathered Aug 9 for a schoolhouse preaching service led by Elder Bunch alao and shared a basket dinner. Visitors included Miss Mildred Laird from Klamath County and Mrs J R Benham plus Julius who traveled to Lee. A Brewster youth group toured to Bandon last Sunday with several attendees named.
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Brewster Valley
Sitkum
Thos. Krewson
Drain
Oregon
Elder Bunch
Algo
Lee
Brewster
Mildred Laird
Mc’ Kinley
Klamath County
Farmers awaiting rain as haymaking winds down
Lee Lere Lee notes farmers sit idle as haymaking nears end and rain would be welcome. Dave Baker and J B Clinton visited Coquille City on Monday. Mr and Mrs Webb Mast and their children traveled to Bandon last Saturday.
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Lee-Lere- Lee
Dave Baker
Clinton
Coquille City
Webb Mast
Bandon
Local Social Notes From Myrtle Point
Visitors drop by area homes including Mrs. Mast and Mrs. May Clarke. Lee Baseball beat Myrtle Point 16 to 6. Mrs. Rebecca Clinton visits J. S. Clinton family. Albert Shert and Clara Gant wed August 2 at Myrtle Point with Rev. Thomas Barklow officiating and the couple to reside in North Bend.
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Mast
C. H. Mast
May Clarke
Clarence Johnson
D. R. Lewis
Cleave Summerlin
Lee
Myretle Point
Myrtle Point
Rebecca. Clinton
Coquille City
Clinton
Albert
Shert
North Bend
Clara Gant
Thomas Barklow
Myrtle
Pontit
Local Social News From Gold Beach and Nearby
Gold Beach and nearby communities report visits by Mrs Chas Bothwell and family O E Bailey builds a new barn for Mountain View Ranch visitors include Ora and Ethel Smith Sam Dahl visits Wedderburn Ben Mow hosts. Dr Robins Perry Dobson Hosking families camp on the river Shadybrook library opens with books on religion poetry and art stored at J B Nichols home
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Gold Beach
Chas, Bothwell
Tone Beach
V.newman
Mountain View Ranch
O. E. Bailey
Ora
Ethel Smith
Nichols
Fred Bowman
Sam Dahl
Wedderburn
Ben Mow
Johnson
Chas. Bothwell
Perry Dobson
Dr.Robbins
Hosking
John Krick
Shadybrook
J. B. Nichols
Roberts couple return from Portland visit
Mr and Mrs E C Roberts returned today from a visit to Portland. Mr Mace will preach both morning and evening next Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal Church. G B Haight, once a meat cutter in local markets, arrived Tuesday from Corvallis for a short visit. W E Hartleys reports four crops of clover hay cut with a fifth underway, and T R Billings notes a North Fork field yielding four crops of oats and vetch with a fifth nearly ready.
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E. C. Roberts
Portland
Mace
Methodist Episcopal Church
G. B. Haight
Corvallis
W. E
Notice to Hunters in Lewis Range Game Preserve
Trespassing and hunting prohibited on lands known as the Lewis Range between the War Ner and Cement ranges and Roland Creek in Coos County Oregon. Lands reserved as a game preserve. 404 S. B. Hermann.
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Lewis Range
War Ner
Cement Ranges
Roland Creek
Coos County
Oregon
S. B. Hermann
Meat Market Seeks Sunday Orders with Wide Selection
Local meat market invites customers to visit for a broad range of meats including beef pork veal mutton bologna wenries sausage and chicken and to place a Sunday order at 401.
Notice to Bidders for Concessions at Fair Grounds
Sealed bids for exclusive concession rights at the Coos and Curry County Fair Myrtle Point Oregon run until August 22 1916. Concessions include confectionery stand Hamburg stand popcorn and peanut stand ham sandwich stand buttermilk and cake stand. Bids must include 25 percent certified check payable to J C Stemmler secretary. Only separate bids on each concession considered. Rights to reject or accept bids reserved.
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Hamburg
Myrtle Point Residents Praise Yukon Berk Remedy
Local readers in Myrtle Point laud a simple Yukon Berk mixture advertised as a thorough bowel cleanser. Claims include fast relief from constipation and gas, with purported success even in appendicitis, emphasizing one spoonful's rapid effect.
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Myrtle Point
Yukon Berk
Adler-i-ka
Perlins
Dru
Newspaper Shreds and Shifts of Wartime Wit
A column of clipped opinions and wry anecdotes from wartime America. It mocks prophesied peace, satire on editors and correspondents, and local quips about frogs, fashion, and daily journalism in Myrtle Point. Named individuals or groups are implied but not detailed.
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America
United States
Sincere thanks for kindness after death of baby boy
The Martins thank friends and neighbors for kindnesses in their hour of sorrow after the death of their baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Martin and family express appreciation.
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End
Card of Thanks for William M Harriss Death
We thank friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and consoling words after the death of husband and father William M. Harriss. Signed by Mrs. William M Harriss, Elsworth Harriss, John Harrisg, Mrs. Martha Eperson, Charles Harriss, Elmer Harriss.
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William M. Harriss
William—M-- Harriss
Elsworth Harriss
John Harrisg
Martha’ Eperson
Charles Harriss
Elmer Harriss
Trespass Notice at Bald Hill Ranch
James Hobson prohibits all trespassing on Bald Hill Ranch. Violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Bald Hill Ranch
James Hobson
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J. H. McCauley
Uniting
ee _ Labor
Theorec Agricultural Mille
Hall
Detlers
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Wa F &Co
Teleés
Shadybrook News
Yourself
J. C. Stemmler
Coos & Curry County Fair Association
Washington
Rio Grandé
Kansas
Chat Huligg
Myrtle’ Point
Europe
Carranza
Villa
General Funston
Hughes
North Pole
Boston
England
Germany
Port Orford, Curry County
Agate Beach
Pacific
Port Orford
Browning Amusement, Co
Pacific Coast
C. A. Harrington
A. A. Leach
Harringon & Leach
W. H. Schroed
Hanly
Agt
Lampa, Ore
Myrtle ‘ ‘Point
North
Bend and Marshfield
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