Notable Myrtle Point News Recap
Notable Myrtle Point section reports Rev Mrs Young preaching at United Brothers church with a large turnout. Arago Sunday School Christmas program and basket dinner followed by an entertainment. Arago school to hold Christmas tree event Wednesday and resume Friday. Frank Todd home for Christmas. Hunting ducks popular with many catches. Rev Anderson of South M E church visiting home for holidays. Miss Naomi and Nettie Root visiting Myrtle Point home. Bert Doyl’s infant daughter, ill with whooping cough, died last Monday and was buried at Coquille. Mrs Aaron Wilson and children visiting Coquille relatives. Mr and Mrs W A Roselle and three children returned from a week in Bandon. Irene Weekly returned from Coquille after teachers exam. Rainbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arago
Frank Todd
Rev. Anderson
South M. E. Church
Naomi
Nettie Root
Myrtle Point
Bert Doyl
Coquille
Bandon
Local Business and Social Visits Around Coquille
Coquille visitors include B F Wyatt and True Sailing on business last Wednesday. Wm Candlin of Coquille attended business at Norway last week. P W Laird and family visited relatives here and plan California travel. D D Pierce of Coquille handled Coquille mill matters. Mrs John Clinton visited her daughter Mrs W H Schroeder in Coquille. Judge Sehlbrede of Marshfield made a business trip here. The Whist Club met at Jas Clinton’s home last Saturday. Mrs Clara Look of Portland visits Mrs Martin Schmitz. Orlan Morgan of Bandon visits his grandmother Mrs S J McCloskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Wyatt
True Sailing
Coquille
Wm. Candlin
Norway
P. W. Laird
California
D. D. Pierce
John Clinton
W. H. Schroeder
Rick
Sehlbrede
Marshfield
Jas
Clinton
Clara Look
Portland
Martin Schmitz
Orlan Morgan
Bandon
Bridge Briefs and Local Visit Notes
A revival meeting began Sunday at this place with good attendance despite bad weather. Mr and Mrs George Harrington and two children of near Bandon visit Mrs Harringtons parents Mr and Mrs L Cribbins. Mr Noah Manion of McMurry Wa who has stayed six weeks visiting relatives left Sunday by stage for Roseburg. Mrs Chas Hill and their little son are also mentioned in travels.
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Bridge
George Harrington
Near Bandon
Uncle Jerry Haynes of Myrtle Point
A Portland Journal sketch honors Jerry Haynes born February 16 1830 Summit County Ohio who came to Oregon in 1853 and became the oldest logging operator in Dods county and southern Oregon. He recalls logging with a bull team near North Bend Empire and the first mills, earning 450 to 500 per thousand with costs around 350 per thousand, noting profit was higher in early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Haynes
Myrtle Point
Dods County
Oregon
Mr. Haynes
Mrs. Lockhart
A. G. Aikin
Marshfield
Summit County
Ohio
Haynes
Pacific Coast
Panama
Panama Canal
California
Coos County
Uncle Sam
Empire
H.M. Luse
A. M. Simpson
North Bend
Captain Simpson
Bay
Winter storm, bridge drive, and local society notes
Mrs W P Hermann visits Mrs C E Schroeder and friends as a winter storm graces town with light snow on peaks. Town fund drive eyed to build a bridge at Oscar Reed's. county court petition hoped. Reedford road aims for better access. two to three thousand dollars to be raised. A progressive whist party at Mr and Mrs W H Brown's featured music, game, and luncheon with Lulu Walker winning first prize and Maud Reed the booby prize. Col Jewell Post 53 G A R elected officers including Elliott as commander and Brownson as S K V C. adjutant Orvil Dodge named. County Assessor Cathcart reports surveying Huffman estate and new coal mine near Riverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Schroeder
Coquille
Oscar Reed
Reedford
W. H. Brown
Lulu Walker
Maud Reed
Jewell Post
Orvil Dodge
Cathcart
Riverton
Brakeman George Jones Injured In Railway Coupling Accident
Brakeman George Jones was crushed between bumper cars on a Willett and Burr construction train while trying to couple two cars last Thursday afternoon. He sustained a broken right arm and internal injuries, taken to White Cross Hospital where he is reported to be improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jones
Willett & Burr Construction
Jones
White Cross
Oldest Coos County logger and veteran lumberman noted
The piece outlines the life of Mr. Haynes, early homesteader at Isthmus Inlet near Marshfield, later dairy rancher, with 11 children six living all on the coast. He visits Myrtle Point daily, resides at the Schilling hotel lobby, and still uses a hand carved chair made by him over 30 years ago. Captain A M Simpson, nearing 90, is the county’s oldest lumber manufacturer.
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Haynes
Isthmus Inlet
Marshfield
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point Druggist Offers Adler i ka Remedy
N G W Perkins runs the Myrtle Point agency for Adler i ka a buckthorn bark glycerine mixture advertised to cure appendicitis. The ad claims the remedy drains old matter and provides immediate relief for sour stomach gas on stomach and constipation with quick action.
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Myrtle Point
N. G.W. Perkins
Land sale and trade options offered by A. Berkins
An advertisement from A. Berkins in St. Paul Minnesota promotes sale of improved farms in Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota on crop payments. It offers home purchase help trade of city property or small farms for land and a stock of groceries chinaware dry goods hardware and millinery in exchange for farmland or city property. Information cheerfully given and agents wanted.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
C. A. Berkins
P. D
St. Paul, Minn
Myrtle Club Minstrels Bring Two Nights Of Entertainment
The Myrtle Club Minstrels will perform two big nights featuring the troupe known as “the boys” with burned cork and fancy props. Shows run Friday and Saturday at the Unique, and Monday at Colquille with jokes and light entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Club Minstrels
Colquille
Myrtle Club of Myrtle Point Organizes Civic Fund Drive
The Myrtle Club a Commercial Club of Myrtle Point organized two years ago occupies rooms in the McCloskey Building with a reading room billiard room smoking room and auditorium. It includes nearly all local business and professional leaders and aims to fund raise by a minstrel show to place booklets in principal town organizations of the state. Officers include Leslie G Johnson president C B Huling vice president and C Milton Schulz secretary treasurer with a large board of directors and non resident members listed.
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Myrtle Club
Myrtle Point
McCloskey
Leslie G. Johnson
RGR
C. B. Huling
C. Milton Schulz
Sec.-Treas
The Chorus Concert and The Nash Orchestra Program
The program lists Dr. Lesne G. Johnson and a chorus with Nash's Orchestra performing an overture and songs such as Old Black Joe My Kentucky Home and Take Me to the Cabaret. Lectures and jokes appear by Mr Black Mr White Mr Gray and Mr Hamburg with several orations and songs including Apple Blossom Time and Rizzy Boo throughout the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash
Kentucky
Tyig Cate d
Mr. Blac
Mr. White
Mississippi
Blac
Gray
Adrian Ed Howatyeee
Mr. Black
White and Company
rAsesee Ray Cross-Fire
Mr. Green
Mr. Gray
Hamburg Cellation
Chile
Green
Hamburg
CrossFire
Mr. Hamburg
Mr. Gry
District Convention Farce Stirs Political Theatre
Intermission ad presents a two part program featuring Cello Duet Bell Solo with Jacob Roberts and a one act farce The District Convention. Cast includes John Chalk the retired milkman Ray Sanders Hiram Ripple Jack Nash Mr Nash and Mr McDonald as delegates and candidates Julia Short Abi a Woman’s rights challenger. Leader Omer Hermann German band performs amid a chaotic convention scene with fallowed followers and shouting delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power
Wace Roberts Jacob
Bitscaa Witiess
Garis Can- Vien
Bell
Mr. Scirigle
John Chalk
Ray Sanders
Sieesle Eoegetes
Ira
Cook You Yonson
Jim Punch
Ewe
Eens
P.L. Ward Bayrum Johnson
B. Taylor Lee Ching
H. E. Hermann Na Ke Omer
Hermann
Each Christmas Nearer to the Ideal of Peace
A reflective piece on Christmas as more than a calendar event. It argues that Christ's message of peace and universal brotherhood encourages pacific dispute resolution, wider charity, and personal ethical renewal beyond the holiday.
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Christ
Judea
Bethlehem
December American Boy issue offers fiction and guides for boys
The December American Boy Christmas issue features prominent fiction such as The Lesson Jer Learned and The Open Trail, plus serial The Gaunt Gray Wolf, historical King of the Filibusters, and practical science pieces on signaling and electricity. It includes multiple short stories and departments aimed at shaping boys into capable men.
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Beneatch
Clarence B. Kelland
Santa
Garrard Harris
Rose Seelye-Miller
Herbert Wyndham-Gittens
E. Alexander Powell
Walter S. Anderson
Don Cameron Shafer
Sp . Co
Detroit
Mich
Myrtle Point Enterprise
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Gyn
Hub Clothing & Shoe Co
Arago Argus
Young
United Brothers Church
Norway News
The
Portland Journal
Myrtle To Point Enterprise
Ami
D. W. Gileseneiing
S. D. A. Roberts
Rane O. Stemmler Gourley
L. G. Johnson C
Miles Schulz
L. T. Dement
P. L. Phelan
H. E. Hermann Ellis
Dement
R. B. Dement
P. Adams
E. A. Dodge
C. Roberts H. B. Steward
Ben McMullen
S. C. Braden
Ra Hansen Ee Ge Pike . Schroeder ” Schilling
Hermann & Yr Carr
H. M. Fensler
G. B. Harrison
George Willett
R. L. Harrison
Ae Fensler
C. H. Day
R. Bennett
A. C. Hartle ‘. I. Rose N. D. Pratt
A. H. Powers
A.E. Adelsperger
J. W. Gardiner
W. C. Swain
Louis McMullen
F. W. Powers
H. J. McKeowen
James D. Clinton
R. A. Warnich Carl L. Davis J. H. Flanagan
B. F. Ragsdale Vernon A. Smith
Frank Segar
A. P. Newman
Dr. J. L. Masson
J. H. McDonald
L. E. Brown
A. S. Riggs
the Company
Lesne G. Johnson
Bones
J. G. Brown
Percy Ward
Jfambos
A. B. Taylor
H. A. Schroeder
C. Roberts
Geo. Kribs
Clarence Eddy
H. & Hermann
Ira Cook
Gaither Harrison
Frank Harlocker
Coos
Curry
Bell System
Roseburg
Coos Bay
W. T. Ramsey
O. K
Benjamin Ostlind
Ore
Prience Main
Farmere
J. O. Stemmler
Attory-at-Law
Timber and Fans
Lande
Bele
Mrarome
Dora T. W. Panter
Grandy
J. L. Laird
Myrtle
Myrtle Pont Me Rosebur
U. S. Mail
Laird’s Livery Barn
Oregee
Spires’ Pharmacy
A S.breuer's
Hosie Bens
Sho Hae
Aecwsie St
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