Myrtle Point Narrowly Misses County Debate Title
Myrtle Point finished with 6 points to Bandon's 7 in the Coos county high school debate championship. North Bend, Coquille, and Marshfield scored 2, 2, and 1 respectively. Myrtle Point team members included Sum erlin Schneider Hermann Giles Barton McCloskey with North Bend visitors Kibler Reynolds Van Zile.
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Myrtle Point
Bandon
Coos
Park
Marshfield
Coquille
Lester ‘Sumerlin
Otto Schneider
Ellis Hermann
Clark Giles
Nellie Barton
Myrl McCloskey
North Bend
Clarence Kibler
Fred Reynolds
Charles van Zile
Ivy
Cecile Miller
R. A. Annin
J. E. Hoopes
Kate
Belle Chatburn
Oregon
A. G. Raab
Course in English Superintendent A T Park Has Far
A brief note from the article mentions a course in English overseen by Superintendent A T Park. Details are limited in the readable text. The item emphasizes educational activity and leadership without further context.
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A. T
Park
Oregon Good Roads Association to press on with highway plan
The Oregon Good Roads Association asserts that substantial progress toward permanent road construction has occurred this year, crediting widespread belief in Oregon’s need for better roads. It says it will continue the push regardless of legislative action, relying on state papers and public support.
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Myrtle Point High School
Rome
Ivanhoe
Elia
Tom Brown
Sir Launfal
Joan of Arc
Bunker Hill
David Copperfield
Quentin Durward
Julius Caesar
Carlyle
Burns
Roger de Covertey
Wordsworth
Keats
Shelley
Silas Mamer
Palgrave
Pilgrim’s Progress
Vicar of Wakefield
Henry Esmond
Burke
America
Miles Standish
Franklin
Oliver Goldsmith
Irving
Emerson
Abraham Lincoln
Schurz
Oregon
Oregon Good Roads Association
Death notices for Darius Gant and Philo Northup in Coos County
Obituary summaries record Darius Gant dying at 78 in the South Fork valley near Myrtle Point with funeral at his brother in law John Neal’s house and interment at Neal cemetery. It notes survivors and Gant’s Illinois birth and frontier move, plus Philo Northup’s death at 77 in Fishtrap Creek area with services at the Brethren church and burial in Myrtle Point cemetery. The text also mentions Harriman officials and San Francisco ties, hinting at railroad development in Coos Bay.
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Darius Gant
Coos County
John Neal
South Fork Valley
RevitZigage ‘Barklow
Neal
Gant
Valentine
Mexico
Wesley
Illinois
Levi.Gant
Myrtle Point
Mr. Gant
Plains
William
Gardiner
Umpqua
Darius
Valenti
Philo Northup
E. E. Farber
Ed. Northup
Catchig Creek
George Northup
Fishtrap Creek
Brethren Church
Thos. Barklow
Presbyterian Ladies Host Valentine Party at Bensong
The Ladies of the Presbyterian church presented a Valentine party at the Bensong opera house on Tuesday evening. A musical and literary program featured well by all, especially the drilled children. Afterward, attendees enjoyed social time, refreshments, a Valentine store, and post office activities. Receipts from the event were satisfactory.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Bensong Opera House
Valentine Store
Judge Bennett Eyes Coos Bay Railroad Prospects
In a Marshfield interview, Judge Bennett discusses railroad plans toward Coos Bay, presenting an optimistic outlook on tangible progress for regional rail development. The Portland Journal reports a hopeful view of growth and transit in the state section.
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Portland Journal of
Judge Bennett
Marshfield
Bennett
Coos Bay
Coquille Valley Telephone elects directors at annual meeting
About 175 stockholders attended the Coquille Valley Telephone annual meeting at the courthouse on the 6th. Directors elected were H L Stephens J D Clinton Thos Barklow K H Hansen John Mumford Frank E Willard and D McNair. The stockholder base exceeds 400 with each taking another share to raise about 6000 for rural line construction and improvements. The system now serves about 550 phones including 100 in Myrtle Point 100 in Coquille and 50 at Bridge with roughly 300 on rural lines linking to Myrtle Point and Coquille.
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Coquille Herald
Coquille Valley Telephone Company
H. L. Stephens
Coquille
J.D. Clinton
Norway
Thos. Barklow
Myrtle Point
K. H. Hansen
Gravel Ford
John Mumford
Arago
Frank E. Willard
D. McNair
Turkeys Ducks and Breeding Stock Offered by E H Neer
E H Neer advertises young turkeys from Bronze hens and a noted gobbler, suited for breeding. He states stock of ducks limited to Indian Runner ducks with a drake from Harshbarger farm in Indiana, pricing $1 per 13 eggs or 50 cents for 6 eggs, plus a few unsold B Leghorn roosters. Correspondence via Myrtle Point post office.
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Tre Enterprise
Harshbarger
Indiana
New York
Myrtle Point
E. H. Neer
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Benson’s. Brick
Orecon
John
Darius Neal
South Fork
Harriman
San Francisco
Hill
Coos Bay Territory
Aretino Records
Spokeshire
Dément
LL E.peheardex
Harness Man
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