Breezy Bits of News From Myrtle Point Neighborhood
Local notes from Myrtle Point and Wagner report visits from Marshfield and Coquille, a successful dance at Taylor’s hall, births, illnesses, and real estate activity. Names include G A Brown, W Preston, Dr Dix, F Phillips, W A Varney, Sam Holcomb, Mrs Doak, N Barklow, J Barklow, and J W Barklow. sports mention Myrtle Point 8 runs to Stringtown 10. John Felsher builds a new storehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm.Doak
N. Barklow
Bandon
Myrtle Point
Stringtown
John Felsher
N. A. Royer
J. W. Barklow
Geo. Royer
Breuer
Dan Miller
Grandpa Davidson
John—Stone
Eva Laird Visits Roseburg amid Small Town Notes
Sitkum notes Eva Laird visiting Roseburg and Harry recovering from a hand injury. Zilphia Benham has been ill two weeks. A basket social at McKinley hall on February 20 raised 116.55 after expenses for Edna Alford. Wanda Harry visited family. Mrs. E. N. Harry and Mrs. N. B. Laird mentioned. C. A. Laird visiting with the Kars on week. Mabel Shook paid a Brewster visit.
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Sitkum
Eva
Laird
Roseburg
Harry
Zilphia Benham
McKinley Hall
Edna Alford
Miss Alford
Wanda Harry
E. N. Harry
N. B. Laird
Sea
Perley Crowley
C. A. Laird
Kar
W. M. Laird
Mabel Shook
Brewster
Stringtown Notes: Mumps Hit Family and School
Stringtown reports Thos Roger visiting his sister Mrs J Hammock then returning home due to mumps. Mrs Foster Poland welcomes a baby girl born February 22. Stringtown school closed for several days. N J Bonewitz suffers mumps. Mrs John Barklow and son visit from the Smith Powers logging camp as Stringtown folks cope with the outbreak. A ball game is mentioned.
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Stringtown
Roger
J. Hammock
Foster Poland
N. J. Bonewitz
John Barklow
Smith-Powers
Myrtle Point Praise for Adler-i-ka Buckthorn Mixture
Myrtle Point readers praise Adler-i-ka a simple bowel cleanser made of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The remedy is claimed to be thorough enough for appendicitis with one spoonful relieving most constipation and a minute after use gasses pass.
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Myrtle Point
Adter-ika
N. G. W. Perkins
Gravel Ford News Briefs Celebrate Local Events
Mrs J W Button Loretta Weekly and Claude Millen visited Bandon with relatives. Harry Mullen and Bess Bright attended a basket social in McKinley. Harvey and Mrs Barklow welcomed a baby girl born February 20. Chubby Mullen missed school due to toothache. Minnie Shook visited the Mullens. Rev Munser delivered a fine sermon at the U B Church.
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Gravel Ford Gems
Gravel Ford
J. W. ‘Button
Loretta Weekly
Claude ‘Millen
Bandon
Harry Mullen
Bess Bright
McKinley
Harvey Barklow
Baker
Mullen
Minnie Shook
Rev. Munser
U. B
Evening Star
Myrtle Point High School schedule and student achievements
Myrtle Point High School activities include Bay Friday games against Marshfield and North Bend with local student support. Juniors plan a play. Freshmen prepare a program next Friday. teachers’ training class submitted thirty six lesson plans. several students and rooms noted for assignments and progress.
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Myrtle Point High School
The
Bay
Marshfield
North Bend
Grayce Krantz
Abbie Elwood
Josephine Hayes
Annie Johnson
Zella Sumerlin
Mrs. Short
Oregon Industry Notes Hit by Prohibition and Projects
Industrial Review from Salem reports prohibition towns may cut hop shipments as 98 percent of Oregon hops went out of state. Corvallis Buxton Planing Mills opens new office. Prineville Pioneer Creamery resumes. Des Chutes gold assays show $2.50 per ton. Redmond seeks starch plant and notes gold strikes. Oregon bills, Mill Creek Falls development, and rail interests feature amid varied state growth efforts.
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Ues
Salem
Ore
Oregon
Corvallis
Buxton Planing Mills
Prineville Pioneer Creamery ii
Des Chute River
Redmond
Portland
Tudor Arms
S. Ames
Craig
Silverton
Welch & Co
Baker Undertakers
Beaverton—Fisher
Inman-Poulson
Pendleton
Shell Gasoline Co
California
Silverton Dist
School House
P. A. Bohle
Lebanon Creamery Co
Buids
Lungalow
Dallas Mercantile Co
Ashland
Pioneer Days in Coos and Curry Counties
William H. Packwood recalls Port Orford in 1852 with no permanent settlers beyond Coquille and Coos Bay. He describes a rough frontier, early posts, a weekly San Francisco to Portland steamer, and key figures such as James M. Gamble and F. M. Smith. A cedar timber claim led to Oregon’s first white cedar saw mill, funded by Nephas and Tichenor, and a near-wardening Port Orford fire in the 1860s.
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Port Orford
William H. Packwood
Baker
Coquille
Coos Bay
Crescent City
California
United States ‘Artillery
Wyman
First
United States Dragoons
Port Garford
San Francisco
Portland
J. E. Franklin
Tyler
Franklin
Umatilla
Athena
James M. Gamble
Oakland
F. M. Smith
Mary
Sutton
Jake’ Summers
Charley Foster
Fred Unican
Simon Landry
Randolph Tichenor
Captain Munson
Nephas
Nephas and Tichenor
Nephas Tichenor
Oregon
Captain Tichenor
Christian Church Sunday Services Schedule
Regular services list Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p.m. and preaching at 7 30 p.m. Pastor T J Hannon leads the church.
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Christian Church
Christian Endeavor
T. J.hannon
Triangle post office opens at Lehnherr ranch
Lehnherr ranch hosts a new post office named Triangle with Mrs Eleanore Lehnherr as post mistress. Mail to Triangle now departs each Friday under an experimental three month trial paid by route patrons. if income proves sufficient, service may become permanent.
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Tell Lehnherr
Tris Ranch
Triangle
Lehnherr
Eleanore Lehnherr
Its
Editor and the Tramp and the Overland Monthly Tale
The passage recalls Bret Harte’s early career at San Francisco’s Overland Monthly where he became editor in 1869. It describes a struggling period for weekly papers and a story of a tramp seeking food prompting the editor to fetch him in to spur another week of publication.
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Bret Harte
San ‘Francisco Overland Monthly
Cnat
Soaring Eagle
Presbyterian Church Directory Sunday Schedule
The Sunday program lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. Divine worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor and Mission study class at 6:30 p.m. The morning subject is The Grace of Christian Service and the evening sermon continues The Man of Galilee. James F. Vernon invites all to attend.
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James F. Vernon
Church of the Brethren Sunday Services Schedule
Church of the Brethren announces Sunday school at 10:00 a m. Preaching at 11:00 a m and 7:30 p m. Everyone invited. J C Page wife and Mrs Wm Page visiting from Bandon this week.
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Church of the Brethren
J. C. Page
Wm. Page
Bandon
Approaching Armageddon The Meaning of This World War
A reader letter argues the current war signals the last days as prophesied in Isaiah and Revelation. It warns Turkey's entry could unleash Armageddon in Palestine, with a grim forecast of judgment and the end of worldly conflict, urging vigilance and faith.
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God
Isaiah
Jacob
Zion
Jerusalem
Lord of Hosts
Turkey
Europe
Palestine
Mt. Megiddo
Esdrae Jon
Asia Minor
Holy Land
T. G. Bunch
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Wagner
Arid
Brewster Valley
Stringtown Stories
Goldie Michael
Vivien Annin
Mollie Johnson
Mildred Smalley
Eunice Smith
Gladys Carter
Homer Gant
Lincoln
Washington
Vivian Annin
Lee
Dickson
Oleate
Ake
Ode Dees Industrial Review
Pregon Development
Bureau of Industries
Statis
C. A. Smith Mills
Rouse
Miss) Clarke
Glendale
Senate
Washington County
Mill Creek Falls
Gold Hill
Interstate Commerce Commission
S. P
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
H. O. Fry
John Voltz
Cottage Grove
Rex
Coos and
Curry Counties
Bickmore
Marc
Harness
Presbyterian Church Directory
Lebelous
Northwest
Dora T. W. Panter
O.K
C. R. Bennett
PisGlosky
Woos Bay
Curry Telephone
Coos
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