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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
6
Broadbent gatherings and local visits mark a lively June week on the South Fork. Community members from Coquille Myrtle Point and Gravel Ford attend services and basket dinners. small events include graduations, a strawberry social, and dairy testing notes.
Miss Reta-Myrle McCloskey born October 17 1893 at Norway Oregon moved to Myrtle Point later. She finished high school in 1913 and studied at the University of Oregon before contracting bronchial pneumonia in 1915 and dying May 26 1916 in Stockton California at age 22. Funeral services were held Decoration Day at the Christian Church with many relatives in attendance and she was buried at Norway cemetery. She leaves a brother Jasper and many relatives. The community extends sympathy to the family.
A Toledo circular promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for catarrhal deafness claiming the remedy heals by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any cured case the remedy cannot fix.
Salem June 2 Governor Withycombe said he will urge the Farm ers union to draft a constitutional amendment allowing the state land board to borrow on school fund securities and loan to farmers at 5 percent interest The current 6 percent rate would drop with the new plan and loans totaling about 6 million dollars are held by the state to secure the scheme
The Marshfield Chamber of Commerce launches Letter Writing Week from June 12 to 17 for Southwestern Oregon. Residents are urged to write to business and social acquaintances highlighting local resources and vacation appeal. Mr. E H Wallace of Portland and Miss Mary Overton of Gravel Ford wed at Gravel Ford Sunday by Elder Thos. Barklow. full wedding report to follow next week.
An English scientist argues that if radium inside the earth equals that in surface rocks, the world could become hotter with time rather than cooler.
The Prohibition party in Oregon moves to block liquor shipments by proposing a November ballot measure. Former Governor Oswald West drafted an amendment to forbid imports and restrict manufacture and sale with medical or sacramental allowances. A petition drive will gather signatures as the Woman's Prohibition club forms to oppose liquor interests, electing Ada Wallace Unruh as president and naming officers.
Mrs. Thérsa-Shermann expresses gratitude to those who assisted during her recent illness and notes the kindness will never be forgotten.
Myrtle Point readers are warned that Adler i ka a simple buckthorn based remedy provides instant cleansing effects. A single spoonful is claimed to clear both upper and lower bowels and relieve constipation, sour stomach, and gas with rapid action within one minute. N. G. W. Perkins, druggist, endorses the product.
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