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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
6
Elder Thos Barklow officiated at 8 30 p m uniting Frank Carlson and Miss Phebe Hoover in marriage. The wedding occurred at the home with family and friends in attendance.
W. F. Hendricks a Catching Creek rancher was hurt yesterday afternoon while felling trees for winter wood. A falling tree fractured his left forearm below the elbow and his thigh bone above the knee. He was taken to Dr. Pemberton's emergency hospital.
A parable of a Paris street scene shows a French regulation man tearing up, saluting the American flag, and shedding tears at the sight. The piece urges citizens to prioritize national patriotism over local or regional loyalties in a call for united American identity.
The Coquille Herald reports the Coquille Valley Creamery Co plant burned Saturday night from a boiler room fire. Fred Everden alerted neighbors after seeing sparks from the elevator shaft. the building and contents were consumed with flames reaching high into the air, hindering any rescue. No wind aided spread, and nearby structures remained safe. Directors meet to plan immediate rebuilding, while cream is sent to Marshfield’s ice and cold storage. Property valued at 9600 with 6000 insured. officers listed as president C E McCurdy secretary Fred Belloni manager Chis Skeels directors W G Mehl Frank Willard.
Miss Metta Hansen traveled to Powers on Saturday to visit over Sunday with her sister Mrs. A D Andrews.
An excursion organized by Knights of Pythias lodges plans a Portland trip on August 1 to attend Supreme and Grand Lodge meetings. A key goal is to invite the Grand Lodge of Oregon to hold its 1917 session in Coos County, potentially drawing 1500 visitors. An executive committee led by W. C. Chase will oversee arrangements with local lodge committees engaging members and residents.
Thirty eight pupils enrolled in the district list shows Mabel Myrtle George Hall Irma Waldo Paul McNair Margery Slingsby Ella Jessa Reed Francis Fisher Nellie Zaida Den and Alden Mast Albert Rodney Bernice Davenport Virna Rowena Rod erick Hermann as having neither been absent nor tardy. The annual meeting voted to install a waterpipe and a sanitary drinking fountain for the school building.
Attorney C. F. McKnight arrived from Marshfield for legal business last Friday and is slated to deliver the Fourth of July oration here next Tuesday.
The article notes tabulated Fourth of July injuries in 1915 rose mainly in New York and Philadelphia with 552 of 806 total injuries in eighty-four cities. Chicago had the most deaths with five, despite low injury numbers, and mentions Andrew McNare as the likely Liberty Bell ringer from 1759 to 1776.
The Goos County Grange and the Farmers Educational Union held their annual picnic at Norway Grove last Thursday, June 22, with state officials and many speakers and entertainers from the county. A heavy lunch outbreak fueled by dutiful wives and daughters showed strong cooperation among farmers, underscoring calls for organization as a national policy. The program featured music, prayers, readings, and addresses from local and state figures, including C. H. Chandler of Bandon and Hurd of the State Grange, plus performances by Stauff's Orchestra and various choirs.
Loyd Lewellen serves in infantry near Yuma Arizona and fought a bandit clash in which four Mexicans fell and one U S soldier was wounded Lewis Lewellen heads a machine gun in field artillery and is stationed at El Paso Texas both sons of W E Lewellen of Coos County Oregon published in a local report on early war involvement of local youth.
Property seeks to board about thirty head of cattle on a good hill range. Call C Ai Knight in Bridge, Oregon.
Myrtle Point praise promotes Adler-ika a simple buckthorn and glycerine mix as the most thorough bowel cleanser. One spoonful relieves constipation and gas, with rapid action and without griping, claimed by N G W Perkins, local druggist.
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