Happenings There Here and Anywhere in Brief
A collage of short items notes I C U Correspondence School troubles in Scranton stock jobbing. Oregon forest reserves open to settlement across Crook Lake and Klamath counties. An 82 day fast ends with water only. France hosts a saloon every eighty people with temperance aims to reduce watpons. Canada holds 23 million acres in timber reserves vs 187 million in US forests. Police timing at Bandon could deter poker. Toys makers face future dog collar demand if babies vanish by 4925. Bertie Minor sold to Seattle buyers for Alaskan trade. A Myrtle Point teacher’s note cites Mary’s absence due to wet morning, cold afternoon. Mandalay charter talks expand Portland trade. Some graduates mocked by Dr. Conwell as Bible interpreters. Mann White Slave Act disrupts millionaire clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. U. International Correspondence School
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Crook, Lake
Klamath Counties
Salem
France
Temperance
Canada
United States
Bandon
Bertie Minor
Seattle
Myrtle Point
Portland
Russell Conwell
Baptist Temple
Philadelphia
Millionaire Club
New Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion Promises Health and Value
Local druggists promote Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion as a safe nerve-food tonic that boosts strength and digestion without habit forming drugs. Sold exclusively at Perkins' Drug Store for $1.00 with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Control and Leadership in the Department
An official discusses leadership by respect over fear. He warns a captain ruled by punishment is unfit and advises testing a leader with noncompliant equals. He recounts a young captain who warned a drinking ally, noting potential future gains and dangers.
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Theyonge Sn
Jim
They Used to Marry Us for Better or Worse
They describe a shift from traditional marriage ideals to casual, transactional liaisons and partnerships, highlighting changing social norms and expectations in modern relationships.
Myrtle Point Enterprise Word Contest Promises $15 Prizes
The Myrtle Point Enterprise offers $15 in prizes for Coos County students who find the most words from the 21 letters in WIRLTORE POINT ENTERPRISE. Prizes range from $5 to $1, with six additional $1 prizes, and rules require a paid subscription of eight months or more. Entry closes March 28, 1914, with winners announced April 2, and prizes distributed April 4.
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Myrtle Point Enterprise
Coquille River Valley
Coos County
Wirltore Point Enterprise
Enterprise
Coos Bay Real Estate Transfers Listed in 1914 Records
Real estate transfers from Marshfield Coquille City and Coos Bay show March 17 to 19 1914 filings. Transactions involve Kinney Hendricks Knight McDuffee Ahlquist Rhodes Kaufman Zbinden and others with W D patent and subdivision lots 7 14 15 18 19 20 blocks A B C and West Bandon Marshfield Bunker Hill additions.
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Coos
T.tlemarahee & Abstract Company
Marshfield
Coquille City
Oregon
J. O. Stemmler
Myrtle L’oint
L. D. Kinney
Et Ux
Dr. Rood
W. D
Coos Bay Plat
C. Co. A. Hendricks
Et Ax
Dell Attoches
Coney
Ulexx
Engeys
Marsi Tr
W. M Frank A. Sweeney Co
T M. Keller
Sweeney
Bander
Thos
EL M. Smith
Bunker Hill
Ion
Ve Rhodes
Real estate transfers recorded in W M survey notes
Fragments show assignments of land interests to Kruse Shingle Co and Jeanette Graham. Mentions Ban don cemetery and Red Cedar timber on multiple sections in townships 28 and 30 south, ranges 13 and 15 west, with specific fractional land interests noted.
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F. McGill
W. D
Bandon Cemetery
C. Jones
Kruse Shingle Co
Township
W. M
Parcel post novelty brings child in mail car
A four year old girl weighing 48½ pounds rode in a mail car from Grangeville to Lewiston Idaho with 32 cents in parcel post stamps attached to her coat. Her visit to grandmother Mrs. C G Wennigerholz follows her arrival by parcel post, prompting thoughts of space speech and wireless grocery deliveries.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Parcel Post
Grangeville
May Pierstorff
C. G. Wennigerholz
Harmony Hair Beautifier and Shampoo Ad
Advertising copy announces Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo available at Rexall Stores. The beautifier is a rose scented liquid for gloss and softness, not a dye, and the shampoo provides instant lather and thorough cleansing. Prices listed as 100 and 50 cents respectively with a money back guarantee.
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Harmony
Boston
Rexall
Sa Perkins
Boosts Country Towns to Save Civilization
A speech urging country merchants to advertise in local newspapers and attract rural youth to wholesome leisure. Proposes attractive shop windows, moving picture shows, and supervised public recreation to keep towns vibrant and stop rural decline. Cites Detroit’s public commission as a model.
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Mr. Merchant
America
Chicago
Indoor Game Association
Detroit
Michigan
Campaign to Amend Parcel Post for Seeds and Plants
Pacific coast states push an amendment to parcel post rules allowing mailed seeds bulbs plants cuttings at different rates. Current flat one cent for two ounces punishes local senders, harming farmers gardeners and seedsmen. commercial clubs granges and individuals urge readers to contact congressional delegates for change.
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Pacific Coast
New York
Washington
Newberg Graphic
It Pays to Advertise Ends in Tragic Marriage
A Missouri woman advertised for a husband and married for $9. The husband later enlisted and was killed at Manila. She collected $3,000 life insurance and will receive a widow's pension for life, proving some say it does pay to advertise.
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Missouri
Manila
Free country shackled by organized social barriers
A reflection on how societal structures impede individual action, framing freedom as limited by organized groups and norms that block initiative in everyday life. The text critiques collective constraints and their impact on personal autonomy.
Twelve Oregon Cities Begin Fly Campaigns
Twelve Oregon cities including Salem Portland Roseburg Forest Grove and Eugene initiate spring anti fly campaigns. The University of Oregon will distribute 10000 bulletins with trap instructions while Dr Clifton F Hodge guides Eastern Oregon towns. Women’s groups lead efforts enlisting city officials and appointing a deputy with police authority to ensure cleanliness and prevent breeding sites.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
Oregon
State University Extension Division
Salem
Portland
Roseburg
Forest Grove
la Grande
Pendleton
Medford
Monmouth
Astoria
Drain
Creswell
Clifton F. Hodge
How to Keep Books on the Farm
A new Department of Agriculture bulletin titled A System of Farm Cost Accounting No 572 aims to help farmers nationwide. No prior bookkeeping knowledge is needed and following the system offers yearly profit or loss estimates. It has been tested for three years in New York by 53 farmers under varying conditions and is free while supplies last.
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Department of Agriculture
Farmers
New York
Hen Louse Pest in Hens and Chick Rearing
A parasite called the hen louse is described as pale straw colored about one twentieth of an inch long. It bites and irritates the hen and can be deadly in large numbers, especially to young chicks. It feeds on feather barbules and lays eggs that hatch quickly. Dr Ewing cites kerosene or lime sulfur mixtures as controls and offers a specific formula: crude carbolic acid, gasoline, plaster.
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Ewing
Adler i ka advertised and Myrtle Point patrons impressed
Myrtle Point druggist N G W Perkins touts Adler ika buckthorn mixture as the best remedy sold for sour stomach gas and constipation claiming a single dose relieves symptoms immediately. Also notices final account in Nancy H Ransier estate hearing set April 13 1914 in Coos County Oregon with administrator B F Barklow.
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Myrtle Point Osks
Myrtle Point
Adlerika
N. G. W. Perkins
B. F. Barklow
Nancy H. Ransier
Coos County
State of
Oregon
John F. Hall
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Swat
Perkins’ Drug Store
H Ur
Mie
Word Contest
I Pewtherer
Pacfic Coast Eleator Co
S. R
Bedillion
F. J. Milnes
Pres. Nat’l. Indoor Game Ass’n
Evanston, Ill
Myrtle Baths
Geo. Willett
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