Post Office Revised Class Matter at Myrtle Point
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Myrtle Point Enterprise in Myrtle Point, Oregon
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
2
Enduring High Cost of Living Calls for Price Controls
A wartime style appeal argues that food prices rise while nourishment falls short. The author urges the government to immediately set maximum prices for every food item and to reduce them to normal levels to curb alleged profiteering and hunger in cities across the United States.
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United States
Excuses Cited For Keeping Prices At High Levels
The article argues that officials use excuses to keep prices inflated and urges action on all essential goods. It notes France’s war and its ban on American papers to shield its mills, suggesting similar protective measures have occurred locally.
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France
Opportunities of the farmer boy
Charles Dudley Warner and Josiah Strong are cited praising farm life. The piece argues that boys born on farms have more opportunities than city youth, and contends city cousins mock the rural advantage, though they cannot see its merit.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Josiah Strong
Newcomer Snubbed in Portland Seeks Western Welcome
A stranger in Portland, newly arrived from the East, writes that after months in the city he faces immediate disinterest in finding work once employers learn of his short time in Portland. He asks if the West truly offers a welcoming home to newcomers.
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Myrtle Point
Portland
Oregon
Help Wanted War Time Debate Prompts Dairy Brand Names
Readers weigh in on job access at the home front and wartime economics while a Marshfield Oregon company seeks a brand name for a new dairy products line. A note urges submissions of coined names like Meadowlark Dairy or Darifood to register by June 1 1917 for a potential $25 000 prize.
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John Smith
Wall Street
Mary‘ Baker ‘Eddy
India
Nick Romanoff
Barrie
Corfway
The
Coquille Valley Creamery
New
Buttercup
Daisy
Meadowlark
Bluebell
Dartfood
F. E. Conway Mortgage Co
New ‘Dairy’ Products’ Company
Meadowlark ‘Dairy ‘Products Co
Darifood Products Company
Marshfield
Oregon
Help Your Town Slogan Bank Promotes Home Growth
A collection of town booster lines urges residents to invest in housing and roads. It extols home planning, forward effort, and keeping youth local, with humor about porches, dogs, silos, and not letting the town stagnate.
Name for Marshfield Dairy Products Co. Stalls Over Names
F. E. Conway struggles to christen a new Marshfield Oregon firm to manufacture deal in and loan on dairy products. Several proposed names are rejected as already in use.
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F. E. Conway
Marshfield
Oregon
Notice to Contractors for Coquille County Highway Bid
County Court of Coos County Oregon invites bids for a section of the Coquille River Highway in Coos Bay area. Bids due at 10 00 A M June 7 in Coquille Oregon with cash or certified check at least 5 percent of total bid. Bond equal to half bid amount for faithful performance. Bidder and plan inquiries through County Clerk or Deputy Highway Engineer. Plans require $15 deposit. right to reject all proposals. May 9 1917. James Watson G J Armstrong Archie Philip County Commissioners. L W Oddy County Clerk. Coquille Oregon.
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Coos
Cownty
Coquille Mart
le Point
Coos Bay
Roseburg
Coos County
Oregon
Coquille
Saiety
Court ‘House
Cops
James ‘Watson
G.j.armstrong
Archie Philip
Wi Oddy
County Court of
James Watson
L. W. Oddy
Bid Notice for Gravel Ford Bridge Construction in Coos County
Sealed bids for the construction of The Gravel Ford Bridge over the Coquille River in Coos County Oregon will be received by the County Court at its office until 10:00 am on a date to be announced. Each bid must be accompanied by cash bidder’s bond or certified check equal to at least 5 percent of the bid. A corporate surety bond will be required for faithful performance of the contract.
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Coos County
Orégon
Coquille River
Cosa
Vna
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad By Mrs Lewis
An Oregon reader from Cottage Grove writes that kidney and bladder trouble caused constant backache. She reports relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills for several days and notes the pills helped restore kidney function. The testimonial cites Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N Y as the product supplier.
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Quincy Sts
Grove
Ore
Coos County Seeks Bids For Road Works In Coquille
County Court of Coos County invites proposals for road work with plans and contract forms available at the County Clerk and Road Master offices in the Courthouse Coquille Oregon. Bid blanks may be obtained for a $15 deposit and proposals may be rejected or accepted as deemed best by the county. May 9 1917.
Notice of Sale of City Street Lien Real Estate Myrtle Point
Public auction at City Hall Myrtle Point Coos County Oregon will sell the south 38 feet of Lots 1 and 2 Block 1 Town Myrtle Point to recover unpaid city lien for improvements. Amounts due include 1914 8/26 87 principal plus 52.87 principal and 28.55 interest due 1915 8/26. 1916 8/26 52.87 principal and 25.38 interest. interest at 6 percent since due.
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Myrtle ‘Point
Coos County
Myrtle Tint Goosenty
Oregon
Ead
Myrtle Point
Sia Henehar Tate
Myrtle Point City lien sale advertised for street improvements
The notice records a foreclosure sale lien on property for street improvements under Myrtle Point Charter and Oregon law. Dated April 26, 1917, the city marshal announces costs and disbursements and the sale under Chapter XXVI.
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Myrtle Point
Oreos
Oregon
J.C. Brown
City of
Coos County
Notice of Final Commutation Proof for Powers Oregon
Department of the Interior land office in Roseburg Oregon announces John C Warner of Powers Oregon must file Final Commutation Proof for Homestead Entry serial 010465 Lot 2 Section 24 Township 8 Range 12 W Willamette Meridian before Edgar A Dodge Commissioner at Myrtle Point Oregon on May 21 1917. Witnesses named are John P Hayes Thomas J Hayes Jacob M Hayes and Joseph McDonald Hayes all of Powers Oregon.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Oseburg
Oregon
John C. Warner
Powers
Willamette Meridian
Edgar A. Dodge
Myrtle Point
John. P. Hayes
Thomas J. Hayes
Jacob. M. Hayes
Joseph McDonal Hayes
Canon, Register
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Edgar Selwyn
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Farmer Boy
Eas Scott
Toledo
Lincoln County
Yaquina Bay
Ayeld Mistakes
Nate
Jas. H. Flanagan
T- Bennett
Slouis
Suplee
L.T
Dement
Bank of Myrtle Point
Irving
Bacheller
Eben, Helden
Keller
Bobbs-Merrill Company
M. P. Transfer CO
Bryant & Parrish
Coog-and Curry
Coquille Valley
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