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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
6
Cattle drives pass through from Langlois as C A Gourley brings a herd. Porch additions, schoolhouse painting, and local visits mark a busy week on Catching Creek. Notables include sermons by Uncle Tommy Barklow and travel by residents to Floral Creek and Langlois.
Miss Edna Alford visits sister in Sitkum while Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Benham visit L. Mast family in McKinley. Brewster youths gather at W. M. Laird’s for a lively Hallowe'en party. Mrs. F. A. Baker calls on Ei N.
Myrtle Point residents report rapid effects from Adler i ka a simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The product cleanses both upper and lower bowels and is claimed to relieve constipation gas and abdominal discomfort. A druggist N G W Perkins endorses it.
Harrys views of last week are shared. Coquille sportsmen enjoy fine duck hunting in Brewster. J D Laird visits Roseburg and reports Mrs Smith Bailey is ill. Mail delivery now every other day under a new contract. Ernest Krewson cuts hand badly at the road camp. Ernest continues work there.
Local notes trace visits and events on the South Fork community including Mrs Newt Livingston visiting Myrtle Point and Norway, bridge painting near Hermann school, a California trip by W W Whittington, and a successful Twin Oaks school term for Mina Magness. Sunrise Cheese Factory milks rise, Naomi Hermann shows post surgery healing, a two hundred pound sturgeon on dry land prompts wonder, and dairy herd testing removes Socialist individuals in S S Reed’s herd.
A meeting at Fishtrap school house featured speeches. Local residents report family visits from Oklahoma and recent travel. L A Pinkston injured in machinery repair is recovering. Several families relocate within the area including Minard, Moo maw, and Schroeder. Halloween festivities included a dance at the Hall.
Norway reports Mrs. Gus Baird of Bandohger visiting relatives here. Miss Elfreda Barklow hosted the Embroidery Club Wednesday, continuing local social events in the community.
Last week many residents attended events with Mrs. Anna Barklow as guest of honor. Norway houses a new basketball team and a growing Whist Club hosted by A. J. Radabaugh. A basket social titled Princess Chrysanthemum is planned for November 14 at the Bridge school with no admission. Election interest rises as men stay in town to vote on road tax. Regular visits, illness notes, Halloween party, and local shifts in residents are recorded along with church and school announcements.
The eighth grade posts student scores with James Whitaker 98 and Alice Dement 100 leading. Enrollment adds Ollen Harrison to 8th B. Senior class entertains with a Halloween program. other grades plant, garden, and study Pilgrims. Basketball practices begin with Myrtle Point game. band expands to twenty musicians. school boards approves subscriptions to three magazines.
Miss Mina Magnes ends seven month term at Twin Oaks School on Friday October 30. An afternoon Halloween program delighted parents and visitors as Jack o lanterns lit the room and ghosts entertained at the close. Clayton Mast and Margery Slingsby were never absent or tardy. Miss Magnes will teach the next term in the district.
Dean's Kidney Pills are praised for aiding strained workers in Myrtle Point and across Oregon. Locomotive fireman M. J. Callaway reports engine jolts cause kidney trouble and endorses the remedy. The ad notes the product costs 50 cents at dealers, with Foster Milburn as owners.
Local notes from Myrtle Point area dated November 14 1896 report visits by Chas Dodge family in Marshfield S G Jones moves to the Anderson place to farm Miss Flora McDonald recovers from measles Edna Prey dies at age 13 with church funeral planned Buckham leads Coos county race results Coquille City wins county seat bid Berwick schooner repaired and launched Myrl steamer delivers cargo to Coquille City Pendleton farmers push for N P spur line from Myrick to Holdman
Bridge School reports enrollment with 24 percent attendance and 99.34 percent tardiness. Pupils split into Bucks and Bears with contests in spelling and ciphering. Monthly credits total up to 1000 points per pupil, with 50 hours home industrial work and reading. Bucks lead the standings, principal E R Jones signs the report.
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