Notable Myrtle Point Breezy Bits Briefs
Bridge notes the Parent-Teacher Circle met November 12 with plans for a week of free warm lunches and a Thanksgiving social on November 25. Prof. Davidson will teach music every Saturday, and Mr Barrows spoke on taxation and land grants. Local visitors included Claud Waters and Bert Clinton. Mrs Millie Waters has recovered. Miss Clara Gant assists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brideg
Bridge
Barrows
Coquille
Davidson
Myrtle Point
R. J Montgomery
Marshfield
South Fork Notes Echo Past District Life
Nov 17 notes cover fording delays affecting milk transport to Lundy factory, social events at Ruby Skull home, local visits by J C Brown of Myrtle Point and H F McCracken, a Santa Clara loss, Dug Gibbs relocation, new birth at Coey home, Mrs. Baker’s surgery, funerals for Mrs. Breuer, and serious illness of Darius Neal with support from John Neal in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork
South Ork
Lundy
Ruby Skull
Shull
J. C. Brown
Myrtle Point
H. F. McCracken
Frank
Santa Clara
Dug Gibbs
Jim Hayes
Gibbs
Wm. Coey
Ed Baker
Hayes
Mercy Hospital
North Bend
Sam Breuer
Geo. Hermann
S. S. Reed
W. A. McNair
Emery Robbins
Darius Neal
Mr. Neal
Bridge News Roundup From Coos County
Rain has swollen creeks causing fishing disruption and boaters report. Sunday services were led by Mrs. Jobes of Eugens. Mrs. Jones plans visits to Coos county areas. Miss Jennings and Miss Weekly visited Myrne Point. Knight family from Myrtle Point toured Bridge. Parent Teachers Club hosts social at Hill Murphy Hall. Mr. and Mrs. W W Gage of Cocaille visiting relatives in Myrtle Creek. Fish of Myrtle Creek visited Bridge en route home. Mr Barrows was at Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobes
Eugens
Jones
Coos County
Jennings
Miss Weekly
Myrne Point
Knight
Laura
Myrtle Point
Hill & Murphy’s
Ford Brothers Visit Roselle Family in Rainbow Region
A station note reports the Ford brothers from Coquille visiting their father at the Roselle home for much of the past week. The article also mentions many automobiles still traveling the road with passengers between Rainbow and local areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Roselle
Ford Bros
Coquille
Rainbow
Gravel Ford News Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Sun shines over Gravel Ford as Myrtle Point visitors stop by including Miss Clara Moser and Mrs Amanda Weekly. Local labor and farming notes mention a new barn completion, corn husking bee at Slagle residence, and Turkey dinner at Byer home. Gravel Ford public school progress and various calls on friends around Myrtle Point and Roseburg are noted.
Bridge Briefs from the local school and community
The Bridge school principal S C Sherrill was briefly ill but returned to duty. A student literary society plans a December 3 program with songs, declamations, a duet, and a debate on Indian versus Negro rights. Thanksgiving events and free hot soup are noted, with a Bristol area church guest speaker from Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peihcipal
S. C. Sherrill
Helen Murphy
Harry Davis
Lillian Morris
Flossie Cribbins
America
Edith Houser
Flossie Cribbing
Lyle Nosler
Sooo
Village Bells
Neg
Ray Endicott
Hellen Murphy
Barrows
Myles Standish
Bridge School
Morning and Evening in the Interest of State Missions
A brief line notes morning and evening activities tied to state mission efforts with a nod to Vale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vale
Gravel Ford Gems Update from Nov 1
Miss Mae Lund of Coquille spent Saturday and Sunday with Clara Moser. Mrs J D Culbertson is spending a week in Myrtle Point. Uncle John and the boys are batching. Harvey Barklow took his first boat trip on Tuesday. Mrs Mullen left for Ed Jenkin ranch due to business. R L Weekly is seriously ill at his daughter Stella's home. Mr and Mrs Robt Clinton of Myrtle Point visited Mrs Detwiler on Weekly. Brady and son were busy butchering hogs. Mr and Mrs Fred Moser celebrated twenty years of marriage and their daughter’s nineteenth birthday with a quiet gathering and toast to Miss Lund. Hazel Mullen visited friends in Coquille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel Ford
Luke Shook
Moser
Clara Moser
Robi. Clinton
Myrtle Point
Detylar
Weekly Creek
Amanda Weekly
Slagle
Harvey Barklow
Norway
Jim Cotton
Bessie Mullen
Button
Murry Bright
Roseburg
Murry
Gravel Ford Public School
Steven Culbertson
H. Hansen
Santie
Slagel
Peter Byer
F. Moser
Frank
Clara
Anna
Ernest
Mae Lund
J. D. Culbertson
Gold Dust Twins
Gravel Ford Gems
Coquille
J.D. Culbertson
John
Mullen
Ed Jenkin
R. L
Stella
Robt
Clinton
Detwiler
Miss Lund
Hazel Mullen
Industrial Review Notes and Local Developments
Salem reports diverse items from Siuslaw Home Telephone sale to Pacific Telephone Co and Florence construction to Oregon Woolen mill labeling changes. It notes freight car shortages, proposed laws, school levies, power line plans to Halfway and Rich mond, and city staffing concerns. Also mentions Japanese shipbuilding, post office plans, drainage districts, a new church, and a neighborhood social service officer proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Siuslaw
Florence
Pacific Telephone Co
Standard Oil Co
Heppner
Oregon
Buena Vista
Fortland School
Idaho-Oregon Power Co
Halfway
Cornucopia
Richmond
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Portland
City Public Health Department
Oregon-California Land Grant Exchange
Senator LaFollette
Salem Statesman
Astoria - Knapp - Westport
Hood River
Christian Scientists
Ccer
Oregon City Courier
Douglas County
White Caps Raid Plot Carried Out by Rural Boys
In Indiana during the late 19th century a secret White Caps group punished neighbors by flogging. A neighbor Ben Nichols faced a planned raid and Uncle Jim with his sons and cousins organized a moonlit surveillance with multiple helpers to gather evidence while avoiding direct confrontation. The plan targeted Ben’s alleged wife abuse claims, revealing clan tension between law and vigilantism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Caps
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
South
Pioneer School
Law
Order
New England
Barbour
Jim
Liz
New York
Kentucky
East
McDougalls
Rhode Island
Ben
Milly Nicholls
Milly
Mercy
Sam
Elmer
Sally
John
Sylvia McGuffin
Vance
Clint Kimball
William
Clint
Simmons
Charlie
Billy
Henry
Chambers
Doc
Tom
John Findley
Theublic Highway
Bam
Charlie ‘McGuffin
Sylvia
Clyde
McGuffin
Mrst
Nichols
Findley
Old Smoky
Uncle Jim
Adler-i-ka Relief Claims Quick Constipation Aid
Myrtle Point residents report instant relief from constipation after a single spoonful of Adler-i-ka a buckthorn bark glycerine remedy. The ad claims it works on both upper and lower bowel and relieves sour or gassy stomach with one minute onset per N. G. W. Perkins druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
G. W. Perkins
Myrtle Point Skims News From Early Days Section
Local item recounts visits and prospects in Myrtle Point on November 20 1897. Notes include Chas Dodge and wife visiting in Sacramento County plans to winter prospecting, sidewalk and street crossing progress, Guerin House accommodations, and a new enrollment of ninety nine students with arrivals Letta Cooper Hall Rackiff Edwin Roberts Sol Endicott Minnie Brown. Mentions Miss Fannie and Bertha Endicott heading to Tacoma for school. Port Orford editor Walter Sutton criticizes modern girls. Death of Mrs Emeline Jenkins at 56 is reported with community sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Myrtle Point
Ih. Guerin and Son
Thomas
Flentge
Guerin
Letta Cooper
Hall Rackiff
Edwin Roberts
Sol Endicott
Minnie Brown
Jas. Rickman
Norway
Fannie
Bertha Endicott
Tacoma
Wash
Walter Sutton
The
Port Orford Tribune
Wm. Jenkins
Oregon
Emeline Jenkins
Jenkins
Harness Repairs and Goods Offer New Sweat Collars
A local ad promotes sweat collars made from the best drilling or felt arranged to fasten under the working collar, claiming comfort for horses. The shop also buys old harness parts and offers repairs at reasonable prices, inviting trade for gig saddles pads homes traces lines and more.
Cure of Skin Disease Dudlong Endorses D. D. D Prescription
Prominent Connecticut physician Dudlong praises D. D. D Prescription for eczema claiming rapid relief after trying many remedies. The letter notes near complete skin cure within a month and urges readers to ask druggists about D. D. D and D. D. soso for tender skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudlong
Connecticut
C. J. Budlong
Booth Lyme
Conn
Tregerpton
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Edesco
Edward E. Strauss & CO
Myrtle
Lee Love Lee
Claud Waters
Will Myers
Henry Hervey
Bert Clinton
J. S. Clinton
Dave Baker
Mack
McKinley
Millie Waters
Myrtle Poin
F. Harnish
Pete Byers
Fred Moser
Jesse R. Cotton
Ed Abernathy
Brewster Valley
Industrial Review
Hoosier
Pearce
Harness Man
M. G. W. Pere
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