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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
3
Community notices advertise a Halloween event at Lundy’s Hall with 15 cent lunch and pranks. The item lists local residents traveling, shopping, and work notices from Coquille to Marshfield, Arago to Myrtle Point, plus a promotional blurb for local printing services and a reflection on a hometown newspaper’s role.
Mrs. Will Lawhorn of Marshfield returns home after visiting sister Mrs. T W Johnson. Capt C E Edwards of Allegany passes through on southbound trip from the east. Mr and Mrs L W Langdon return to Marshfield after visiting W L Karr. E N Smith arrives from Riverside California and looks after business at Bandon. Millinery sales and dressmaking advertised by Mrs R Choate in W E Pike Building. Mr and Mrs H G Ploeger attend J W Hammerberg funeral and visit niece in Coquille. Mr and Mrs J W Carter go to Camas Valley for winter on ranch with Carter’s brother. It is raincoat weather with samples and low prices offered. P L Burr of Willett & Burr leaves for San Francisco after supervising Willamette logging road work. W L Moore from California to manage Wagner place for winter. Wm Candlin of Pacific Paper Company notes rail progress toward Mapleton on Willamette Pacific. G K Barry lectures at Christian church on church history and will continue through the week. F E Westerbur H A Murphy and S avage install shelving and plate glass front for Bennett Shine building store, plan to open in Marshfield then go to Bandon, returning November first.
Classified items announce wants and offers from Millinery Store to rent piano to sell cattle and horses. Listings include ranch rental, engagement printing, sale of dry cows, two yearling steers, Jer sey bred cattle, a driving mare, grain hay, two spans of mules, a work horse for calves, furnished house for rent, timber land for sale, and placards for notices in Coquille Valley.
The first primary enrollment closes for January 26. Eighth grade B class excelled in arithmetic with scores above ninety. Freshman class totals nineteen. Dewey Braumbaugh joins Miss Robbins’s new scholar. Freshman English dramatizes the Lady of the Lake. Football opener at the fair grounds between Myrtle Point and Coquille, 25 cents admission. Seniors study Elements of Business Law. basketball team receives new equipment. Freshman-Sophomore party featured fortune teller Lois Carr. theater plans include Impetuous Peggy with a large cast listed.
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