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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
4
Voters in Myrtle Point will vote Tuesday September 10 on buying Dixon Grove from Mrs Fannie Dixon for 2000 to provide building space as school facilities reach capacity. The board has secured an option and plans to issue time warrants at 6 percent interest payable in one two and three years.
reader question ponders August days as dog days and where the duck is headed to disembark, suggesting a playful or metaphorical inquiry.
A Newburg Graphic note condemns parents who threaten a child with death or the devil to force honesty or obedience. The paper argues such fears are misleading, unwise, and harm the child, urging readers to avoid lying or frightening tactics in childrearing.
A garbled newspaper line reads The o'der a man is the herder a girl can love him for his money. The fragment suggests gendered money motive themes in the period’s social writing.
The Enterprise notes the First Annual Cops and Curry County Fair will host a children’s industrial fair in Myrtle Point on Friday September 24. The event aims to be a revelation to children and parents and the broader community.
A reflective piece contrasts beggars with Otto Young a Chicago millionaire who arrived in New York penniless and hungry. It muses on the moral pull of charity the adage that generosity creates beggars and the tension between kindness and practical limits.
Community leaders praise the plan to expand the children's industrial fair in Oregon. They argue the event teaches soil culture and crop propagation, stimulates local industry, and will energize youth and the state's natural resources. Myrtle Point area locals see potential in growing soil product success.
The slate includes Dan S. Orr for Sheriff Bunker Hill County Clerk A J Stephen Marshfield County Treasurer A F Coffelt North Bend County Commissioner C T Gilroy Bridge County Assessor N H Welling Nees Bend County School Superintendent Mrs Lillian Faraday Bandon Surveyor S L Curry Coquille State Senator Fifth District Chas Kaiser North Bend Joint Representative Coos and Curry counties J E Quick Coquille.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. as a constitutional remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The sale includes a $100 promise of cure failure and testimonials, with a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
At Rev and Mrs R B Masons Gravel Ford the marriage of their daughter Misa Florence to Thos F Smith of Marshfield took place Wednesday. Mendelssohn march by Misa Lillian McCann of North Bend preceded a ring ceremony by Rev G LeRoy Hall of Marshfield. Attendants included Lorene Mason and best man George Smith. Guests from away included Wren Smith Morgan and Anna Smith. Post ceremony refreshments followed by a trip to the city for the afternoon train.
The list shows numerous residents including J A Yoakam of Coquille Nela Munson Templeton C W Calef Lakeside J W Barker Fairview A W Johnson Coquille M J Bowron Marshfield P E Larson Allegany Frank Frahm Parkersburg Ray Dement Myrtle Point S B Cathcart Marshfield J H Gould Bandon Ler Barrows Bandoin Thos Coke Marshfield T H Barty Empire W A Bean Riverton Carl Groutt Bandon Claude Waters Lee H D Wallace Lee Alex Grieshaber Bridge Stephen Gallier Bandon E J Coffelt Marshfield S L Leatherman Gravel Ford S Munday Bandon H B Ingersoll Empire Chester Bear Marshfield Alva Doll Marshfield Z T Thomas Allegany L G Manters Sumner C T Ferris North Bend J C Leneve Bandon E E Howey Coquille The Myrtle Point Transportation Co intends to have the Steamer Dora ready for the week’s run after a remodel. Master Adelbert Tyndall Park hosted his eighth birthday party with classmates and local neighbors including Merwin Meuler Crawford Annin Clarence Carter Kenneth Peel Artie Pulford and others. Master James Whitaker and Miss Helen Whitaker helped Mrs Park as hosts of ceremony.
Myrtle Point schools issue notices on primary class start after September 23 and eighth grade exams at the high school for those not completing grade work. Parents must visit the superintendent at the Brick School House on September 7 or 8 for final signups and placement. new entrants must report for room assignments before teachers admit them.
Notice of suit in equity filed in the Circuit Court of Coos County Oregon. Plaintiffs seek to quiet title to a tract of land described by section township and range. Defendants are numerous Gant and Ledbetter families led by John Warren. Service by publication ordered with six weeks from Sept 5 1913 and final date Oct 17 1912.
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