Bridge Briefs: School Reopens with Three Departments
The school house has been remodeled into three departments. Principal S. C. Sherrill and family reside in the Nosgler house. Irene Weekly returns as intermediate department teacher. School opens September 20. Melvin Schroeder, a pupil, won five rilo pos at the Myrtle Point fair. Jim Rockard delivered heating plant parts from Myrtle Point. The rock crusher sits near Bridge for the Big Creek and Rock Creek roads contract. A. O. Hooten serves on jury duty at Coquille. Claud Nosler returns home on the Roseburg stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Goldbloom
S. C. Sherrill
Nosgler House
A. O. Hooten
Cocuille
Melvin Schroeder
Bridge
Myrtle
Jim Rockard
Myrtle ‘Uint
Weekly Bros
Big Creek
Rock Creek
Claud Nosler
Roseburg
Irene
Myrtle Point
Miss Wekly
The Small Flock in Coos County and Local Notes
A town column notes vegetable delivery to Bandon, visits in Toledo and Berkeley, fair attendance, river work completion, thrashing activity, and social visits. It mentions a proposed shift toward sheep farming in Coos County with dairy land suited to small flocks, advocating sheep to control weeds and weeded land while dairy steers exist. Author By E. L. Potter of Oregon Agricultural College.
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Coos CO
Coos County
E. L. Potter
Animalusbandry
Fragmented Archaic Quiz Riffs On Kingly Descriptors
An exchange lists exaggerated kingly traits in a playful tirade. Each line pairs a superlative with a quirky attribute such as thirsty drinking and humilating sin king, creating a rhythmic, antiquated wordplay.
Race scandal alleged at Myrtle Point track sparks protest
J H Machado letters to readers alleging rigged races at the Myrtle Point track. He claims judges favored horses owned by one man and accuses track officials of foul tactics and manipulated purses, detailing times for Bonnie June and Wahke and demanding accountability from authorities.
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Myrtle Point
Oregon
Coos
Curry Counties
Wahke
Arid Soo Chivers
Harry A
Bonnie Juns
Wakke
Harry N
Bonnie June
J. H. Machado
From Oregon to Iowa and Return in 1915 Diary
A dairyman seeks a 25 cow plus ranch for lease in Oregon to Iowa a year term. The report also covers a Washington News Letter on Dumba recall German U boat sinkings and Wilson theater attendance. travel diary from Myrtle Point to Lamoni including Lamont Iowa church history and the Reorgan LDS events.
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H. Sawyer
Myrtle Point
Oregon
Washington News
Early Days in the Myrtle Point News Sketch
A 1897 Myrtle Point column recaps social visits in Norway and Salem, local weather bureau hopes, an accident tale of a Pendleton woman biting her tongue, obituaries, and rural reflections. The piece rails at reader dissatisfaction and praises sturdy work, ending with a vivid Royal Gorge travel description to be continued next week. Each item mentions local people such as Miss Flora McCloskey, Miss Laura Jones, Pyab C. Conner, Mrs Phebe Whittington, and Rev. Thos. Barklow, with a nod to Coos county pioneers.
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Gravel Ford
Emmerson and
Iverson
Bandon
Hedwig Harnish
Philomath Coles
Bugler
Toledo
G. Mullen
Eva Hansen
Berkeley
Cal
Hameriot
Roland
S. Shook
Elijah Culbertson
Ashland
Billings
Mike Sumerlin
Myrtle Point
Lewellen
Olsen
Lamoni
Iowa
Latter Day Saints
Roseburg
Binger Laird
Portland
Vancouver
Washington
Dalles
Baker City
Pocatello
Cheyenne
Denver
St.Joseph
Oregon
Wyoming
St. Joseph
Berely
Decatur County
Missouri Line
Reorganized Church
Amboy
Tlinois
Plano
Illinois
Lamont
Herald Publishing House
Joseph Smith
Independence
Missouri
The
Zion's Religio Literary Society
Religio
Young People's Society
Sunday School Association
Worcester
Mass
Votirg
Frederick M. Smith
Mormon Church
Joseph F. Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
R. C. Evans
Toronto
Canada
Coliseum
Bishop Evans
the Saints Church
St. Gecond
George R. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
E. L. Kelley
Kanine
Indiana
Ilinois
California
Australia
Hugoton
Kansas
Hidiana
Auld Langyne
Colorado Springs
W. T. Bozarth
St. Louis
Lder Bozarth
Ammon White
Pike’s Peak
Rio Grande
Nuff
Grand Canyon
Arkansas
Royal Gorge
C. Conner
Flora McCloskey
Norway
Laura Jones
Pyab
Lazarus Agar
John
A. Lehnherr
Pendleton
Guerin
Eckley
Coos County
Thos. Barklow
Rise and Rise Through Responsibility
A reflective note on the discipline of duties guiding personal growth. It compares a burdened man with many responsibilities to a bachelor who wanders aimlessly, arguing that steady ties strengthen character and help one ascend in life.
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Spencer & Shelley
ARGAD
University of Oregon
Eugene
BF Sure
WORIE
Bickmore
Dray Line
G. Wilburger
C. R. Bennett
McClosky
O. K
Lombard-Bombina Co
Produce
Louis Starr Af
Ode Ode Sbeebs
Ode Og the Public Pulse
Adv
Abe
Washington, D. C
M. Constantin Dumba
United States
Wilson
Dumba
Dumpa
Vienna
Washingen
Germany
War Department
Elseo Arredondo
Carranza
Texas
Arrendondo
Congress
Representative Flood
Virginia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Helen Woodrow Ones
Cornish
Cary
T. Grayson
Joseph P. Tumulty
Eeetes
A. C. Barmore
Ukegun Power Company
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