Baby Boy Born to McGill Family in Dorhen Oregon
A baby boy was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McGill of Dorhen Oregon. Mrs. Lois Ray spent time with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Detlefsen of Ghule. The W. F. Lewellen family moved into the Spencer property on Ash Street. Top prices paid for beef cattle hogs chickens and sheep by Myrtle Point Meat Co. 1811 Mrs. Milton Craven stayed with Mrs. Ray Johnston in Powers. Maybelle Rockwell, former Hiland Theatre organist, will visit her Washington parents after Roseburg trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. B. McGill
Dorthan, Oregon
Lois Ray
Ed Detlefsen
Ghule
Myrtle Point Meat Co
Davis & Howe
Maybelle Rockwell
Hiland Theatre
Roseburg
Washington
Community Notices From Norway and Nearby Towns
The Ladies' Aid at Norway met at Mrs. H W Lever's home. Families from North Bend and Gaylord visited relatives. a baby girl named Patricia Louise was born to Mr. and Mrs. R L Parker at Gaylord. Rex Allen injured his hip at the E Hall Chaney camp. The Brethren Ladies' Aid planned meals for the state convention next week. Betty Tower from Alameda Calif visits at Ray Cement's home. Frank Neal near Myrtle Point seriously ill at Mast and Wilson hospital. Mrs Hayes travels to Cochran for illness in the Neal family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Parker
Gaylord
Patricia Louise
Rex Allen
E. Hall Chaney
Mast and Wilson Hospital
Ladies’ Aid
Church of the Brethren
Hayes
Frank Neal
Cochran
California
Mr Neal
Myrtle Point
Mast & Wilson Hospital
Neal
New Myrtle Point Store Plans Branch Expansion
A local party in Myrtle Point discussed opening a new store as a possible branch of an existing Coquille area shop. The gathering reflected optimism about growth and potential investment in the town’s commerce.
Council Passes Ordinances On Heenee Fees And Walks
City council Monday adopted ordinances granting shows in Myztte Pols subject to a fee stair. Agreement with loggers LaBranchs Bros. to hold the city blameless in logging across pipelines was approved after delay. B A Reed won a Maple street walk contract at 18 cents per foot with $1 per yard for the base. Repairs for fire damaged Spruce street buildings were referred to the building inspector. Water meter removal for Dr. O. H. Clarke was ordered. Several salaries and bills were approved for Water and General funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuncil
LaBranchs Bros
Cty
R. D. Kring
A Reed
Maple Street
Has. Adama
Dr Grandy
Reed
Fourth Street
Adams
Mr Reed
G. Thompson
Berkeley
Calif
Spruce Street
W Culver
O. H. Clarke
Ash Street
Clarke
Baynes
Dodge
Dement
Mabel Barklow
Marshal Culver
Hansen, Schriefer
Clinton
Davis
Kring
Grange Advocates Free Books and State Aid for Fairs
Grangers urge free books and state support for county and state fairs. Arthur Brown leads the meeting as county deputy and if the Grange grows, Broadbent could head the first baby Grange of the state. A Klamath Falls delegation plans to bid for the Oregon State Grange in Myrthe Point next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brown
Grange
Baby Grange
Klamath Falls
Myrthe Point
Oregon State Grange
Unclear Crime Scene Prompt Describes Odd Beach Scene
A garbled dialogue fragment shows Gunnaway and a friend discussing someone named Tom. The scene mentions a dog, a beach, and an apparently unrelated classification of doce, with cryptic errors and uncertain context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Weil
Possible Origins of the Name Canada
The article surveys multiple etymologies for Canada’s name from Algonquin Cus fata meaning welcome to Iroquoian Cantata a village of huts to Spanish Acana meaning there is nothing there and Basque for canal. It notes the first two are most likely and mentions early French explorers used Canarte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Curtler
Gulf of Lawrence
Cartier
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Mountain People Echo Shakespearean Roots in Song
Ethel Park Richarizon notes in the preface to American Mountain Songs that mountain folks resemble ancient ancestors. Visitors find their speech old fashioned and charming, with familiar crafts and tools like spinning wheels and Greek lamps echoing archaic life. The piece imagines Shakespeare returning to Earth among mountain communities.
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Earth
Forest of Arden
Ethel Park Richarizon
I’reface
Terrace of Indecision on Jerusalem Hill Named
A fragment describes a small terrace atop a hill near the Jaffa gate in Jerusalem called the Terrace of Indecision. It speaks of a ground that developed into a route guiding choices between life and death, with waters feeding the Sharon plain and the Valley of Tope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaffa Gate
Jerusalem
Indedeton
Develoh
Meen
West Wald
Sharon Wies
Ronen
Tophe
Dendsen
Whale's Land Life and Harpoon Wounds Noted in Bullen Text
The article notes that the cachalot or sperm whale can swallow small piano chunks of cuttlefish and disgorges them after mortal wounds. It cites Frank T Bullen’s Cruise of the Cachalot as authority. It mentions the whale once lived on land with blade-like legs inferred from bone structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T Bullen
Think of Him Remember Dad Ring Inscription
Ivor, earnest but lacking initiative, bought a diamond engagement ring for his Gapeee and puzzled over an inscription. His father suggested a simple line and the ring bore the odd engraving When this you see think of me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivor
Montreal Star
Thefts of 100 Left Shoes Baffle Man in Youngstown
H W Pratt, a traveling salesman, reported a theft of 100 shoes in Youngstown Ohio. He noted the loot would be useless to thieves since all shoes were left feet and were later found tossed along a road. He joked about hardships of travel in a strange town on a rainy morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H W Pratt
Youngstown
Oahio
Harpe
Meteorites and the Earth Color System Theory
The London Times quotes a theory suggesting meteorites and their meteoric fragments have long circulated within our color system like planets. It notes carbonite deposits would obscure them and that iron fragments would be ignored as useless, delaying discovery of their true nature.
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London Times
Good Housewife Knew What Display Meant
A family from Iowa viewing Long Beach expositions in California stopped before a painting of an old square rigged frigate. The mother silenced the curious child with a quip about wash day on the ocean as the scene drew laughs and curiosity at the ocean harbor sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Iowa
California
Los Angeles
Johnnie
Pauper Savant at St Pancras Home Known as England’s Learned Pauper
Aged sixty five, a resident of St Pancras Home for the Poor is described as England’s most learned pauper. He talks Greek and Latin, reads German fluently, and translates French works. His favorite authors include Stevenson, Stardy, and Conrad. He has been in the institution since 19??, briefly left in 1922 but returned after illness and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pancrase
England
Bach
Scarlatth
Feranalller
Stevenson
Stardy
Conrad
Miz
Hampstead Heath
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fei
Orbat Jones
Pete
Creighton, Hale
Virginia Brown
Tom Mix
Deadwood
William Halace
McHiture
W. F. Lewellen
Spencer
Miltom Craven
Powers
Ray Johnston
Se Westcott
The
Methodist Church
H. W. Lever
Norway
Art Vining
Mollie Hurst
North Bend
Lee Bay
L. P. Linn
Portland
Mrs. Ployd Summers
Lorna Jean
Juction City
Eugene
Helen Deyoe
Ray Hall of
County Fair Grounds
E . Schneider
Oakland
Schneiders
Betty Tower
Almeda
Ray Cement
Misa
Betty
Steve Dey
Coquille
E. A Dodge
Culver
Z. F Young
A. L. Lewis
City Transfer
Paradon Migr Co
Myrtle Point Herald, Pty
Con. Supply Co
Otto Prey
Ford Worsham
Geo. F Hughes
Huling, Lundy & Sons
Ind
General Fund
Wallace B
E .A Dodge
W. Endicott
Otto Pray
Joe Mast
Koke Chapman
H. GC. Volkmar
Ndse
Farmers’ Store
Sudse
Mt. States Power
M. B. Garage
L. H. Pearce
Fire Dept
Mann Electric
Herald
Adva
Turkey
Mike
Old Farmers
Bidg
Russell Baking CO
Chevrolet
Flere
Fisher
Southwestern Motor Co
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