Myrtle Leaf High School Notes on Mumps and School News
The Myrtle Leaf reports Point High School students returning after mumps, new pupils, honor roll of Helen Gill and others, and lists staff like editor Wilda Barker. It notes class progress, attendance six weeks, and a Thanksgiving program by First A and First B grades with songs, recitations, and dramatization.
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Myrtle Leaf
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Zona
Alfred Candle
Moomaw
L. Dement
Chase
Train
Velene Bowers
Paula Breuer
Lee Jarvis
Shelby McAllister
Mildred McCracken
Alta Miller
Lunay Miller
Edwin Rackleff
Chester Cook
Harold Johns
Melvin Lakey
Niither
Pfirst A
Brothers
Marjorie Stibetz
Hazel Cotton
Teddy
Helen Reed
Budget work advances in Coquille as Henry Schroeder attends
County budget committee secretary Henry Schroeder was in Coquille for several days at the first of the week as lobbyists from various county areas appeared to present road funding requests. The budget is now completed and will be open to the public soon.
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Henry Schroeder
Coquille
Zimmerman-Barzee Matrimony Ties Loyd Barzee and Frances Zimmerman
E A Dodge performed the ceremony Monday afternoon in City Hall uniting Loyd RK Barzee and Frances Irene Zimmerman in matrimony. Mrs W A Zimmerman mother of the bride and Mrs Barzee mother of the groom were the only attendants.
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E. A. Dodge
Loyd RK. Barzee
Frances Irene Zimmerman
W. A. Zimmerman
Barsee
Bible class and services at local church
The article notes Sunday morning Bible study at 10 followed by communion and preaching at 11. Rev. Omer Idso preached last Sunday from "What Shall It Profit a Man If He Gain the Whole World and Lose His Own Soul." Mrs Baynes sang "Jesus Only" and Turner MacDonald is listed for next Sunday's sermon. In the Arago evening service Mrs Baynes and Mrs MacDonald perform pieces. A Schiller piano is for rent at the American office.
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Omer Idso
Salem couple visits Rev Turner MacDonald in Coos County
Mr and Mrs Protzman of Salem spent the week in Coos county on business and visited with Rev and Mrs Turner MacDonald, old friends, during their stay.
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Protzman
Salem
Coos County
Mrs. Turner MacDonald
Young men seek rosy complexions via cheek to cheek dancing
A breezy column notes that younger men can gain a healthy glow through social dancing, describing cheek to cheek as a fashionable pastime. It frames the activity as accessible and modern, with light humor about vanity and leisure.
Which Counts Most in Life A Rural Reflection
A reflective poem contrasts simple pleasures with wealth and social status. The speaker favors quiet joys like a friendly fence, birdsong, and memories over riches, arguing true wealth lies in companionship, nature, and peaceful contentment rather than income. The closing line affirms that memory remains our true prize.
Henry Goes Out In Rain To Mail A Letter
In a damp evening scene Henry starts inside in slippers and pipe but flees back out saying he could not resist visiting the new motion picture. He had sent a letter earlier and then rushed to the local post office branch to mail it as planned.
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Henry
City of the Violet Crown Athens Title Origin
The term City of the Violet Crown was given to Athens by ancient Athenians with disputed origins. Some say violet symbolizes Athens as the favorite flower, while others link Ion king or violet to the city.
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Athens
Aristophanes
Ion
Violet
Kansas City Times
Extrapolated Claims on Western Palms and Sequoias
The Los Angeles Times comments on botanical errors in Extratropical Plants about Washington palms said to be native from South California to Colorado. It notes unverified sequoia height claims of 450 feet and a redwood stem diameter cited as SS feet with a fallen trunk 18 feet across 300 feet from the base. Verily, distance leads enchantment.
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von Muellers
Australia
California
Arizona
Colorado
Colorado River
Los Angeles Times
Crystal Palace boards thrill crowds with new turf riding display
Popular craze on a Crystal Palace stage features board riders on fast machines attached to bikes in a turf spectacle. Spectators revel as drivers perform daring maneuvers, with skill improving as darkness nears.
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Crystal Palace
London
Bees Honey Output Doubled with Aluminum Combs
Report notes honey production increases when bees use aluminum combs, claimed as doubling output. The article mentions trifugal force and empty Ses as part of the text. Cleaning tarnished silverware described using cyanide of potassium solution with water is warned as dangerous. A simple device for binding corn shocks, using a broom handle and hooks, is shown.
Tests to Detect Fake Diamonds and Other Jewels
The piece explains rising fraud in the gem trade and outlines tests jewelers use. Clear water test shows brilliance, water droplet on paper dot reveals fakes, and hardness comparison distinguishes real diamonds from imitations. A file can crack counterfeit stones, while genuine diamonds resist scratches.
Laundry wagon job ad draws odd applicant
The Doemup lane ry manager advertised for a man to drive a laundry wagon and solicit. An early morning applicant replied with uncertainty saying he had drawn a laundry wagon before but not one of the other tasks, and showed the ad clipping.
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Doemup Lanery
Dickens as Artist Not Psychiatric Subject in Critique
Dr Charles W Burr of the University of Pennsylvania argues that Dickens creates art not medical case studies. He says Dickens depicts characters through lay observer eyes rather than clinical diagnosis, comparing stage death to life seen by a physician.
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Mr. Micawber
Miss Fite
Charles Dickens
Charles W Burr
University of Pennsylvania
Madical School
Dickens
Doctor Burr
Science Service
Bridge News Briefs Note Local Travel and Moves
Mr and Mrs I B England and children Vera Doris and Floyd motored to Coos Bay Sunday. Edna Price returned to the Frank Culver home after Thanksgiving with her parents at their home near Myrtle Point. Cecil Sommers moved back to Bridge after weeks at Remote. Mrs W A Lett has been at Broadbent since Thanksgiving evening visiting her niece Mrs Floyd Johnson and her family. John Ludiker and M O Hooton families visited Myrtle Point Monday. A O Hooton hosted Thanksgiving guests including Horace G Evernden and Elmer Wilson and son Charles at Sitkum. Charles S Farmer bought the Mullen place and rented to Mr Hendricks. O E Rice family to move from current place to A O Hooton rental home.
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Floyd Johnson
Clarence R. Davis
Hazel
Ethel Pemberton
Roseburg
John Ludiker
Myrtle Point
M. O. Hooton
Coquille
Horace G. Evernden
A. O. Hooton
Bald Hill School Meeting Defeats Local Tax Vote
A meeting at the Bald Hill school house in Road District No. 16 aimed to approve a tax but the levy was defeated. Mrs. Volney Huntley and her son Lloyd recently returned from Alturas California after the death of her mother Mrs. E H Neer. Neer, once a Coos county resident, was well known to local friends. Lige Culbertson owns a Ford car.
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Bald Hill
Volney Huntley
Lloyd
Alturas
California
E. H. Neer
Hospital News Briefs from Remote and Nearby Areas
George Bourne of N. J. Morrison at Remote treated for mashed hand on Thursday. A baby boy named Chester Lowell born to Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Johnson at Broadbent on Thursday. Norma Fern, five and a half pounds, born to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bostic at Camp 4 on Saturday. Fred Lafferty treated for sprained ankle on Friday. Lawrence Mullen injured arm by a cable at the Weekly & Weekly camp above Bridge on Saturday. Clyde Barker sustained broken ribs the same day at Western White Cedar Co. R. A. Epperson at Big Creek treated for infected foot from a saw tooth injury on Sunday. Mrs. Cora Steele had ankle cast removed. Doc Shull had his leg cast removed. both doing fine. J. N. Mast of Union Oil treated for elbow injury on Tuesday. A baby girl born at the hospital Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Avery at Coquille, nine pounds. Mrs. J. C. Saint and baby returned home at Broadbent on Monday. Fred Morris, hospitalized with pneumonia, discharged Wednesday.
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George Bourne
N. J. Morrison
H. F. Johnson
Broadbent
Chester Lowell
Fred ‘Lafferty
Norma Fern
Camp 4
A. E. Bostic
Lawrence Mullen
Bridge
Clyde Barker
Western White Cedar Company
R. A. Epperson
Ed Roberts
Big Creek
Cora Steele
Doc
J. N. Mast
Union Oil Company
Jim Avery
Coquille
J. C. Saint
Fred Morris
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