Young Earl W Smith Delivers Patriotic Red Cross Appeal
Earl W Smith, aged 13, delivers a fiery Red Cross speech on a downtown Portland street. His father, W. R. Smith, wrote the address and the boy memorized it, sparking crowd enthusiasm and prompting plans to frame a clipping for the office wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
George L. Paker
Earl Wi Smith
Red Cross
Red Cross Fund
Smith
West Davis Street
Prussia
Agast
Belgium
Lusitania
New Year Clean-Up Sales Planned by Myrtle Point Mercantile Co
Coquille area note: Myrtle Point Mercantile Co announces a New Year Clean-Up Sale with clothing specials next week to attract customers. The ad appeared late this week and will run in the next issue. Also mentions visits by Vinnie Arrington and local family travel reflects holiday period activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coquille
Oregon
Myrtle~Point--Mercantile Co
Bessie
California
Myrtle Point Mercantile Co
Pike
Mathes
Powers
Reuben Cotton
Gravel
Red Cross
Myrtie
Tobey
Eugene
Bay
Ity
Empire the Cops & ‘Curry Telephone ‘Co
Florence Hall
Big Creek
Wendling
James Stinson, Jr
Astoria
James
Stinson
American Red Cross
Myrtle Point
Hermann's Hall
Doris Magness
Mina
Broadbent
W. C. Andrews
Lakeside
Siletz
M. E
Santa Claus Eatia
Jimmy Albee
Alvin Neidleigh
Vancouver
Jimmy
Aviation Corps
Alvin
Navy
J.,a- Black, Jr
Reedsport
J A. Black
Red Cross Publicity Note From Coos County Manager
A letter from A C Black manager of Publicity for the American Red Cross Portland Oregon dated December 24 1917 thanks Myrtle Point Oregon for its cooperation in a state wide membership drive and notes no pay and praise for publicity efforts highlighting support from Coos County paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Oregon
Sahin
Judas Iscariot
Sbehalf
United States
Portland
Ore
W. R. Smith
Fe Myrtle Point
Xen ET
American Red ‘Cross
Coos County
A. C. Black
Mgr
Too Much Quietness Ends With Silly Wedding Prank
W C Stevens and Miss Hazel Weekly marry quietly in our city. Friends stage a playful punishment locking groom in a jail cell and lecturing the couple on wedlock before releasing them with a warning. The pair then return home under a lighthearted cloud. Mr and Mrs Max Dement and children visit Marshfield for Theresa’s surgeon appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hazel
Calaboose
Orner
Max Dement
Nuptial Week in Dan Cupid’s Court Details Multiple Marriages
Reverend Barklow performs a Sunday wedding in Dan Cupid's court featuring William C. Stevens and Hazel Irene Weekly in Myrtle Point. The couple plan to live on Railroad Avenue. Barklow also officiated Edward Frazier Hoffman and Susie Victoria Everden in Hall's Creek. Both couples are well known locally and connected to area families. Hale Whitaker, Chester Adams, Roy Spires, and Elton Spires are noted visitors on Christmas vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
William CG. Stevens
Hazel Irene
Gravel Ford
Ore
Thos. Barklow
Jas. Stevens
Myrtle Point
Win
North Fork
Railroad Avenue
Barklow
Edward Frazier Hoffman
thig_city
Susie Victoria Everden
Arago
Hall’s Creek
M. Hazen
Indian Creek
Helen’ Whitaker
Chester Adams
U. of C
Roy and
Elton Spires
Christmas concert at Methodist Church delights Myrtle Point crowd
The Methodist Church choir presented a Christmas Sacred Concert Sunday evening with a program featuring Bethlehem, City of David and The Song the Angels Sang. Obituary notes follow for William Huntley born 1846 in Missouri, with service in Myrtle Point and a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
O._H. Clarke
Bethlehem
City of David
A. L.barnhart
F. G. Drake
the Angels
Gina Ey Eae
J. A. Black, Jr
Benediktion Bokgneg
Neil He
Rastor
William ‘Huntley
William
Church of the Brethren
Thos. Barklow
Myrtle Point
Huntley
Independence
Missouri
Oregon
Willow Springs
Roseburg
Coos County
Mary E.’ Whoberg
Curry County
Alva
Volney
Edward
Laura Carter
Nettie
Sarah Huntley
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Baker
Congress
Patce
W. T Yee
Vinnie Arrington
Arrington
Wifc
Marshfield
Coos River
County
Ita Matto Old Coos
Rev
M. E. Church
Wenly
J. D. Hayes
Unique Theatre
Jules Verne
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