Coos Bay Fair 1927 Draws Weather Hope and Heavy Attendance
The Coos Bay Fair at Marshfield in 1927 saw lower than average exhibitor quality but strong visitor turnout despite rain. Officials reported some money left over from the previous year and noted substantial state interest. Friday drew the heaviest crowds with at least 4 608 attending the afternoon program. A U S Shipping Party led by Commissioner Myers inspected harbor facilities, while music by the Marshfield Legion band enlivened nightly events and River Wins took top state fair trip in the Boys Club contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Myers
United States
Coss Bay
Elis
Marshfield Legion Drom Paolo
Evgebiention
Blaze At Buell Barn Prompt Inquiry By Fire Officials
Residents reported a small blaze at the Buell barn on Willow Street last night. Firefighters reached the scene and pulled a newspaper and rags from the sidewall, with Fire Chief Schaider labeling it a possible case of arson under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
As & ‘O. ‘Tocman
Aa Geosigie Bpéader
Methodist
Givarel
Sundsy
Ae L. Buell
Club welcomes new members at September meeting
The Wok club met via Mrs. Leura Mayse on September 1 in Deira Wirth. New members Mrs. DeBoer and visitors Mrs. Cromley and Mrs. Sumerian attended. Guests were invited to the Geng Team where dessert was served including Mrs. Mayse's birthday cake. Next meeting set for October 18 with Mrs. Elena Minerd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deira
Weenai
Leura Mayse
DeBoer
Gravel’ Ford
Jessie Swan
Angie
Low Kleet
Edward Cromley
Myrtle Point
Tom Sumerian
Gravel Ford
Geng
Mayse
Elena Minerd
Roseburg Flight Thrill Draws Local Bank Official
A. J. Radabaugh, president of the Bank of Myrtle Point, paid twenty dollars for an airplane ride to Roseburg with L. Church. They left around ten, flew over the Douglas county capital, and returned by noon. Radabaugh says he enjoyed the experience though he would not take another ride if free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Radabaugh
Bank of
Myrtle Point
Pleneur
Coos County
Roseburs
L. Church
St ‘Hoon
Douglas County
Radabatgh
Anghway
Circus Elephants Rampage After Leaving Band on Farm Road
Readable fragments describe circus elephants leaving Bandon causing disturbance. One elephant blocked a highway near Croskederek while another wandered side roads toward the beach. Residents fled as circus crew attempted to corral the animals after dawn sections of the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monet Bill
Bandon
Bandin
Moute
Hétder
Croskederek
Olver
Bunset
Rartehal
Weekly Baby of Mr and Mrs Willer Bridge Dies in Oregon
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Willer Bridge died Monday in Portland after brief illness. Born April 4 1987 in Myrtle Point she was taken to Dora for funeral services held today at ten thirty with burial in Dern Cemetery conducted by Rev Barklow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bridge
Portland
Daly
Myrtle Point
Dora
Dern
Barklow
Baby Clinic Scheduled at City Hall on October Fourth
Readable fragments indicate a baby clinic set for October at City Hall. Details on time and organizers are garbled but suggest community health outreach.
State Fair honors county cheese makers at dairy exhibit
At the Oregon state fair several dairy exhibitors received honors amid contests across dairy sections. Arago and nearby producers highlighted by strong cheese scores and top stock judging with Melden Cari, 18, winning highest score among state stock judges.
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Caes
Malema
Salem
Simone
Myrtle Point
Snonbei Ibe
Oregon
Deirymen
California
Sears
Afdj
Arago
Mawch
Ita
Melden Cari
Cottage Grove and Grants Pass Set for Saturday Showdown
Townspeople anticipate a strong Cottage Grove versus Grants Pass game as both teams are evenly matched. Local residents can buy season tickets for $1.75 to attend all home games, a new pale-colored offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottage Grove
Myrtle Hotel Progress With Finishing Touches
Workmen began tearing out the interior of the old Guerin hotel site to convert part of the building into the Myrtle hotel dining room and kitchen. King and Bowera, the new proprietors, estimate two months before completion with extensive alterations. the lobby marquee bears the Myrtle Hotel name on Fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eld. Guerin Hotel
Pines
Myrtle Hotel
Sad Bowera
Roosis
King
Fifth Street
Elk Play in Pasture at Arago Yesterday
J. D. Carl reported in Arago that two bull elk seen nearby for weeks entered his pasture at dusk yesterday. He heard their horns clash in a grinding sound as they played among cattle, a first sighting in a week with several observers confirming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Carl
Hélibe
Redr
Arago
Mr. Carl
Mitchells and Troxels complete Maple Street transfer
A real estate deal closed early this week transferring Bardori property from Mr and Mrs D J Mitchell to Mrs Troxel in exchange for the Troxell apartment house on Maple Street. Mrs Jenal will relocate to Beaden Taine he vet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Mitchell
Troxel
Tded
Bardori
Troxell
Weet
Maple Street
Jenal
Bib Rimes Britton Fracture Loss Recalled in Obituary
Bee Rimes Britton, long resident of Oregon after early years in Michigan and Nebraska, fractured his hip weeks ago and failed. he was fed at home by dunes and died before burial. He lived at Bridge and the Dal Belted ranch, was a Masonic member, and will be laid to rest beside his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Rimes Britton
Dunes
Michigan
Lowe
Yale
Aoe
Alliance
Train time change affects Southern Pacific schedule
Sunday morning a new train schedule took effect on the Southern Pacific with the morning train leaving at 7 40 instead of 8 15. Postmistress Emma Schneider asks that all parcel post packages intended for the morning train be mailed the night before. Packages received in the morning will largely be held over until next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Emma ‘Schneider
Apples Show Ablaze at The American Office Display
Ben Smalley of Halls presented six Gravenstein apples at The American office early this week. The six pears weigh five and a half pounds with circumferences about fourteen inches and fourteen inches respectively. The tree they came from has stood for fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Smalley
Halls Etek
Plan to Organize County Grange With 60 Farmers
The Catching Inlet grange met Friday night with Mrs. Robert Green in charge. Plans were laid to form a county grange in two weeks at Hollow Stump Myrtle Point McKinley Catching Inlet Ken tuck Inlet with 60 county inlets farmers. Officers elected this year will be installed at the county meeting. The Catching Inlet grange will meet the second and fourth Fridays each month. A large sign to direct strangers to the inlet road was proposed. An unusually large crowd attended the Friday night school house meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catching Inlet
Robert Green
Hollow Stump
Myrtle Point
McKinley
Kentuck Inlet
Grange
Arago Lad Wins Top Honor in Oregon Stock Judging
Melden Carl of Arago, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Carl, secured the highest honor in the state fair stock judging contest Monday, ranking first among 51 boys from across Oregon. He is 18 years old and in his first year of judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melden Carl
J. D. Carl
Arago
Oregon
Melden
Amusements At Pair Gathered At The Fair
The amusement operators paid the fair association a percent of receipts and earned a little over 260 dollars, totaling more than 3 600 dollars. Myrtle Point and Coquille firemen ran a lunch stand, bringing in about 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fair Association
Wis
Myrtle Point
Coquille
First Meeting of Presbyterian Choral Club Plans Season
The club met at the Presbyterian church on Monday evening with ten members present. Committees were formed for writing place selection, membership, and finances, naming J H Wintats, Same Jones to pick a writing place, Mrs Irnes Tecker, Mrs H W Lever, Mrs Bax Cosley, Mrs O H Clarke and Sai Johnston on the writing committee. Membership committee lists Mell Mat Donald, Petari Benson, Mrs Cora Steele, Mrs H L Hesitisss, Mrs A C Chase, Mrs Grant Carrick and Mrs Susie Hassilton. The group aims to support the coming year, cover expenses, and plans to stage an opera once parts are worked up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Wintats
Joneiston
Irnes “Tecker
H. W. Levér
Baxi ‘Cosley
O. H. Clarke
Sai Johnston
Donald
Petari Benson
Cora Steele
H. L. Hesitisss
A. C. Chase
Grant Carrick
Susie Hassilton
Weinbirs
Theft at Dunkams of Course store in dry goods department
A late Saturday theft at the Dunkam’s Of Course store involved two unidentified men. One distracted Miss Denham by the rear safe while the other removed a package and a pair of bloomers from a rack in the dry goods section. The items disappeared as the pair left, with prices sought from Mrs. Burtis at the front. Both men were strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkam
Titus Selling Dodges In Marshfield After Move
Austin Titus, formerly with the Tower Co of Marshfield and in charge of their Myrtle Point office, is now with the Fisher company at Marshfield selling Dodge cars and Graham trucks. He was in the city late last week greeting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Titus
The
Tower Co
Marshfield
Myrtle Point
Fisher Company
Dodge
Titus
City Recorder aides big business in court notes
Police court items list multiple defendants- for disorderly conduct intoxication or liquor possession- with fines ranging from 20 to 50 dollars and bail forfeitures. Several cases note fast driving as the underlying cause, while others cite liquor possession and intoxication. The writeup explains fines funnel to city or state as appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Dodge
Bill Mast
Gee. Ludiker
Joseph C. Lee
F. Clark
Cox
J. B. Kreutzer
C. R. McCullough
G. J. Vowel
E. J. Appleby
H. Weeden
Jim Niesland
Haynes
Cooper
Mroney
Twin Calves Reported From Joteey Cow and Catching Creek
Frank Daggert notes twins born last week to a Joteey cow yielding a male and a female. A second twin birth of elves occurred at Catching Creek last week. This marks the fourth twin pair reported in the locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Daggert
Catching Creek
Romania
Fragmentary OCR Note From Unknown Organization
A garbled OCR passage mentions individuals and places in unclear context. It references George E. Hasupten and scattered terms like organisation and workplace, but the overall meaning and specifics are unreadable. No clear event, date, or location can be determined from the readable text.
AdvanceRegs Estrahour Changes Event at North Bend Church
Inaccurate OCR reads reveal details of a local event with speakers planned at a Christian church basement. Names such as Ogden and Meyers appear amid garbled phrases describing entertainment and décor to welcome attendees from North Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Ogden
And
Mes
Dallies
Walter I. Meyers
North Bend
Fair events canceled due to infantile paralysis fears
An event at the ReDRCAM parties in California was called off because of concerns over infantile paralysis among attendees.
Car Turns Turtle In Accident In Beseburg
F. W. Winchell of Beseburg, traveling for the Winchester company, had a bad accident when a tire aft rear wheels failed. The Buick sedan rolled over, injuring Mr. Winchell’s legs and bruising him. The car was towed to L. H. Pearce garage for repairs and he continued on his way the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Élyesti
F. W. Winchell
Beseburg
Winchester Company
Oil Drilling Company Formed in Myrtle Point
Articles of incorporation will be filed this week for a new oil drilling company to be capitalized at 250000 dollars. Ben McMibihh, linked with Coos County partners, engages Attorney Dal King to draft the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geawe
Rieiling Fee
Ite
Myrtle Point
Atock
Ben McMibihh
Coeg Bs Coquille Valley
Undertaking
Dal M. King
Myrtle hotel to pay first dividends to stockholders
Dal M. King, a president of the new Myrtle hotel, stated today that checks for the first dividend will be mailed to stockholders tomorrow. Dividends will be paid quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 going forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dal M. King
New Myrtle Hotel
Hla
Visit by California City Aims to Foster Ties
Coos County residents plan a goodwill visit to a California city via Roosevelt Highway to strengthen relations and spur cooperation. Boy Scout reports highlight two weeks in the woods with 22 youths, while local leaders prepare training classes for Scout masters. Advertising efforts for an Oregon magazine are rejected due to chamber finances, and the Southwestern Oregon Producers Association seeks support for broccoli farming across Coos and Curry counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shebitbes Haid
Cresseut
Cock County Citisene
Weneter
Curry
Betty
Deri
Im the Woods
Britton
Myrtle Point
Savage
New
Oregon Magazine
Chamber
Wiedschmitt
Coos Bay Junction
Southwestern Oregon Producers’ Association
Schmitt
Y ta’'Cove
Corry
Man Wounds Arm At Myrtle Point Lumber Yard
Injured worker Frank Sanders of the Myrtle Point Lumber Yard nursed his left arm after a saw mishap at the plant. He carried the arm and underwent first aid while the incident was being handled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sanders
Myrtle Point
Paralyzed outbreaks hit Oregon towns and schools
Reports say Roy school near Johnson is closed due to infantile paralysis. Miller child contracts the disease. North Bend and Marshfield each report cases, with Canyonville witnessing a death earlier in the week. Most cases in Oregon are in Klamath Falls and along the southern Pacific highway. Myrtle Point has no cases to date.
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Roy
Johnson Will
Coquille Road
Miller
North Bend
Marshfield
Canyonville
Oregon
Klamath Falls
Pacific Highway
Myrtle Point
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