Washington News Roundup on Wilfley Impeachment and Currency Measures
Senate will not impeach Judge Lebbeus Wilfley over charges of misbehavior in Shanghai. Aldrich currency bill approved, creating up to 500 million in emergency notes for banks. Ridgeley resigns as Controller. Murray to succeed. Japan damages case against San Francisco settled for 450. Admiral Dewey unlikely to attend welcome for fleet in San Francisco. Major General Greely retired at 64, heading to travel in the Orient.
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Washington
United States Senate
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
United State Court For China
Lorin Andrews
Shanghai
Aldrich
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
State Department
San Francisco
Dewey
Pacific Coast
A. W. Greely
Hop
Orient
Weaving Traditions Told by a Rug Hunter
Franklin Clarkin describes traditional hand dyed and hand woven Persian rugs. He notes manual dyeing from sheep blood and plant colors, harps of threads, and 400 knots per square inch in a Kirman rug. Weavers labor for years, yielding unique patterns and colors shaped by life events and environment.
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Franklin Clarkin
Everybody's Magazine
Tea Hum Bug In Tea And Union Banter
Humorous snippets note consumer satire and a joke about tea quality from Schilling and a grocer refund policy. The column also recalls a London scraps quip on calendars and a Kansas City Independent exchange about a walking delegate and marriage. It ends with a remark on bullfighters earning up to fifty thousand dollars a year and their short careers.
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Kansas City
Twenty Year Health Sentence Cured by Bucklen Salve
O S Woolever of LeRaysville New York claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his bleeding piles twenty years ago in a self described health sentence. The ad touts Bucklen's Salve as healing worst sores boils burns wounds and cuts and lists Evans Drug Co. and Postoffice Pharmacy as retailers at 1.
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Buecklen
O. S. Woolever
LeRaysville
N. Y
Bucklen
Evans Drug Co
Postoffice Pharmacy
Chamberlain
Helpful Advice From Mrs Pinkham Letter Promises Private Help
An advertisement urges women to write to Mrs Lydia E. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts sharing private illnesses. It claims decades of correspondence with sick women has given her knowledge to aid cases and promises strict confidentiality.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A classic ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It features a testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allentown Pa detailing relief from organic derangement and nervous headaches after following the product's guidance. The copy claims the remedy has cured thousands of women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
City Fire Alarm Boxes and Locations
A list of real and imaginary fire alarm boxes with numbers and cross streets across Aberdeen. Notable sites include Box 4 at Young and Thomas, Box 5 at B and Cleveland, Box 7 at Terrace Ave and D St by High School, Box 9 at Hume and K Sts near the Northern Pacific Depot, and Box 81 at Franklin School Market between Jefferson and M.
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Young and Thomas
North Aberdeen
Cleveland Streets
Highland Home
Terrace Avenue
D Street
High School
Burrows’ Dock
Hume and
K Streets
Northern Pacific Railroad
Boone and King Streets
South Aberdeen
Wilson Bros’ Mill
S. E. Slade Mill
Market
American Mill
Fourth
Franklin School
Jefferson and
M Streets
Hume
Anderson & Middleton Mill
Dean's Kidney Pills Promising Aberdeen Endorsement
An Aberdeen reader touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble. The testimonial describes backache and urinary issues easing after using two boxes, with sales by Red Cross Drug Store and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as U.S. agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Bright
Dean
Aberdeen
T. M. Howard
Curtis Street
Wash
Red Cross
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
The Herald of Gray’s Harper Appeals to Advertisers
The Herald claims wide readership as the paper of choice in Gray's Harper. It touts its reach to attract wise advertisers and promote local business presence.
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Gray
Harper
Wise
State Democratic Convention Call for Spokane Delegates 1908
Notice from the Democratic Party of Washington calls a state convention at Spokane on May 18 1908 at 11 am to elect ten delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Denver July 7 1908 based on county representation including votes for Supreme Court judges in 1906. A.R. Titlow chairs the committee with Carl Eshelman secretary.
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Washington State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Tacoma
Washington
Washington State
Democratic Central Committee
State of Washington
Spokane
Denver
Col
United States
Supreme Court
Big Hill Move urges streets filled in Aberdeen
An appeal urges residents to fill in streets alleys and lots in Aberdeen using abundant material from the Dabney hill to be torn down. Orders should be sent to the S. W. Johnston Transfer Company, phone 821.
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Aberdeen
Dabney Hill
S. W. Johnston Transfer Company
Aberdeen Election Notice for 1908 City Offices
Election notice states Aberdeen Washington will vote April 7 1908 for six councilmen two year terms one from each ward plus one city treasurer and one city clerk for one year. Polls open 8 a m close 8 p m in each precinct. Dated March 23 1908.
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Aberdeen
Wash
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Wilfley
China
Rooselelle
Thanges
Bil
Troller Hidgeley
Greely
Wiltley
Hawley
Oregon
William B. Ridgeley
Roosevelt
National Bank of Commerce of
Lawrence O. Murray
Commerce and Labor
Grand Theatre
Marie Grandpre
Burgomaster
Oriental Rugs
Schilling
Ile
London
Heron and
Broadway
Third and
Hart-Wood Lumber Co.’s Mill
Western Cooperage
Washington Streets
the Herald
Choice Inside Residence Corner
Wishkah and
Park Sts
J. J. Carney
Wishkah Street
Democratic Party of State of Washington
A. R. Titlow
Carl D. Eshelman
Bobby
Tommy
Cleveland
Adams
L. L. Maley
Telephone 1701
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Herald Printery
East Wishkah ST
Minneapolis
Northup, King & Company
Rhodes Brothers
P. F. Clark
City Cerk
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