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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1917
Page
3
Aberdeen items report Mrs Ellen Kete left for Tonopah Nevada and Miss Selena Sapp visiting Kennewick for Easter. City socials note clubs meeting at homes, weddings and engagements, residents attending events in Seattle Portland Milwaukee and other locales.
Mrs Blanche Maxwell read her report Thursday night after returning from the grand lodge meeting in Walla Walla. Mrs Alfred J Anderson received a past oracle's jewel, prompting a surprised reaction.
Ed Benn reports the birth of a baby boy in Seattle. Wm Lanning leaves for Alaska to seek fortune in gold mines. Ed McDonald's steamer ferries county produce to Harbor markets. A baby boy brings joy to Mr and Mrs F F Smith. K Zelasko buys A C Crowther furniture stock and opens a bazaar in Aberdeen Bank building. Carman and Lewis plan to manufacture cars at Camillo planing mill, employing about 25 if successful. Rev F K Van Tassel named district superintendent of the National Children's Home Society for Eastern Washington and moves to Spokane. wife remains active with the society.
Vice Chairman Brent of the federal Shipping Board will visit Grays Harbor on Sunday, April 8, to inspect shipyards and interview managers. He will report to the government on facilities for building 3000 to 4000 ton wooden ships, ordered to aid Entente Allies. The trip follows requests from Congressman Albert Johnson and local business groups.
The passage describes making various colors by dyeing fabrics. It explains using walnut hulls and logwood decoctions for browns, tea with copperas for a blackish shade, and cudbear for purple. The process includes boiling, dilution, washing, and alum rinsing to brighten the color.
Exquisite black velvet evening gown draped with a spangled net features a rhinestone butterfly corsage and a sunburst of rhinestones along the train. Callot secures butterflies to her frocks as a hallmark, adding a striking, delicate touch to the ensemble.
Knute Compton of the I. W. W. was captured by Company G soldiers and given 30 days in jail by Justice W. M. Baumert after assaulting Private Johnson who refused to show his militia card. Johnson, also I. W. W., was assaulted following enlistment and a further accomplice was sought.
Friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Jno J Carney at their home 315 East Fourth street last evening mark the seventeenth anniversary with reminiscences of early Aberdeen days music and light refreshments Among those present were Mr and Mrs James A Hood Mr and Mrs W B Fetterman Rev and Mrs Charles McDermoth Mr and Mrs W L Gideon Mrs John Steen Miss Vivian Steen and Mrs Lee L Bigelow
City Engineer L. D. Kelsey estimates the Wishkah water project will finish by November first if weather is normal and labor is available. Recent rain and snow in upper country sections have slowed progress and delayed operations.
Sam Kahn, a Russian hopeful, is an inch and a half under required height but travels with Company G to American Lake as recruiters attempt to roll him into service hoping to meet the military stature standard.
The text notes Samoa and Fiji use tattooing for marriage marks and child birth registration on the mother’s hand. In Tahiti tattooing the forehead serves as punishment for serious crimes, reflecting cultural use of body ink in legal and social rites.
A collection of brief reflections on youth and age contrasts. Thoreau imagines youth gathering plans for grand feats while aging shifts to simpler tasks. Barrie notes the young promise relief for the old, who in turn carry the weight of worry. A French proverb adds a wistful chorus.
Fred Mitchell has been named manager of the Chicago National League club, succeeding Joseph Tinker. A New Hampshire native aged thirty eight, he began pitching in 1897, played for the Boston Americans, helped Connie Mack win the pennant in 1902, then moved to Brooklyn and Toronto before joining George Stallings with the Yankees in 1909. He is regarded as one of baseballs top pitching coaches.
Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Phillies leads National League pitchers with a new shutout record of sixteen consecutive scoreless games and the most complete games at thirty eight. He faced 1,500 batters and only fifty reached first base on balls.
A Washington Star excerpt presents a clash where a father condemns idle youth claiming fortune comes from industry while the son retorts that business comes first in life. The exchange frames a moral contrast between duty and leisure.
A Aberdeen student insists he sold only temperate drinks and non alcoholic merchandise while taking orders for apparel laces and phosphates. He says he never sold or shipped apple jack or hard cider and will answer the Pacific county charge in due time. He suspends orders while the matter is clarified.
The St Louis Republic notes that the hair whorls and crests on horses serve as natural pedometers, recording locomotion on the animal’s body. Prominent feathering along the flank and crests on the chest illustrate these patterns, explained by underlying muscle action though the analogy remains superficial.
A long active advertorial from Grays Harbor promotes a male health specialist claiming to cure chronic conditions without surgery. The text offers free consultation and lists conditions including blood poison gland disorders and nerve weakness, touting modern instruments and intravenous methods.
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