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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1897
Page
4
Brief items from Aberdeen on April 15 1897 note Easter preparations by churches, a Lincoln anniversary, relocations and business changes including West Kellogg's addition vacancy, city agent appointment for Canadian Pacific, and social events. Also mention weather, a chicken theft case, school term start, and upcoming entertainments and bazaars.
A promotional notice urges grocers to stock Schilling’s Best tea as a high quality, fair price option. It promises customer satisfaction with a money back guarantee if the tea does not meet expectations, appealing to shops facing tea demand and cost concerns.
Aberdeen residents are urged to support and join the public library association. For one dollar membership and quarterly dues of twenty five cents, anyone may use the library’s 499 volumes plus benefits of the reading room now housed there. The goal is to grow the collection to one thousand volumes and broaden community access while funds are applied to new books.
The regular semi annual meeting of the Presbytery of Olympia convened in the Presbyterian church with Rev. E R Pritchard delivering the sermon as retiring moderator. Rev H F White of Buckley elected moderator and Prof Tait of Tacoma named temporary secretary with Rev Dr Lackey continuing as permanent secretary. The session will continue through the day. Anzas McKinsie presided during the earlier session with addresses by Angus McKinsie and J D Wells and a paper on the Foundation and History of Presbyterianism in Chehalis County by Mrs J M Walker. Under the new Northern Pacific schedule, Aberdeen to the Kootenai mining region reaches Spokane at 6:50 am to connect with the Spokane Falls & Northern Bay schedule, aiding travel to Rossland and other towns.
A local theater announces the new cast for the Garrick production led by C. R. Green and A. N. Other. Florence Gordon wraps up the preview as Louis Cochran, with curtain rising at 3 o clock.
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