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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1912
Page
2
A store article urges a 30 day rebate plan offering five cents back for every dollar spent to beautify homes gardens and public spaces. It calls for merchants to join and for church groups to start improvements while highlighting after master sale prices on many items.
Hoquiam officials report progress in forming a local baseball club for the year with a tentative manager. They expect to secure the necessary guarantee and field a complete team led by 1. WH. ford, a former third baseman, who will bring a two year Idaho league unit.
The power freighter Albatros owned by the Fletcher brothers arrived at Hoquiam from the Hoh river with freight. After loading cargo it will depart likely tomorrow to return. The vessel will trade between Hoquiam and the Hoh and Queets river districts until the fishing season opens.
Capital and surplus listed at 300000.00 with services in general banking. The firm buys and sells foreign and domestic exchange and handles tax payments for non residents. They offer discounts on good mill paper.
April 14 recall petitions for Mayor Ferguson will be filed soon after final checks on signer registration. Leaders say they aim to verify every signer is registered and urge unregistered residents to qualify at the city clerk’s office. Signer total reportedly approaches the thousand mark, with petitions not yet fully submitted.
Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound officials visited Montesano to offer a plan for a Chehalis river draw bridge and a South Montesano spur to the city with a shared construction cost. The line would serve mills and be open to common user, a bargain next to a prior Northern Pacific offer.
A profile of Elsie Janis highlights her fame as actress author and philanthropist. It notes her Broadway works including The Slim Princess set for April 18 and her charitable impact through earnings aiding actresses and related groups.
Hoquiam reports a new fishing tug nearly ready for launch around May 1. Built by Iver Chilman in East Hoquiam for William Geer Eric Wilson and R L Jeliiies the vessel will have a 50 horsepower gasoline engine for purse seining along the coast. The purse seine, first tried locally last summer, proved successful and spurred others to enter the business. The net will measure 300 fathoms in length and 17 fathoms in depth.
Tug Petrel under construction at Mathews shipbuilding yards will be launched within two weeks and join service soon after May 1. Machinery and boilers arrived, tripple expansion engines at 175 horsepower will power the tug, designed for river and inside work on Grays Harbor.
Albert Picco sold his 140 acre ranch near Elma to M Schnuriger of Pierce county for 15000 dollars. Schnuriger and family moved in last week. Picco and family plan a visit to Newfoundland. The deal was arranged by J Ke Calder of this city.
Judge E R Brady contracted for a Kewanee water and electric light system to be installed at his ranch east of Montesano at once. The plant will supply electric power for lights and motorized ranch equipment and water at house and barns. G I McDougall of Aberdeen holds the contract for the work.
The Esther Society met with Mrs. M. A. Garlock on Wednesday afternoon in Montesano. Officers elected for the coming year are President Mrs. A. B. Holloway, Vice President Mrs. F. L. Nethery, Secretary Mrs. W. J. Bates, and Treasurer Mrs. D. W. Fleet.
The Montesano district issued a batch of marriage licenses during the week including W. H. T. Shepherd and Elsie E. Bates, L. P. Abshire and Mary Ik Richardson, J. Ee and Lizzie Pete, F. Ke Johnson and Margaret I. McNamara, L. P. Arnold and Charlotte LaBell, Peder Berge and Ragna Madsen, Ben Anderson and Mary Johansen.
William Faversham presents a novel comedy The Faun by Edward Knoblauch at the Grand theater on April 6. He appears as a wood-god guiding shepherds and the outdoor world in a modern, mirthful play with a strong supporting company led by Julie Opp in a captivating leading role.
J A Putman and J Parsons form Putman and Parsons partnership in South Montesano. They will open Monday in the former T F Brown Co room with wallpaper paints and decorating goods. Mrs Putman will offer art glasses crochet embroidery and fancy work with potential dressmaking later.
In South Bend on April 12 Judge Sol Smith granted twelve of twenty three naturalization applications. One applicant, John Pietila of Ilwaco, qualified as not being a member of the I W W. His petition was denied after questions about membership.
Elma April 13 Three posses and private hunters, numbering many, track John Tornow through the woods. A $5,000 reward draws strong interest and he may be captured this spring, despite pursuers already closing in. Signs of the bandit are found and authorities believe he remains in the Oxbow country.
Guy Freehouse sells 150 tickets at one dollar each for the Firemen's ball in Avery's hall on April 20. The event promises fine music and a high-spirited dance in Elma with the local community attending.
Funeral for Mrs. A Shaw, who died at her son Walter Shaw’s Hoquiam residence on Friday April 11, was held at the family home with Rev. C Mc Dermoth officiating. Born in New Brunswick in 1831 she helped open Astoria’s first hotel in 1856 before moving to Hoquiam. She died at 81, survived by her husband three children five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Ben Crain sold his Elma blacksmith shop this week to B C Sather of Aberdeen. Sather assumed charge on Tuesday after the sale held Monday. Crain will likely stay in Elma and may pursue another business. Poor health made blacksmithing too hard for him.
Elma April 18 The school board elected T R McAnally as head of the Elma schools for next year. He succeeds O R Bond who was not an applicant for his present position and has led the district for several years.
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