Bowes Proposes City Teams Plow Gardens to Aid Poor
City council approves using teams under the street department to plow gardens for residents unable to hire labor. A street committee review, mayoral question of authority, and emergency powers are discussed as ordinances plank Schley Street and an Highland Home alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bowes
J. M. Phillips
A. E. Cross
Cross
Wilson
Schley Street
Decatur
Rosecrans
Highland Home Addition
Lola Love
9Th Street
Paslay
Stevens
Wishkah
J. J. Irwin
Farragut
Anton Pista
Phillips
Peter F. Clark
Bowes
John P. Carlson
Pista
Carlson
Miss Grace Proctor and Mr Wilson Sheby Wed in Seattle
Dorothy Girton Proctor of this city attended the wedding of Grace Proctor and Wilson Sheby at the bride’s parents home in Seattle last evening. Mrs Sheby, known locally, resided here for years and graduated from Aberdeen high school.
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Dorothy Girton
Seattle
Grace Proctor
Wilson Sheby
Sheby
Aberdeen High School
J A Graham Injured in Yard Accident
J A Graham suffers a severe knee cut at Endresen spar yard and requires crutches for walking after the workplace incident a few days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Graham
Endresen Spar
Grays Harbor Cranberry Company Formed For Land Development
Incorporation papers filed for the Grays Harbor Cranberry Company with $50 000 capital. A L Paine heads the new company with officers including T L Lewis W J Patterson S K Bowes and Robert Ewart as director. The firm owns 380 acres at South Beach near Glen Grayland to be cleared surveyed ditched and planted as vines are set. Officials expect a major food industry development in Grays Harbor county based on these beach lands and potential Cranberry growth nearby.
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Grays Harbor
South Beach
Glen Grayland
Grays Harbor County
Ithaca
Pacific County
Pacific Coast
Benn
Benn Place
R. L. Dalton
This
Pacific
Doctor Carr Buys Big Ranch Near Montesano
Dr F L Carr purchases the 200 acre ranch formerly owned by Mrs Alice Johnson just west of Montesano. He plans extensive improvements including drainage work and clearing. The ranch, currently leased as a dairy, will be developed further.
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Montesano
F. L. Carr
Alice Johnson
Montesano Riders Form Club
Montesano residents form a motorcycle club with E. W. Olson as president Frank Bauer as treasurer and Lawrence Anderson as captain. Almost all local motorcycle owners joined and the group plans affiliation with Grays Harbor county clubs.
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Montesano
E. W. Olson
Frank Bauer
Lawrence Anderson
Grays Harbor
Naval officer attends funeral of Andrew Reid
Ensign H M Delanty of the Fourth Division Naval Militia returned home for two days this week to attend the funeral of Andrew Reid.
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H. M. Delanty
Naval Militia
Andrew Reid
Farm Loan Demand Surges With 400 Local Associations Forming
Spokane April 19 Applications for federal farm loan bank loans totaling about 8 million dollars are on file in Spokane with the bank. D G O Shea president notes roughly 400 associations are formed or forming across Washington Idaho Oregon and Montana. Each group seeks a minimum 20 000 loan through ten or more farmers. Bonds in 4 interest will be offered to the public and investors. The bank foresees a 100 million dollar loan volume for the district once fully organized.
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Spokane
Federal Farm Loan Bank of
Farm Loan
D. G. O’shea
A. W. Cawthorn
O’shea
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
O'Shea
Farm Loan Association
Spokane Bank
Tea for Belgium Sufferers Benefit at Hart Home
A Wednesday afternoon tea hosted by Mrs. Waldo W. Hart on Terrace Avenue supported Belgian relief. An evening musical program entertained guests and raised a neat sum for the charitable cause.
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Waldo W. Hart
Terrace Avenue
Belgium
Death of early Grays Harbor pioneer Reuben Redman
Reuben Redman aged 97 died at his Melbourne home after a long life that shaped Grays Harbor settlement. He arrived in 1852 with his family from Illinois, helped found Aberdeen area land, and spent his later years on a Melbourne farm. Survived by son Joseph and two daughters, funeral to be held at 2 pm at the Melbourne schoolhouse with Rev. Knox officiating.
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Reuben Redman
Grays Harbor County
Melbourne
Redman
Joseph T. Redman
Samuel Benn
Aberdeen
Margaret Rafferty
Portland
Justin Luark
Montesano
P. H. King
E. B. Benn
Leta Benn
Phoebe Kinnison
John Hanson
E. L. Macafferty
Fish
Plains
Mr. Redman
Illinois
Pacific Northwest
Chehalis
Mr. Benn
Benn
Knox of
Petition drives seek to delay bone dry law in county
Referendum petitions circulate in county towns to retain the permit system and put the bone dry law to a public vote. If sufficient signatures gather statewide before June, the law could be held up until the November 1918 general election.
French Drive German Line In Major 1918 Offensive
April 19 reports describe a fierce French assault along the Soissons Rheims front. German defenses collapsed as French artillery and infantry overwhelmed earthworks, drawing in six more divisions and expanding prisoners and casualties amid a rapidly advancing front.
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Soissons- Rheims
Judge Denies New Trial Motion in Realty Case
Judge Ben Sheeks denied a motion for a new trial in the Aberdeen Realty Syndicate suit against E. C. Finch. He called the motion premature as no final decree has been entered. Attorneys W. H. Abel and T. B. Bruener represented the syndicate. E. E. Boner represented Finch.
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Montesano
Ben Sheeks
Aberdeen Realty Syndicate
E. C. Finch
Sheeks
W. H. Abel
T. B. Bruener
E. E. Boner
Mr. Finch
Lindquist Ordered to Stand Trial for Camp No 7 Killing
Alfred Lindquist must face a jury for the murder of Ed Gosseling at Camp No 7 of the Simpson Logging Co despite claims of insanity. The court ruled this week that he will be tried. Lindquist says the act was necessary to become a "child of God" and recently wrote to President Wilson seeking a consultation on national problems.
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Montesano
Alfred Lindquist
Ed. Gosseling
Grand Patriotic Demonstration At Lexington Day Event
Clark V Savidge land commissioner urged young men to answer the country’s call to arms at the Grand theater after the city’s longest street parade. Governor Ernest Lister spoke on unity, loyalty and wartime duty as 1100 spectators heard music and readings.
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Clark V. Savidge
Grand Theater
Ernest Lister
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DR. Carr
BIG
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Lister
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America
Liberty
W. Y. Croxall
L. D. Kelsey
Hoquiam Choral Society
Dixie
Paul Revere
John G. Lewis
Lewis
Theo. B. Bruener
Mr. Bruener
Bunker Hill
Concord
Hoquiam
Bruener
Governor Lister
Olympia
Congress
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Fred R. Conway
Mr. Savidge
Boston
Christ
Gettysburg
Valley Forge
Lafayette
France
England
N. A. McEachern
J. W. Barkley
Columbia
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