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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1913
Page
2
Local notices list a baby born to Mr and Mrs Harry Miller, prescriptions accurately compounded by Evans Drug Co, and a range of musical instruments and fittings. Community events include club meetings, visits, dinners, and a fire department incident with minor damage.
The animal master and America's greatest showman Al G Barnes supervises all performances with a strict no zankling rule. A glittering one mile street parade leads the exhibition at 10 30 a m and water proof tents host two shows at 2 and 8 p m. Local millinery Bathurst Correct trims hats one third off this early season to clear stock with hats priced at 4 00 to 7 00 in new colors and styles at Broadway Electric Building.
Councilman John F Myles faced an arrest report in connection with an incident involving Andrew Sadoras who allegedly harassed a young girl, niece of Myles. The case went to police court where it was dismissed.
M Nelson was arrested Saturday charged with stealing a roll of blankets from the Royal Saloon. He was convicted in police court yesterday and sentenced to four months in county jail by Judge Drake.
Montesano daily list shows Alfred Dean and Margaret Sagendorf of Aberdeen. Earl Minkler and Myrtle Pratt of Hoquiam. G E Reinhardt and Pearl Carlile of Aberdeen. C A Stewart and Catherine Duffy of Cosmopolis. Joseph Secore and Eva Morse of Cosmopolis. Seth Bunch and Etta Sorter of Elma.
J Bancroft Lawton of Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co Chicago presents a working model of a rolling lift bridge. The design is economical to operate with one man and light power required to open and close.
Jas McCauley a logger aged about 35 died last night of pneumonia at St Josephs hospital. He was unmarried with relatives in Minneapolis. The body lies at Whiteside morgue. McCauley was well known on Grays Harbor and a member of the Eagles and Red Men.
Art Rug Weavers at 119 North G Street offers rag rugs silk portieres and related pieces crafted from reclaimed carpets and materials. Local shop promotes handmade floor and window coverings with recycled textures and varied patterns.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as relief for coughs and colds. It claims rapid relief from the first dose and eventual disappearance of the cough with a long standing reputation of forty three years. A Muscadine Alabama testimonial notes the product saved a wife from a severe cough. Prices are 50 cents and 1.00.
S Wetteland, a sign writer who moved to Portland last year, was in the city yesterday and plans to return to Aberdeen. He will manage the sign writing department of the West Coast Advertising Bureau. Melrose, French Blue and Coque De Roche lead colors in ladies bonnets this season. A large assortment of stylish dress hats and tailored ideas is shown at Bathurst Millinery Shop Electric Building on Broadway.
The Kaufman Bros Co store hosted a church benefit contest in which nine Catholic churches competed. The Catholic ladies won the $25 prize for the largest sales and earned $98 in percentages on their sales as the event closed Friday. About $606 was distributed among participating churches.
J A Heath, arriving from Milwaukee, has leased land east of the Wilcox shingle mill in South Aberdeen to build an oils and fertilizers factory. It will use waste from butcher shops and salmon canneries, employ five to ten men, and operate with odorless processes.
The Grand theater announces Freckles for May 2 a dramatization of Gene Stratton Porter's novel. A nameless foundling with one hand overcomes life’s hurdles to win the girl and earn respect through honesty fidelity and courage.
The Al G Barnes Big Three Ring Wild Animal Circus announces a performance in Aberdeen on Wednesday April 30. The show features 350 trained animals including twenty African forest bred lions, elephants, camels, leopards, tigers, bears, zebras and more. Performers listed include Louis Roth with lions, Major Thornton with bears, Emery with elephants, Florine with leopards, Stonewall with sea lions, Ethel Bonde with Arabian stallions, and La Monte with royal Bengal tigers.
Rev and Mrs J H Simpson of Aberdeen relocate to Montesano. They have rented the Shultz property and will host friends soon. Simpson, known locally as the Loggers' Sky Pilot, remains active with loggers in camps and will not assume a church in Montesano.
Health experts tout Plant Juice as a pure vegetable tonic for stomach and nervous disorders. Plant Juice representatives set up at Eaton & Swaney drug store in Aberdeen with a demonstrator on site to explain and sell the remedy.
A fire at 1:30 this morning destroyed about 250000 shingles in the dry kiln at the Wilcox shingle mill in South Aberdeen. Engine 1 from fire headquarters and Engine 2 from South Aberdeen battled the blaze, keeping several water streams active. Loss not yet finalized, likely insured, with origin blamed on kiln construction after multiple previous ignitions this year.
F. E. Shirk was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail yesterday in the city police court for disorderly conduct. He was arrested at a hotel where he was staying.
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