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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
3
Miss Grace Young visits Spokane and Tacoma. Numerous residents travel to Seattle Tacoma and Portland for visits business and leisure. West Market paving starts and local notices on church etc.
A farewell dinner honored E A Bradner longtime superintendent of Grays Harbor Railway and Light and Mrs Bradner at the Washington hotel with about 40 attendees including former employees. They will move to Oklahoma where he will manage an electric property for the same company. W S Mendenhall presided as toastmaster and A E Rogers presented Bradner with a shotgun and case.
Registration books close September 1, barring those without registration from the September 12 primaries. Of 8,568 registered at city elections 2,315 voted, leaving 1,253 to re register. Aberdeen has about 5,000 voters, meaning over half must register this month. books reopen after primaries and stay open until October 17.
The Herald urges readers to study announcements for money saving tips and deals. It highlights how staying informed about local notices can help households reduce expenses.
Eleven Grays Harbor county residents shared the Colville reservation land drawing last week. Aberdeen's five winners include Councilman Jas M Bowes G W Motz Thos Olsen John M Winslow and Fred W Leach. Hoquiam's five winners are Fritz Rebotzki Thayer Lamb Van Goslin John Martin and Mrs Ella Allen. Oakville's winner is Howard R Channing.
The Humptulips dance Saturday night by R. L. Walker and J. Cooper of Poison Logging drew many autos from Montesano Aberdeen and Hoquiam. Music by the Slattery orchestra and supper at Evans hotel marked the event.
The Gerald newspaper pledges comprehensive coverage across politics crime weather and community events with constant updates and editorials framing local life. Readers gain rapid reports from city hall courts and schools plus timely sports and business highlights.
Chief of Police Schmidt appoints L Grout an experienced motorcycle speed officer to monitor speed maniacs. Grout went on duty Sunday and has already convinced motorists that he is on duty, with fines paid into the police court.
Dress goods in the Golden Rule Department store suffered water damage totaling several thousand dollars from a lavatory on the second floor of the Lodie block during the night. The building owners compensated the loss, and Bitar Bros will sell the damaged goods for whatever they fetch.
Mrs. Ericka Hazelblade wife of Fred Hazelblade died Monday night after an extended illness in a local hospital. She leaves a husband and three sons and had lived in Aberdeen for 30 years. The funeral was held Wednesday at 2:30 from Whiteside Undertaking Chapel.
A 12 year old boy found a diamond-set jewel on Tuesday and took it to T. J. Thomas to appraise. Thomas handed the piece to the police, who are holding it for the rightful owner. Description of the jewelry is withheld for obvious reasons.
Herzog stands out as one of the National League’s sharpest minds in baseball. He has improved weak material at Cincinnati each season and is nearly the best fielding shortstop while remaining a dangerous hitter. Herzog is a sport and since leaving the Giants has sparred with McGraw, yet he never disparages McGraw or the New York club.
Norman A. Cullop nicknamed Nick dominates the season as star pitcher for the New York Americans. Since his May 11 start he has nine wins and no losses, beating the White Sox three times while allowing fourteen hits in twenty seven innings and fanning Ty Cobb twice in Detroit. He has issued fifteen walks in seventy seven innings, with nine strikeouts against Washington and eight against the White Sox, after playing for the Feds last year.
The New York Giants reeled off seventeen straight victories matching a Providence 1884 mark. Charley Radbourne started and earned eighteen wins in twenty games, yielding only twenty eight runs, a rate under two per game, a record deemed beyond challenge.
J Weldon Wyckoff left Bucknell in 1913 to join the Athletics and later moved to the Red Sox via Connie Mack. Mack previously rejected $15 000 for Wyckoff as the Tigers chased a pennant. Wyckoff failed to win a game for Mack in 1916, undermining plans for a strong pitching staff.
Secretary of State I M Howell sets filing deadlines for voter registrations and candidacies. Officers must submit typewritten lists of registered voters with addresses four to three months before the general election. August 12 final day for candidacies. September 1 registration books close. October 17 books reopen until twenty days before the general election.
E A Bradner appointed manager of the Hobart Light and Power company in Hobart Oklahoma with his family to move there next week. The Hobart firm is part of the Sanderson and Porter interests which own the Grays Harbor Railway and Light company.
Pete Meyers was pulled from the Wishkah river by Officer Baker in an intoxicated state. He refused to help in his own rescue and was taken to jail where he languishes in default of a $15 fine. Meyers was lassoed and pulled to shore.
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