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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
3
Local brief notes from Aberdeen recount various visitors and residents, with updates on travel, illness, church notices, social events, and business ads. Names include William Leighton Seattle visitors, Mrs T H Hill, A A Star Transfer Co, Kaufman Bros, and local couples. Community calendar covers birthdays, travels, and upcoming services.
The wireless telegraph station at the harbor will be packed and shipped to Seattle after two years of operation. It aided vessel movements at Westport and was funded mainly by mill owners who now deem the service too costly. No bar report will be issued from Westport. A push to establish telephone service in Westport is underway.
Mrs Alice M Reimer daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Benn and Philip H King barber shop owner were married Monday evening at the Congregational church parsonage by Rev Charles McDermoth. The couple will reside on Wishkah street in Zelaska Grove, occupying the second floor as a first class rooming house.
A union meeting of Methodist Baptist Congregational and Presbyterian youths is set for next Sunday at 7 PM led by FE B Crary. A cordial invitation is extended to all members. Herald Printery notes Loose Leaf devices as a specialty.
The council discussed reports of alleged mismanagement in the City Engineer's office and appointed a committee including Ingram Alexander Crivyen Newell and Parks to probe the charges. Other actions included park site bids, ordinances on licenses and street extensions, and purchasing and rescinding a tract at McKinley and D streets.
Peter Sliwa a about 20 year old Polish immigrant drowned Sunday in the Wishkah River eight miles north of the city during a Polish picnic. After an hour of dragging the river the body was recovered Monday and brought to town for funeral services at the Polish Catholic church on West Market and Fern Hill burial. He had a brother in Aberdeen and had recently arrived from Peru.
A police court jury found a second-hand goods dealer guilty of selling without a license but fined one cent plus costs. The jury urged a city council reduction of the license to 20 a year, marking a repeated one cent verdict in the conflict between dealers and city authorities. The council may reassess enforcement with public backing.
Traffic on the harbor branch was halted from 8 PM Sunday to 5 AM Monday after the Moclips excursion train jumped the track near the county poort farm and slid along the ties. The Seattle to Harbor night train lay at Montesano until a transfer could be made. Passengers complain the transfer could have occurred earlier.
The semi annual meeting of the Grays Harbor Labor Temple Association will be held at I O O F Hall Hoquiam on Wednesday August 10 at 8 p m Stockholders are urged to attend B L Beall Secretary 94 31
An old notice from Herald Printery asks readers to share favorable impressions with others, or to provide feedback if unsatisfied. It emphasizes word of mouth for service promotion and community reach.
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