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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1912
Page
6
In a Silver Anniversary promotion Eilers Music House offers equal prizes to readers who solve the Mystery of the Sphinx. The pyramid hints yield four letter words. the hidden message concerns the store. Entries must be postmarked by July 27, 1912. Submit one side of the paper and list three non piano owning friends.
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph begins a major modernizing project in Aberdeen Washington with a new building, underground cables, and updated switching. About $75 000 will be spent in the city as work connects F street G street and L street with a new 600 pair cables and underground conduits. The overhaul will include rewiring all instruments and a complete change of numbers and call system without interrupting service.
The Aberdeen Municipal Free Employment Bureau under C A Hill furnished 522 positions for the months reported. Machinists two, blacksmiths six, edgermen two, loggers fifty five, cooks six, laborers three hundred forty seven, clerical one hundred thirty three, short jobs twenty five, blacks two, flunkeys seven. Three women sought work as a stenographer, edgemen, a re sawyer, and mestics. During the period there were 163 calls for men, 29 calls for women.
A fragmented reading notes a visit and a common phrase about Boston or a local figure. The text is unclear and lacks complete details to identify participants or actions.
Ground was broken for a $10,000 expansion of the Academy of St. Rose in Aberdeen. Architect Geo B Reid leads the project with new basement heating, modernized classrooms, and two new buildings for music and dormitories. First high school course to begin next fall. The site on G street will gain a larger capacity and improved facilities.
Miss Minnie Mills teacher at Smyrna Girls College under the American Board of Missions sails for a year’s furlough in America after fifteen years service. She will visit Boston headquarters then travel to Michigan and the West, arriving on the coast in October to spend the winter with her sister Mrs J A Mapes and brother Rev Herbert L Mills and take courses at the University of Seattle to refresh her teaching.
Hoquiam residents recount W. M. McCall finding carloads of cannon balls in the Hump tulips region. The Aberdeen Herald investigates skeptically, suggesting a Japanese magazine rumor and conspiracy over war munitions hidden near Grays Harbor. The piece humorously notes a pension recommendation for the supposed discoverer.
The Women’s Label League met at the A O U W hall on Thursday evening with over 60 in attendance. After conducting general league business the gathering shifted into a social period.
City Councilman and Mrs Warren Egerer and their baby came home last week after a prolonged stay in Michigan. They toured about 2000 miles by car through Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and New York. Mr Egerer is an enthusiast for better roads.
In a police court incident in South Aberdeen a fight led to the arrest of Joe Misitch Louis Medok Geo Misitch and Dave Movich. They posted $15 bail each and will appear before Judge Drake this afternoon. Erik Ruska posted $25 bail for his appearance this afternoon after being photographed in the area Saturday afternoon.
A fragmented text presents a surreal fable about mice and a world they inhabit. The dialogue references parental figures, vast structures, and figures like Voltaire in a dreamlike, non-linear scene. Names and places are obscured by garbled wording.
A note on forestry study appears in Brooklyn Life. The piece references a Ryer-Ever study and mentions building a family tree. It blends horticultural interest with personal genealogy in a local context.
Mr and Mrs Hub Stengel were surprised by 25 friends on Thursday evening as they marked their fifteenth wedding anniversary with cards and dancing. A luncheon followed at eleven, and Mr Fred Hastert of Aberdeen presented six pieces of cut glass to the couple on behalf of the guests.
Robert Bell of Aberdeen was accidentally shot in the right thigh by a revolver he carried while climbing Mount Baldy near Quiniault lake with friends. The party carried him down to Hultien ranch and Spruce Haven before he was taken by canoe, train, and medical care to Aberdeen. infection risk is noted as the main danger.
Paid advertisement announces D. A. Schumacher M D as a candidate for the county coroner pending the Republican primary on September 10 1912. Located in Aberdeen Washington the ad identifies the physician and city.
Edith, a Taunton girl, shocks the town by driving a tandem to the bank to fetch Billy Payton, provoking gossip and churchgoing protests. Billy tries persuasion and joking threats as Edith defies propriety, planning to marry to save face while asserting her independence.
The German Empire bans football for boys under seventeen across the empire. Authorities with Kaiser Wilhelm’s support say the sport is rough and coarsening, with no mention of physical dangers.
The schooner R. C. Slade loads at Slade mill for Valpariso while the Rainier sails from Hulburt mill to San Francisco. Centralia leaves Bay City mill for San Pedro and J. B. Stetson arrives at port to load for San Francisco. Frances H Leggett and Helene load for San Francisco. Westerner sails from Aberdeen mills to San Francisco and Chas. R. Wilson departs Aberdeen mills for San Pedro. Daisy Mitchell loads at Slade mill for San Francisco. A Norwegian steamship departs with 531000 feet of lumber for San Francisco en route to Panama.
Mrs. L. F. Detwiler and two children arrived from Lydia Nevada to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M Stout. Geo Pettibone of Los Angeles, a former Aberdeen resident, was in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hill. 518 East Wishkah Street.
Aberdeen resident T. M. Howard testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved back and kidney pain about two years ago after buying them at Eaton & Swaney Drug Store. He later reaffirmed that the remedy permanently rid him of kidney trouble and recommends it to others. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Remember the name Dean's.
Local train and stop list for Aberdeen area with multiple box references and east bound schedules. Times show arrivals at Tacoma Seattle Portland and Aberdeen with notes on imaginary boxes and street junctions.
City Carrier service failures left subscribers without the Herald on Monday and Thursday by 6 p.m. Readers are asked to call City Messenger Co at phone 5931 to arrange immediate delivery.
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