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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1910
Page
2
Warm August weather boosts blanket sales as Waugh's News promotes low prices on plaid wool blankets from 4.00 to 6.50 per pair. Cotton blankets priced at 65 cents to 1.50 accompany new bed comforters and full size comforts. Local notices include social events and travel updates.
Aberdeen Herald readers get a roundup of visits and travels across Chehalis County. Miss Lillian Fleet visits Tacoma, Mrs. McLeod goes to Aberdeen, and several residents vacation at Westport Beach, Vashon Island, and SeaTac area. A notable wedding at the Marley home unites Ida Comstock and Albert S. Haverland with Judge Pettijohn officiating.
An Elma birth is reported to Mr and Mrs Dan Taylor at Tait hospital on Wednesday. The text also notes Combes was confined to his hiring the week and mentions Mr and Mrs N C Marion and M Tremper leaving for Michigan on Wednesday.
Ed Garrard ships a car of oats to Centralia on Tuesday. Miss Verda Fry of Westport visits uncle O Henry and J H Pearson travels to Wenatchee for land prospects. Miss Kruger and Miss G Newcomb of San Francisco stay with C E F Geist. Mrs Buck and her son visit T M Pulford with Miss Bessie Inton of Centralia. Olive Mauermann leaves for Santa Rosa California to serve as assistant secretary to U S Congressman McKinley.
Montesano August 8 The grand jury has met with little public interest. Thomas W. Kelley a former Aberdeen police officer may testify and is linked to the harbor visit while in secret service duty. Investigations focus on detective reports and a reported 15000 graft tied to the courthouse contract.
A local physician reports the first Hoquiam case of infantile paralysis, a 9 year old girl of Mr and Mrs Oades treated at a local hospital. He warns the disease is contagious and calls for immediate measures to stamp it out.
A bill will be introduced in the coming legislature to allow Hoquiam to obtain possession of land north of the city for park purposes. The estimated cost is about $10 per acre and the tract is described as ideal for park use and improvable with a small expenditure.
Dr BE H Story and wife narrowly escape death when their car loses control on New London road between Tulips and Hoquiam, plunging 25 feet into a gully. Mrs Story is injured but not in danger and is expected to recover. Neighbor Joseph Lvile aided and Mrs Story was taken to Montesano with daughter Gene.
The article warns that newborn eyes require prompt cleaning with boric acid solution and possibly silver nitrate drops prescribed by a doctor. It stresses using absorbent cotton, burning used materials, and hand washing before care. It also instructs cleaning the baby's mouth to remove mucus after bathing and before nursing.
The guide warns against medicines and strong syrups for baby colic and advises hot boiled water as the safe remedy. Give a tablespoon or two at a time, via spoon or bottle, after each feeding, ensuring water is at a tolerable temperature and bottle height is safe. If colic persists after meals, test a digestible food and gradual feeding with care.
The passage urges teaching children to care for toilet articles and personal items. It recommends assigning a special place for toothbrushes and other items, giving gifts of small silver at occasions, and organizing shoes coats and ribbons to foster pride in neat appearance.
The author argues children must romp to build muscles and occasionally make loud noises. They should walk at a measured pace with proper steps, not rush. If living in a flat, avoid constant hushsing and allow healthy activity, even if neighbors are affected.
A child's bed should be kept several inches from the wall with a heavy shawl over the headboard if it is brass or iron. Moving the head of the bed from the wall and covering the open work headboard may stop sneezing and coughing from colds.
Many mothers treasure a baby's first soft kid shoe and preserve it by silvering the shoe to keep the memory permanent. The practice reflects a long held sentiment for cherished infant belongings and keepsake preservation.
Charles Y. Fenwick of Aberdeen and Harriet J. Griffith, formerly of Eugene, Oregon, were married at the Baptist parsonage at 2 pm. Fenwick once lived in The Dalles where he met his future wife. Both had remarried after earlier separations. later life led to their union. Fenwick serves on the city police force as jailer.
A blaze sparked by slab burner sparks ignited saw dust near the conveyor at the American mill. Firefighters responded quickly at 11 20 Saturday night and extinguished the fire. Damage was about 75 dollars.
The Boys' camp south of Cohassett will close for the season on August 17. Until then all boys are welcome with ample space. Several arrived Saturday and more went down this morning. High school boys will use the camp for a week starting August 22.
Inventors unveil a miniature typewriter about the size of a penny that hides as a watch and slips into a waistcoat pocket. Letters imprint by pressing a knob inside a ring onto glued paper, producing surprisingly good writing for its tiny dimensions.
Multiple steamers schooners and a barkentine sailed or loaded this week from Wilson Slade Donovan and other mills for San Francisco San Pedro Honolulu Sydney Santa Rosalia and the Fiji Islands. The W Talbot and Fearless updates note arrivals and repairs while a customs ruling affects bay passenger barges. Captain changes include G H Marsters taking command of the Bark Battle Abbey.
The steamer Cleremont in tow of a tug bumped the schooner Helene while shifting from the Federal mill to the Slade mill. About $200 damage was done to Helene but she sailed again that afternoon en route to Honolulu. The accident occurred when the tug briefly lost control while entering the river.
A sale pitch touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. The ad promises to pay $100 for any case not cured and requests mailing a testimonial list from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio with distribution through druggists.
The City Messenger company installed two telephones Nos. 5931 and 5941, one always open, for callers to reach Central. The notice specifies contact via either number for service.
City subscribers who do not receive the Herald by 6 p m on Mondays and Thursdays should notify City Messenger Co at Tel 5031 to have a paper sent to the address promptly.
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