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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
2
Mr and Mrs J Arnold head to Seattle to reside. Numerous locals host or visit kin from Seattle and Oregon while others travel to Racine Roseburg and San Francisco on business or family occasions. The Foreign Basionary society and Pythian Sisters adapt meeting plans amid funerals and reunions.
Superintendent Arthur Wilson of Aberdeen public schools returns home with his family after six weeks at the University of California Berkeley where he studied American history. He announces new courses in second year French and dressmaking for the high school and introduces two new teachers to fill vacancies in mathematics and English.
Aug 8 Thomas Mc Nally and Curley Aldrich well known loggers in this city narrowly escaped drowning when a skiff carrying a heavy steel shaft overturned after hitting a deadhead in the Little Hoquiam river. They swam to shore with difficulty in clothing. Shaft recovered and taken to town on the launch Union.
Oscar and Dick Boettiger sold The Pennant cigar store to Kelly and Miller, former Seattle cigar dealers. The Boettigers have run cigar shops in Harbor for seven years and are well known among local baseball fans. Their plans to stay permanently are undecided.
Miss Jeanette Watson and George E. Huntley were married Tuesday at the bride’s sister’s home in North Aberdeen with Rev. F. F. W. Greene officiating. The couple left for a brief trip to Vancouver, B C, then expect to settle in Aberdeen where Huntley will continue as superintendent of the Aberdeen school district manual training department.
Mrs. Fred J. Miner a longtime Aberdeen resident and active member of religious and lodge groups died Tuesday afternoon at 306 East Third Street aged 63. She chaired Congregational missionary and Sunday school roles and served as treasurer of the Degree of Honor. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church after the body lay in state.
Harvard Arboretum reports blight on American chestnut may be avoided by importing Asian varieties. Japan and China chestnuts resist disease, with Chinese forms thriving in eastern climates. Arboretum grafts from Peking nuts show tall straight trees with promising fruiting potential.
French inventor Magnan advances a monoplane aviette concept powered solely by human effort. He outlines a 440 pound maximum including pilot and provides dimensions such as a 32.67 square foot wing area and 16 foot wingspan. The project aims to translate bird flight principles into mechanics amid optimism for new models.
Fire on the second floor of the Aloha block at Heron and K streets was discovered at 7 30 yesterday morning. The blaze started from an overheated pipe near a wall and was checked by the fire department preventing total destruction. Seven hotel rooms were damaged and stores flooded. total loss about 4009 dollars. Building loss 2500 dollars contents 1500 dollars with 500 dollars for furniture. The Aloha Hotel is run by J Day and Fields store below. property owners include Conrad Orr W Spellman Joseph Thomas and others. building owned by Mrs Elnora Bacon.
A collage of curiosities reports women in New York used seven and a half tons of face powder daily while a York Pa man extracts a cherry stone with a sprout from a nose. Other notes recall 1912 dirigible travel in Germany with perfect safety, Boston women arming for crowds, a St Paul directory naming common surnames, Pittsburgh fashion slits, a Chicago stenographer working summer as a Lake Michigan waitress, and a mutiny incident at sea voicing discipline and trouble.
Arthur W. Isaacs advertises stumpage services near 216 South H Street Aberdeen offering to secure timber rights and pay top market prices for the coming season. Contact him for prices and general contract information.
The Miner and Winkleman families express gratitude for the many floral tributes and kindness shown following the bereavement. Mr F J Miner Miss Hazel Miner Mr and Mrs Henry Winkleman extend thanks for support and sympathy.
In Montesano on August 7 the Port of Grays Harbor is debated over its authority within Chehalis county including navigable streams and river banks. County Commissioner Locke asked County Attorney Stewart to define the line between port commission powers and county powers to prevent potential property losses this fall.
The 40-foot Bolo raised cabin cruiser was built along Washington street by owner Alex Bollinger. It seats eight, includes a galley and modern plumbing, powered by a 30 horsepower steam engine capable of about 10 knots. The interior features natural wood aether finishing and Bollinger plans Alaskan hunting trips including Juneau Sitka and Ketchikan this winter.
The silver towing cup commemorating the parcel post opening is in the National Museum Washington. It was the first package under the new system mailed January 1 from Washington by Postmaster General Hitchcock to Postmaster Morgan in New York. The eight inch high cup bears an inscription.
L. E. Roberts of 1223 South G Street Tacoma a Northern Pacific trainman says Plant Juice the new vegetable tonic greatly helps kidney back and stomach pains liver function and overall energy after a short trial He reports improved back relief better liver action and increased well being Sold at Eaton Swaney's drug store.
City subscribers who did not receive the Herald on Tuesday or Friday by 6 p.m. are urged to call City Messenger Co. at phone 72 to have a copy delivered immediately.
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