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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
5
About 25 members of the Boy Scouts left for their annual outing in Montesano. They will set a headquarters on North River and stay about twelve days. Claude Nutter will aid in camp setup and J. F. Wilcox and A. D. Van Walker will remain with them.
Montesano Aug 20 The Lady Maccabees set Aug 28 for their fourth annual picnic. A meeting will be held Friday evening Aug 23 at the hall to finalize arrangements. All Sir Knights and families are invited to attend.
Frank Winkleman was summoned to Milwaukee Wisconsin after receiving a telegram stating his father had died. He will stay until the estate is settled which may take several weeks.
Bren Wartman and Cobe Wartman accompanied their cousin Margeret Hayes to her home in Olympia on Friday and plan to visit relatives there before returning from Olympia Montesano on Aug 20.
EF Paso Texas capitalist M D Wise and wife visit Hoquiam for about a week citing Grays Harbor weather as pleasant this time of year. Wise is a border city businessman currently next door to Mexican revolutions and stays with his brother C H Wise.
Aug 21 report from Hoquiam notes K A McLennan of F G Foster entertaining his brother L J H McLennan of Seattle. He will stay several days as guest. McLennan runs a 600 acre Wilson Creek ranch with his father, the largest in the state.
E C Connor of Spokane seeks the Democratic nomination for congressman at large. A Connor Campaign club mobilizes leading Spokane Democrats and promotes his candidacy. Connor, a 16 year Spokane resident, is a lawyer and former city official who authored the Spokane Municipal code and presides over the public library board.
A committee of local business leaders organizes Aberdeen's Big Street Carnival under Chehalis County fair association. Parker shows, a world leading entertainment company, supplies 15 attractions plus five free acts and two bands. On Wednesday a queen is elected by popular vote at one cent per vote for a diamond ring valued at 250 dollars.
Miss Vera Harford, guest of her grandparents Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Frary, departed Hoquiam on Tuesday morning en route to Seattle for a short visit with friends before returning to her Oakland California home.
Julius Stueser, long allied with John Nelson in the Hoquiam Fruit Co., sold his stake to Nelson, departed Tuesday for Seattle, then plans a steamer to San Francisco to establish a new residence.
Mrs Anna Gimst of Stearnsville was brought to Hoquiam General hospital Sunday evening for treatment of a severe sprain of her right ankle. The injury occurred when she fell on a sidewalk in Hoquiam.
Aug 21 visiting note from Hoquiam reports Miss Alice Autzen of Portland who had stayed with Miss Gertrude McLean has left for Cohasset Beach to visit Miss Freda Snyder of Aberdeen.
The author warns that planting a single crop exhausts soil humus and reduces fertility. To maintain soil health, a proper rotation is required to replenish humus, since some people have not yet learned this crucial fact.
The Florists' Exchange reports a Oregon death of a child from Am pelopsis quinquefolia berries. The plant had not been regarded as poisonous, though its bark is noted to have poisonous properties used in medicine with caution.
A brief note suggests hanging a rod through the shed to open the back wing door for cattle, using a lever to close it, claiming to save three miles annually. The Farm and Fire side column ends with a aside about tree trunks found upright in coal seams in English mines.
Rev. William A. Berg argues economy favors peace and shifts funding from battleships to roads and agriculture. He urges converting costly armaments into life enhancing projects to save lives rather than destroy them.
A simple rope and fork handle device is described to stop a cow from kicking during milking. Two 4.5 foot ropes are arranged with an eyebolt and a fork handle across the cow’s back, left and right sides fastening before milking, then laid across the partition when not in use.
A Washington state bulletin says butter from a single herd on a farm dairy should command high prices. It details clean handling, proper cream ripening to a mild acid taste, correct fat content, and precise churning temperatures to avoid poor keeping quality.
In this excerpt Dr. Frank Crane argues that meaningful work and innovation come from leaders who take risks rather than rely on security. He contrasts the pursuits of invention, art, and religion with the comfort of sinecures and asserts that progress arises when one confronts uncertainty and responsibility.
Agrippina widow of Germanicus is described as one of antiquity's most famous widows. She accompanied him in campaigns and shared dangers. Suspecting murder, she ordered the assassins of his presumed killer and later, driven by Tiberius's indignities, starved herself to death.
A one pound mass on Earth would weigh about twenty seven and a half pounds on the Sun due to the Sun's stronger gravity.
David Hume argues that fortune and wealth enhance perceived merit and power, while true merit can be underestimated by those with riches. The modest and prudent man fears fault and clings to virtue, yet social success often favors the rich and less virtuous over the genuinely virtuous in poverty.
An office supply advertisement highlights products from Y. & E. Filing Systems Carter's Typewriter Carbons Leopold Desks Colonial Office Chairs L. C. Smith and Royal Typewriters. It promotes long standing quality with the slogan MAKING GOOD and notes next week’s extended list from THE OFFICE SUPPLY CO.
Readers can obtain a free vest pocket book with campaign data by sending a 2 cent stamp to D Swift Co Patent Lawyers Washington DC. The book lists states carried in 1908, Congressional seats in 1908 and 1910, presidents from Washington to Taft, state populations from 1890 to 1910, city populations, a 1912 1913 calendar, and space for notes. It would cost 25 cents in stores.
In Chehalis County Washington the Superior Court hears an order to show cause why distribution should not be made. J G Leith as administrator has filed petition and final account stating debts paid and estate ready for distribution to those entitled by law. Court reviews readiness and finality of administration.
The court sets August 31 1912 at 9 30 a m in Chehalis County Washington Montesano for interested parties to show cause why the final account and distribution of the Margaret Leith estate should not be approved. A weekly notice for four weeks in Aberdeen Herald and posting in three public places are ordered. Judge Mason Irwin signed August 2 1912 with publications to August 5 and August 26 1912.
In Chehalis County Washington Joseph Panek is appointed administrator of the estate of Annie Panek Deceased Creditors must present claims verified to Bridges Bruener Aberdeen attorneys for the estate within one year from first publication July 25 1912 to avoid bar Claim period runs from July 26 1912 to August 22 1912
State of Washington orders guardian to show cause why he cannot sell the undivided one half interest of minors John Panek, Michael Panek, Joe Panek and Annie Panek in Stout's Subdivision Grays Harbor Homesteads. Hearing set September 14, 1912 at 9:30 AM in Montesano courthouse. Publication in Aberdeen Herald for four weeks prior to hearing. Judge Ben Sheeks.
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