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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
7
Aberdeen and surrounding reports cover births, illnesses, civic shifts, police hires, mining prospects, railroad paydays, and local business moves. Notable items include a newborn daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chas E. Kuhn, trestle lumber estimates, Foresters meetings, and oil prospects on the Hohe river.
The text clarifies that Scott's emulsion differs from plain cod liver oil and is formulated for easier digestion. It advises using cod liver oil sparingly and notes that pure oil is hard to swallow, with a blunt proverb about digestion and health. It ends by offering a sample from Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Mrs. M. A. Watkins returns from Tacoma visiting daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Trask depart for Buffalo Exposition and Michigan. Ayer family remembers O. D. Ayer in Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer visit Yakima county. Brewer parents join. In South Bay a rowboat bear fight ends with Caldwell overpowering the bear despite its attack, Caldwell standing 6 feet 6 inches tall.
Mr and Mrs Chas Slover plan a move to Portland Oregon F M Batchelor has his row boat painted for river excursions Mrs George Bennett dies after long illness Mrs M E Berdine visits daughter Mrs F I Morgan at Elks carnival Mrs G W Lyons of Saginaw Mich visits Dr and Mrs H C Watkins Neushkah valley Miss Winifred Powell earns teaching certificate August 17 birthday 809 credits Kyle loses wagon and horse in runaway near Artic road incident with broken leg horse shot
Porters M B Shambley visits Elma and J R ODonnell returns from eastern Washington. Mrs K H Moore travels from Elma, while local farmers report good plums and prunes. Elma ball plays Diamond S Hoquiam next Sunday as garden fires raise concern among ranchers.
The fall term will begin one week from next Monday, September 2. The Elmo band concert and dance at Oakville last Saturday drew a large crowd and won many new admirers in the area. Hunters report plenty of grouse and coveys of quail thriving this season. Henry Henderson of Los Angeles is visiting relatives A. H. Kennedy and Dr. Hl. G. Hill. Henderson and Kennedy have not met in over thirty years. Elma Brick Co. will light its first kiln of brick next week but drying difficulties hindered progress.
P. S. Austin sold groceries worth 300 dollars in a single day. Mrs. Cash Vandervort returned from Olympia hospital on Monday. Eleven Oakville residents attended the Tacoma Carnival on Elks day. H. W. Couch and J. H. Holland visited Tacoma this week and came back Tuesday. Chas. Palmer moved his family into the Bullis house on Harris avenue. A new surveying party has been organized to speed township surveying to completion.
The Aberdeen City Council enacts licensing rules for stereopticons magic lanterns phonographs and projectoscopes used in public entertainment requiring a daily license fee of 2.50 for stereopticons 2.50 for phonographs and 3.00 for projectoscopes with exemptions for licensed theaters and opera houses and licenses issued in advance by the City Clerk.
An advertisement for the Home Gold Cure claims alcoholism is a disease and promises a home treatment. It asserts the remedy neutralizes poison, can be taken in tea or coffee, and guarantees cure of even obstinate drinkers. Priced at one dollar with full directions and confidential correspondence from Edwin B. Giles & Company in Philadelphia.
City ordinance regulates licensing for instrument use within Aberdeen. It sets license issuance rules, penalties for unlawful display, fines of twenty five dollars plus costs, and jail until paid. The measure, dated August 24, 1901, repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect five days after passage.
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