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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1913
Page
2
During the sale a pricing trick divides by three then multiplies by two making a skein of Fleisher yarn worth 22 cents from 33 cents. The ad urges customers to shop now and get out their knitting.
Correspondece from Del Rio, Texas reports that Mexican women known as soldaderas play a prominent role in the southern rebellion. They accompany armies, guard wagon trains, rescue family members, and sometimes lead attacks with knife and rifle as the conflict touches homes deeply.
The Grays Harbor Poultry Association exhibition began in Hoquiam and runs through the week. Birds from Chehalis county and beyond fill the Chris Hanson building coop displays, with Secretary Horn predicting it will be the finest show yet. In other news, Superior Court isolation of tax suits involving Chehalis county mills ends in a favorable ruling for the county, though eight suits against Assessor Wiley continue.
In Montesano and the Chehalis valleys hunters report strong duck hunting weather driven by high winds. J C Winters claims several birds beyond a near limit as pheasants retreat to ridges due to flooding, with no records broken this past week.
Arthur Drapeau is jailed again in Montesano after a brief release. He faces superior court binding over on immorality and obscene remarks charges with a $5000 bond set by Justice Pettijohn.
The corner stone for the new Hoquiam high school will be laid on Thursday December 18. The Masonic fraternity will conduct the ceremony with Right Worshipful Grand Master D M Hankinson of Olympia presiding and other grand lodge officers assisting. The ceremony time will be announced later.
A health note warns against leaving opened canned foods, especially vegetables or meats, to cool in the can or pot. If unused after opening, transfer contents to jars to prevent ptomaine poisoning and bacterial growth from sticking to the container.
A Chicago widow, Mrs Herman Schuenemann, directs loggers in Michigan to harvest trees for Chicago families. Her twin daughters Elsie and May seek a vessel to transport the trunks to market, honoring their late father who perished when the ship Rouse Simmons sank in Lake Michigan last winter.
Welmon Witner, longtime Elma resident born in Akron Ohio in 1848, died at home after Bright’s disease and a paralytic stroke. He moved to Washington territory in 1885, settled on a farm, and raised nine children with wife Harriet Head. Funeral held at the Methodist church with burial in Odd Fellows cemetery.
Elma reports Oscar Brown a Whitlock Logging worker from Porter was drowned Thursday in the Chehalis river after a log rolled over him. His body was recovered and funeral services with burial at Fords Prairie were held Saturday. His companion John Rogers tried to reach him.
The past week saw several marriage licenses issued by Auditor Trask. A. B. Doerr and Clairbell Potter from Aberdeen, Geo H. Leonard and Lena E. Crass from Montesano, C. L Brinkley and Bess Foster from Aberdeen, J D Cox and Alma Moore from Porter.
An Evans Drug Co promotion advertises Surething Corn Remover as a remedy for painful corns. The notice labels the product for customer use at the store location.
A list details various electric operations and capacities including coffee percolation for four cups, keeping stoves and radiators hot for minutes to hours, baking, warming, and heating devices, running appliances such as griddles broilers and massage machines, operating a dentist’s hammer drill, warming feet and curling irons, keeping glue pots hot, pumping water over long distances, lifting weights with an electric crane, elevator operation, and branding hams. Rates noted: 5c per kWh for power and 10c per kWh for other items.
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