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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1913
Page
3
A dense jumble of city notices social events club meetings and hometown notices from Aberdeen Washington listings include visitors from Raymond Oakville Cottage Grove and Elma. church guilds and clubs meet at homes. floral ads and gift sections tempt shoppers. residents travel to Seattle Portland and Norway for holidays and concerts. local businesses Evans Drug Co Kaufman Co and Aberdeen Printing Co advertised with addresses and phone numbers.
Auction notice offers a six room cottage and lot sized 40 by 149 feet at 211 North Street. Property must be sold at once with a stray snake mentioned at the address. Also listed are 184 razors strops and assorted barber supplies.
Wiehkah Lodge Knights of Pythias held a Friday night initiation for five candidates. The Hoquiam degree team performed the work, over 100 members attended, and a banquet followed in honor of the Hoquiam team.
Local notice from Aberéesn Printing Co dated 309 Mast Wisikab Street announces available printing services and contact details for inquiries.
At a meeting at 613 Curtis Street Mr and Mrs John Hanson residents resolved that the proposed temporary addition to the South Aberdeen school is unacceptable. They urge immediate construction of a permanent fireproof concrete building citing growth safety and crowded lower grades. Subscriptions were taken for a magazine. Evans Drug Co. tf
Two pounds of Creamery Butter priced at 65 cents offered at the New Fruit and Butter Store located at 207 South H Street. For hauling needs light or heavy, A Star Transfer Co. can be reached at phone 266.
John Western was arrested near midnight at the Del Monte hotel and jailed for stealing a taser and other items from a roomer. He faces a hearing before Judge Snider this afternoon. Buchu Compound advertised for kidney and bladder troubles sold by Evans Drug Co. tf.
James Farmer of 503 East First Street faced a police complaint after beating his wife Saturday. Captain Church pursued him, he hid under a bed, was jailed, then released with a pledge not to molest her and to pay $9 weekly support. breach would trigger prosecution.
An advertisement claims constipation and headaches vanish with Dr Kings New Life Pills. It notes 25c price at druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis. Also mentions daily fresh candies at Wagner's 114 South G Street.
An 1900s newspaper snippet extols Dr King’s New Discovery as the best remedy for croup coughs and colds with a testimonial from Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio. Ad copy notes prices 50 cents and $1.00 and urges keeping a bottle at home from H E Bucklin Co. Philadelphia and St Louis. A separate ad promotes Independent Market sausages and Wagner Tamales at 114 South G Street. The W C T U meets Friday at Mrs Andrew Lemmen’s 608 East First Street.
Water and Fisher advertise fresh crab cocktails daily with phone contact 342 for orders and pickup.
A brief note indicates Comeau Furniture Co. features a rocker and other substantial items, phrased as a casual credit friendly offer to customers.
An editorial warns humor in advertising offends and fails to sell. It argues a serious approach beats jokes and flashy quips, noting incorrect background or delivery harms impact and cost. It emphasizes restraint, clear message, and effective design over witty lines.
Advices from Washington report James C. Courts and Colonel George W Geethals agree another 36.3 million dollars is needed to complete the Panama Canal. Funds target canal ends with concrete coal storage machine shops and a drydock on the Pacific side as hearings consider final estimates totaling about 839 million spent to date.
The Chamber of Commerce hosts a luncheon at Hotel Washington to discuss the port plan to be voted on Saturday and the annual meeting with possible changes to the constitution and by laws as reported by The Herald.
Mrs Bracet Hart supervised a London factory where her perfected chemical processes are used to produce washable banknotes. The article defines bacteria as minute vegetable organisms called microbes and bacilli, noting their reproduction and wide roles in the material world.
In a notable ruling the court rejected the quarrel between two New York lawyers who called each other a bullet head and a mush head. The judge favored neither side and instead accepted statements from both as the official stance.
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