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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
2
C. W. Yana and others travel for city business while Mrs. J. Nelson recovers from an operation. Various society events, club meetings, and visits unfold across Aberdeen with Mayors and reporters stopping in, plus local stevedore and railway updates and upcoming social functions.
At a Brotherhood of American Yeomen meeting, Ernest Clark was elected foreman Winfield J. Doble master of ceremonies Henrietta Wenn chaplain and E A Ollerman correspondent. Officers to be installed at the lodge's first January meeting.
The Rhododendron Chapter No. 45 OES held its annual election at the Masonic Temple. Officers elected include Worthy Matron Evelyn McGillycuddy Worthy Patron Carl T. Nelson Associate Matron Marie Clark Secretary Emma Lucas Treasurer Gene Huntley Conductress Alberta Lord Associate Conductress Madge C Evans Organist Bessie H Riley. A large initiation class awaits, and installation may be delayed a meeting or two to finalize work.
Montesano residents learn L. H. Burnett and associates with a new gas franchise have acquired the old planing mill site and will start building a plant. Two carloads of pipe are en route and gas is promised for the city by March 1 1916.
A petition circulated among Chehalis county fishermen seeks the abolition of fish traps in Grays Harbor. About 300 gill and set netters are expected to sign, urging Fish Commissioner L H Darwin to end traps due to harming young salmon and sturgeon, creating a monopoly, and hindering navigation. The petition notes trap proliferation has reduced fish supply and left fishermen without wages in the just ended season.
Simon Bunk, a Wishkah valley rancher, accused of assaulting neighboring ranchers Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rusz, appeared before Judge Phillips. The case moved to Cosmopolis justice court with trial set for December 10.
The Corona Coffee House at 116 South F Street hosts a demonstration of the Home Butter Merger tomorrow from 2 to 4 PM. J H Wolcott promotes a device that turns one pound of butter and one pint of milk into two pounds of butter, with free coffee for visitors.
E. B. Benn and John Heikkila acquired about 400 acres in Thurston County near Olympia from P. R. Hogan. Part of the tract suits cranberry culture with wild berries abundant. Engineer Hunt will plat the land in ten acre parcels for sale, part of Isaac Stevens donation land claim of 640 acres.
The Aberdeen Public Schools present an entertainment under Miss Mabel McKeever at Trinity Methodist Church South Aberdeen to raise funds for Christmas presents for needy children. An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged.
Grays Harbor Court Foresters of America elected officers for the coming year including Chief Ranger J. W. Lightfoot Sub Chief Ranger Lewis Helvig Financial Secretary E Fear Recording Secretary G. Price Secretary J Greer Lecturer C Law Senior Woodward Charles Conway Junior Woodward Paul Findeisen Senior Beadle E Cooper Junior Beadle Oliver Miller and Physician Dr. Riley at Tuesday night session.
A cooking feature gives methods for Farina Soup Bean Salad and Baked Round Steak with steps and ingredients. It also includes White Pudding and Sauce recipes with measurements and preparation tips. The page mixes recipes with light humor and short humorous verse items.
Joseph Little, an unknown man in Aberdeen, is in the city jail and will be sent to Montesano tomorrow to answer a charge of petty larceny. He was seen taking a box of oranges from the Goehrend grocery store while loading a load of wood in the alley behind the post office.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip contrasts the saying never let your right hand know what your left is doing with a counter question about a prizefighter. The brief remark plays on secrecy and sly humor.
The body of Mrs. Lydia Milroy aged 86 who died in Montesano Monday was transported to Aberdeen yesterday and placed in a crypt at the Whiteside undertaking establishment.
A Kansas City Journal brief notes a household dispute where a cook demands her passports and asserts she will depart, underscoring a tense domestic moment familiar to many housewives.
A brief quotation contrasts Paris women taking wartime roles on streetcars with authorities noting men in Buffalo are too ill to rise. The Buffalo Express caption frames the idea as a pointed remark about wartime labor shifts.
The Saturday Evening Post reports that submarine bells may warn ships in fog by emitting sounds via port side bells and starboard bells with underwater listening for course and direction. Experiments aim to prevent cross reflections, while harbor bells guide ships to piers. York navy yard notes Beck searchlight tests boosting coast defense power to a billion candles.
The Washington Post recounts a 1868 prophecy about Serbian rulers warning that princes will be killed or dethroned. It notes Milan Obrenović I ruled briefly and was assassinated, Alexander I and Queen Draga were killed, and a future king would die violently. The piece frames a pattern of regnal doom in Serbia.
Disappearing show windows allow quick changes by rolling beneath and lifting into place with an elevator. The setup enables daytime trimming and rapid replacement of displays, with a double floor and casters for swift turnover.
The world’s largest electric lamp was recently lit in New York, marking a historic display of illumination. Officials praised the achievement as a milestone in public electricity exhibitions.
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