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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
3
The notice promotes holiday shopping with many dry goods options from silk waists and dresses to linens, scarves, handbags, gloves, and jewelry at modest prices. It notes box gift wrapping and urges early purchases before Christmas. The article also reports Sixth Ward election results with Mr. Berg winning fifty votes and Kellogg receiving none, amid high female turnout.
Urban Hester of the census bureau hinted that Hoquiam’s population may be overstated by earlier counts. He noted residents are counted where they live and vote, not where they work, risking large numbers of wood workers being tallied for Hoquiam or Aberdeen rather than their harbor city. The Aberdeen count was reportedly checked earlier, with city tallies to be announced soon.
Mrs. C. W. Hodgdon wife of Judge Hodgdon of Hoquiam is seriously ill at the Tacoma hotel in Tacoma. She became ill while returning from a trip to the east and authorities halted the journey.
In Hoquiam on Saturday K. C. Berg won a three year term on the board of education by two votes over retiring member Frank Kellogg. The $60,000 school bond issue passed overwhelmingly with 142 yes to 27 no, amid fragmented local voting.
At a Commercial club meeting, F. D. Arnold argued that consolidation with Aberdeen is inevitable regardless of local will. He said Hoquiam and Aberdeen are rapidly growing together and a union would benefit the harbor region when it happens.
Hoquiam residents denounce the city council for rejecting the Riverdale addition plat and the Ramer avenue bridge. Recall petitions target F. L. Thurber J. Koch J. Brunett and M. C. Burns, with potential action against other voting members.
The funeral for Samuel Sampson a logger killed in a Lytle camp was held Sunday at 2 p m from L McTaggart funeral parlors. Sampson a Finlander was joined by many Finnish Brotherhood friends. burial followed at Hoquiam cemetery.
Hoquiam reports Superintendent W T Walton of the city schools will lecturing at the Washington State Educational Association session in Seattle. He will address the December 27 morning session on Course of Study Requirements.
J. W. Davies sold yesterday lot 12 block 1 in Blackburn and Westfall's first addition to Frank Glick who will build a home thereat at once. The transfer names Mrs Minnie L Alexander as owner of the lot.
Wilson Buttner’s appeal to have his case submitted without a jury on the evidence will be heard by Judge Irwin on Tuesday December 6. Buttner, out on bail, expects 27 witnesses to testify for him and hopes to clear the charge so he can return to his California mines during the rainy season when operations resume.
Roy French and Mrs. Carrie Fraser wed in Montesano with Rev. Shelley officiating. The couple, joined by Mrs. H R Chantler and Mrs. Jeff Taylor, left for La Grande Oregon while friends in Elma gathered at the station to wish them happiness and shower rice.
This week all three Macks camps near Elma were closed and will stay shut until February. Full operation employs about three hundred men, but currently only about one hundred are at work. The Saginaw camp across the river is reported to close briefly in the near future.
The one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wray of Malone died in Seattle on Tuesday after an operation. The body was brought to Elma for funeral services at the Christian church, with interment at Odd Fellows cemetery. The family has many friends in Elma who share in their sorrow.
Elma reports George Avery has begun refurbishing the old building on Young Street just east of Third to create a modern dancing and entertainment hall for local residents.
A mass meeting is called in Hoquiam to discuss recalling Third Ward Councilman Fred Thurber. Recall petitions against Koch and Brunnett in the Fifth Ward are circulating. Koch denies resigning and states he will stay in, urging voters to invoke recall if they want him removed.
Wishkah lodge K of P holds regular meeting at the Pythian temple on First street. A large class will be initiated into the rank of Page. Officers to be elected and a fine feed in the dining room to close the evening. Members urged to attend. Hills Bros Special Black Dinner Coffee advertised. Telephone 3931.
Hoquiam high school debate team led by Gaynell Kellogg Stine and Anna Strear defeated Puyallup in a unanimous decision during a scholastic contest in Hoquiam. A commercial club meeting announced Senator Polson's upcoming duties at the Harbors Congress in Washington D C on December 8 and 9.
A two story concrete structure under construction in Montesano collapsed at noon Saturday. The falling roof destroyed the second floor while workmen escaped unharmed after spotting the danger in time.
J B Dabney sold 104 Harbor Heights lots and the Wishkah plat to Jay Crary Andrew Peterson and R T Dabney. The deed covers a 3 year old sale with price of 11000 and land on Dabney hill where a park site is being considered.
An absentminded escort aboard a train misreads a situation as a stranger turns slightly. The exchange becomes awkward as the passenger assumes the other is not paying attention, and a polite correction clarifies the misunderstanding.
The following marriage licenses were issued last week in Montesano: David Endresen with Twinkle Buckley and Albert D L Mueller with Flora E Heasler. Other couples listed include Mikka Heikkinen and Hulda Reikko, Clarence C Hopkins and Estella M Speer, Robert Graham and Gertrude E Salvage, Roy C French and Carrie A Fraser, August Puhakka and Selma Vanhala.
Wm. Allen reports sales this week in Montesano including F R Manning five acres and two lots to Wide Lake on Spruce street. Manning plans to move to San Diego January 1 with family. Manning also sold five acres near Montesano to Andrew Pietrzak of Spokane. J W Davies sold a house and land to M B Donovich and Peter Kresich.
The first flag at a military post appeared at Fort Schuyler on the site of present Rome New York. It was created from cloth scraps on August 1 1777 to honor Congress. The national flag first unfurled in battle at Brandywine September 11 1777.
The Detroit Free Press explains buried landscapes where former earth surfaces lie under newer deposits yet keep original features. In England's Charnwood forest, rocky projections are peaks of an eski red sandstone buried mountain chain with past salt lakes and deserts, now a pastoral but stony region.
Cadet officer Boggs overheard Whistler at West Point riding hall arguing against a heavy war horse. He insisted on exchanging for a lighter horse, claiming his choice would fit a man of his size. A dragoon warned him, but Whistler dismissed the idea saying he did not want a war horse that would rather die than run.
A Paris Figaro contributor mocks nouveau riche pretensions by comparing them to an earlier aristocratic family. He recalls a Croy family member who paraded an old Noah’s Ark painting and cried Save the records of the house of Croy.
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