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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
5
Numerous society notes and small notices from Aberdeen include visits by Henry Richards of Bellaire Michigan, Mrs. W. T. Agnew’s telegram about a family illness, and L. I. Stiles returning from Wenatchee for a funeral. Local business movements include Evans Drug Co offerings and Jacob’s pharmacy advertising American Lady shoes, with several residents traveling to Seattle, Tacoma, or California for work, study, or winter visits.
Miss Josephine Burke went to Tacoma on Saturday to visit Miss Althea Rowland while Lowney's candies are sold by the retailer.
The first snow of the season fell Saturday with the thermometer near 29 degrees and an east wind. Water pipes burst in many areas. The cold spell is likely to continue for days, pleasing sled lovers. Wishkah river reports six inches. the city saw under one inch.
Direct taxes across Washington in 1908 totaled 20,458,113 dollars, roughly double 1904 figures. Chehalis County paid 5,885,504 dollars in assessments including railroads 29,390 telegraph 85 telephone 1,850 street railway 8,177 express 32 real estate 464,154 and personal 82,316.
Mrs Haislett of Raymond holding a through ticket to Moclips was delayed at Hoquiam due to high water since Sunday. She returned home yesterday after presenting her hotel bill to Mr W R Rehm, NPR agent, who approved the charge.
The week saw licenses issued to William S. Long and Maude Flowers, Carl Hegg and Anna Larsen, and Joseph J. Graham and Sarah Etta Holden.
A sizeable group from the Aberdeen lodge of Odd Fellows traveled to Montesano on Saturday to take part in the Chehalis county district meeting.
The death of Mrs. C. C. Wilson of 412 Hood Street, South Aberdeen, occurred yesterday evening. Funeral services will be held at Randolph undertaking parlors today at 2 p m with Rev E R Prichard officiating. The body will be shipped to Portland for interment Tuesday.
The city council held a special meeting to investigate charges against Officer Kelley by Police Sergeant Gilbert Dean. The officers had been at odds and insubordination was alleged. The council dispensed with both officers for the good of the service.
A public reception will be held for the new Baptist pastor Rev. E Burton next Wednesday evening at the church. Pastors of all churches and their congregations are invited to attend.
Eastern capitalists have purchased the Vulcan Iron Works and its store and warehouses with only the waterfront property, tied up in litigation with the Union Pacific Railroad, reserved. The deal includes at least 500000 dollars in new investment and possession on January 1, 1910. The new company plans to ramp up stock and enter heavy jobbing, with a Seattle style factory planned once water-front litigation settles.
The Saturday school election drew 55 votes with W. W. Hart and W. J. Patterson elected directors without opposition. Patterson received all 55 votes and Hart 53, with ward by ward totals listed but largely unreadable in the fragment.
Aberdeen Knights of Pythias visited Hoquiam on Friday to perform initiations for 14 candidates across three ranks. The Hoquiam lodge hosted a royal banquet after the ceremony and continues to attract new members with 21 applications in the last three weeks.
Deputy Royce hired to bring Fay Needles to trial could not move beyond Olympia as railroad traffic halted. County Superintendent McKillip reports Kurts, an accomplice in Clarke county, has been arrested and will be tried there on a related charge.
Postmaster General Hitchcock weighs printing stamps on colored paper to avoid confusion caused by similar ink shades across denominations. Distinctions among 11-cent green and 8-cent olive, 3-cent purple and 6-cent lavender, 5-cent blue and 15-cent light blue, and 6-cent orange and 10-cent yellow are cited as problematic. Colored paper would improve visibility in natural and artificial light.
The state tax commission reports $15 425 collected from delinquent liquor dealers since the first notices. A Saturday last witnessed over fifty warrants issued for liquor license sales totaling $25 per license in any form.
Advertising note for moderate printing services at Herald F Printery located at 408 East Wishkah Street offering commercial job printing.
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