Sherwood Explains Forfeited Bail Refunding Controversy
The Bulletin reports Councilman Sherwood’s account of the ten dollar bail dispute involving Marshal Anstie and Henry. It questions the legality of fines collected by police from inmates of houses of ill repute and urges council investigation into where the funds went.
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Heerald
Bulletin of
Anstie
Sherwood
Herano
Voloto
Henry
Pearson
Finance Committee
Fatal fall ends young man’s brief marriage
M. W. Jones, 21, died Saturday night from a skull fracture after a fall from the Panel Box factory’s second floor Friday. He had married a girl about 15 a month earlier in Missouri, eloping then coming West. The widow mourns as authorities note a tragic, romantic union ending in tragedy.
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M. W. Jones
Jones
Missouri
Coughing Spell Causes Death of Young Man
A 25 year old man, Harry Duckwell, choked to death at his home after a cold worsened into a fatal coughing spell. His wife and child were present as he died before a physician arrived. Advertisements tout Ballard’s Horehound Syrup and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for croup and cough relief.
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Harry Duckwell
Duckwell
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Ballard
W. B. Paine
County Tax Rolls And Totals For Current Year
Auditor Campbell delivered the annual tax rolls showing total levies of 297970.01 dollars with county uses 235600.41. Property values include land 4.7883 million, town lots 1.471 million, personal property 1.571 million, overall equalized totals around 7.83 million. State and county taxes span general, school, military, interest, road, and debt items. Municipal taxes cover Aberdeen Hoquiam Montesano Cosmopolis Elma Ovosta, with grand total 262891.73 and average taxation around 38.22 mills.
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Campbell
Bobebo
County Board of Equalization
State Board of Equalization
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Montesano
Cosmopolis
Elma
Ovosta
Puget Sound loggers suspend operations for winter
A Seattle meeting of fifty large Puget Sound loggers orders a near two month halt from December 10 to February 1, affecting hundreds of workers. Grays Harbor camps are exempt due to different conditions, with winter curtailment but no mass closures. Fir log prices are expected to hold at 6.50 dollars.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Grays Harbor
Timber case favoring Wade ends Thorstensen land entry
The General Land Office commissioner cancels Thorstensen’s homestead entry on a timber rich tract near Chehalis river after finding the claimant lacked bona fide settlement. The decision cites dense timber, minimal cultivation, and distant access as key factors, noting the land’s high timber value and northern river locality.
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A. K. Wade
P. H. Thorstensen
Section 14
Range 8
North River
Chehalie County
Montesano
General Land Office
Olympia Land Office
Preacher’s Slough
Chehalis River
John A. McKay
L. D
Buckley
Murphy
Montago
Trujillo
Harper
Eine
Thorstensen
Local caution against carpetbagger tradesmen after Aberdeen fire
A column warns residents that new arrivals hiring on shingle to practice as lawyers doctors dentists architects or contractors prove unreliable. It condemns quacks who exploit a city rebuilding after a fire and urges patronage of honest local tradespeople. TI W Mason states his contracting services and readiness to provide plans and reliable estimates.
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Aberdeen
TI. W. Mason
Faithful Trade Caller Wanted for Chicago Manufacturing House
Advertising notice seeks a faithful person to call on retail trade and agents with a well established local territory. Straight salary twenty dollars weekly plus expense money advanced. Previous experience unnecessary. Permanent position with a successful business. Enclose self addressed envelope to Superintendent Travelers 605 Monon Building Chicago.
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Travelers
Monon Building
Chicago
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