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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
3
Urges to book Christmas photos now at Messagee's Studio located at 112 South G Street opposite the post office. Emphasizes time needed to achieve perfect results and invites patrons to call promptly.
A dense roster of brief items from Aberdeen includes moves and travels of residents such as F E Dudley Teresa McCann Carl Swartz and Miss Jessie Benton with trips to Seattle San Francisco Portland and Bellingham A Priscilla club luncheon and a R S C club gathering are noted plus sales at Evans Drug Co and a Mazda lamp promotion Local business and social events fill the town page with multiple mentions of theaters and a Stevenson outlook for holidays.
At 1015 Thomas street Miss Pearl Smith of Aberdeen General Hospital married engineer J W Strausser at her parents home. Rev R E Cooper of the Presbyterian church conducted the ceremony with only close family present. The couple will reside in Aberdeen.
A special train will carry tourists from Seattle Tacoma and Grays Harbor to Los Angeles. It leaves January 22 and will stop at all points of interest along the route. Low rates are offered and excursionists may stay in the South until after April 30.
Dan Bowes of Bowes Bros Co reports stronger Aberdeen real estate activity last month than November over the past three years. He states their firm handled more property and found business active.
G A R members and Spanish war veterans with their wives from Aberdeen and Hoquiam meet at the Eagles hall Hoquiam for an informal evening program with light refreshments as a large Aberdeen attendance is anticipated.
A 6 o clock Broadway car collided with a west bound inter urban from Hoquiam on F street near Market last evening. The crash delayed Hoquiam and Broadway services. Officials estimate a hundred dollars in damage. A new motorman unfamiliar with the block saw the signal and asked the conductor what to do. The conductor followed by giving the go ahead signal.
The Aberdeen city council authorized a resolution for improving Kansas, East Heron, and East Wishkah streets suspending opposition. The plan aims to create a major commercial entry to the city with a substantial pavement replacing planks. A Tacoma Dredging Co request for $25,000 from remaining funds sparked protests. engineers forecast full fill work within six months pending proper drainage and completion.
Former Aberdeen councilman R. J. Hilts, after selling his Ford's Prairie interests, announces plans to build a two or three story rooming house on Second and Broadway in Aberdeen. He hints at modern design and modest rents to meet demand for three and four room suites.
Aberdeen officers announce annual Salvation Army event with a Christmas day dinner and tree to aid the city’s needy. The program is still being finalized but funds are requested to provide food and clothing, with donations urged at the army headquarters, 316 South Jefferson Street, on Christmas Day from 12 to 2 p.m.
Plans for a big game in Aberdeen during Christmas week as Wendell Phillips high school Chicago a top national team meets the Alumni high school elev en of the city. The Chicago side will tour the West and play Portland on Christmas Day. Aberdeen’s 1910 football championship fame fuels interest in the matchup.
Joe Gordon claims part ownership of the Ham and bath house in Hoquiam and is held on suspicion of involvement in gambling enterprises. Police found a clever short card device at the station and a dozen decks of marked cards in his rooms. It is unclear if he operated extensively in Aberdeen.
Henry Kalb former Aberdeen resident and inventor of the air snubbing machine is in the city today. He travels with J Pent ley of Smith Watson Iron Works Portland and is part owner of Quinsault Lumber Raymond. Kalb reports strong machine success and its use by several Grays Harbor logging firms.
In Chehalis County Jail 33 inmates await trial or sentencing for crimes from disorderly conduct to murder. John Day pleaded guilty and received six months to ten years in the penitentiary. Matt Petronovich admitted guilt but seeks a trial and will be tried tomorrow on assault in the first degree.
Hazelwood Farms near Spokane led by manager J. L. Smith won the Northern Pacific Railway prize cup for the best cow over three years at the Pacific International Dairy Show in North Portland held November 18 to 23. The winning Holstein comes from a large, prize winning herd that has also swept honors at Chicago's National Dairy Show.
An advertisement for Callahan's Medicated Soap claims it cures dandruff eczema and all skin diseases immediately. It markets as an excellent skin beautifier guaranteed under Pure Food Laws. Priced at twenty five cents plus stamps or money order for a full size cake. Also offered for farm stock. Northwest distributing company Seattle Washington.
Father J J Gribbon, longtime St Joseph hospital chaplain and Aberdeen resident for eight years, celebrated high mass at St Francis church in Portland and was guest of honor at a diocese banquet marking 50 years since his ordination. He is 82 and remains active despite age.
An advertisement promotes Mazda electric lamps as cheaper than using carbon lamps and high meter rates. It claims three times as much light for the same electricity consumption and targets drug company agents for Aber een.
Free textbooks announced for all city schools. Students must furnish tablets pencils penholders composition books and similar supplies. Evans Drug Co offers to supply various items at the old stand 407 East Heron Street. tf.
For sale by all dealers. Price 3 percent. Foster Milburn Co sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Daan's and take no other.
Firet street near Broadway lists Sunday school at 10 oclock and church service at 11 oclock Reading room 381 Finch building open daily from 1 80 until 6 oclock except Sundays until 6 oclock
Subscribers served by city carriers who do not receive the Herald on Mondays and Thursdays by 6 p m should call City Messenger Co at phone 5931 for immediate delivery. the publisher requests prompt action to ensure timely receipt.
P. O. Black reports from Cor Market and St presenting a riddle about a famous biblical figure never named in scripture and noted for a peculiar death. The piece hints at a widely read novel naming the death cause and notes a symbolic shroud part of every household.
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