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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
2
Waughs News urges shoppers to visit its store with eight shopping days left before Christmas. It promises hundreds of useful, affordable items from 2 cents to $1.00 and up, including a complete children’s apparel stock, with salespeople ready to assist and mail order options for gifts to distant friends.
Aberdeen and Haquiam friends learn Oscar Berggren known as Berzzie, a trap-drum player for four years at Bijou and Arcade theaters, succeeds in vaudeville on his first stage appearance in Aberdeen. He and Biel delivered a standout Swedish talk line.
A. B. Holloway sues B. P. Briscoe for 350 dollars after a Montesano road collision. The jury refuses damages, ruling neither party liable for the automobile accident that occurred during an attempted pass on the county road. The Terrace Heights Improvement club met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Ross Pickney on North F street.
New York physician Dr Alexis Carrel earned the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1912. A Swedish version of Alexander's Ragtime Band delighted the crowd, provoking laughs with Berggie. Both young men reportedly hold contracts with the Sullivan Considine circuit.
The piece condemns Socialist handling of county affairs describing wasted funds and poor contracts. It cites inflated paint costs for steam rollers, heavy garbage wagons, nonessential supplies, and illegal expenditures. It notes declines for Socialist candidates in suffrage and local races with specific vote totals.
Mrs. Ellen M. Tabor of Hoquiam married Charles Wilkinson of Eau Claire Wisconsin on November 21 in his hometown. The ceremony took place at the groom's home city with local familiarity noted.
The poem decries wealth worship and gold as a powerful idol that enslaves rulers and commoners alike. It contrasts material riches with virtue and condemns the dehumanizing effect of monetary greed on society.
K J McKenzie arrested in Seattle on a $500 forged check theft charge and large fish net theft. He waived a hearing and was taken to Montesano for Superior Court. Credit for the arrest goes to merchant C H Houtari who cashed the forged check and aided the police in tracking McKenzie and a woman to Seattle hotels.
The dispute over street improvements threatens to close the Grays Harbor area planing mill, Aberdeen's largest employer with a $40 000 monthly payroll. A shutdown would cost about $200 000 in labor losses over ten months, prompting calls for a free site and cash bonus for new industry and a reckoning in April.
Red Cross Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis work are selling well in Aberdeen with two drug stores supplying stamps and more available if needed. Last year proceeds aided hundreds of TB patients with comfort and nourishment per state reports.
The article reports a G A R meeting where speakers assailed disloyal individuals as threats to government. It notes addresses by B S Philbrick and Mrs Ella Hewitt, plus performances including Marching Through Georgia and a Washington resolution adopted and sent to the department commander in D C. A separate court notice fixes January 25 1913 for a guardian petition hearing in Montesano Washington with publication in the Aberdeen Herald.
A Neenah man suffered two broken ribs after a severe coughing spell. The item promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for persistent coughs and lung weakness with testimonials from Effie Morton of Columbia Missouri and a free trial offer at druggists. It also notes a postal card from F R Archer in Washington praising Democrats in the capital.
A. L. Davenport as guardian petitions the Superior Court for Chehalis County Washington to authorize sale of Benjamin Stone Roberts minor’s interest in a described Chehalis County property. The parcel includes the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter and the southeast portion as specified in the filing.
Joe Gordon was arrested Thursday on suspicion of gambling and being a crook. He received a $150 fine in police court Friday afternoon, was freed after payment, and ordered to leave the city.
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