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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
3
The message asks people seeking Christmas photos to phone promptly and visit Messagee's Studio at 1124 South G Street, opposite the post office, to ensure timely results.
Local notes record holiday shopping at Evan's Drug Co with Christmas cards and pox papers. Residents travel to Portland Seattle and San Francisco for holidays while clubs meet and guests visit Aberdeen Montesano and Elma. A Congregational bazaar raises about 200 with booths and a large community calendar of visitors and families.
Mr and Mrs L Butler visiting friends in Centralia. Charles Hiney visiting friends in Portland this week. R E Shook left for Strong City Kansas. Evan's Drug Co promotes holiday stock and perfume. Bassett News notes C D Atkins of Tacoma in city for Masonic work. Germania society hosts social at A O U W hall with plan for December 29 dance. L L McDonald heads to Seattle then Vancouver and New Westminster for holidays. B C Henry Habelhorst sails aboard Coronado and heads to Los Angeles for winter.
British Colonial Secretary Lewis Harcourt faced an attack on his house as suffragettes intensified protests. The incident underscored ongoing militant action amid the suffrage movement and security concerns for officials.
Judge and Mrs. F K Drake celebrate fifty years of marriage on Christmas Day. They wed December 23, 1862. An informal reception will be held at their home 118 West Wishkah street, to which friends are invited.
The Bowes Real Estate building next to the Young block on H street is being remodeled. Charles Thompson, owner of Acme coffee house, will use the site for a first class restaurant.
Miss Blanche Wilson hosted a child friendly folk music event Friday night at 407 North L street, the first in a planned series at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bradner.
Beginning tomorrow morning the Grays Harbor Poultry Association holds its fourth annual exhibition in the Young building at Wishkah and H streets. About 1,000 entries are already in and more are expected before the show opens.
Robert A. Wiley county assessor elect will not move his family to Montesano and will keep his home in Aberdeen Abedreen. He plans to spend most time in the field with chief deputy A C Girard handling office work and perform most duties on Grays Harbor from Aberdeen.
Mrs John Lupton entertained the G A R club Friday afternoon at 221 West Wishkah street with Mrs Coats Mrs F Lupton Mrs A Camillo and Miss McDougal as guests. The group held business and spent most of the afternoon on Christmas work. Miss Christine Lupton played piano and refreshments followed.
Montesano December 14. Port commissioners plan to buy or build a large dredge for Grays Harbor harbor work. Commissioner A C Mac Neill says no work yet as first funds are not due until after March 1. They also consider acquiring property for docks between Aberdeen and Hoquiam and a dredge to save on future dredging costs. An initial $50,000 is available, but no formal plans beyond engineer Virgil Bogue’s dock and improvement study.
J P O'Brien and J D Stack of the Oregon Washington Railroad visited Aberdeen praising three years of city progress after touring local industries and inspecting the North River branch. They avoided comments on a Port Angeles Aberdeen line and did not discuss Willapa Harbor extension. Northern Pacific officer J G Woodworth also visited, stating the trip was the annual system-wide tour with no particular news expected.
N L Parsons returns to Aber deen after several months in Onedin county New York visiting Philadelphia Boston and other cities during the trip with plans for resuming local duties.
Local notice announces Aberdeen Printing Co and Particular Printers at 309 East Wishkah Street as the new address for printing services. The Herald claims full-news coverage.
The Syver son Lumber plant in Montesano built three years ago for 166000 dollars faces a receiver sale on January 13 1913. The mill can cut 125000 feet daily and millmen expect a restart soon aided by the Oregon Washington and Milwaukee lines nearby offering a lumber outlet.
Ad claims dandruff eczema and all skin diseases vanish immediately with Callahan's Medicated Soap. Stated as a skin beautifier guaranteed under Pure Food Laws. Full size cake offered for twenty five cents plus stamps or money order. Also advertised for farm stock. Northwest distributing company Seattle Washington box 296.
Prisoners at Montesano uncover large timbers beneath the site of the new $300,000 courthouse. The timbers once formed the foundation of a saw mill that operated about 29 or 30 years ago under M. Z. Goodell. Some timbers remain sound while others are buried several feet deep.
Victor Johnson twelve, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Johnson, of South Aberdeen, died Thursday afternoon after an operation at a local hospital. A South Side school student and popular figure, he was among four Johnson children who recently moved to Aberdeen. Funeral services were held Saturday at Whiteside Undertaking parlors with Rev Hulbert Carter officiating and his class members serving as pallbearers.
Woman's Relief Corps at Knights of Pythias hall elects Lillie Hilton as president and a slate including Etta Bryant Margaret Wolfram Jane Pascoe Anna Waller Retta Nielson and Anna Hayes. The group prepares a Christmas box for veterans at the state home in Orting to be packed at 407 West First Street by Mrs O A Schultz.
Hoquiam December 15 Justice of the Peace W H Lamb held the state against Ira Green in a closed hearing. Green is charged with attempting to assault a local woman and was bound over for trial in the superior court in a $1 606 bond.
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