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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
5
Numerous Aberdeen social notices mix neighborhood visits school events and holiday plans. Names like Mrs C A Meyers Mrs Phil S Locke and Mrs W T Beemer appear alongside Ed Jones L P Dudley and Damon Hafferty in a district update of meetings travels and community life.
George Wolff notes very satisfactory holiday business with fur sales surpassing prior years. New shipment arrived today including black lynx, mink, sable and Isabella pieces with sets priced from 1.95 to 32.00 dollars.
Matt Duley, a Stafford camp logger on the Wishkah river, was struck by a falling tree top last Thursday. He suffered head and shoulder injuries but survived initial fears of a fatal outcome and is now recovering at Aberdeen General hospital. He is a cousin of P. J. McHugh of this city.
Captain O R Austin announces a battalion parade at the pavilion on December 30 followed by a ball. The Grays Harbor Military Band will provide music for both events. Members of the Grays Harbor battalion N G W and invited guests may join the ball for fifty cents to help cover costs. Company G will assemble and return to the armory after the ball. The notice urges strong local support for military affairs.
L L Maley will close his retail cigar store after twenty years to focus entirely on manufacturing and wholesaling. Hayes & Hayes Bank leased the front 39 feet of his store, prompting the move with possession set for January 1. The cigar factory will operate in the rear with G street entrance, while the bank remodels the leased area to accommodate its expanding business.
Aberdeen girls beat Elma High 7 to 5 in a classy gymnasium game. Lineup includes Vera Johnson Raymond Hogan as centers Meg Hogan and Rhea Rupert forwards Mable MecClymont and Bessie Creech as suc partners. Postgame gathering hosted by Miss Raymond Hogan at 507 West Fifth Street.
J R Cozine purchased a ten acre tract of fruit and berry land at Elma from J T Thornton for 3400. Cozine traded in a house and two North Aberdeen lots valued at 2200, to be used by Thornton and his family. The well improved tract includes stock and machinery. Cozine, an experienced farmer, aims to succeed with the venture.
The supreme court denied a rehearing in the Vulcan Iron Works versus Grays Harbor and Puget Sound Railway Company dispute over a railroad right of way on the Chehalis river waterfront between G and H streets. The case moves to superior court for a jury trial to determine damages.
At the Friday meeting of the Royal Neighbors in Eagles hall the group elected officers for the coming year. Oracle Anna M Foote Vice Oracle Jennie Kennedy Chancellor Clara O Cyr Recorder Alice J Campbell Receiver Lena Nottingham Marshal Olive Flyte Inner Sentinel Margueret Shuman Outer Sentinel Mary Kock Manager for three years Marcia Flanders Special Auditor Ed Flanders.
Aberdeen Construction to remove sawdust and slabs along the river front from Broadway to Michigan Avenue. The firm will drive piling, construct a bulk head, and fill the tract with earth on Union Pacific railroad lands.
Sheriff Payette arrived in Aberdeen from Shelton with A H Getty charged with wife desertion. Getty has a wife in Aberdeen and a divorced wife with sixteen children in Shelton. He faces a hearing this afternoon in Justice Bush's court.
Light or heavy hauling offered with quick service by A. A. Star Transfer Co. Call telephone 14 for inquiries and arrangements.
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