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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald lists publication details with weekly schedule Monday and Thursday at 40s East Wishkah Street and a contact number 3541. Subscriptions are described with rates and advance payment guidelines, noting mail handling rules and ad deadlines.
State officials warned against private control of public rail lines as the road commission prepared to oppose the ordinance in court. The matter was tabled until the January meeting while supporters consider revising or defeating the franchise. Private citizens threaten to appeal to the superior court to contest the commission action.
In St Paul on December 21 a conference with George Slade J M Gruber R W Wheelock and AF of L officials failed to publish any statement. Officials said talks will resume Thursday with a possible compromise and no strike by freight handlers or railway clerks before then.
Davenport voters reject all saloons by 55 votes amid bitter campaign. Gov. Hay backed the drys at a public meeting. High turnout and polling irregularities reported as drys win two of three wards with 207 to 152.
A front page note extols Peruna as a health tonic after a Centenarian credits it for reaching her hundredth birthday with strong health. The letter describes a severe grippe two years earlier and states Peruna aided recovery. The piece endorses Peruna tablets for those who object to liquid medicines.
Reports of arrivals and departures of vessels and cargo loading at mills. Meteor loading at West mill for San Pedro. Eric loading at Slade mill for San Pedro. Carlos loading at Hulbert mill for San Pedro. Tahoe sailed from Union mill for San Pedro. Printer at Lindstrom shipyards receiving paint. Lucy Neff sailed from West mill for San Pedro. Edward R. West loading at Slade mill for San Diego. Admiral at Furrows mill loading for San Francisco. Coronado sailed from Union mill for San Francisco. W. J. Patterson loading at American mill for San Pedro. A. J. West loading at Slade mill for Santa Rosalía. Hoquiam arrived to load at Hart Wood mill for San Pedro. Bandon arrived and loading at Slade mill for San Francisco. Santa Monica arrived to load at American mill for San Pedro. Resolute went off marine ways then to Hoquiam to load for Guaymas.
State Senator Alex Polson, in Hoquiam, says Grays Harbor will likely receive a liberal federal appropriation for completing the north side jetty after a six week visit to eastern cities. He spoke in Washington as a Grays Harbor delegate to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress and notes lumber region prospects for a prosperous year nationwide.
City officials refer the dispute to a committee to pressure the telephone company and to review its franchise. The meeting approved Harbor Vaudeville bond, city detective appointment, and a dispensable license issue. Other actions include street, sewer, and alley improvements and a railway franchise extension in South Aberdeen.
L Frank Brown reports strong reception in Grays Harbor for the state good roads movement ahead of the January 20 21 convention at Aberdeen. He notes a trunk line focus from sound to sea with county commissioners and leaders backing continuous system development and criticizes prior splits among factions. Harvey Scott Samuel Hill and others expected. discussions on private road concessions and county bonding to fund broader statewide work.
John A. Miller sues Mary Pearl Miller in Superior Court of Washington for absolute divorce on grounds of desertion and abandonment over one year. Complaint filed in Aberdeen with N. W. Bush as attorney. First publication December 28 1909. last publication January 26 1910.
A historical notice offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors and cites endorsements from local wholesale druggists WueraTruax Wannine Kinnan Manvin. The remedy is described as internal and blood-acting with price 75 cents per bottle.
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