City Council Votes to Vacate Streets and Improve Carrier System
A quiet Aberdeen council meeting approved the East Aberdeen street vacation with water pipe rights for Wilson Bros. Co. Bonds for the Heron street bridge were okayed. Street signs and house numbering were mandated for postal delivery. Multiple street grades and improvements were ordered, and a list of bills totaling several dollars for labor and materials was passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Wilson Bros. & Co
Carl Johnson
Heron Street
Samuel Benn
Wappenstein
F Street
First Street
McKinley Ave
Bell
Beil
H. L. Cook & Co
B Street
Broadway
I Streets
Second Ave
Arthur Street
Sixth Street
E Street
St. Stapleford
Sieves
H. Crandall
John Anderson
L. A. Willey
Chas. Minick
Koehler
H. B. McNeil
Anderson & Middleton Co
K. Zelasko
Veysey
F. L. Carman & Co
Pearson & Campbell
Well Known Chicago Physician Recommends Cough Remedy
Mrs Mary R Melendy endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for persistent coughs in children and adults. Describes it as non narcotic and safe, suitable for bronchial ailments, with Evans Drug Co selling the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary R. Melendy
Chicago, Ill
Evans Drug Co
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad Claims Refund
An old advertisement asserts the product cures ailments with a money back guarantee. It mentions EK W. Grove's signature on each box and notes refunds if the medicine fails to cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. W. Grove
Harsh Minerals Persistently Wreck Digestion
The text notes that minerals with harsh effects linger in the system and are habitually used, eventually causing severe damage to the stomach and bowels.
FiGPRUNE Cereal Advertising Card
An early 20th century style promotion touts FiGPRUNE Cereal as a wholesome beverage made from California figs prunes and grains. It claims a delicate flavor that remains through the cup and notes physicians recommend Figprune with widespread grocery availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Aberdeen Vacates Tyler and Front Streets in Wishkah Precinct
Ordinance vacates parts of Tyler street from Second street to Front street and Front street area also known as First street between Benn street and Tyler street in Aberdeen. Petition by Wilson Bros and Aberdeen Electric Light Co led to hearing Dec 7 1901 with notice posted twenty days prior. Vacated land joins bordering lots and pipes may be laid by the city with shared title transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Street
Second Street
Front Street
Town of
Wishkah
First Street
Benn Street
City of Aberdeen
City of
Aberdeen
Wilson Bros. & Company
Aberdeen Electric Light Company
Chehalis County
State of Washington
City Council
Pargon
City Ordinance Vacates Streets and Grants Access
The ordinance vacates certain streets and grants access rights to hydrants on those streets. It becomes effective five days after passage and publication. Passed and approved December 21, 1901, with last publication December 26, 1901, by Mayor W. W. Anstie and City Clerk Gro. A. Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Anstie
Gro. A. Black
Poison Proof People and a Missing Turk
A historical miscellany describes arsenic endurance among Styrian and Corinthian shepherds and notes dangers of long term use. It then recounts Sarah Bernhardt’s Marseilles performance disrupted by heckling from the gallery about missing Turkish slaves and a bold retort from a spectator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamprecht
Salzburg
Hartberg
Leoben
Oberzeitung
Erzgebirge
Knapp
Sarah Bernhardt
Marseilles
Mme. Bernhardt
Sarah
Bernhardt
General Greene Upholds Strict Army Discipline During War
General Francis Vinton Greene, famed for strict discipline, commanded the Sev enty-first regiment in the Spanish war era. An elder asked for leave for a dying mother, but Greene refused, noting his own father lay dying at home and he could not break the rule. The note ends with a drug advertisement for Chamberlain's tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Francis Vinton Greene
Spain
Seventy-first
Camp Black
Hempstead
N. Y
Blank
Colonel Blank
Tampa
General Greene
Home Gold Cure offered as daily sobriety treatment
Advertisement promotes the Home Gold Cure as a self-administered remedy for alcoholism. It claims a painless, nonNoxious method that can be taken at home, with directions and physician advice, sold for one dollar and shipped worldwide from Edwin B. Giles & Company in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Giles & Company
Market Street
Philadelphia
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the City Council
Tyler
Front Streets
Chicago
Agar’s
Ite Drug Co
Fee and Tea
Chamberlain's
Palace Restaurant
Baretica & FrizGerap, Proprietors
Aberdeen, Wash
Fred Redinger
North Side
Heron
Bet
Norin
Heron St
Aberdeen Hotel
New Management
C. P. Whitney
U. S. Crain
Malev + cigars
D.C. Vammen
G Street
Wash
W. W. Wren
Prop
J. G. Lewis
C. W. Miller
Aberdeen State Bank
Fish Market
TISK
Wishkah St
F. R. Granger
The
Tahoma
E Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Thlepon
Pacific
Robert Lowry
Propre Pacific Hotel
Pullman
Pacific Coast
Pullman Company
Portland
Kansas City
Granger
A. L
Craig
Portland Oregon
N. W. Bush
E. H. Fox
Kaufman Block
J. C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Lan
Washington
E. E. Shields
R. E. Taggart
Smietps & Tanaart
DR. M. Kobbstapp
Heron and
H Streets
Hayes & Hayes’ Bank
Paul Smits, M. D
Anp
Dabney Block
Aberdeen General Hospital
E.S. Avey
Ema
Tomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. HaYes
Hayes & Hayes
Creech Bros
Beardsley Bros
Wishkah St. Aberdeen
Hk. W. Bryan
Aberdeen, Wn
Montesano
W.E. Crist
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