Chehalis County News and Notices from All Parts
News items from Chehalis County report James Harris family birth in Hoquiam area, travel plans of residents, nursing training enrollment for Bliss Myers in Tacoma, and Montesano and Grays Harbor activity. Local officials address railroad, sewer plans, skating rink, and a New Year's ball fundraiser. Prosecutions include Charles Holmberg fined for liquor sales. city engineer L. Thompson travels to review trunk sewer plans. Andrew Bruce takes leave from Hoquiam fire department for California.
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Grayport
Charles Holmberg
Far West
Bill Dowd
Hc. L. Thompson
Rettie
Troquiam
Yavcr
Drew Bruce
Hocmu Fire Department
Nieruee
California
Elma News Tells of Holidays and Local Changes
Elma residents plan holiday visits as Charles M. Harding returns from Tacoma. Families welcome relatives. homes on Third Street and West Main gain activity from purchases and readying for events. Local officials report new lots bought by W. Clark and A. Manners. O R Bond and others invest in Elma properties. annual creamery meeting set for January 1 to discuss capital increase from 4000 to 7000 dollars. George Brown dies aged 29 from spinal meningitis at Mrs. Todd’s home. wife left.
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W. Clark
Tacoma
George Brown
Frank Todd
Brown
Montesano Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Visits
Gen Tom Vance of Olympia visited Montesano on legal business. Vernice Gilkey now works in the county treasurer's office. Berry Everett returned from a trip east of the mountains. TM Fressler traveled from Centralia and rented his farm nearby. Most teachers are out of town for the holidays. A joint installation is planned.
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Tarr
EL Hearde
Chehalis
J. C. Adams
Forestry Service
Tom Vance
Olympia
Vernice Gilkey
Sap Ho
Oakville Holiday Visits and Local Trade News
Mrs G Scott will spend the holidays with friends in Seattle and George and Burl Gwin return from Ellensburg for the season. O B Newton shipped geese to harbor points for Christmas. Union Trading Co sent a car wheat and a car hay to Sound points. W C T U ladies plan silver medal contest Saturday January 8 1910. Mills loses valuable horse to blood poisoning from a run away. Irvin McCutcheon and wife of Roy are visiting Oakville while Me Cutcheon of the Oakville Meat Market hosts his son’s family for the holidays.
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Union Trading Company
R— Vin McCutcheon
Roy
Oakville
Mekket
Sons of Norway Established in Hoquiam Lodge
Tuesday evening at the I O C F hall in Hoquiam a new Sons of Norway lodge was launched with Grand President Pagee of Bellingham and Secretary Olsen of Seattle assisting. About fifty Aberdeeen lodge members attended. a musical program and supper followed. The Hoquiam lodge opens with about sixty members.
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I. O.C. F. Hall
Hoquiam
Sons of Norway
Pagee
Bellingham
W. C. Olsen
Seattle
Aberdeen Lodge
Hoquiam Lodge
Practical Gift Replaces Hoquiam Fire Loss Home
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ellingson received a new house as a Christmas present after their home was destroyed by fire weeks earlier. The Hoquiam community organized the effort with Mrs. A. Bush-Brackett leading the committee, aided by many volunteers. The building committee included C. T. Hall John Richardson and George Barlow.
Northwest strike enters waiting game as Perham seeks federal aid
In St Paul on December 28 the railroad switchmen strike hinges on H B Perham's trip to Washington for federal help. Unions expect possible general action by freight handlers clerks machinists and maintenance of way. Hawley and Harshberger refrain from firm bets while managers carry on as if no strike.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Northwest
H. B. Perham
Washington
Perham
American Federation of Labor
Hawley
Switchmen's Union
Harshberger
St. Paul
Federation Council
Publisher's Notice on Missed Herald Deliveries
City residents who do not receive the Herald by 6 p m on Mondays and Thursdays should contact the City Messenger Co at telephone 3551. a replacement paper will be sent to the listed address.
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Herald
City Messenger Co
Public graft cited in Ulster county dam project debate
A commission report on damages from the Ulster county waterworks for New York City cites graft and waste as major costs in public projects. Justice Hoogarq condemns graft as a pervasive drain, arguing 40 percent of funds vanish, inflating roads, libraries, asylums, and hospitals from the dam and reservoir construction.
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Ji Yvokan
Ulster County
Fueh
New York City
Hoogarq
State to Issue BonDs After January First 1910
Olympia December 28 The state will not issue bonds until after January 1 1910. State Treasurer Lewis said probable sale of 200000 in bonds funded by the permanent school fund will retire outstanding warrants and delay general fund warrants until tax receipts increase from liquor tax collections and lane sales bolster the general fund.
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Olympia
Lewis
Drowning tragedy and obituary notices merge in a rough dispatch
A chaotic report blends a drowning incident in an Ohio valley with an obituary for Mrs N F Parsons of Grays Harbor California. The fragmentary text references Stone Elmer Mowbray, a coroner in Monte Ty, and recovery efforts with Sheriff Pa and preachers in a slough, followed by details of Mrs Parsons’s death in Pasadena California at age 72 years and 8 months. The obituary notes her Missouri birth in 1838, marriage to N F Parsons in 1874, and residence in Gris Harbor before moving to Southern California for health reasons. Her husband and three children from a prior marriage survive.
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N. F. Parsons
Josie Ludy
Pasif
Cal
Pasedna
Parsons
SATSOP HOTEL BURNS IN CHRISTMAS FIRE
The Winston hotel at Satsop was totally destroyed by fire early Christmas morning. Charles Potter, a levee worker, burned while trying to save his effects. A volunteer brigade saved the Methodist church and an adjoining store. The Winston was the only hotel in Satsop and was owned by T. R. Winston.
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Winston Otel
Satsop
Chas. Potter
Winsty
T. R Winston
Chehalis County
Northern Pacific Revamps Portland to Seattle Schedule
The Northern Pacific announces a January 1 timetable shift linking Portland and Seattle trains to Aberdeen and Grays Harbor. Morning arrivals to Aberdeen drop to 12:40 from Gate Junction, while Portland’s afternoon service advances to 3 20 giving two daily through trains to Grays Harbor with connections at Chehalis. The changes affect trains 308 314 and 334 with electric lighting, steam heat, and onboard dining.
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T! Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Portland
Grays Harbor Country
Puget Sound Fundet
Harbor Country
Aberdeen
Flyer
Puget Sound
Gate Junction
Oregon Metropolis
Grays Harbor
Chehalis
South Bend
Centralia
Tacoma
Portland-Vancouver Limited
Vancouver
B. C
Puget
Hit the Trail by James A. Edgerton poem
A wartime era civic exhortation urges steady effort and continuous work as the path to national progress. It extols relentless pursuit of improvement, civic duty, and public virtue as the royal road to a lasting legacy. The piece closes with authorship attribution to James A. Edgerton.
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James A. Edgerton
Our Lofty Neighbor Mars and Its Limited Appeal
The piece compares Mars to a neighbor unreachable by gossip or everyday needs. It notes that while Mars is visible and scientifically studied, practical returns like baseball scores or divorce news would make it worthwhile to bring it closer, otherwise its value remains decorative.
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Mars
New York
Grays Harbor Fish Pack Total Value Soars
The Grays Harbor and Quinsault Indian agency catch for the year tops $120,000 with Ho Quiam Packing cannery shipping 22,000 cases valued over $938,000. Over 545,000 pounds of fresh fish were sent nationwide, including 120,000 Quinsault salmon.
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Grays Harbor
Quinsault Indian Agency
Hoquiam Packing Company
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered with Reward
An advertising notice offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It states testimonials from Vestra Truax and wholesale druggists Wiaupine Kinnan Marvin endorse F J Cheney & Co and claim internal bloodstream action. It lists price at 50c per bottle and promotes Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
Pr. J. Cheney &Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Vestra Truax
Wiaupine, Kinnan & Marvin
Bottis
Modern Wonders and the Soap Transformation
The piece argues miracles are replaced by rules yet soap acts as a modern wonder. It describes soap scrubbing people and places to improve self respect, even for youths on the street, turning them and their surroundings toward cleanliness and civilization. It emphasizes transformation through cleaning as a social miracle.
Town inaction echoed as graveyard guidance
A Wa mego Weekly Times editorial laments civic apathy urging residents to engage in public affairs. It warns that neglecting town duties, blocking advertising or avoiding community effort acts as a coffin, shroud, or hearse for the town’s future.
Death of John Carlson at 116 East First Street
John Carlson aged about, longtime resident of 116 East First Street, died last night at home at 8 p.m. after a two year illness that left him blind. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
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John Carlson
East First Street
Carlson
Aberdeen Hardware Co Announces January 8 Opening
The Aberdeen Hardware Co announces a Monday opening on January 8, 1910. Proprietor H. A. Stevens pledges a square deal with a wide range of hardware including heating stoves ranges graniteware and tools. Stock not yet arrived and full inventory expected in a few months.
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The
Aberdeen Hardware Co
Aberdeen
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