This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
5
Community snippets from Aberdeen include business trips in Elma and Olympia, sales and services offered by Todd’s Pharmacy, and various local appointments. Updates cover illness and recovery of residents, shipyard labor issues, and city notices on bids for street improvements.
Plans for a Montesano wharf and warehouse move forward after title issues are resolved. A Swedish Mission church concert next Saturday charges 25 cents adults and 15 for ages under 12. Aberdeen high school gains university accreditation, with diploma admission. Fogel & Gross advertise discounts after acquiring Columbia Clothing Co. stamps not accepted for county fees. Epworth League lecture faced low attendance but praised. “Picnic of the Gods” impressed. Toney fined $10 and costs for hotel thefts, jailed, later escaped. Sailors Union hall forms a local Tailors Union with officers listed. Attorney general reclassifies pay under 1890 census, lowering official salaries. court action planned. A house fire on Hume street rekindled smoke and required department repeat response.
Mrs. Damitio stays for medical treatment while her husband returns home from Elma. Wm. Smith plans a Lewis county brick yard after finding suitable clay in Highland Home. Alfred J. Anderson heads home from Chicago with new cutting ideas for spring goods. Coss and Horton dispute ends with fines. Chas. Clemmons’s father dies in Montesano aged 67. burial in New Hampshire. Stockwell death at 33 in Michigan. Baby contest prize awarded by Multigraph Co. Fire at a house. no insurance. Eagles prepare a big Aberdeen minstrel show at Acme Opera House next Thursday. City library trustees appointed to secure 1010 in books or money. Langman of Kelso leases space. ill in Tacoma, dies. Kelso stock shipped here. Red Men aid the widow.
Fire last evening wrecked the Zelasko block on Wishkah street in Aberdeen, causing the loss of thousands in personal property. The blaze, sparked by an oil stove explosion in an apartment, spread quickly but the Aberdeen Fire Department prevented further damage to nearby buildings. I. C. Moulton's stock valued at about 4000 with 2000 insured. Zelasko building cost over 5000 insured for 1000. Residents saved little. several families escaped in their night clothes.
Henry Hicking died at his Heron street home yesterday morning aged 72 years 9 months 9 days after a long illness. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 PM at the Baptist church. He had lived in Aberdeen about four years and leaves a wife and eight children. Daughters Mrs. Jas Zent and Mrs. Lilly hieg and six sons Charles William Jack Henry Tom and Robert, mostly residents of Aberdeen.
Griffiths opened a week long engagement at the opera house attracting one of the best attended crowds in Aberdeen. A 15 person audience volunteer class was hypnotized, performing beyond real artists while the audience watched in continuous amusement. The show ended at 11 15 with loud applause and laughter.
Fifth grade pupils with perfect attendance from January 7 to February 1 include Arthur Beardsley Will Johnston Arthur Phillips Edwin Runquist David Adams Ethel Benjamin Alice Cochran Gladys Lillie Bell Loucks Mary Mazzini Loretta Paine Grace Thompson Roxa Hilterbrand Emma Winter Marion Winter Addie Phelps Julia Bail a Mapset McKinray. Also noted are first and second grade honor roll with names Mollie Madison Carl Herglund Frank Musser Eugene LaBrecht Agnes Madison Minnie Hart Elver Herglund John Bradford and teacher M L Roninson.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.