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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1907
Page
8
Items of interest from all sections of Chehalis County gathered by Aberdeen Herald correspondents and exchanged with county papers. The roundup highlights notable events, local notices, and community updates across Chehalis County.
Mrs. Carl Retzlaff returns home after a week visiting Mrs. Baker in Tacoma. Aberdeen guest Mia hosts Mrs. George J. Wolff. Eli Brumberg visited weekend. Schooners Vine and Mary Dodge cleared Montesano mills for San Francisco. Lewis Devonshire visited from Lacey College. Several marriage licenses issued last week including Warl E. Smith and Lela Watson. Miss Clemens plans return to Providence academy after grippe. County commissioners raise deputies salaries with G. Trask and Arch Curtis to 100 dollars monthly, Ruth Townsend to 75, A. E. Graham denied raise but will press again.
Wm Leybold visited Sound Wednesday. Pearl Combes Gordon arrived in Whius to visit relatives and artisans. Joe Leybold Jr returned from visiting her mother. Miss Nina Palmer teaches at South Aberdeen and visited with her parents. Mrs Ed Jones and two sons from Aberdeen came to visit friends. Mr and Mrs Sid Ford returned from Ellensburg. T T Newman attended Elma Lodge meeting. Mr Post of Pacific Telephone repaired lines. Mrs Luroy Herriman and her mother left for Olympia for hospital treatment.
T. J. Watkins made a business trip to Aberdeen and Montesano Wednesday. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. George...
Fields has been very sick for the past week. Mr and Mrs Thos Strong of Little Rock visited with friends here the first of the week. Miss Louise Leisner left for Montana on Monday where she expects to remain some time. A masquerade ball will be given by the Oakville Fire Department on Saturday February 23. Miss Laura Ames returned from Centralia Tuesday afternoon where she had been visiting her sister Mrs F Althouse.
O S Morris visits from Hoh river country. E Endruson calls on town from Little Rock. Mrs J Brandt returns from Seattle. Chester Campbell in town after appendectomy in Seattle. Steamer Norwood barbound then returns for fresh water. Store management at GC F Veysey changes hands Avon Evenson and Peter Thompson take charge. Yeomen send funeral pillow for Dr H Campbell. Mrs T L Homan hosts sewing bee then Episcopal guild gathering with refreshments.
FE M Lacy visits at Mr and Mrs A R Lake this week. Mrs W E Johnson of Melbourne visits sister Mrs D F Speigle. Mrs A C Gaylord of Three Lakes Wash visits sister Mrs Alex Canaries. Mr and Mrs Geo Pulver host Mr and Mrs Bert Johnson of South Aberdeen. Geo Shriver, N P section master, transferred to Gate from South Aberdeen in a promotion.
Judge Irwin ordered a new panel after many jurors could not serve. The drawn names for the fresh panel include Harry Pearson Fred T Lenfesty C A Keil J Camillo M C Fezer R C Bundy Ed Lambert Nels Est John Lindstrom FE EF Kellogg O G Metzger William Koch E E Learned Tom Soule W J Kendrick Thos Larkins C B Shipman R W Warren F W Manuel Florence McGillicuddy.
The passage explains that a watch reveals one design through its interdependent parts. When disassembled the pieces seem random, but assembled and set to function show deliberate adaptation and intention.
In France farmers drive hay wagons fifty miles or more through rain to reach preferred markets. They cover loads with tarpaulins and keep horses under wraps, choosing wet weather when roads stay usable, unlike common American practices where such long trips in rain are rare.
The piece critiques the Perkins inheritance tax proposal as a weak substitute for Democratic goals to curb fortunes by abolishing special privileges. It argues inheritance taxes are already common, favors a graded federal income tax, and notes Supreme Court opposition and tariff concerns.
A miscellany notes New York husband desertions, trilobites earliest eyes, and birds lacking bearing. A driver races a New York hook and ladder wagon with one half shaved. A Greek restaurant in Jersey City posts a comical menu sign. Wheeler of California proposes an international academy to oversee language reform.
John Camden Neild, famed for a large Balmoral bequest to Victoria, lived spartanly at 5 Cheyne Walk Chelsea. A Cambridge educated barrister, he inherited £250000 at 34 and kept a bare, frugal life with two old attendants and a black cat. He walked his estates and rode for free, even on a dung cart, shivering in cold rather than wear a coat.
Leslie's Weekly warns that capitalized industries and trusts threaten to plunder the public. It argues railroad rates remain unrevised, tariffs shield trusts, and reform by ending monopolies would better curb corruption than confiscating fortunes. Public opinion leans toward restoring balance.
The Herald boasts broad Aberdeen and Chenalis County circulation with advertising funded by wide readership. More than half of local families read the Herald, from small items to the smallest ad, reaching entire households.
Mrs Eva Uncapher of Grovertown Stark Co Ind fell ill and could not leave bed yet friends doubted recovery. After using Dr Kings New Discovery she improved in days and regained strength. Four one dollar bottles cured her cough and restored health. Evans Drug Co guarantees and offers 50c and 1.00 sizes with a trial bottle free.
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