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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1909
Page
8
Olaf FE Anderson of western Montana visited Oakville last week. He is the son of Rev. A Anderson of Gate and a civil engineer recently involved in work for the NP to reduce grades in western Montana.
Levi Hilterbrandt moves from Porter to Montesano and Jack Hartman of Elma spends time here on business. H B Marcy travels to Yakima to prove up a timber claim near there. The Eastern Star Auxiliary meets at Mrs J H Vitz's home the last Tuesday in February. J B Kesterson leaves for California for several weeks visiting San Diego Los Angeles Sacramento and San Francisco. Geo A Penfield Portland adjusts a loss for F L Canon last week. Montesano Fruit Growers Association holds its second annual stockholders meeting on Saturday February 13. Mrs George E Watkins arrives to reside permanently with household goods moving into Montesano House after remodeling in about two weeks.
Lumber for the new U P ware house has arrived and work will start at once. Mrs Kobt Strong and her daughter Mrs McDougall returned from the hospital to Hoquiam. Mrs Adda Woods from Summit visited Elma and Cosmopolis. The Grays Harbor Commercial Co unloaded camp supplies for their south of Chehalis river camp. Miss Carrie Callow leaves for Seattle then Shelton to be with a new mother. The Henry McCleary Co received the largest steam boiler yet for a local mill. Sophia Ormsbee, former language teacher here, died at Waitesburg. A conductor who blocked a crossing last Friday pled guilty and was fined fifteen dollars. HH C Taylor, linked to the Shaw farm, returned with his brother’s widow and children after Montana, where his brother died in an accidental shooting.
Oakville plans to send a gun about 300 years old to the A.Y.P. exposition. B. W. Paul begins work on an addition to the implement and vehicle department. The Oakville Hotel dining hall is well apportioned and would credit a larger town. Miss Minnie Liesner resigns her position at the Oakville House and will take a vacation.
An advertisement claims that taking a small amount of Diapepsin after meals enables complete digestion, prevents fermentation and gas, and eases indigestion symptoms. It asserts rapid relief by tomorrow and promotes a 50 cent case from a druggist for a healthy stomach.
A dense list of legal items appears including court house notices from Aberdeen and Hoquiam. Entries cover trust and mortgage actions, attachments, deeds to timber lands, saloon stock and fixtures, and bankruptcy adjudications. Names include Peter Banner and Emil Gunzburger among others, with properties in Wishkah and West End Aberdeen.
A dense list of property transfers mortgages and legal actions filed in Grays Harbor includes estates of Chas Campbell, judgments involving Aberdeen Brewing Co and Hoquiam firms, and numerous parcels in Hoquiam and Aberdeen with conveyances, liens, and notices of sale.
Local Aberdeen residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain relief. A testimonial from Mrs. J. S. Latesano of Wash. claims a complete cure after long suffering. The ad urges buying at The Red Cross Drug Store and notes Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo as US agents. 63
Aberdeen Washington notices open registration on January 2 1909 for voters in the March 9 primary and April 6 election. Citizens must register this year and naturalized citizens must bring papers. Voters must meet residency rules: one year in state, 90 days in county, 30 days in ward before the primary. Deadline dated December 31 1908.
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