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A short cryptic OCR fragment appears to reference a numeric code and designator 2664 with unclear surrounding words. No coherent event or names are identifiable from the readable text.
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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
2
A short cryptic OCR fragment appears to reference a numeric code and designator 2664 with unclear surrounding words. No coherent event or names are identifiable from the readable text.
The column likens bears to business lessons and urges prudent land stump removal via Bulletin No. 170 from the State Agricultural Experiment Station in Pullman Washington. It condemns blackleg gamblers exposed by the Aberdeen police and calls for strict punishment, including penitentiary.
The article paints a hopeful forecast for Aberdeen and Grays Harbor with plans for a new shipyard, sash and door factory, a new post office, water project progress, lumber mills reopening, and full logging activity, signaling renewed vitality and growth for the city.
In a noisy claim, Aberdeen residents mocked Hoquiam as lacking public spirit over a new post office project. They wagered 23 million dollars against Hoquiam loyalty, claiming the city urged delay and did not want a post office. The piece notes Hoquiam’s counterclaims and cites the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association convention in Portland February 23 to 25 discussing advertising and shingles. It highlights Alex Polson's shingles experience in Montesano.
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