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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
5
A garbled offer promises a money driven scheme claiming to secure a “handsome check book” and payments by check. The text suggests a deceptive financial pitch aiming to lure with guaranteed receipts and free services.
A list of ships and steamers loading or awaiting orders at local mills and docks. Highlights include A J West and Andy Mahony loading for Honolulu, Watron A West for Callao, Bowdoin and Svea arriving to load for San Francisco, and Newburg G C Lindauer sailing for San Francisco tomorrow. Also mentions Aberdeen Lumber Shingle mill activity and Herald Printery services.
Readers learn of area movements including visits to Seattle and Pendleton Oregon. Local officials and professionals such as dentists G Canterbury O R Austin and E Lane are listed with rooms and addresses. Community events include weddings church gatherings and a shift of the shingle mill project at North Aberdeen.
Carnegie funds of 15000 dollars remain available in 2006 terms, with 2000 or 3000 dollar installments as work progresses. Trustees plan to buy adjacent Market Street lot 100 by 130 feet to save the library building site, with 500 dollars in city treasury donations and rest from private subscriptions. American Contracting Co. prepares to rush the foundation as Ross Clark lifts work interdiction improving union access.
Wishkah Lodge No 44 prepares entertainment for the district convention meeting in this city on March 6. The district includes Chehalis Pierce Thurston Lewis Mason and Pacific counties with thirteen lodges and about two hundred Knights expected. Prizes will be awarded for degree work and proficiency in chairs as several lodges attend with full teams.
The A. G. Lindslay, a Rupert Steamship Co lake steamer, arrived Monday from San Francisco after a Cleveland to Grays Harbor voyage. Purchased earlier this year, the vessel carried Ohio coal to San Francisco and will undergo general overhaul while awaiting charter. Captain Kelley, formerly of the Alliance, brought the Lindslay here. The ship, 678 tons, ballast to the Great Lakes design, has 2,000,000 feet lumber capacity and left Baltimore August 5.
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