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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
5
Aberdeen and district updates cover private sales, new buildings, hospital news, and city dispatches. Evens Drug Co highlights include drug lines and musical instruments. Duffy to preach at Christian church. residents seek hospital care. shipping and bridge work progress. and local social events amid a stormbound fleet in South Bay.
M F Powell discharged from Grays Harbor hospital. Mike Holppa treated for a crushed hand at the same hospital. Victor Hacks injured at Aberdeen Box factory and admitted to hospital. Nurse Etta Beauchamp confined by slight illness. Dr Austin reports birth of a 10 pound girl at the home of Mr and Mrs Hakin on Tyler street. Congregational church society event postponed. City council failed to decide Finch shack issue and adjourned to next Wednesday. Peter Walter known as Bearakin Pete arrested and sentenced to 25 dollars plus costs by Judge Drake. Waber again selling furs worn by original owners in Alaska.
At a chamber of commerce meeting, Aberdeen was cited for discriminatory freight charges by Northern Pacific. Local firms allege higher rates for shipments out of Aberdeen and into the city than from Sound ports, harming Aberdeen’s bid as a distribution center. The chamber plans to petition the state railway commission for action.
The K of P district convention in Hoquiam closed after a day of routine business and rank conferment. Lodges from Wilkeson Carbonado Tacoma Olympia Centralia Chehalis Elma Aberdeen Hoquiam attended. E L Minard Elma elected president J McKanskie Wilkeson VP Stanton Rowell Elma secretary Dan W Bush Chehalis treasurer. Banquet featured Grand Chancellor addresses and toasts. Next convention set for Wilkeson in September.
The annual school election is set for Saturday March 3 with two directors to elect to three and two year terms. A special election will use two ballot boxes to decide building another schoolhouse purchasing the adjoining lot and voting bonds totaling 20000 dollars.
On November 11 a Wishkah public school social at the school house drew strong neighbor support and netted 131 dollars 55 cents. The proceeds were given to teacher Mrs. Ingeborg Roblan for school use. Her expenditure report lists 123 library books 73 35, school house bell 24 35, sectional book case 380 50, Youth Companion one year 185, cake for social 150.
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