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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1903
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald lists a semi weekly schedule and prices for subscription with discounts for advance payment. Editor J. Carney asserts the paper’s claim of being the oldest on Grays Harbor and having the largest Chehalis county circulation, with advertising contracts based on that claim.
The Tacoma Ledger accuses Levi Ankeny of buying a Senate seat with money and influence, citing active agents and subsidized press. It contrasts Grays Harbor interests and Eastern Washington alignment, arguing Ankeny lacks proven statesman status and suggesting support for John L. Wilson instead.
County lawmakers face a split in stance on the railroad commission issue. The county convention opposed the measure while the state convention supported it, leaving members to choose between pledges to state authority and commitments to their immediate constituents.
A Washington dispatch notes the sultan of Sulu and his datios were unpaid last month. The Philippine commission allocated funds paying the sultan 250 dollars and his entourage amounts from 18 to 75 dollars. The president's message raises questions about appointments and the nature of benevolent assimilation amid imperial policy.
A reformers group sets aside land to test a new social order built on rents and municipal ownership. After two to three years a stranger learns their system includes a single tax and referendums but real happiness remains elusive amid resistant, cranky inhabitants.
The Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati argues that chance exists in many life aspects but gambling is condemned because it makes success depend on another's failure. He says gambling is unsocial since it yields getting without giving and reaping without sowing.
The Yakima Democrat denounces Levi Ankeny as unsuitable for the United States senate. It accuses grafting politicians of backing him with money to seek the seat, calling his fitness unfounded and the widespread support noisy and unwarranted.
The renowned palmist and clairvoyant from Coloba, India arrives in Aberdeen and offers readings at Llorel Gray over The St. Paul Millinery Store, 62 Heron Street. He promises full satisfaction or no charge with studio hours from 9 am to 9 pm, Sundays included, inviting locals to seek his mysterious hand insights.
A curio of short items notes Charles L. Hutchinson a Chicago banker active in church work for 24 years and Mrs. Stamp of Finchville NY who just turned 108. Also mentioned are Kosciusko monument aid by Frank Mulock Berlin Wisconsin Persian student Mirza Nweeya for consul general, and other varied notes on society figures and travel precautions for Lord Curzon.
An opera based on Viola Allen’s In the Palace of the King may come to London. Miss Bates remains under contract to David Belasco to perform Under Two Flags for another year. William Blaisdell stars in a new comic opera set in the Adirondack mountains. Daniel V. Arthur hopes to present his Stuart Robson star in The Comedy of Errors next year. Italy’s King Harlequin may receive an American production next fall. Russ Whytal, author of For Fair Virginia, is writing a new American comedy for Stuart Robson. The Marl of Dysart offers 50 000 toward a 2 500 000 national opera house in London if the balance is raised in six months.
Thirty five foreign nations maintain diplomatic posts in Washington. Baltimore now has fewer than eighty thousand Black residents and Louisville under forty thousand, while St. Louis numbers thirty five thousand. Newport News built the largest ships in American yards named Korea and Siberia for transpacific routes. A National Fish Culture member proposes converting marginal agricultural land into fishponds. A Williamsburg New York man premonition led him to buy an urn and arrange cremation, dying ten minutes later.
The article advises keeping house plants clean and dust free. It suggests allowing poultry in the plum orchard to reduce curculio and recommends spreading fertilizers on the surface, not around stems. It promotes soapsuds around fruit trees and garden, and promotes wood ashes for potash benefits.
Chehalis County items cover illness recovery, holiday visits, marriages at Elma Hotel, Christmas gatherings, store moves by Keulper and Haner, Mrs Beth Clay Moore's return home, and Elma lodge banquets. Eight couples wed this week in Elma area. Brick company production rises while crew works overtime. Wash Bailey injured at Murrey’s camp but recovering well. Masonic and Western Star lodges hold installation banquet with new officers. both lodges report flourishing condition.
Miss Pearl and Roxa Gee return for holiday vacation while Miss Etta Arland comes home from Olympia. Orlando Brewer plans to run a new Elma creamery after visiting from Ballard. Ed Story, former Montesano businessman, travels for a San Francisco house. Clarence Glenn clears logs near the depot as high water rises. Norman Gilkey and wife visit from Seattle to spend Christmas with his parents. L. H. Brewer and Mrs. Schofield visit Hoquiam for several days. Anna Sethery returns from Hoquiam to stay through the holidays and teach in the city school. M. W. Roberts and wife return from California, praising Chehalis County. Clinton Medcalf heads to California to visit friends. his mother will return with him. A. D. Devonshire reports Portland financiers expect ongoing prosperity. George Lewis sends blackthorn canes to Ireland, heritage for his uncle in Aberdeen. Aberdeen will see activity when Jack appears with his stick. Chehalis County Logging & Timber opens an office in the State Bank building, with J. R. Berthoff in charge.
Mrs Edwin Rhodes shows improvement after illness. George Pulver battles typhoid fever with no current danger. This week Mrs Greer of Aberdeen is mentioned in community health notes.
News brief items report Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burdick hosting visitors, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Shinabarger buying their First street residence near the Cosmopolis A. O. U. W. hall, and H. M. Worle visiting his sister Mrs. F. M. Batchelor. Also mentioned are funeral attendance for Fred Butler in North Yam Hill Oregon, a Christmas night cooler occupancy note, and Fred Schnurr directing crew clearing land for Western Lumber Co. near Aberdeen where a stamp roll was found and turned over to Mr. Macfarlane.
Hoquiam residents enjoy a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Adams. Sherman Crawford returns to duty as bicycle doctor after illness. Ed Philbrick will resume studies at the State University in about two weeks. The Odd Fellows prepare a $5,000 hall project with piling driven. Miss Abbie Kellogg visits Hoquiam from Seattle, while Misses Jessie and Elsie Lycan holiday at home. J A Lamping of Lennville, Colorado visits for two months with brother George W. Lamping of the New York hotel, a veteran public official and old-time miner.
Winchester Indiana resident Me M Austin credits Dr King’s New Life Pills for curing his wife’s illness after doctors failed. The ad claims relief for stomach and liver troubles and constipation and sick headache. Available at Smarts Drug Co. for 25 cents.
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