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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1915
Page
2
Aberdeen notices recount travel to Washougal and Pullman. Local schools resume after holidays and many residents pursue studies in Corvallis Olympia Portland Seattle and Spokane. Club meetings and social events fill the week as families host dinners dances and visits.
Aberdeen alumni of the Class of 08 held a New Year’s Eve annual dinner with seventeen members including spouses. The progressive-course feast moved from West First Street to Chicago Avenue and East Second Street homes, ending with social dancing and New Year wishes.
Mr and Mrs Phillip A Bertrand hosted about 35 guests for a New Year’s White Elephant party. Items from guests included dress articles auctioned by Councilman R C Vandevort with humorous bidding. E B Crary won a full dress suit auctioned off and wore it to entertain others. Guessing contests and other amusements capped an evening of unusual fun.
Well established lace and dry goods shop located in a prime Aberdeen storefront. Weekly profit of 100 dollars with a good reason for selling. Inquire at Herald office. 27-41
Readers are advised that Sloan's Liniment soothes nerves and relieves neuralgia by applying it to the surface over the painful area not rubbing in. The ad claims quick penetration to the sore nerve, inflammation relief, and instant relief with a money back promise, priced at 25 cents.
Miss Bertha J Johnson and Mr Daniel J Espedal were married Sunday at the Norwegian Lutheran church parsonage with Rev Wold officiating. Bridesmaid Miss Minnie Anderson and best man Mr Thomas Swanson attended. The couple will reside in Aberdeen and have begun housekeeping on North F street.
The executive committee will convene tonight to arrange the chamber’s annual meeting set for January 11 or 12 at the Hotel Washington. Leaders will discuss program, speakers, and arrangements for the event.
George E Wiggins of Aberdeen and Alice E Gage of Hoquiam were married yesterday at the First Presbyterian Church Hoquiam Reverend E A Orr officiated in Rev J W Beard's absence They will reside on Lincoln Street Hoquiam Bride a Hoquiam native Groom chief engineer of the Harbor Queen
W P Gilbreath of the Gilbreath Carter logging firm near Melbourne will run for Aberdeen city council from the second ward. A East Aberdeen pioneer, he has been urged by ward residents to enter the race.
The Encampment of the Odd Fellows held a public installation of officers in Knights of Pythias hall with over 200 attendees. Speeches by Grand Patriarch Greene and Past Grand Master J A Graham followed the ceremony, ending in a banquet.
Adolph Sahli, former foreman for three years, buys Hillside Dairy interests and takes over Meadowbrook Creamery. He overhauls machinery, repaints, improves sanitation, and vows to keep Meadowbrook in the first rank of creameries in Southwest Washington while extending its patronage.
P. H. King, who sold his barber shop and pool room last week, will travel east to arrange manufacture and marketing of his patent metal door strip. He plans to interview Pullman car officials for adoption of the strips in their cars.
The city clerk’s office opened registration books Saturday with H. H. Carter as registrar. Several important elections are anticipated this year and many residents have already registered.
Captain H A Comeau of Company G calls a Friday night meeting at the armory to organize a basketball league. Proposed teams include Company G Naval Militia Aberdeen High School Hoquiam High School Hoquiam Moose Hoquiam Y M C A Hoquiam A O U W Aberdeen Moose and Aberdeen Methodist church.
Advertisement urges quick care for children’s colds croup and whooping cough. Promotes Dr Kings New Discovery to stop colds soothe cough reduce inflammation kill germs and aid natural healing. Priced 50 cents at druggists with a call to buy today.
Sage and sulfur mix used as a tonic to darken gray hair, boost thickness, and improve gloss. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound sold for 50 cents with easy at home application. Hair darkens naturally and dandruff, itching, and shedding purportedly lessen.
A Herald representative found Georg J. Wolff’s Aberdeen shop crowded with women from Gisys Harbor seeking attention from a large clerk staff. Wolff touted cash only prices and noted shoppers spent freely, writing checks for purchases seen as advantageous to them.
The United States civil service commission announces an open competitive examination for men only for an assistant in game preservation. Examinations take place January 20. Certification from the eligible register will fill a vacancy in the Department of Agriculture at 2250 dollars yearly. Age 20 to 45. Apply now for an application blank to the district secretary, United States civil service commission, 207 Post Office Building, Seattle Washington.
Foreign and coastwise lumber shipments from Grays Harbor in 1914 were nearly equal to 1913. Seventy-eight thousand three hundred twenty-three thousand feet valued at about nine hundred seventy-nine thousand dollars shipped in eighty-seven bottoms. The first nine months of 1914 surpassed 1913, but the final quarter dropped about $120,000 in value compared to 1913.
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