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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
7
A playful future wedding custom unfolds as a grocery shower replaces traditional gifts. Invites run with store advertisements and small sacks of goods, with the pledge that no duplicates occur and groceries delivered to the bride’s new home.
The text promotes a health tonic for women stressing its importance to happiness and love. It claims to restore health, has a century of use, and offers private home treatment without public examinations.
An analysis notes the U S road mileage of about 2 155 000 miles and high total expenditure, plus sparse stone surfaced roads. It contrasts U S administration with England France and Germany highlighting centralized state aid, skilled supervision and the French road school approach. It cites England’s 149 759 miles and high maintenance costs and describes German state federation and cantonal road management with academic engineers.
A light exchange about quarrels and peace among two young women. The first vows no quarrel until after Christmas while the second predicts a quarrel will trigger twice as nice a Christmas peace offering.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation shows a person resisting early Christmas shopping. They plan to give several friends a dozen eggs each, regardless of cost, preferring to delay purchases until later.
A brief Kansas City Journal snippet shows a man refusing a drink while a companion, described as his social secretary, offers one to the other. The exchange hints at a lighthearted social moment likely from a local column or cartoon caption.
An old law debate returns to the fore as judges discuss redefining roles of women and widens the gap between single life and marriage. The piece notes contemporary views on matrimony and social expectations, highlighting judicial deliberations.
A fragmented article discusses household hints and etiquette for gifts and cooking. It notes methods for cleaning tarnished silver using washing soda and discusses scrambled eggs, then pivots to the idea of giving unmade gifts such as silk strips or fabric from abroad as a fashionable, thoughtful present among women friends.
A traditional recipe suggests adding up to four ounces of alcohol, a half ounce of ammonia, and one dram of lavender to bathing water to soften and perfume it. A few drops of the mixture are enough for a half-full basin of water.
Mrs Lena Carlson of 116 E First St Aberdeen Wash credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relieving her long kidney trouble and swelling after trying other remedies. She urges fellow sufferers to try the remedy and reports improvement in general health. For sale by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for the United States Remember the name Dean's and take no other.
A list of fire alarm boxes with street corners and intersections across the city is provided. Entries include landmarks such as City Hall Market and I streets, Harbor and Heron, Market and F streets, and Western Cooperage Co. on Michigan Ave and River street, among others.
The record lists varied log branding marks attributed to John Kantor with many symbols including G, fT monograms, GT, a horseshoe, letters O K, Cat in monogram, 26, F C, M in a square, B in a circle, 22 with lines, 15, 18, W with dots, H H, reversed S, A with dots, monogram Jf Fa, 385 with line and vex, AW, Yo square and figure 2, B8. First publication December 9 1909 last publication January 6 1910.
John A. Miller sues Mary Pearl Miller for absolute divorce on grounds of desertion and abandonment over a year. Summons requires appearance within 60 days of December 28, 1909 with final publication by January 26, 1910. Attorney N. W. Bush of Aberdeen represents plaintiff.
A notice proclaims Lot 4, Section 11, North of Range 9, W. M. with three branded logs and ten branded logs marked S W and inverted marks. Owners are required to remove or pay damages. if unpaid, logs will be sold to cover the damages.
In the Superior Court of Washington Chehalis County Sofia Cuchra sues Vincent Cuchra for absolute divorce on desertion and failure to support. The defendant is summoned to appear within 60 days after December 2 1909 and respond to the complaint. attorney A M Wade, Aberdeen, Chehalis County. Last publication January 13 1910.
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