Chehalis County Happenings in Aberdeen Herald Columns
Chehalis County items note visitors from Elma Rochester and Montesano business ties. The Montesano Steamship Co. receives 400000 feet of lumber while a new concrete building is planned for the Crist hotel in Aberdeen. A list of marriage licenses is given and D W Fleet celebrates receiving a Mauser sporting rifle from Detroit with German import and telescope sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Nethery
W. W. Brown
Amy Brown
L. Landon
Long Beach
California
J. G. Holden
Claretta Lonie Stein
Theodore J. Wagnner
Goldier
Shepard
Samuel T. Parr
Pearl Anderson
Lauri Tikkanén
Annie Niemi
Martin Davick
Mike Dina Nelson
Geo. H. Combes
Mamie H. Doyle
William D. Smith
Pearl V. Long
D. W. Fleet
Geo. L. Fleitz
Detroit
Mich
Chehalis County
Germany
Mr. Fleet
Local visits and lodge officer installs in Oakville
Milan Glover, Thornton Bryan, A. Aobert, Mrs. J. H. Holland and Ada, and Mrs. Steve Balch with baby visited friends in Aberdeen Seattle Elma and Bucoda respectively. Oakville Lodge No. 27 D of H installed officers for the ensuing term including Belle Fitzgerald as Past Chief and Rose Forest as Chief of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Holland
Ada
Elma
Steve Balch
Baby
Bucoda
B. A. Stevens
Oakville Lodge No. 27
D. of H
Belle Fitzgerald
Rose Forest
Anna K. Criss
Dora Bagshaw
Ara Neeley
C. N. Mills
Annie M. Criss
Usher
Josephine Quigly
Alex Ames
True Ames
Local Travels and People in Briefs
F F Williams departs Friday on a business trip to Tacoma. C H Jones, N W L company president, visits from Tacoma. Mrs D A J McIntyre returns from a Sound region visit. Herbert Dabike, nephew of Mrs D D Winter, ill with pneumonia. J L Baer to open a Levi Baer store in Seattle. Mrs J M Clapp returns from visiting her mother Mrs S A Smith in Seattle. Mrs A C Girard travels to Albany Oregon for grandmother Ernest Olson's illness. Grandson says: libel suit filed in federal courts against tug Traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A.J. McIntyre
Sound
Herbert Dabike
D. D. Winter
J. L. Baer
Seattle
Levi & Baer
J. M. Clapp
S. A. Smith
A. C. Girard
Albany
Oregon
Ernest Olson
Dawson
Hopper sues over Miller damage claim after tow incident
F H Hopper seeks 500 damages claiming the schooner Miller was damaged while towed by Mrs C K Craig who is ill with pneumonia but slightly improving. Several local people attended funerals for Charles E Hill and visits occurred among families in Elma and Aberdeen. A Seattle man, Harry Severson, married Elma native Ora Long at the bride’s home on January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hopper
Miller
Hopper
Traveler
Harry Severson
Seattle
Ora Long
Elma
F. M. Clark
C. N. Long
East Elma
Barkley to Open New Store With Large Removal Sale
Aberdeen clothier A. W. Barkley moves to a larger brick block on G street between Heron and Wishkah streets. The firm plans a cut price removal sale starting Saturday January 19 at 9 a.m. with over 12 000 dollars worth of suits overcoats cravenettes pants hats caps shoes underwear shirts and more, excepting contract goods. Extra clerks will assist as the store closes Friday for stock preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Barkley
Aberdeen
G Street
Heron
Wishkab Streets
Barkley
Grays Harbor
Baby incubators exhibited by Nat Reiss in Aberdeen
Nat Reiss presents baby incubators at 123 East Heron Street corner of I Street. The display describes heated rooms anti septic air filtration and heated water pipes to keep infants warm. Exhibition runs daily 1 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 30 pm for 15 days, with prior appearances by Reiss noted as evidence of quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Reiss
East Heron Street
I Street
Mr. Reiss
Aberdeen
Southern Carnival Co
Aberdeen as seen by Prosperous Washington in 1906
The Aberdeen metropolitan profile highlights a city at the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers with Grays Harbor, shipping lumber globally and hosting over 12 000 residents by 1906. It notes $8 170 000 annual product, $5 000 000 capital, 4 300 workers, and a modern infrastructure including bridges, railways, gas and electric utilities, hotels, banks, schools, and a thriving mercantile sector, plus strong growth indicators and Chamber of Commerce guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Chehalis
Wishkah
Graya Harbor
Hoquiam
Cosmopolis
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
South America
Grays Harbor
Northern Pacific Railway
Sound Cities
Portland
Washington
Beesides
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
Hoquiam Council Opens With Housing, Road Work
Hoquiam officials met to approve police force increase by one, award Twenty second Street improvement contract to Virgil Smith, and consider new fire equipment and alert-box upgrades. Permanent streets, rock crusher, and road roller purchases discussed for future action, fire department tensions settled in secret session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Twenty Second Street
Virgil Smith
East Side
Dove of Peace
District Apportionment Clash in Early State Legislatures
A historical note recounts attempts from 1901 to 1905 to divide the state into three congressional districts following the 1900 census. It details legislative delays, committee maneuvers, and opposition amid political maneuvering, culminating in stalled bills and late-session defeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Spokane County
Congressional Apportionment Committee
Senate
Committee On
McBride
Pierce County
Cushman
Reuben W. Jones
King County
Jones
Philbrick
Rands
Seattle
Aberdeen High School Beats Grays Harbor College In Close Game
Friday night in Aber deen the Aberdeen High School First Team edged Grays Harbor Business College 22 to 20. College players included Scott McNeil Haman Fuller and Shaw. High School players were Johnson Cross Madison Anderson and West. Fans packed the arena as a fast, fouls-light contest ended with the High School ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Aberdeen High School
Grays Harbor Business College
Business College
Scott
McNeil
Haman
Fuller
Shaw
Johnson
Cross
Madison
Anderson
West
Rooters
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Aberdeen Herald
Montesano
Joseph Seybold, Jr
A. J. West
Myrril Hicklin
Rochester
Hal Hicklin
Geo. W. Ninemire
San Francisco
Montesano Steamship Company
W. E. Crist
Crist Hotel
First
B Streets
Fulton
Montesanno
Oakville
Milan Glover
Thornton Bryan
Brother
Geo. W. Bryan
A. Aobert
F. F. Williams
Tacoma
C. H. Jones
N. W. L. Company
Lottie Magill
Chas. E. Hill
Eliza Lewis
Ira
Ira Lewis
Aberdeen Grocery Co
Elma Tuessay
Marguerite Seybold
James Gleason
St. Joseph's Hospital
Carnival
Pame
Cold Care
E. L. K. Pharmacy
Quality Drug Store
Heron St
Tel
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Hoquiam Council
Gray’s Harbor
Herald
East Heron St
Oregon Woolen Mills
GEO. Jr. Wolff
Geo. Fisher
Aberdeen, Wash
Chehalis County Bank OF Aberdeen
Frank G. Jones
N. Rogan
O. F. Johnson
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