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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
2
Local Aberdeen items list society meetings clubs and visits with West Wishkah Street and East Second Street addresses. Notables include Mrs M Waller Mrs W T Scott Miss Edith Kempton and Mrs Emil Pfund. Also merchant advertising Evans Drug Co Mattison Jewelry Co and A Star Transfer Trucking with community events and upcoming gatherings across January.
Fisher writes fire insurance and plain and fancy stationery. Evans Drug Co. Advertises fire insurance. Dr H C Randolph ill at Aberdeen General with pneumonia. White Pine Cough Cure offered. Mrs C E Arthur recovering at St Josephs hospital. Irene Adams returned from Shelton visit with parents. R S Club meets Thursday with Mrs Haferty. Mrs John Hanson hosts Five Hundred Club Friday. S P Moore to have hearing before Judge Drake. Tony Brown and two others fined for speeding and gambling. Mr and Mrs M H Dunbar return to Seattle after visit. Mrs H V Reynolds and Mrs Frank Drake mentioned. Mrs Drake hospitalized with mild pneumonia. Three sailors in a cafe mixup to explain to Judge Drake. Frank Pietch 15 faces hearing for concealed weapon. John Erickson and John Sorenson fight. trial set.
Snow blanketed the city in seven to ten inches with deeper depths in streams and logging camps. City mills closed at daybreak, then reopened as rain thawed the snow. Grays Harbor mills may close again if snow lingers and camps fail to expand to meet demand.
Aberdeen socialists met in a mass convention to nominate standard bearers for the upcoming mayoral and city offices. March 10 primary slate includes H. T. Ash for mayor W. T. Evans for clerk W. H. Schmidt for treasurer and council candidates Gus Schutzler C E Wilson Oscar Perala Anton Pista A B Curtis Jos Thomas. Republicans filed War ren J Egerer seeking another term in the Fourth ward and A S Brecht in the Second ward.
Hackett and Corkney began a logging camp four miles from Humptulips but work halted by heavy snow. The venture aimed to develop timber supply in the coastal region.
The Pacific Lumber Trade Journal reports a new standard classification and grading rules adopted by the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association. Led by J H Bloedel of Seattle, the six month effort updates silo lumber specs and factory stock rules, with a minor size adjustment from 13 16 to 4 inch thick 1x6 flat grain fir flooring.
Hoquiam YMCA boys top Chehalis County Basketball League by beating Elma Friday night. Aberdeen Moose also wins to tie Elma, 45 to 17 at Satsop. League finances and crowds improve as the season progresses.
Willapa Harbor clam diggers report a small fish invading clam beds from Westport northward. The burrowing creature leaves surface marks like clams and its edible value or canning suitability is unknown, with experiments likely soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Boyle visited Westport on Saturday to view the bark Torrisdale wreck and to bag six ducks. Police raided three baginos on South G street, run by and for colored women, arresting eight colored women two white men and three Japanese men for disorderly conduct. hearing set this afternoon before Judge Drake.
John Christianson was arrested Thursday evening by Constable Fenwick as he boarded the steamer Chehalis on a warrant issued by Judge Phillips for beating a bill for room rent. He was allowed to sail after paying the landlady.
W B Lowrie has given an option on 100 feet at the southwest corner of Wishkah and I streets to Seattle parties for about $30,000. Rumor of an opera house site at the corner cannot be confirmed, and Aberdeen’s existing opera house makes the plan doubtful.
John G. Lewis arrives home in Aberdeen after four years as state treasurer in Olympia. He is praised as a painstaking, efficient officer and declined the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce presidency to rest. He and Mrs. Lewis may travel in spring, possibly to Panama.
J. A. Hood declares his candidacy for the office of mayor of Aberdeen at the city primaries on March 10 1913 subject to voter approval.
Harold Moulton son of Mr and Mrs Thomas C Moulton was allowed to leave the city pest house for home Friday after what was suspected to be a slight case of small pox He was not ill and gained two pounds during the twelve days confined at the pest house
The Hoquiam Y M C A basketball team beat the Elma Athletics 24 to 21 in a fast, clean game. John Marrs starred for Hoquiam with strong scoring at the foul line and Narrance added nine of fifteen. The lineup included Palmer and Marrs forwards Gillespie center E Marrs Narrance and Clark guards. F Wells refereed the contest.
The formal opening of the new Electric block at Broadway and Heron street will occur next Saturday. The public may inspect the building and the electrical display. Lower floor stores and offices are nearly ready for occupancy and several second floor office suites have been leased.
Eugene France announces his candidacy for mayor of the City of Aberdeen subject to voter approval at the primaries on March 10 1913. He signs the statement.
Joseph Jacob runs as a people’s candidate subject to voter approval at the primaries on March 10, 1913. Jacob emphasizes government by and for the people and seeks municipal leadership through the ballot.
A notice states the Third Ward councilman election in Aberdeen will be decided by ward voters at the primaries on March 10 1913. L J Kolts is listed in the notice as a candidate.
The Herald remains Chehalis County’s most widely read newspaper, trusted by advertisers to reach a broad audience through its steady presence and strong local pull.
The young men's club, first organized as Pacific Club, has adopted Quin Sault Club as its official name at a Friday meeting. A committee was named to arrange the formal opening of the club rooms in the Electric building at Broadway and Heron street once the new furniture arrives.
The board of control of the Che shalis County Basketball League met Friday night and ordered the Elma and Satsop game played again after settling the contested result.
A 914 pound daughter was born on Thursday to Mr and Mrs Guy Cady. Mother and child are doing nicely and Guy is expected to recover with proper care.
The passage notes a two week absence following a quarrel, with a man probing a young sister about Clara. The reply hints Clara is upstairs “making up” as tension softens, reflecting a domestic scene reported in the Chicago News.
Seeds provided courtesy of United States Senator Jones will be mailed free to all applicants while stock lasts. Franked packages continue as long as distributions remain available.
The Christian Science Church on First Street near Broadway offers Sunday service at 11 a.m. and Wednesday service at 8 p.m. The Reading Room at 321 Finch Building is open daily except Sunday from 1 30 to 5 p.m.
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