Local Chehalis County Items Highlight Community News
Jack Sparling leaves on timber cruise to Wumptulips country as Wood mill faces a month of repairs. A baby born to Mr and Mrs Stevenson in Wheeler Avenue. Dr W Johnson of Hoquiam marries in Milton Wisconsin. Henry Fritzinger dies in Warsaw Missouri. A S Bliss leaves Hoquiam Water Co. for Spokane. Masons from Aberdeen Montesano attend lodge for third degree. Edith Anderson injures left thumb. Dr McIntyre repairs. First National Bank Troquiam installs Hibbard Rodman Ely safe at 1500. Hoquiam Fire Department dance scheduled February 21. Eugene Smith rescued after falling from dock. North Shore Electric expands service. Aberdeen mass meeting backs a 30 foot channel to sea and a North side road to Montesano with Hoquiam support.
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Jack Sparling
Wumptulips
Hoquiam Water Co
Spokane
Abererdeen
Montesano
Hoquiam Fire Department
Eugene
Lizzie Smith
Hanson
North Shore Electric Co
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Hoquiam
Local business notes and community updates in Olympia region
A compilation of small items details Veysey Bros planning a store in Bima, telegram noting a sister’s death in Virginia, visits from Aberdeen residents, Charley Zebuyth leaving medical studies in Chicago, a horse killed after a kick, Carl Nelson starting a logging camp on Elder farm, and several civic and industrial moves. Includes legislative trip details, road engine arrival for Lamb Timber, yarding shifts by Schafer Bros, Simmons Byles property work, and Arland’s logging camp output with 22 workers and 4,000,000 feet on the claim.
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Carl Nelson
Chehalis River
F. L. Carr
N. E F. Ayer
B. F. Iuff
L. H. Brewer
Augusta Hoffsmith
Olympia
Schafer Bros
Satsop
Warren Smith
Lamb Timber Company
Seattle
Black Creek
Simmons & Byles
First Street
Woman turns $100 into a treasure of coins and metals
A tale follows a girl who earns a hundred dollars by teaching, painting, or washing and decides to hoard it in every form. She counts twenty dollar bills, then gold pieces, silver dollars, two cent pieces, quarters, and finally the last coin, seeking to “bust it.” The rapid coins bring sudden wonder and a moral about value.
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Ali
Abert
Elise
Bast
Moshe le
Philadelphia
The Wine Expert Demands Ascetic Rigor And Taste
The New York Tribune profile declares the wine expert must test wines brandies whiskies and other liquors by sight smell and taste. He lives temperate days with an empty stomach and sunlit rooms using varied glasses to judge color aroma and flavor. Salary averages 40 dollars a week with occasional rises and falls while strict habits protect sensory acuity.
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France
Garonne
Burgundy
Dauphiny
Sillery
Reims
Epernay
Sauterne
Barsac
Preignac
Romimes
Xeres
Johannisberg
Steinberg
Hockheim
Ife
New York
New York Tribune
Snakes as marvels of natural adaptation
The passage argues against the belief that snakes are defective, noting that evolution shows serpents possess a remarkably well adapted structure. It emphasizes the accuracy of their bodily adjustments, claiming snakes are as perfectly tuned to their life needs as any other animals, despite their legless form.
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Quarterly Review
Guess at Congress Seat Sparks Prairie Conversation
A rural man travels forty miles to vote for a candidate, only to learn the official will not sit in Congress again. The exchange comments on odd political shifts and a joke about moving the Washington monument.
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Congress
Washington Monument
Washington Star
Impudent Visit Proposed by Sister Matilda
Mrs Get objects to Sister Matilda visiting with her children. Mr G recalls past visits with four children and a nurse. Mrs G says this time is different as they have servants who would quit if the large family comes. The exchange appears in a New York Weekly column.
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Matilda
Bacillus of overstudy spotted in Life joke
A quip about education notes the bacillus of overstudy identified and a serum for its destruction. The visitor complains pupils are becoming imbeciles, to which the eminent educator replies that better times are ahead.
Mirthful Snippets Highlight Breakfast Cake Quirks
A Baltimore American note mocks pastry divergency as Fetherhad uses vinegar instead of maple drips on cakes at breakfast and fails to notice the distinction. A Pittsburgh Dispatch thought questions a man’s life success tied to self-denial versus self-indulgence.
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Champion Diagnostician
Naggsby
Fetherhad
Waggsby
Baltimore American
Charter amendment meaning per Los Angeles Herald
The board of education may hire or dismiss any teacher or department head in emergencies. The article notes this interpretation after reviewing the proposed charter amendment.
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Wantanno
Duzno
Board of Education
Los Angeles Herald
Illinois Central offers tailored Western travel plans from Portland
The Illinois Central Railroad promotes flexible routes from St. Paul Omaha and St. Louis north from New Orleans connecting with western lines. It invites readers to request itineraries with stopovers and costs, promising personalized arrangements and maps, via Portland Washington agents and Chicago specialty.
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West
Middle West
Illinois Central Railroad Company
St. Paul
Omaha
St. Louis
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Glorious
Portland
Seattle
Northwest
Chicago
Iiteus
United Staes
Cuba
Ahs Rico
Aon
PS. H
TrumBu
Third St
Wash
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Chehalis County
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Halis County
Aberdeen Herald
Edith Anderson
First National Bank
Troquiam
Hibbard-Rodman- Ely
Veysey Bros
Bima
B. C. Cheney
L. B. Bignold
Mr. Cheney
Ankeny
Geo. H. Arland
Goldman
Grays Harbor Commercial Co
F, White
Cosmopolis, Wash
NCC
Snakes
Pittsburg
Herald Printery
Wishkah Street
Story Bros. Transfer Company
George Hilton
Harbor Queen
Cosmopolis
Panta
Eh Hoquiam
Joemapolis
Iles
THE
Olympus
Heron ST
Joe Tanner
Pyan MO
Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
the Review of Reviews Co
Astor Place
F. R. Granger
Cigar Store
Pool
Aberdeen, Wash
L. L. Maley Tel
A. Ingebrightsen
STAR
THUR
Oyhut
H. A. Bl
Nham
I. W. Mason
Hanon St
Creech Bros
Washington
Gee
Venti
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