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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1911
Page
4
A bustling Aberdeen page with notices of residents traveling to Portland Seattle and Olympia. Local social events include dinners luncheons and club meetings. Officials attend governor’s reception and a card social. A bridge opened often and jail repairs completed summarize the week.
Arrangements are underway for a Grays Harbor military ball at the Electric pavilion by Companies F and G N G W. The Grays Harbor Naval Reserve Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias and other military fraternal groups will participate with governor and state military officials present. Date undecided.
Aberdeen activated a ten station Gamewell alarm system for patrols testing Monday night into the early hours. Officers can call the patrol wagon and check in via a central phone at headquarters with automatic officer identification. The wagon is pending arrival but will be commissioned soon and the system reduces the need to transport prisoners to jail.
A forthcoming bill would let superior judges hold court outside the county seat in Grays Harbor counties with larger cities. It aims to save local litigants time and expense by allowing sessions in Aberdeen and Hoquiam when deemed expedient. The measure evades previous Supreme Court objections and is expected to pass.
Thomas Foote brought from Montesano pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation after a jail sentence was avoided for assaulting his nephew Jesse Foote. He paid a $50 fine, then admitted to eloping with the nephew’s wife and paid a $24 fine.
The Aberdeen Civic Improvement association schedules a musical lecture by W L Hubbard in the J M Weatherwax High school auditorium next Monday evening January 30. Hubbard is a renowned authority on music and will appeal to local music lovers in Aberdeen and vicinity.
Sheriff Payette of Chehalis County was elected president of Washington sheriffs at the annual Olympia meeting. The convention also suggested a modest salary increase to the legislature.
Word from Portland reports Councilman J. W. Parks ill there is rapidly improving and may return home today or tomorrow. The Herald promises an epitome of Grays Harbor news.
A C Ennis died of heart failure Monday in his Elma store. He was 72 and longtime Pioneer merchant who moved his stock from Aberdeen to Elma recently. Masons met the funeral party in Aberdeen and conducted service at Episcopal church with Rev. I F Greene. Mrs Ennis, Will, and daughter and sons Don and Mark from Aberdeen were notified.
A birthday party was held Tuesday night at 513 East Wishkah Street to celebrate T. H. Hill turning thirty-seven. The gathering included games such as five hundred and cribbage, dancing, and an oyster supper hosted by friends James McNamara Laura McNamara Archie McAlpine and others.
A warrant is issued for C F Colipy who left his wife on January 2 with another woman and reportedly took an Aberdeen Auto Co automobile on a conditional contract. Colipy, in Hoquiam’s automobile business, paid 500 dollars cash. Hoquiam and Aberdeen police have pursued him. car and auto description sent to coast police and sheriffs.
A fragment mentions Figola bread with a claim of no fear for unexpected guests. The cryptic note hints at a desert setting and a baked item tied to hospitality, but lacks clear sourcing or full context.
Many women traveled from Aberdeen Hoquiam and Cosmopolis to Montesano for the annual Federation of the clubs meeting. The Montesano hosts provided entertainment and a Methodist church banquet. Hoquiam was chosen to host next year’s meeting.
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