Chehalis County Local News From Aberdeen Herald
Items from Chehalis County cover visits by Capt. Mitchell in Cosmopolis, local figures like J. L. Manners and Mrs F L Morgan, mill output of Montesano Lumber Co in 1903, Montesano Fire Department officers, former Montesano banker Bert Gilkey now mayor of Grants Pass, and town happenings including gambling crackdowns, exams, sports, travel, a bridge contract in South Union, a store fire in Elma and stock losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chehalis County
Aberdeen Herald
Montesano Lumber Co
California
Montesano Fire Department
C. C. Glenn
J. F. Taylor
B. C. Crane
Frank Quimby
Earl France
Howard Winters
Leonard Hall
Hook and Ladder Company
T. F. Brown
John Carlile
Bert Gilkey
Wm. Gilkey
Montesano
Bank of
Grant’s Pass
Oregon
Gilkey
Hoquiam Notes Show Local Happenings And Plans
Norman McDonald improves his place with a new fence. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs EK W Karr. The Cuckoos plan another social dance at the Eagles hall next Saturday evening. Miss Bessie Rich returns home from Seattle. Robt Pickard loses a horse on K street. Will Campbell opens a new office in the Winters building. Baseball talk returns as Hoquiam considers a local league.
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Ralph Beckwith
Olympia
Sound
Lulu Byles
Patrick Small
Bismark
N. D
Pratt Ranch
J. F
Cumbes
Norman McDonald
John Luden
E. K. Wood Mill
Cuckoos
Eagles’ Hall
Bessie Rich
Seattle
EK. W. Karr
Walter P. Harper
California
Robt. Pickard
K Street
James Stewart
Green River
C. W. Wilcox
Edward Campbell
Hoquiam
Belle Burrows
Local Dispatch Notes Area Events And Incidents
Agent T. K. Baker returns to duty at Tacoma hospital after a brief layoff. Sol Foss leaves on a Tacoma business trip. Booth Kelley camps in Oregon delay operations until early April. Evangelists J. R. Parker and wife plan Christian church meetings beginning Sunday January 31. Mrs. August Schulze, Monte sano harness maker’s wife, adjudged insane and taken to asylum. two young children, youngest months old, face uncertain future though treatment may aid recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Foss
Tacoma
Booth-Kelley
Oregon
J. R. Parker
Dayton
Wash
Christian Church
August Schulze
Montesano
Making a Reputation for B Roscoe Shryock at Dallas Conservatory
B Roscoe Shryock son of Seymour Shryock of this city earns notice as a student and musician at the London Conservatory of Dallas Texas. The Crest Texas leading art journal highlights an original composition by Shryock a senior with high talent. He hails from Aberdeen Washington and has several original works in his portfolio. The recital featured the Wagner Liszt Spinning Song performed in finished style. Shryock is a brilliant pianist and a capable organist noted for his sympathetic organ number.
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B. Roscoe Shryock
Seymour Shryock
London Conservatory
Dallas
Texas
Crest
Shryock
Aberdeen
Washington
Uncalled Letters Advertised at Aberdeen Post Office
Weekly list for week ending Jan 26 1904 shows uncalled letters in several names including Anderson Jion Andre Benson Bernula Andra Bing Calkins Caviness Chesire Currie Conner DeBarr Gorman Harris Holm Lingaard McDonald Miller Nelson O Brine Pettus Story Smith Vann Ward Williams White etc. Recipients urged to say Advertised to claim letters.
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Aberdeen
Anderson
Jion Andre
L Benson
Bernula
Andra Bing
2 Calkins
Cynthia Caviness
A W Chesire
C A Currie
James Conner
John O DeBarr
Alda Gorman
Frank Harris
L Holm
Johan Lingaard
Lars McDonald
Wm Miller
C E Nelson
James O’brine
Nina Pettus
Effie Story
H E Smith
G H Vann
Ethel Ward
Dennis Williams
John White
Chas
Battle
Ada Edwards
G C Lucass
R. P. Campbell
P. M
Aberdeen Art Co Opens at 175 Market Street
The Aberdeen Art Co announces new operations at 175 Market Street offering photography services. The firm emphasizes its full range of photographic work and equipment.
Montesano Attorney Plans Land Contract Scheme with Quinault Indians
An Montesano attorney named Abel sought to contract with the Quinault Indians to represent them before the Interior Department. A tribal committee signed as leading men, but the Interior Commissioner refused to consider it since it did not come through the proper Quinault agent. Acting agent Richards mobilized the Indian police, capturing Abel’s signer paper within reservation lines and thwarting a purported windfall from concessions.
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Abel
Montesano
Quinault Indian Agency
Interior Department
Johnson
Henry Shale
Billy Mason
Commissioner of Affairs
Richards
Dr. Cox
Cox
Hoquiam Washingtonian
State Reform School Takes Two Aberdeen Boys After Bicycle Theft
William McNeil and Otto Hugo, about 12, were arrested for stealing Joseph Dinsmore’s bicycle. They were sent to the reform school at Chehalis by Montesano superior court on the parents’ request to avoid formal charges. Police note other youths are under surveillance and warn more may follow if behavior does not change.
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William McNeil
Otto Hugo
Birmingham
Joseph Dinsmore
Montesano
Reform School
Chehalis
Aberdeen
Promised Aberdeen Bonus for Market Lumber Co.
Aberdeen citizens through the chamber of commerce promised a $2,000 bonus to Market Lumber Co. The mill is near completion and ready to cut lumber by March 15. Subscribers are urged to pay promptly as funds were due months ago and collectors will call.
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the Market Lumber Co
Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce
Market Lumber Co
National wagon road bill proposes 24 million aid plus identical state funding
Congress considers the Brownlow Bill by Walter P. Brownlow Tennessee to provide 24 million national aid for wagon roads over three years at 8 million annually. Each state would receive at least 250 030 and match the same amount in state funds. total 48 million. Support cites rural free delivery and inequities in current rail and harbor funding.
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Congress
Brownlow
Walter P. Brownlow
Tennessee
Rivers and Harbors
Seaboard States
Mississippi Delta
France
Italy
States of the Union
Aberdeen Captain Returns From League Meeting
Captain William Campbell of the Aberdeen baseball team returned from Olympia after attending a Southwestern Washington Baseball League meeting. Aberdeen Olympia and Centralia were represented, Hoquiam absent. The plan favors a no salary system with a percentage setup and one game per week on Sundays.
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William Campbell
Aberdeen
Olympia
Southwestern Washington Baseball League
Aberdeen Olympia
Centralia
Hoquiam
Campbell, Brown
Sherwood
Belt
W. Rochon
McNeill
Ortholf
Petit Jurors Drawn for February Superior Court
Jurors listed for the term of the superior court starting Monday February 8 include L. J. Grigsby Fred H. Green William B. Mead C. M. Harrington F. W. Ingalls W. E. Smith Aberdeen M. E. Brand Charles Ford F. P. Anderson Owen S. Palmer Elma J. B. Gillespie F. L. Thurber Thomas Thorpe O. P. Burrows W. B. Ogden Thaddeus Wininski Charles Colstrum Hoquiam L. J. McNutt Newton Brittain Humptulips Thomas Oswalt H. J. Palmer Malon Stanton Elias Bryan Montesano W. E. Griswold Oakville.
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Superior Court
L. J. Grigsby
Fred H. Green
William B. Mead
C. M. Harrington
F. W. Ingalls
W. E. Smith
Aberdeen
M. E. Brand
Charles Ford
F. P. Anderson
Owen S. Palmer
Elma
J. B. Gillespie
F. L. Thurber
Thomas Thorpe
O. P. Burrows
W.B. Ogden
Thaddeus Wininski
Charles Colstrum
Hoquiam
L. J. McNutt
Newton Brittian
Humptulips
Thomas Oswalt
H. J. Palmer
Malon Stanton
Elias Bryan
Montesano
W. E. Griswold
Oakville
Dissolution of Ellison and Walls Partnership
Notice of dissolution by mutual consent. Samuel Walls retires and Matt Ellison will continue the business in Melbourne Washington. Ellison to pay all debts and collect all sums due. Dated January 22, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison & Walls
Samuel Walls
Matt
Ellison
Mart. Evnison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cosmopolis
Capt. Mitchell
J. L. Manners
J. E. Pulver
Plymouth Rock
F. L. Morgan
Astoria
Arthur Amsler
Bette
Fred Sprague
Fred
the Sound
Alaska
T. K. Baker
N.P
the Aberdeen Art CO
175 Market Street
Jp Tf
Quinault Indian
State Reform School
The
Market Mill Co
Herald
Goldman’s
Congressman Brownlow
Baseball Matters
Capt. Campbell
S. W. Washington League
Petit Jurors
Samve
Walls
Melbourne
GEO. J. Wolff & CO
Heron ST
Geo. Fisher’s
DR. Long
Horseshoe Store
J. H. Fuller & CO
G Street
Chase & Sanborn
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