Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A female health testimonial states that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved years of nervous spells and kidney issues for a Camden New Jersey woman and led to weight restoration. A Hanover Pennsylvania case reports relief from bearing down pains and backache and the birth of a healthy baby after several bottles. The ad urges other women to try the remedy, noting many unsolicited endorsements and confidential, woman-to-woman correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Camnen
N.J
TiLim Aters
Mechanic Street
Camden, N.J
Hanover
Lydia EK
Pinkham
C. A. Rickroot
R.F.D
Lydia E.pinkham
Frontier Days Return Brings Aberdeen Back With Joy
The second annual Frontier Days festival opens next Wednesday evening at the Knights of Pythias hall and runs four days. A carnival gambler with flashy attire will perform games for newcomers while part of the hall becomes a dance floor run by young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Knights of Pythias Hall
Chehalis County Divorce Suits Reach 128 in 1914
Montesano reports Chehalis county registered 128 divorce suits in 1914, averaging about 10 per month, with 366 marriage licenses issued. Ninety two decrees issued so far and several cases awaiting action. January saw the peak with thirteen decrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Chehalis
Runaway Boys Sent Home After Aberdeen Visit
Tom Mealey aged 15 and Harold Rees aged 11 ran away from Seattle last Tuesday and reached Aberdeen Wednesday evening. They were guests of Chief of Police W. J. Seaman and told him their craving for adventure was satisfied, and they were sent home this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mealey
Harold Rees
Seattle
Aberdeen
W. J. Seaman
Paris Flower Seller Rally as Temps Appeals for Woolen Aid
A Paris flower seller has sixty seven relatives fighting. The Paris Temps appeals to the women of Paris to send woolen petticoats and safety pins for wounded soldiers. Soldiers with leg wounds cannot wear trousers. In Dombasle east France farmers abandon potato digging to the numbers of unexploded German shells beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paris Temps
Dombasle
France
Wireless Telegraphy Awakens with Rising Pace
Wireless advances show messages sent and received at over a hundred words a minute using English invention. The Pacific tests outperform the Atlantic as experts seek explanations for the discrepancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Pacific
Atlantic
Camphor Trade Costs Lives in Formosa Forests
The New York American warns that camphor production in Formosa costs many lives. Japanese forces expand through forests with guardhouses and forts, using telephonic, machine gun, and other Western military tools. Annual camphor worker deaths run into hundreds as exploitation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furmosa
China
Pamphor
Europe
Formosa
New York American
Power and Pride Across Ages in Historic Defeats
A reflective verse recounts pivotal clashes and fallen leaders from Pompey at Pharsalia to Harold and Alexander the Great, noting how pride and fate reshape empires. The narrator laments idle wreckage and enduring battles, hinting at universal costs borne by tyrants, slaves, freemen alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompey
Pharsalia
Hannibal
Legislature considers bills on prohibition funding and road survey
Governor Lister seeks a $50,000 appropriation to aid enforcement of the prohibition law after January 1, 1916. A bill for a Aberdeen to Raymond state road survey advanced. The Lum eight hour law repeal passed a committee vote 13 to 3. Amendments to the industrial insurance act were introduced, and a bill would let counties move seats by petition. Absentee voting measures and perpetual registration were discussed, along with stricter divorce rules proposed by Representative Guy Kelly to curb divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArdle
E. E. Boner
Lister
House
Hanna
Boards
Republican State Committee
Senate Committee On
Fairchild
Whitney
Two Photos Required With Passports In Montesano
Instructions from State official W J Bryan require passport applicants to include two unmounted photographs one for the passport and one for the application. The clerks will forward applications to the state department. Citizens are warned against visiting waring countries and to refrain from commenting on the war when abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. J. Bryan
Logger Killed by Splitting Tree near Hoquiam
Henry Anderson a 28 year old Polson Logging faller died after the tree he was cutting split and the butt kicked back striking him. The accident occurred at camp No 1 and he died en route to Polson's Landing. He planned to marry next month to a Finnish woman from Aberdeen. He had been in the U S about nine years with prior work around Grays Harbor. Funeral expected Sunday in Aberdeen from the Finnish hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Henry Anderson
United States
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Milwaukee
Legislature Approves Deportation Bill for Alien Inmates
The house appropriations committee approved a bill to transport alien insane patients from Washington hospitals to their home countries. Governor Lister cites 450 in the Western institution and 350 in the Eastern asylum, needing a $75,000 appropriation to deport them, half the annual cost of keeping them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Lister
House Committee On Appropriations
Washington
Hoquiam Exceeds Budget for 1914 Spending
Hoquiam spent 107 620 74 on current account in 1914. Streets wharves and bridges used 56 407. Health and public safety 533 058. Finance and accounting 6 870 32. Miscellaneous and public safety 33 058 44. Budget appropriation was 93 445, with actual expenditures 14 175 74 over. City Clerk C A Morgan reported the figures to the city commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Department of Health and Public Safety
Department of Finance and Accounting
Miscellaneous and Public Safety
C. A. Morgan
Committee bill aims to reform state employment bureau
Olympia January 28 A Labor Commissioner Olson backed measure to connect job seekers with work at no cost. The plan creates a seven member unpaid advisory board plus a director and staff, central Seattle office, branch offices in major cities, and ties to employers and all labor sources statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Employment Bureau Service
Olson
Seattle
Bureau
Local man to face jury trial over watch theft case
Montesano reports L. Watson, a Hoquiam watch theft suspect who refused to plead guilty, will stand trial by jury tomorrow. Attorney Frank Beam was appointed. Meanwhile, William Walker and John Eagan were previously found guilty. Walker sentenced to six months in the reformatory and Eagan to one to fifteen years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
L. Watson
Hoquiam
Frank Beam
Wm. Walker
John Eagan
Walker
Reformatory
Eagan
Capitals and Armies in the Revolutionary War
The Philadelphia Ledger notes twice the U S capital fell to invaders yet did not end the war. Howe captured Philadelphia after Brandywine and later Washington was burned, while Boston, New York and Philadelphia fell to the British but failed to decide the outcome. The piece argues a nation's army matters more than its capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Howe
Philadelphia
Brandywine
Washington
America
Boston
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
The Unhonored Prophet of Carlyle
A visitor recalled in Carlyle’s birthplace a compliment misread by a local who quips that he studied with the famed thinker. The exchange captures how a distant praise faded into a local boast of shared schooling in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Skule
Ten Bids Placed for City Pump Contract After Horse Death
The city received ten bids on a new pump contract following the death of G. L. Nelson's horse which slipped on oil on a street. The street committee was told to ensure cars carry proper oil cans as the fatality stemmed from oil on the roadway. Reduction of water rates and electric light plans were not discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Nelson
Supreme Court
Nelson
Memorial Address Honors E L Minard Leader and Legislator
Representative Dan Pearsall delivered a memorial address for the late E L Minard who died March 30 1914. Minard who was born in 1861 in Rockford Illinois pursued law at Northwestern and built a long public career in Washington State including serving in the legislature in 1898 1905 and 1911. He was noted as a tireless advocate for the common people and a leading Republican figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Pearsall
E. L. Minard
Edward Lester Minard
Rockford
Illinois
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ilinois
Grays Harbor
Olympia
Gordon
Supreme Court
Minard
Elma
Republican Party
Woman's status in hotel hinges on guest relation change
Kathleen Cooper sues Carl Cooper for damages from a Pacific Beach Hotel fire arguing her loss depends on her shift from boarder to transient guest. She, a school teacher, paid 22.50 monthly and faced kitchen eating restrictions before becoming a regular guest.
Two suits filed in Montesano with small claims
On Tuesday Schwabacher Bros. Co. sues Cedarville Mercantile for 301.71 dollars and R. E. Connell sues John Richardson for labor and materials totaling 66 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Schwabacher Bros. Co
Cedarville Mercantile Company
R. E. Connell
John Richardson
Desertion and divorce suits filed in Superior Court
In Montesano Jan 28 two family desertion cases and two divorce suits were filed with the clerk of the court. John Harris is accused of deserting a family of seven. Walter J Grindrod faces a desertion action for a family of four and may be heard today to allow travel to Bellingham for work. Dora M Mubray sues Elmer for divorce alleging intoxication and abuse with four children and significant property at stake. John Marcuson seeks a divorce from Edith M a Hoquiam resident citing chronic dementia. T. C Brownlee sues Walter Leisner to collect over 150 dollars on a promissory note. Mausoleum Sales Co Hoquiam files two notes suits against L H Brewer and F L Morgan each for 200 dollars. A petition for letters of administration is filed by J Parvianen for Gustava Parvvianen died Aberdeen November 21 with 1000 dollars estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
John Harris
Walter J. Grindrod
Bellingham
Dora M. Mubray
Elmer
John Marcuson
Edith M
Hoquiam
T. C. Brownlee
Walter Leisner
Mausoleum Sales Co
L. H. Brewer
F. L. Morgan
J. Parvianen
Gustava Parvvianen
Aberdeen
Noember
Mean Twin Hunts for Thirty Years Fall
Aline complains of her mean twin brother who boasts he is thirty while she appears twenty four. The sibling dynamic and social teasing hinge on his ruse to provoke recognition of their ages. The scene highlights family friction and identity play within a small personal exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline
Woman Awarded 250 Dollars in Hoquiam Injury Suit
In Montesano on January 28 a jury awarded Mrs. Lucile McDonald of Hoquiam 250 dollars in damages against Lytle Lumber & Mercantile Co. for injuries from Hulda I collision with the Wishkah bridge at Aberdeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Lucile McDonald
Woman sues over picnic guest status and funding claims
Mrs. McDonald claimed her escort to the 1913 excursion funded by a club event was not an invited guest of the Germania group. Defense testimony and juror list outline questions of guest rights and contributions as the case concluded yesterday with a likely lengthy jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Mathews
Elizabeth Leland
P. H. Hoonan
L. P. Bendixon
W. S. Mendenhall
J. F. Baisch
Ella Hewitt
Charley Olsen
R. E. Moore
Chris Soldal
Delma Hall
T. L. Douglass
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Hanover, Penn
Camphor
Waterloo
Persia
Harold
A. de Vere
Guy Kelly
Tacoma
Kelly
Polson Logging Company
Fissel & Pinnick Undertaking
Harry L. Gandy
South Dakota
House Committee
Joe Seeker
Watson
Essanay Film Company
Chicago
Marjorie
Essanay Company
Gossard
Weir Theater
Geo. J.wolff
Superior Court
Edison
MAZDA
Grays Harbor Railway & Light Company
the Electric Service & Supply Company
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