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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
3
Tales of the Town notes a series of brief items mentioning Mrs F O'Brien, Mrs B F Jenkins, Sheriff Matthews, travels to Watertown Wisconsin, prescriptions by Evans Drug Co, and various local residents. The column references club meetings, church events, social visits, births, illnesses, and a steamer voyage with scattered notices about local businesses and residents.
Miss Myrtle Thornton and William Fousha wed at St Marys Catholic Church in a hush hush ceremony led by Rev Father Quain. After the ceremony guests pranked the couple by cuffing the groom and parading him to a cab then home to a baby chair. The bride’s parents host a reception at 1116 Hayes Street while the newlyweds stay with them for now.
Hauling services advertised by A Star Transfer inviting calls to 4201 for light or heavy loads. The notice emphasizes available transportation options and contact details.
The northwest corner of Broadway and Heron street hosts a formal opening next Saturday evening for the Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co and the Electric Service and Supply Co. Mayor Parks will switch on the lights at 8 o clock as doors open. Visitors can tour the new offices with company staff and enjoy an orchestral program. The building will glow with electric light, lighting several blocks outside and inside.
Spencer Sulliger of Vancouver Washington will deliver his famous lecture Queens and Quacks tomorrow evening at the Methodist Episcopal church. Admission is 25 cents.
Sylvia Carnell adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs R H Pratt 518 North F street left home about 6 o clock Tuesday evening and has not been heard from since Chief of Police Templeman notified authorities to watch for her The 15 year old and her sister once worked as stage trainers until minors in the profession were barred a few years ago It is believed she may have gone to resume posing before the footlights with a Sound cities destination mentioned
Mrs Goldie Armon of Aberdeen already fined 200 dollars in superior court for shoplifting at J S Waugh store is arrested in Portland on a similar charge. A wire to Police Chief Templeman asks for her record while authorities believe she suffers kleptomania.
Mme Lillian Nordica treasured a small gold button from the College Equal Suffrage League as a tribute to her support for Votes for Women in California during the 1912 campaign. Nordica announces a Grand theater concert on Friday February 7 with William Moire Rummuel and Romayne Simmons as collaborators.
A guide to cranberry cooking explains selecting berries and making a glossy jelly sauce for dining and pies. It lists Cranberry Sauce Cranberry Pie Cranberry Jelly and Cranberry Mold with step by step methods and mold setting tips.
Ghent in Belgium sits on twenty six islands linked by eighty bridges. The city’s unique waterway layout creates a network of canals and crossings that define its historic urban fabric.
James H. Fuller leases a five year garage lot at the southeast corner of Broadway and Second Street from R. J. Hills. Hills already has plans for a one story apartment house with half basement on the site. The location is described as ideal in the private automobile district.
Emma Amsbury, widow of an employee of the Grays Harbor Steamship Co, died two months after injuries from a Cosmopolis car collision. Her husband was walking to Cosmopolis, sat on an elevated plank road, and was struck when a car rolled over him in darkness, injuring him fatally a month later.
The Christian Science Church on First Street near Broadway offers an 11 am Sunday service and an 8 pm Wednesday service. The Reading Room in the Finch building is open daily from 1 30 to 5 pm except Sundays.
The Herald received a small sack of vegetable seeds courtesy of United States Senator Jones and will mail free packages to all eligible applicants while supplies last. Fisher writes fire insurance right.
Hoquiam officials elected at a Monday night directors meeting list L. W. Taft as president Dr. G I Hurley as vice president W L Wells as treasurer and W A Hunt as secretary Dr Hurley previously served as president and Taft as vice president The board adjourned to Hotel Grayport for a dinner after the session.
The Elks' Home in Hoquiam will have its third floor remodeled for member use within weeks. Bids for the contract will be let soon and work will start shortly. The plan includes several single rooms and two suites for members.
Hoquiam defeats Aberdeen Moose 32 to 18 to take the league lead as the last Y M C A. team in the county season. John Marrs scores 27 of Hoquiam's 82 points and the locals improve their championship chances with a strong, heady performance.
Hoquiam January 30. City officials received a petition signed by many Sumner avenue property owners urging hard surface paving from Twentieth Street to Myrtle Street at the eastern city limits as a step toward linking Hoquiam with Aberdeen.
A humorous exchange from Fliegende Blatter features Mrs Meyer and Mrs Schulz discussing marital trouble. Schulz laments her husband’s late club nights while revealing he came home early one night, prompting a curtain lecture.
Adjutant Josie Peterson and Mr. Axell K Johnson of the Aberdeen Salvation Army will wed publicly next Tuesday at 8 PM in the First Methodist church with Brigadier Dubbin of Seattle officiating. Mrs Mary T Makurath wife of cigar maker George W Makurath died this morning at her West Fifth Street home. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
The Semi-Weekly Aberdeen Herald notes an appeal to readers in Grays Harbor country about Aberdeen Printing Co offering modern printing at moderate prices. It invites inquiring eastern friends to consider Aberdeen Printing for affordable, up to date printing services.
Western Washington Sunday School association officials I W Williamson W C Moore Geo T Pratt and M A Thompson will host a Sunday school rally at the First Methodist church Aberdeen starting Monday February 3 from 3 p m to 9 p m.
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