Steamer schedules and fares for Montesano route
Daily and Sunday time cards for Steamer Harbor Belle and Steamer Cramp eon show departure times from Montesano Cosmopolis Aberdeen Hoquiam and Westport with 75 cent round trips from Montesano and 50 cent fares on other routes. Sunday Special: Champion runs from Aberdeen at 7:00 and Hoquiam 7:30 with return options. Peter Wilson master.
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Montesano
Westport
Whal
Cosmopolis
Isis
Montem
Aberdeen
Melbourne
Steamer Harbor Belle
A. m
Erogwaamn Iesurs
Westport P. m
Crampeon
Hoquiam
Eeee Coos
Willapa Harbor
Champion
Peter Wilson
Notice to creditors in W S Agnew estate Chehalis Wa
In the Superior Court of Washington Chehalis county the estate of W S Agnew deceased is administered by L S Agnew widow and executrix. Creditors must present verified claims to the executrix at Aberdeen Washington within one year from the first publication June 15 1911. First publication June 15 1911. Last publication July 18 1911.
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Superior Court OF
Washington
Chehalis County
W. S. Agnew
L. S. Agnew
Aberdeen
Attell Near Retirement After Shoulder Injury
Boxing circles report Abe Attell, the American featherweight champion, may retire due to a broken shoulder bone that prevents boxing for a year. At over twenty eight, he fears reinjury if he returns, and a scramble for the title could follow with Jem Driscoll possibly laying claim if he does not return.
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Abe Attell
Attell
Jem Driscoll
Driscoll
Ring
Side Lights on His Career and A Rhinoceros Quip
A literary guild delegation asks Samuel Johnson to speak. Johnson defers citing press agent Boswell. Boswell jokes about two weeks before public appearance and Johnson’s schedule. The note collapses into a playful exchange with a rhinoceros quip about civilization and human hides.
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Literary Guild
Samuel Johnson
Boswell Jim
Boswell
Nation Without a Language
A remark notes that among world peoples the Swiss stand out for lacking a language of their own. The observation highlights linguistic uniqueness in a global context.
Pinkham Saves Vessel After Insubordination On Ship Potomac
Reuben Pinkham a Nantucket native and third lieutenant on the ship Potomac faces a mutinous moment with the commodore as wind dies and then surges. Pinkham keeps the crew at brace, the wind turns, the ship surges forward and the commodore admits he owed the crew’s lives to Pinkham.
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Reuben Pinkham
Nantucket
Potomac
North Pacific
Pinkham
Island of
Volcano Lighthouse Fees Charged by El Salvador
A Western essay describes how El Salvador’s government collects lighthouse fees from ships visiting Acajutla for a volcanic beacon eight miles inland. The erupting crater provides a daytime pillar of cloud and nighttime fire, with eruptions every seven minutes, attracting visitors who time the bursts. The piece notes the eruptions are audible like dynamite but cause little ground tremor beyond the crater.
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Republic of San Salvador
Acajutla
Salvador
Pearson’s Weekly
Invincible Logic in Train Fare Exchange
In a London Punch dialogue, Donald asks his cousin Wullie for a small gift for a safe journey. Wullie declines, claiming all his spare money goes to his auld mither, prompting Donald to remark that even his mother says Wullie never gives.
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Donald
Wullie
London
Relief After Dentist Visit Cited In Blade Quotation
A Toledo Blade comic line contrasts relief from a toothache with a dentist's absence. The joke notes the patient’s courage to seek care and the dentist not being there when asked, highlighting wartime era humor in daily life.
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Toledo Blade
Too Low Down in Buffalo Express Humor
In a humorous exchange the Buffalo Express quotes a man asking to name his mule and a reply that no name is ornery enough to fit the stubborn animal. The dialogue captures frontier wit and rural mores.
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Uncle Jackson
Buffalo Express
Moonlight Effects Reported in Cuba Sightings
In Cuba moonlight is described as very intense at times causing sore eyes. Reports note navigators and pedestrians use umbrellas and parasols to shield themselves during bright evenings.
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Cuba
Uses of Monazite Highlight Rare Earth Supply
The monazite mineral is the principal source of rare earth oxides including thoria used in incandescent gaslight mantles. Von Welsbach alloys of iron with cerium and lanthanum from monazite spark when scratched, now used in patent gaslighting devices. Monazite occurs as grains in granites and gneiss but is mined mainly from placer sands. Brazil and the United States supply most of it. Brazil beaches yield monazite while US sources include streams in North and South Carolina, with Idaho having large deposits not yet exploited.
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von Welsbach
The
Geological Survey
Brazil
United States
North Carolina
South Carolina
Idaho
A Simple Fly Trap innovated by Dr. Hodge
Dr. Clifton F. Hodge of Clark University proposes a universal fly trap using a loose cover on a garbage can or swill barrel with a top exit to a wire screen trap. Flies enter for food and exit into the trap where they die. The device is unpatented and ready for general use to reduce the annual fly problem and improve public health.
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Clifton F. Hodge
Clark University Biological Department
Barrier of Light Aims to Stop Baltic Eels Migration
The Danish government with its Copenhagen station deploys fifty electric lamps along a submerged cable between Fano and Funen to create a wall of light. Eels migrate only in darkness, so lighting begins at dusk to deter them from entering the sea. Similar light barrier methods are noted in parts of Italy.
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Copenhagen
Baltic
Scientific American
Fano
Funen
Italy
Strength of Wood in Timber Bridge Beams
White pine beams used as chords for a timber bridge showed no deterioration after eighteen years of service, with the bridge covered fourteen years. Tests averaged an elastic limit of 3,966 pounds and a modulus of rupture of 5,208 psi, close to Purdue estimates of 5,000 psi for large white pine beams.
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W. K. Hatt
Purdue University
Engineering News
Chemical Flowers Stir Horticultural Protest
Horticulturists condemn the manipulation of flowers with chemical substances to produce unnatural blooms such as blue roses pink chrysanthemums and other altered varieties. They argue the practice harms natural beauty and may involve skin and health concerns. Banned or prohibited sale of chemically treated flowers is urged.
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Lincoln
Omaha
St. Joe
Council Bluffs, Kansas City
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Limited
Northern Pacific Railway
Billings
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
E. A. McKenna
East Heron St
Wash
A.D. Charlton
Portland
Oregon
Puck
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen Glazed Cement Pipe Co
Arthur Street
Commodore
Modore
San Salvador
Beranger
Dumas
M. Beranger
Golden Age Bottle Beer
Aberdeen Carriage Company
General Blacksmiths
Peter Ibsen
East
Wishkah Street
the Herald
Harper
Kentucky
Fred Hewitt
Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
HOTEL
Fairmont
H. L. Cook & CO
E. Heron Street
E. A. Bradner
Heron
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