Town News Briefs Reach Across Counties
A long list of residents heads to fairs and beaches while others travel to Seattle Olympia Elma and Spokane. Weddings include William Mendalhall and Mandan Archer and Warren Egerer attends the Kelman Keagy wedding. A barber asphalt plant starts in North Aberdeen and George Pott plans a Wrangell trip. Police search for missing Aberdeen Hoquiam husband Patrick after Odessa Michigan arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Long
Oakville
Cal
William Hardy
Seattle
F. G. Deming
Olympia
Joe Barkley
Irvie Phelps
Shark
J. B. Crary
I. C. Crother
Nye
Guy P. Hafferty
Oswald Beltz
Elma
Ingram
Westport
A. M. Merril
I. Brumbough
Teft
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jacob Astell
Julia
Canterbury
Mildred West
J. R. Birmingham
Sanborn
Faith
Globe, Ariz
William Mendalhall
Mandan Archer
N. W. Bush
Warren Egerer
Astoria
Kelman-Keagy
George Pott
Wrangell
Alsaka
Mr. Pott
Barber Asphalt Co
Aberdeen
Wishkah Street
William B. Palmer
Mary Baker
W. H. Tamblyn
Sweet Things and the Nickel Dilemma at the Transit Stand
In a Chicago Record Herald item the bee hat lady and her companion quarrel over paying for a fare. Each insists on covering the other but confers with a conductor and discovers both hold nickels. They exchange coins as playful banter while debating who will pay next.
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Chicago Record-Hera!d
Aberdeen People Plan Return to South Aberdeen from Land Drawings
Aberdeen residents including H Gleason Joe Butfum Adam Croston and W B Taylor with wives Mrs Wm Long who moved to Raymond will return to Aberdeen to make South Aberdeen their home. R H Keagy of Preferred Investment Co marries Jessie I Kelman in Astoria and will live in Aberdeen. J G Flynn and wife depart for Sin Paseo Texas by Southern Pacific with stops in Oakland and Los Angeles. Trains halted at Hoquiam river bridge but resumed after completion allowing transport across the Hoquiam by electric cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Livingston, Mont
H. Gleason
Joe Butfum
Adam Croston
W. B. Taylor
Wm. Long
Raymond
R. H. Keagy
Preferred Investment Co
Astoria
Ore
Jessie I. Kelman
J. G. Flynn
Sin Paseo
Texas
Southern Pacific
Oakland
Los Angeles
Hoquiam River
Moclips
Hoquiam
Hunt Club Ruse Turns to Meal Request
A housewife questions a tramp in riding boots and a tattered jacket. He answers he belongs to a hunt club and explains he is not hunting foxes but seeking a meal, revealing a streetwise prank or misdirection in a Minneapolis Journal item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Wayfarer
Airship Guests Drop In Dining Room Joke
A farmer jokes about a crashing airship chimneyside incident as a light quip. The farmer and his wife converse on unexpected guests, noting the visitor is invited to stay and dine. The tone mirrors an old Detroit Free Press humor column from 1915.
Neighbor Servant Interview Sparks Dinner Table Debate
A suburban couple discuss a caller at their table a servant girl arrives and the man asks if she suited. The wife confirms yes but not suitable, revealing tension over social norms and class in a quiet household.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Best Remedy for a Busy Clerk
A merchant jokes with a young man about his workload. The clerk admits he has much to do and the merchant promises more tasks so the clerk will not have time to complain. The item reflects humorous, conversational tone from the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Rise Ball and Early Curve Pitching highlighted by Radbourne
The article details the development of curve pitching after ISS3 with the rise or jump ball by Radbourne and mentions Old Cy Young and Addie Joss. It explains the false rise and a rapid color-shifting chameleon rose from Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wright
Asa Brainard
al Spalding
Radbourne
Cy" Young
Young
Addie Joss
Cleveland Americans
Collier’s
Frogs’ legs boom in Paris markets and London clubs
In Paris Halles over 4000 pounds of frogs legs are sold daily, mostly from the flat Vendee swamps. Frogs are now exported in large numbers to London clubs and hotels where they appear as nypmes en brochette on the menu. Top frogs fetch about a dollar per ten skewers as the frog season follows the snail season ending in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Halles
Vendee
London
White tiger shot in Orissa and gifted to rajah
A white tigress eight feet eight inches long was shot in Dhenkanal state Orissa. The animal had a pure white ground color with deep reddish black stripes. The skin was presented to the rajah of Dhenkanal, mounted in his palace. hunters say it is the only white tiger they have seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhenkanal
Orissa
London Standard
Comparison of American and Imperial Gallons
The American gallon equals 231 cubic inches and 8.339 pounds of distilled water. The English Imperial gallon equals 277.3 cubic inches and 10 pounds of distilled water.
River with palindromic name in Connecticut
A short note notes a Connecticut river whose name reads the same forward and backward, calling it an Alatinction and mentioning the Ornhown. The fragment hints at a linguistic curiosity rather than a full event or report.
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Inter
Chehalis County
City of
America
Stieglitz
Near Washington Hotel
Stella Kress
Centralia
Spokane
L. H. Cox
W. E. Pierce
Boise
Idaho
W. A. Rupp
J. E. Walsh
Winlock
Mr. Walsh
Roy Young
Washington
A. C. Baker
Charles Hartwell
Winnifred
Mavin Coats
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Milton Wiggins
Mr. Wiggins
Milton Webb
George Columbus
Amercian Mill Company
Dan Bowes
van Puttman
Montesano
Ella Keister
W. B. Spaulding
Pacific Beach
E. R. Prichard
Mrs. Whyatt
Sapsop River
W. W. Hart
Fred A. Hart
Mildred Micheal
John McBride
North F Street
W. B. Ober
Duluth
Minn
O. J. Engen
Ruth Pearson
Satsop
R. R. Flyte
I. A. Keeper
Livingston
Mont
Amos Lunsden
Portland
C. R. Wilson
C. H. Holmer
Margaret Coats
Grand Rapids, Mich
A. S. Coats
Mr. Coats
Franklin
Real Sport
Minneapolis Journal
Broadway
Broadway Pharmacy
Standard Oil Company
H. H. Rogers
Armour
New York Sun
Japan
Petit Jardin
Connecticut
Ornhown
Attetti’s Shoe Store
B. J. Garman Co
Nell
Amet
Lal Pat
Stella Jordan
Grays Harbor
East Heron Street
Rei
Gordon Stiff
Geo. Fisher
White House
Alexander & McBride
Burnett
Heron
F. G. Tefft Co
Wishkah
Wash
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