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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1911
Page
3
The store reports high demand as it clears summer stock to make room for fall items. Shoes start at 1.00, children pumps 0.50, ladies flats 1.00 to 3.35, fall skirts mixed with summer goods, vests and pants 23c, shirts and muslin wear at reduced prices. Yard goods cut to 12c, laces and embroideries deeply discounted this week.
The Oceana Vance loads at Donovan mill for San Francisco. Svea sails from Wilson mill for Frisco. Centralia departs for Frisco with lumber from Union mill and a passenger list after arrival. Santa Monica sails from American mill to San Francisco. Claremont leaves Slade mill bound for California ports. Chehalis and Daisy Mitchell arrive. Chehalis loads for San Francisco, Daisy Mitchell tied at Donovan's. Wasp sails from Union mill for California ports. G C Lindauer arrives and loads for San Francisco at Wilson dock. Encore loading at Wilson mill for Tocopilla. William Olsen expected to sail from Slade mills for Antofagasta.
Members of Company G N G W returned last week from the yearly encampment at American Lake near Tacoma. They report a successful ten days with maneuvers described as the best in years and camp sanitation and commissariat arrangements noted as excellent.
Nicholas Gawley found his spade mattock rake and other tools stolen from his tool house Saturday morning. He traced the items to a street shop where a second hand dealer identified the seller as Harry Smoots who had just been released from city jail on a vagrancy charge. Smoots faces a hearing before Judge Tucker and possible county jail time.
Co E Jacobsen held on a charge of collecting money from debtors of the United Pacific Tire Cover Company of Portland. He allegedly collected 110 dollars and did not remit it, instead wasting the funds in riotous living and keeping samples. His hearing is set for this afternoon.
The tide land fill project began last week with the dredger Washington pumping sand and foam from the Chehalis River through long pipes to flats for filling. Work faced delays but will resume this week toward completing the $300,000 job.
In Elma last week two cows were struck and killed on the railroad. Dr Blair’s cow was hit on Wednesday by the Eagles special from Hoquiam, and John Dillman lost his milker earlier in the week. A Damascus sword note then mentions the craft being lost.
A Norborne Missouri Leader item recalls a woman leaving church who discovered her new hat bore a stark price tag reading Reduced to 2.75. The tale underscores the hat's dramatic discount and the humorous reaction to the thrifty moment.
In a Washington Star quip a theater manager questions the plot and a patron who paid £2 insists it is a conspiracy. A Chicago Record Herald gag notes sleep in an upper berth sparks a separate quibble about travel preferences.
The piece mixes a diner’s quip about a hairpin in soup with a note on salting ham for soaking to remove salt and a London Standard aside on salted tobacco. It also includes a humorous exchange on a friendship lunch and a joke about a club member’s checkbook.
A delicate dress for a child features fine pereale fabric with a blue piping band. The blouse closes at the left front with tiny buttons, a double collar piping, elbow sleeves with turned back cuffs, and a plaited skirt finished with a piped belt.
Crown Princess Marie of Roumania scores social tact as she invites American women to a Bucharest reception. She notes absent American guests, then plans to honor them, signaling potential diplomatic weight behind the throne. Elizabeth of Roumania, aged seventeen, drew attention for beauty and possible royal matchmaking with Greece’s Prince George.
Elma July 16 The past week brought ideal sunshine helping the hay crop. Farmers and ranchmen are cutting and gathering hay this week with good prospects for a generous yield and ample stored feed if weather holds.
Emil Bartlett and Miss Lilly Taylor wed in Monte Sano on a Wednesday afternoon. Both are well known in Elma and have lived here, with Mrs Bartlett’s family currently residing in town. They have no definite plans yet, but may settle in or near Elma.
M. L. Martin will head the Elma cannery this season. He has spent the week in Elma preparing the plant, which will not begin operations for about five weeks. Martin aims to have everything in ship shape as early as possible.
City subscribers who do not receive the Herald by 6 p.m. on Mondays should call City Messenger Co. at 5931. a replacement copy will be sent to the address promptly.
A dated advertisement urging buyers to avoid generic bluing and avoid water dilution. It promotes RED CROSS BALL BLUE as the pure blue product and warns that glass bottles and adulteration add cost without value. The ad notes a large package priced at five cents available at all grocers.
The Herald serves as a concise digest of Grayr Harbor’s latest events, featuring local happenings, developments, and notices shaping the harbor community. Regular readers find a compact overview of civic, business, and social items within its pages.
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