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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
3
A noisy stream of short notices covers local goings on from Evans Drug Co. to travel to Portales and Burley Idaho plus visits to Salina and Tacoma. Community updates include picnics postponed, Potlatch attendance, firm retirements, sporting plans, and a fire alarm at the Sands and Gravel works.
Mother Superior Anglea of the Dominican Sisters returns from Chicago where she arranged a $75,000 project to replace the present St Joseph’s Hospital with a brick and concrete modern facility. The old building will be moved to the rear for use as a secondary institution.
Prince the veteran fire horse died Monday after being injured by a slip on a pavement while en route to a fire. He had been recovering in Charley Creek pasture but worsened while being moved from the mud to hard ground. Street Commissioner Arthur and city officials visited his rest page, but the effort to extricate him proved fatal.
A north jetty trestle collapse sent a locomotive and pile driver into the sea on Monday. Three men Ernest Nute rs Toe Driver F Hole and an assistant were badly hurt and taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Aberdeen for treatment.
Pacific Coast district convention endorsed a boycott against Grays Harbor Stevedore Co with a pledge to finance it via a 10 cent weekly assessment by the national union. A local secretary says a strike will begin when J A Maden arrives from Portland and directs a boycott of vessels loading at Grays Harbor over union recognition.
L F Chester prominent Spokane attorney visited Aberdeen and Hoquiam to promote his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. He spoke to the Wilson club in Hoquiam and outlined views on initiative and referendum, recall, trusts law, highway construction, Workmen's Compensation reform, court simplification, elected public service commissions, budget economy, broader homestead exemptions, and wage garnishment protections.
The waterfront lists multiple ships at various mills loading for San Francisco San Pedro and Santa Rosalia with vessels including the Golden Shore Oceana Vance Arago Zampa and J B Stetson. Other ships and steamers depart from Western Wilson Donovan A J West and Slade mills for San Francisco San Pedro and San Pedro bound ports. The essay then shifts to a religious passage referencing David and Izaak Walton with a brief note on the Temple of Diana and Cleero.
Hoquiam July 18 F Arnott a well known Grays Harbor business figure has accepted the management of the Henry Harlan company's Hoquiam store officials announced yesterday Arnott has long ties in Aberdeen and with E P Chariton company prior to leaving that firm The Herald Tells it All.
Reverend Francis E Clark laments college women adopting manly manners and slang. He argues physical and intellectual training matter but warns the loss of gentle womanly qualities risks civilization’s future and domestic stability.
The piece notes Senator Gore of Oklahoma relies on his wife for reading and study aid, assisting in campaigns and correspondence. It recalls their meeting at a southwest political gathering, and mentions Mrs. Gore’s health as her husband’s main concern. A Baltimore convention photograph is shown.
In this reflection on art and prophecy, Wagner is praised for the artist’s power to glimpse unborn truths and shape a future through insight. The artist, against the senseless herd, can impart growth to the chosen few who listen and understand the wellspring of human meaning.
A diner puzzle describes two fathers and two sons with three people paying 50 cents each. William insists the bill is 150 cents for grandson, father, and grandfather, while Jack says 200 cents. The three diners resolve the counts by noting the trio includes a father, son, and grandfather.
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