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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
5
Local brief notes Jeff Garman starts a Dutch Auction sale of odd sizes. Shoppers face a faster pace and potential bargains as stock is cleared across Aberdeen shops and mills.
Dilberger's merry-go-round arrived last evening and is being set up at Wishkah and G streets where it was located last August. Mr Dilberger has added improvements making it the best machine of its kind on the Pacific coast after a successful run in Olympia. It will be ready for business Saturday afternoon.
Lindstrom's shipyard launched the four masted schooner R. C. Slade for Wear & Slade Mill Co. The 186 by 33.5 by 14 feet vessel carries about 900000 feet of timber and will load at West & Slade mill for an Australia voyage then Honolulu for sugar to San Francisco before Aberdeen. A second schooner W. J. Patterson and the Oliver J. Olson are under construction for American Mill Co. and Wimpy Bros. respectively.
The Aberdeen ladies presented a successful Friday night minstrel in the Acme opera house to benefit the Aberdeen Fire Department band. Audiences praised amateur performers and costumes, with Marguerite Link drawing particular applause. Net proceeds totaled between forty and fifty dollars to seed a fund toward buying new instruments, part of a goal of about two hundred fifty dollars to elevate the band in Southwestern Washington. A subscription drive will run next week to raise the remaining funds.
John D. Bennett of the Boatsman and Bennett logging firm was fatally injured at the North River camp when a capstan hook struck him on the head. He died at 1 PM Saturday after skull surgery. funeral services were held in Cosmopolis Methodist church Tuesday. He was 29, survived by a wife four children and his family.
A Tacoma traveler from Alfred Lawson writes from July 9 1900 praising Hon John A Gilkey of Chehalis County for a clear cut patriotic Fourth address at Oakville. He commends the oration for eulogizing past statesmen and condemning indiscreet politics without partisanship.
Compete listing for one and one quarter acres cleared and cultivated in Bay View Addition. Includes a mall house barn one cow 225 chickens household goods tools implements and more. Sold cheap to quick purchaser inquire J F Rawlings or Evans drug store.
A printery advertises refined taste and expert workmanship plus stock buying savvy to offer high quality work at lower prices than competitors. Emphasis on value and efficiency.
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