Elma and nearby towns report routine incidents and events
Behavioral, legal and social notes from Elma Hoquiam Cosmopolis Oakville and Porter include Joe Leybold expanding his dry goods business into a motor enterprise Elks uniforms for a state convention in Hoquiam arrivals around August 1 Salvation Army work in Lewiston and a liquor case at Corner Pharmacy Elma reports a cement worker Fritz Libke surviving a mixer incident and local council plans to correct a misdrawn Olympic highway route East Main street replacement Young street omission Three booze shipments seized for Bordeaux loggers and a family reunion in Porter with Will Jessup hosting relatives from Southwestern Washington
Fund for Company G mess nears hundred dollars
Elma notes the fund for Company G mess creeping toward the $100 mark. McCleary reports Mrs. Bert Sallee and daughters Ella and Marie returned Sunday from visiting Mrs. Sallee's parents in Little Rock, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Vincent.
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Little Rock
No Man With Selfish Heart Deserves Native Land
Poem by Sir Walter Scott warns that a person with a heart closed to homeland cannot share in national pride. Wealth titles and power do not save him from oblivion. The passage condemns self centered living and predicts untimely decay and forgotten memory.
Jimmie and the Scolding Wife Joke Recounts
Humorous quotes recall a stubborn wife and a coworker prodding Jimmie about her shouting. He deflects noting she rarely scolds but argues loudly enough to be heard a mile away. A veteran mentions unfamiliar wife cousins after a year of marriage. Cats swallowing needles surprise vets with harp-shaped objects found.
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New York Times
Detroit Free Press
Childs
New York
Popular Science Monthly
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Aberdeen, Wash
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