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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
8
County items from Aberdeen Herald relay social calls visits and travels across Chehalis County. Notes include visits to Elma Olympia Tacoma and Oregon, births marriages licenses issued, school programs and a new delivery wagon. Local families and people mentioned: Mrs Walton Miss Gleason Mrs Trebrake Buckley Irene Keller J E Calder N O Fry Dr Wartman J B Kesterson and more.
Born to the wife of W. J. Henderson a son on June 4. Mrs. Henry Gale is ill at home. G. C. Brace returned from Coldfield Nevada after six months away. Miss Susan Senfesty to spend summer with parents. Miss Minnie Watson back from Sound trip. B. M. Brown returned from Tacoma. Mrs. C. A. Woods left for Chicago to visit relatives. Rev. Mr. Spencer from Centralia visited daughter Mrs. Ernest Lyons. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stuart started six months in Grand Rapids. J. M. Carlson back from Los Angeles. Mrs. KK A. Fraser of Tacoma arrived.
J H Holland made a business trip to Tacoma the first of the week. J E Fitzgerald and J R McDonnell were transacting business on the Harbor Saturday. Alvin J Myers and wife went to Aberdeen Sunday to visit relatives returning home Monday. Mrs Jos Mauerman went to Greenwood Saturday to spend a few days with her daughter Mrs Ora Murrey. Curtis Newton returned Monday to ship the remainder of his household goods to Oregon where he is located. Mrs J A Spiglemyer of Tacoma who had been visiting with her mother Mrs J Inoman for a few days returned.
The June 15 effective steamboat inspection law applies only to inland lakes and waters with no sea outlet. The federal government holds exclusive control of open waters like Puget Sound and the Columbia River, preventing state enforcement there. Assistant AG Falkner advised Labor Commissioner Hubbard that state rules clash with federal regulations on smaller craft under fifteen tons.
The attorney general moves to recover lands believed wrongfully acquired by contestants in Washington. The state claims priority for sections where original settlers predated survey, with two Pacific county cases active. Assistant AG Falkner will help reveal rights of the original settlers and, if contestants prevail, the state will claim the lands for justice.
Centralia June 8 report on a county timber cruise shows Lewis county housing some of Washington’s finest timber. Crews near the city found fir trees eight feet in butt diameter and a cedar fourteen feet in circumference, over forty feet tall with minimal branches. Sections cruised reveal standing timber over 70,000,000 feet per section and a large corps continues surveying every foot of timber land in the county.
Fine job printing at moderate prices Herald Printery.
Homer Davenport debunks posters claiming numerous white spotted Arabian horses exhibited in New York. He notes circus provenance, urges skepticism toward sensational claims, and argues that true Arab desert stock has no spotting due to pure bloodlines.
Dr Wallace Wood of the University of New York argues some people push utilitarianism too far and neglect beauty. He cites a barber story where a young man loses part of an ear, the barber noting that it is not enough to affect hearing.
A playful quarrel about facial hair triggers memories of a past Vandyke beard. He laments the months needed to regrow it while she teases him about the change in appearance. The exchange is lighthearted and intimate in tone.
A conceited guest proclaims attendance at a reception and expects to be noticed by Miss Swellman. A quiet observer questions whether she will speak to him, highlighting social pretensions and flirtatious tension in a Catholic Standard and Times item.
The exchange notes that De Squalle disproved one pet theory about lemons and the voice, as critics press lemons on him without improvement. A judge cites voice theory rebuttal while Judge and Ohio State Journal discuss the rights and burdens of personal opinion.
A man named McBluff tells a Philadelphia Press item he has no change. The waiter offers to make change and the man asks for five pennies in exchange for a nickel.
Mrs Nagget proclaims in a domestic aside that she has a perfect right to her opinions. Her husband responds that keeping them private would prevent questioning that right. Baltimore News reports the exchange as a light domestic quip.
The Minneapolis Journal quotes a tragedian and critic on theater. a short run is bad in show business, yet a long walk is worse, highlighting harsh realities of fame and stage life.
The Houston Post quotes a tale about a man with sixteen wives and a claim of escapes from a lunatic asylum. The items suggest sensational, sensationalist journalism in a brief, standalone exchange.
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