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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
5
Aberdeen weekly column cites national politics with references to McKinley Hanna Tillman and McLaurin. It notes Fourth of July plans, a municipal hose house bid, court rulings on logging trespass, Dooley humor, and British tea duty lessons, all from the Aberdeen Herald.
Ex-Chief of Police Meridith of Seattle confronted John Considine Monday afternoon in Seattle armed with a sawed-off shotgun two revolvers and a dagger.
The report covers a violent feud with Meridith shooting Considine and both men sustaining fatal and serious injuries, commentary on protectionist opposition to Speaker Henderson, a resolution in Aberdeen memorializing a deceased neighbor, rapid drilling progress by Grays Harbor Oil Co. at Westport, stock actions, and multiple ships loading at Aberdeen mills with summer travel anticipated.
Weather favors the Aberdeen Grays Harbor Fourth of July festival with parades and many floats. Contests include pie and biscuit eating, races, diving for money, swimming, log rolling, fly casting, and a tug of war, with prizes from $1 to $2000 and events on Heron Street, Wishkah River, and along Hayes Street.
A Washington state committee arranged a July Fourth itinerary for a congressional river and harbors visit. The party arrives Aberdeen by train at 9 a.m. and tours Cosmopolis Hoquiam Montesano Westport and South Bend by steamer T C Reed and tugboat, with meals at Westport jetty and a scaled passenger headcount funded by local towns.
A small ad offering a positive cure for piles and rupture without cutting or detention, with contact details for F. P. Cosman in Aberdeen and W. W. McGeorge in Seattle. Also promotes a 400 acre farm four miles southeast of Elma in the Chehalis Valley for sale on easy terms, with or without stock and implements, by P. Murray of Elma, Washington. tf:
The Northern Pacific Railway will offer tickets for points within 200 miles at one and one third fare round trip. Tickets go on sale July 8 and July 4 with a return limit of July 6. Minimum rate is 25 cents.
People with Aberdeen Public Library books at No. 23 Wiehkah street are asked to return them before July 1. The library may close for the third quarter July through September unless patronage improves. Mrs I W Mason Librarian.
Weekly list shows names of patrons with uncalled letters including Miss Italia Collins H G Deitrick Clayton Elliott A E Gleaner Haynie Jack Jossi Abraham McKinnon Chas Olson Chas Smith D J Sherwood Edmund Hart Benson John Domingo Ed Erickson Eric Fulton Geo Hudegon Mrs Joe Lowry Mrs Lena Moore E Roney Ned Skidmore John Telefsen and others. Advertise to claim by name and reference.
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