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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1897
Page
4
Thursday March 11 1897 Aberdeen items mention fresh oysters at Hilton Bros births at Cloney home and Kaufman leaving for Westport. Local ads Hood's pills DeWitts drugs and shoe sales at Jeffs while Rev Lackey returns from Ellensburg and church notices fill the page.
The ad promotes borrowing tea from Schilling & Company with a money-back guarantee if you dislike it. The seller presents the loan concept as a way to try products before buying. San Francisco-based Schilling & Company endorses the scheme.
Grays Harbor residents learned that the civil appropriation bill containing harbor jetty funds was vetoed by the president. The bill can be reconsidered by a special session, but the jetty appropriation must survive committee scrutiny and opposition from other harbor projects. Persistent urging to Congress and the delegation is urged to keep the item in the civil appropriation bill.
The notice touts Wing pianos as superior in tone and volume with better value, claiming many cheap pianos are inferior. It offers a twenty day trial at no cost and a return option if not satisfactory, inviting readers to call or address Tot Heratn for details.
Miss Mary Grace Thornton reports on Alexander III of Russia’s coronation via a Century piece. She notes the procession’s odd sights including Kozlov and 12 policemen, the emperor’s red and gold escort, Cossack regiments, and the awkwardly dressed Asiatics as bands play.
Fragmentary remarks show Maaz claiming he took a card marked coll in what witnesses call an invitation. The exchange suggests a daring theft tied to a past incident. No further context or full names are clear from the text.
Real estate transfers for Chehalis county Washington for the week ending March 6 1897 listed by D W Fleet manager of the Grays Harbor Abstract Co include multiple lot transfers in Aberdeen South Aberdeen Cosmopolis and Westport with deeds from Josh Dabney to Rosina Scherwinsky John B Barnish to Jack W Knight sheriff and various land companies to individuals plus homestead declarations and public grants. Total figures not shown. Previous totals and total since January 1 1897 also referenced.
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