County actions and Sulzer probe dominate meeting notes
Port Angeles proceedings cover tax reductions audits road surveys and a bridge petition for Porter and Chehalis river. County board rebates and cancellations include Weatherwax tax case settled at 47.86 and lots struck from 1898 99 rolls. Sulzer denounces Standard Oil tax dodges and a New York custom house sale as frauds with rent theft. calls for further exposure.
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O. L. Church
Long Mowbray Road
C. B. Weatherwax
D . Johnston Co
John Iberger
Jas. A. Snodgrass
Ovosta
Town of
Elma
Benn
Aberdeen
Noel, Kemp & Templeton
Susan M. Coats
Robt. Durney
Fred Hewett
Moclips
Chehalis River
Porter
Robt
Johnson
Cosmopolis
North River
District 4
Wm. Warwick
C. F. Harding
W. L. Cox
Porter Creek
Queets River
Westport
N. P. Ry. Co
Telephone at Oakville connects towns to a regional line
The People's Co-operative Telephone company has poles set between Oakville and Centralia and is stringing wire toward Elma. The local line will be accessible to farmers who have stock and instruments in their homes. Plans include extending south of Chelalis river to Cedarville and more lines in the valleys, creating a comprehensive regional system.
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Oakvillle
People's Co-operative Telephone Company
Centralia
Elma
Chelalis
Cedarville
To Cut a Cold in One Day by Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old medicine ad promises instant cold relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes refunds if it fails and features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Obituary Notice for Ovie Anderson of Grays Harbor
Dawson Alaska dispatch reports Ovie Anderson aged 34 formerly of Grays Harbor Wash and Forty Mile road house proprietor buried here after dying of Brights disease in Alaska He was born near Elma Chehalis county native son known for his strong character and wide circle of friends His family had long ties to Montesano Riverside and the Chehalis area with ties to Nine m ire and Morgan firms and local merchants
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Dawson
Alaska
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ovie Anderson
Grays Harbor
Wash
Forty-Mile Road House
Bright
Chehalis County
Elma
Montesano
Riverside
California
Ovie
Rufus
Ninemire & Morgan
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles
Guaranteed relief promised for itching burning bleeding or protruding piles. PAZO OINTMENT offers a refund if cure fails in 6 to 14 days with first use bringing ease. 50c price. If unavailable, send 50c stamps to Paris Medicine Co. St. Louis Mo for shipment post paid.
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Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
Governor Mead Blocks County Tax Foreclosure Bill
Governor Mead vetoes house bill No 41, a J B Lindsley measure requiring county only foreclosures on delinquent general tax certificates until local assessments are paid. He argues counties, municipalities and schools deserve first liens and counties gain no benefit from the bill. It would let cities extend streets at county and state expense, altering current tax redemption dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead
J. B. Lindsley
Chamber of Commerce to Hold Aberdeen Meeting Tonight
The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce plans a council chamber session this evening with discussions on Grays Harbor promotion. New publicity and municipal committees will be announced by President Bowes as about sixty members are expected to attend.
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Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
Council Chamber
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Bowes
Fred C. Furth
J. J. Carney
C. V. Loy
W. R. Macfarlane
Dr King's New Life Pills Endorsement Ad
Statistics warn of high mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis and promote Dr Kings New Life Pills as the sole remedy. M Flannery of 14 Custom House Place Chicago claims effectiveness for constipation and biliousness. 25c at Red Cross Pharmacy.
Wishkah School Basket Social a March 11
At Wishkah school house a basket social Saturday evening March 11 featured songs music recitations and dialogues by sixteen pupils ages up to fifteen. A cake from Aberdeen Bakery drew votes with Miss Stella Boling 331 and Miss Newall 215. proceeds $68.70 to fund a flag and library books and cheer for teacher effort.
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Wishkah
Stella Boling
Aberdeen
Miss Boling
Miss Newall
Rise of La Follette as Wisconsin Governor
The article outlines Robert La Follette’s rise from repeated failed bids for the Republican nomination to leading a reform movement. It highlights his personal networking, organizational skill, and strategy of primary reform, showing how he built a state party machine to counter the dominant political system and win governor's office. The piece cites Wellman in the American Monthly Review of Reviews for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Bob
la Follette
Little Bob
Walter Wellman
American Monthly Review of Reviews
American Mill Wins Damage Suit Against Beltz
The Washington Supreme Court affirmed the Chehalis county Superior Court ruling in A O Beltz v American Mill Co. Beltz, who lost a thumb and finger applying a relay at the Aberdeen mill in August 1908, sought 10000 dollars. The lower court granted non-suit for contributory negligence.
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State Supreme Court
Chehalis County
A. O. Beltz
American Mill Co
Beltz
Aberdeen
J. B. Bridges
Mill Company
Govnor Teats
Tacoma
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Standard Oil Bank
Slater
Chamberlain
Oakville
Co-operative Telephone Co
Upper Valley
Chamber OF Commerce
Wishkah School
Wolff’s
Abedeen
School House Hill
Will Lanning
Gordon Kets
Geo. Fisher
E. Heron ST
American Mill
Supreme Court
Herald Printery
Wisbkahl St
Model Bakery
Candy Factory
G Street
Postoffice
K. Zelasko
L. J. Kolts
Zelasko Furniture
Wishkah Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Lars Shaker
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