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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1908
Page
6
The body of Percy T. Fish, a traveling agent for a Portland house, was found in an opium den in Spokane by Chinese residents. Police are investigating the death as a possible foul play or drug-related incident.
Colfax and Wahae county fruitgrowers met in Pullman on Wednesday and organized a Whitman County Fruitgrowers association. W. L. La Follette, known as the Wawawai fruit king, was elected president with W. S. Thornber, professor of horticulture, as secretary.
Seattle immigration inspector John H Saregent reports from Washington to identify names and addresses of anarchists in the district for deportation under February enacted law. Spokane police to keep a uniformed officer on duty during council sessions after recent disturbances. The tie between speakers over grade separation plans at Northern Pacific worsened clashes.
At a State Railroad Commission meeting, Northern Express officials reviewed new schedule sheets covering the Great Northern lines, revealing a reduction of 25 to 41 percent for fruits and vegetables. The rates were nearly accepted by the express company. Seattle Mayor-elect Joan F Miller vows no professional prizefighting during her term, denouncing fake sports and protecting small-mean residents from promoters.
Town leaders and the Commercial club oppose Chinese settlement. Wealthy Chinamen visiting to purchase property were turned away weeks ago and again last Friday. Citizens call an indication meeting to decide measures to prevent Chinamen from locating here.
Flood warnings rise along the Puyallup and Black rivers as heavy rains swell streams. Drift removal efforts continue on the Puyallup bridge piers while McMillin faces rising water endangering a county bridge and school. In Seattle, W L Abrams dies at 3137 Thackeray Street after a kettle touch during a storm blackout. He was struck by electric current from a trolley line.
A brief dialogue from Illustrated Wits contrasts approaches to safety and money. The Old Man argues mercy and money as paths to society, while the Young Man questions social mobility and exit strategies, ending with the Old Man advocating marrying for love.
A list of society notes and headlines from the region includes the death of Centralia attorney Frank Burch, a Seattle pearl sale, maritime arrivals, escapes from a Spokane poor farm, a death sentence for F I Bridgham, and various local incidents. Also covers Japan boycott petitions, electric lights for White Salmon, jail escapes, annexation votes for Catlin, a rail flood, and Alaska duty reductions for army staff.
A collage of humor from early newspapers with quips about city hall health offices cigars floods Venice and moody school notes. The snippets showcase witty exchanges and social asides featuring named voices and city life scenarios. The tone mimics panel humor and comic misunderstandings of daily affairs.
A Pleasant Physic recommends Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for a mild gentle action and a pleasant cathartic effect. Evans Drug Store offers a free sample.
A surveyed list names fire alarm box locations with numbers and cross streets including boxes at Young and Thomas North Aberdeen and at Market and F streets South Aberdeen among others like Highland Home High School Burrows Dock and Franklin School Market between Jefferson and M streets. Several entries reference mills and mills districts such as Wilson Bros Mill Hume and K streets Northern Pacific Depot and Anderson Middleton Mill.
The ad claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an excellent cure for colds throat troubles and unequaled for croup. Harry Wilen of Waynetown Indiana says giving it at the first sign of a croupy cough prevents the attack. It is sold by Evans Drug Co.
The Washington State Central Committee calls a delegate convention in Spokane on May 18 1908 at 11 am to elect ten delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Denver July 7 1908. Delegates allocated by county based on votes for supreme court candidates in 1906 with a total of 897 delegates. A R Titlow chairman. Carl D Eshelman secretary. A long list of satisfied patrons is the Herald Printery advertisement.
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