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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1911
Page
3
A dense roundup of city happenings includes visits by H. P. Schiel from Tenino, promotions at Hotel Fairmont, new asphalt paving on Broadway, and plans for Hotel Turner. Residents attend quilting bees, embroidery clubs, and church social events while others travel to North Carolina, Southern California, and Grand Rapids. Community notices cover hospital recoveries, mumps, pleurisy, and a missing youth alert for Walter Griggs.
Grays Harbor Eagles will charter a special O W R N train to attend the Grand Aerie meeting in San Francisco next August. They secured a $46.45 rate with 17 day limit and must guarantee 125 excursionists. It may carry 250 or more members from Montesano Aberdeen and Hoquiam lodges with uniforms and banners.
County commissioners reverse plan to abstain from road work and commit funds to finish the southside road plus a 50000 dollar bridge over South Bay and a 3000 dollar bridge on the North river road. A new whaling station at South Bay and the destruction of the Moclips hotel spur the urgent Westport road project benefiting Grays Harbor settlements.
The Louis Salazar murder case prompted 386 additional jurors for the April term of the superior court. The list shows jurors by districts with names including Anderson, Chas and Fraser, John W in District 2, and Estes, C. KK in District 3 among others.
East to West colonist rates bring steady arrivals at Grays Harbor. Most newcomers seek small farms while others want work in mills and manufactories. Northern Pacific agent A McKenna says travel westward meets company expectations and will grow during the final ten days of the special rates.
Andrew Peterson of Aberdeen Construction says once the Hoquiam contract ends the firm will not bid again in the city. He cites persistent kicks and complaints as the reason and notes near daily unpleasantness since starting Hoquiam work.
City Treasurer Sargent received 45000 dollars from County Treasurer Paine as the city's share of taxes paid so far. Payments have been checked up and recorded.
The Chehalis Produce company based in Aberdeen Chehalis and the Palouse country opened a new wholesale and retail feed and grain store on Highth street in Hoquiam. Led by T P Callison the firm started about eight years ago with a Chehalis warehouse and later expanded to Aberdeen and other mills.
L P Demeree struck a bicyclist yesterday afternoon at Wishkah and Hi, crashing the front wheel and causing minor bruises to the rider. Demeree, with his aged mother aboard, feared ending on the sidewalk to avoid the cyclist. The bicyclist admitted Demeree was not to blame.
Classified notice seeking a competent girl for general housework. Apply at 815 East Fourth Street.
The Chehalis County Index, started as a shipping guide with courthouse items, suspended publication after about six months. Publisher D. Y. Ovitt found the field too limited, marking the third daily failure in Aberdeen in two years amid costly newspaper ventures.
Readable text notes a musical line extending from a tin whistle to a piano at Evan Drug Co. The snippet suggests a small musical display or event connected to the store, with no further details on participants or dates.
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