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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1915
Page
2
Many Aberdeen residents report club meetings to be held in coming days at homes across Fairview and West First streets. State-bound travel, family visits, and local engagements include visits to Salina Kansas, Vancouver and Seattle, plus weddings and travel to Davenport Iowa.
Mrs George Bathurst of Aberdeen among recent Hotel Benson arrivals in Portland. Holly club guests of Mrs Geo Atcheson on River. Good Cheer chapter entertained at Mrs Finch Broadway apartments. R S C club hosts at Mrs Vandevorts Cherry Ave. Swastika club members entertain spouses at J H Pittinger home Wishkah St. Mrs Crandall returns from Huntley Montana visit with relatives. Westminster guild hosts musical and tea at Mrs Roscoe Condrad East Eighth St. Franklin PTA to discuss Dress Topic tomorrow at 3 PM. all parents invited.
Brief classified notice seeking a reliable man in Aberdeen and vicinity to sell Old Line Health and Accident policies no prior experience required write to I. Cunning ham 609 Journal building Portland Ore for information.
Average wholesale prices in Aberdeen today show live chickens 10 to 15 cents per pound and dressed 18 to 23 cents. Livestock ranges include cows six and a half to seven and a half cents, sheep three and a half, hogs seven cents per pound. Dressed meats list pork nine to eleven cents, cow beef nine to eleven, steer beef nine and a half to eleven, veal twelve to fourteen, lamb fourteen to fifteen, mutton from ten and a half to thirteen cents per pound. Ham seventeen to nineteen, bacon sixteen to twenty five, lard eleven and a half to twelve and a half cents per pound.
Retail prices in Aberdeen grocery and produce shops are listed with items such as flour at 1.80 to 3.45 for a 60 pound sack, coffee 26 to 45 cents per pound, butter 60 to 75 cents for 2 pounds, various cheeses and liquids, and seasonal vegetables and fruit including cauliflower 10 to 16 cents per head and apples 75 cents to $1.50 per box. Butter has steadied after a brief drop, and a rise in potato wholesale prices in Seattle is noted with an anticipated further climb.
Bowes Bros realty firm moved their office from 118 East Heron Street to 108 East Heron Street at the end of last week. The new location is preferred by the firm though it is smaller than the old quarters.
Vessels waiting in Grays Harbor port await charters with several ships listed at mills and shipyards. Incoming ships include Alumna from Aukland Omega from Pimentel Echo from Callao Carrier Dove from Salaverry and Fred J Wood from Honolulu. Eggs and day old chicks offered by J T Carbery in Aberdeen or J R Masser in Montesano.
Advert reads that neglect of coughs and colds leads to serious illnesses and epidemics. It promotes Dr King's New Discovery as the remedy, claiming the first dose clears the head and improves breathing, urging immediate purchase and use.
Roy Sargent reported to the Hoqui am police that his Ford was stolen from a street location about 11 45 last night. He had previously complained weeks earlier that his car was stolen but it later turned up.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning from St Marys church for the late Mrs Joseph Kizer. Rev Father Quain conducted the service and interment followed at Fern Hill cemetery. Beautiful flowers adorned the casket as many friends of the deceased pioneer woman offered sympathy to the family.
To the friends who sympathized with us in our loss of a beloved wife and mother and who sent flowers and furnished automobiles and carriages for the funeral we extend our heartfelt thanks from Joseph Kizer Amelia Reid Mrs Sam Jacobson Frank Kizer.
On Sunday April 11 the Grays Harbor Motorcycle club will hold a meet with at least twelve riders. All classes of machines enter. the course between Aberdeen and Elma will be run six times, decided by running order, machine endurance and riders’ stamina.
Spring seems to arrive ahead of time on Grays Harbor with hints of summer. Weather data place the official end of Winter around March 20, but locals already feel the season change. In Aberdeen this week men don lighter clothing, and straw hats are expected soon while vests disappear.
An ad asserts true joy relies on health and digestion. It promotes regular bowel movements and avoiding illness, urging readers to take Dr. A New Life Pill for regularity and well being.
Montesano residents report a flock of unfamiliar birds seen feeding in maples and last year's seeds. Observers suggest Black-headed Grosbeak or possible orioles, noting both species range along the Pacific coast to Canada.
Timetable notes departures and arrivals for trains 428 643 544 between Seattle Tacoma Portland McCleary Elma Aberdeen and Dime with times from 4:40 p m to 4:00 p m. References to gasoline motor car and various stop locations.
Montesano March 22 bloodhounds Satan Orum Lady and Babe once famed for the John Tornow hunt are worn out pacing the jail cement floors. Court house deputies suggest partnering with neighboring counties to share the expense of using the dogs for hunts.
Fire likely from overheated stove destroyed a six room ranch house in the Satsap valley owned by Mr and Mrs Frank Rabideau of Hoquiam. Painters and paper hangers were inside using a heating stove to dry the place. No insurance was carried.
Train schedule fragment lists arrivals and departures among Seattle Aberdeen Tacoma with times and route notes. It includes stations Chicago Milwaukee Paul Railway Gene and notes returning segments toward Seattle and Tacoma with implied sequence and times.
Fire at the Brooks baths in the Hoag building Hoquiam causes $250 to $300 damage. Officials believe a defective flue started the blaze this morning.
Seattle March 23 two hundred varieties of trees and shrubs are raised in a one acre forest nursery on the University of Washington campus. Professor Burt P Kirkland leads the effort to create an arboretum that could rank among the nation’s largest, aiding foresters and landscape planners.
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