Aberdeen Notes And Local Quick-Takes
A collage of Aberdeen brief items lists residents in motion and social events. It notes Mrs S E Labor leaving for Wenatchee, W L Meyer on a business trip to Aberdeen, and others visiting relatives, moving to Quinsault, or traveling to Seattle. It mentions fines for speeders, a new jitney line coming April 9, club meetings postponed, and various civic and family notices including deaths, weddings, and property transactions.
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Aberdeen
Hatching Eggs and Chicks Offered in Aberdeen and Montesano
Anconas and White Leghorns available for hatching eggs and day old chicks. Contact J. T. Carbery in Aberdeen or J. R. Masser in Montesano. Phone 99.
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Anconas
Phonn
J. T. Carbery
Aberdeen
J. R. Masser
Montesano
Curious buffalo skin ferryboats of Simla
A Simla river novelty uses inflated buffalo skins as floating ferries. The owner sits atop with passengers. a paddle and leg movement propel it across in three to five minutes for a pice. The light mussacks measure about two and a half yards and are joined in heavy rain to avoid rocks.
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Simla
Suni
Simla Hill
London Strand Magazine
Air Crack and Lightning Echo in Porter Lecture
Professor A W Porter says lightning cracks the air and the flash follows the crack. He compares air to cobbler's wax and notes the whip crack as a possible analog. The discussion ends with a digression about marriage and repentance.
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A. W. Porter
Professor Porter
Carter
Bernhardt Simulated Dead Lovers In Stage Routines
In a Paris run of a play, Bernhardt rushed to the final scene and kissed her dead lover to heighten realism. She received seven letters daily from French nobles poets and authors begging to play the dead lover. To avoid offending admirers she consented and killed a different dead lover at each performance.
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Bernhardt
Mme
Paris
The Catapult of Fire Explosives and Energy Unveiled
A discussion tracing explosives to primitive weaponry. It likens powders and guns to chemical catapults and explains how controlled energy release creates an explosion. The piece notes steam and gas expansion as core mechanisms and highlights confinement as key to damage.
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America
Aberdeen Market Prices Report
Average wholesale prices in effect in the Aberdeen market today list live chickens at 10c to 15c per lb and dressed at 18c to 238c per lb. Livestock includes cows at 6c per lb, sheep at varying rates, hogs at 7c per lb. Dressed meats show pork 9c to 11c per lb and beef ranges for cows steers veal lamb and mutton with multiple figures. Cured meats quote ham 17c to 19c per lb bacon 16c to 25c per lb and lard 11c to 12c per lb.
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Aberdeen
Retail Prices Today in Aberdeen Stores
Prices for flour coffee butter sugar and produce vary in Aberdeen grocery and produce shops. Today's ranges include flour 1.80 to 3.45 for a 50 lb sack, apples 0.75 to 1.50 per box, potatoes up to 1.60 per cwt, and vegetables like lettuce 6 to 9 cents per head with other greens and fruits listed. wholesale sugar and potato quotes suggest ongoing price climbs with a top 1.50 per 100 lb bag noted for a Labrador sack.
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Aberdeen
Desea
Wanted salesman in Aberdeen and vicinity
An advertisement seeks a reliable man in Aberdeen and nearby areas to sell Old Line Health and Accident policies. No previous experience required. Write to C. Cunningham, 609 Journal Building, Portland, Oregon. The rest of the text discusses explosive materials and their properties, including gunpowder, guncotton, dynamite, nitroglycerin, and cordite, from a Philadelphia Ledger summary.
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Aberdeen
C. Cunningham
Journal Building
Portland
Ore
Russia
United States
Philadelphia Ledger
Polite as Strangers in a Private Family
Aunt Maria recalls more quarrels and harsh words in private households than in boarding houses. She notes a private family she served appeared so courteous that others would think they were perfect strangers.
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Maria
Missus
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Marine vessels await charter arrivals at Grays Harbor port
Grays Harbor port activity shows multiple ships awaiting charter or due to arrive. Vessels include Sch. Ludlow at A. J. West Mill, Sch. Golden Shore at Slade Mill, Sch. Meteor at Hulbert Mill, and several others at Lindstrom and Donovan mills. Foreign and domestic tonnage list Aukland Auckland Pimentel Callao San Francisco San Pedro Talara and Sidney routes with several ships loading or awaiting orders.
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Grays Harbor
Robert R. Hind
Lindstrom’s
Bdh Hepada
Hulbert Mill
Chas
F. Crocker
Sidney
Donovan Mir
Aberdeen Lbr. & Shgl. Co
Sch
Dauntless
B. EK
Wood Mill
Grandma's Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkening Remedy Adverts
An old time advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair, restore natural color, and improve scalp health. It claims the product gives a glossy even shade, hides gray strands, and works after one or two applications. A downtown druggist endorses its natural look.
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Wyeth
Motor Coat Military Cut in White Wool Mix
Describes a motor coat with white woolen mix, striped with black, belt at the waist, and a high faced collar with black silk faille. The piece notes the value of character over actions, quoting Phil Brooks on benediction to fellow men.
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Ocmae Soc
Phillips Brooks
WE Train No 43 Leaves Seattle Arrives Aberdeen
Rail schedule item notes Train No 43 departing Seattle Tacoma bound for Portland and reaching Aberdeen while Train No 466 is mentioned in the same service. The terse listing records departure and destination points for these passenger trains in a historical timetable snippet.
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Aberdeen
Afpig
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
C.t
Tacoma 2
Ose
Bea
Seapeoer
Moclips
McCleary
E.e.ee
Elma
Ima
McCleary Vo
Duration of the Day and Summer Solstice
The longest day is June 21 and the shortest is December 21 or 22, marking the sun's southern declination and Earth's axis tilt. Across the globe this date signals a turning point in daylight, with opposite seasons at the poles where the south pole has noon for six months and the north pole faces six months of night.
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South Pole
North Pole
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Corona
S. E. Labor
Wenatchee
W. L. Meyer
T. C. Fox
Cyrus Whippe
Olympia
H. B. Elder
Quinsault
I— D. F. Ingle
J. Sucurki
Ralph Cornello
William
Alice
Whitesborro
New York
Mable Smith
San Francisco
California
Holly Club
Chris Betts
Theodore W. Lent
Chris Belts
Scott
Chris Beltz
Georgia Bathurst
Weatherwax Apartments
Franklin Parents-Teachers Association
Division Street
Hoquiam City Line
Street
Jones
E. T. Taylor
C.T. Scurry
W. L. Douglas
B. G. Hunt
Wishah
Earl Cloney
Henry Matsen
Mr. Hunt
John Kraft
F. L. Hartung
Hartung
Mr. Kraft
Westminster Guild
W. J. Robinson
Cherry and
Williams Streets
R. C. Vandevort
Frances M. Wilson
W. L. Morris
East First Street
Red Bluff
Cal
A. J. Dorn
Spokane
Captain Dorn
B. F. Jamison
West Hume Street
Charles P. Reid
Sunset Beach
Carl A. Cooper
Hoquiam
O. M. Kellogg
Sarah E. Myers
William Bosch
Frye & Co
Raymond
Aberdeen Lodge No. 68
Robert L. Sebastian
United States Customs
Mr. Sebastian
J. R. Harper
Blewett
Chelan County
Mrs. Harper
Arnold Richard Cyester
G. E. Cyester
Cherry Street
Fissel & Pinnick
Fern Hill Cemetery
Bellingham
Mount. Vernon
Wash
Rexall
Broadway Pharmacy
Houston Post
Weir
Essanay
The
Laelia
Olive
Comediennes
Zenita
Three Lesters
Vitagraph
Graybeal
Alumna
Aukland
Omega's
Pimentel
Echio
Callao
Carrier Dove
Salaverry
Fred J. Wood
Honolulu
Willapa
Claremont
Fearless
Ralph, Linbargar & Gue
A. Spahr
Washington
Herald
A. WA
FY & Hume
Aberdeen Fish and Fruit Co
German Corp
Ee River
Rharehioaphimgtidian
Wishkah
Olympia Oysters
Adele
Heinz Sauerkraut
Northers
Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukes Paul
Lenave Seattle
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co
Aberdeen Occa
Han
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the Heraldie
L. L. Aberdeen
Attorneys AT Law
Dan Pearsall
U. B& Court
Wishkah Block
Undertakers
Whiteside Undertaking Company Funeral Directors Office
HAYES @ HAYES Bankers (Incorporated
Foreign & Domestic Exchange
Richard
J.T. Ennis
Heron St
Ne ‘Insurance Finch Building
West Heron Street
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