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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
8
Chehalis County highlights include visits from W D Campbell and Mrs Baker, a Montesano band order for 26 instruments, and births and health updates. Notable items mention J B Kosterson recovering from hospital, Miss Mary Youngs vacationing at home, and Dr. Carr renovating rooms for a planned hospital. A list records multiple marriage licenses issued in the past week.
Hiss Bessie Kellerman left Monday for Seattle to visit relatives. Zorn to Mr and Mrs Hartough Summit March 24 a 12 pound daughter. B J Crain sold out his blacksmith shop Tuesday to C E Holmes and Elam Vaubhan. William Leybold proprietor of the Dewey went to Aberdeen Thursday afternoon on business. Miss Stella Byles returned Thursday night from Salingham where she has been for her health. Clarry Tompkins left Monday for Coos Bay Oregon to work in amber mills. Born to Rev and Mrs F M Clark at Elma General hospital Saturday March 21 a boy weighing 6% pounds. Mrs George Watkins and sister Miss Emily White Bremerton arrived Wednesday. Mrs Watkins has been at Bremerton visiting.
Miss Anna Carlton visits sister in Montesano while George Emerson heads to Seattle for a lumbermen’s meeting. Mrs. Wm. H. Smith and family from Shelton stay with Br. and Mrs. Havens. Miss PD I Emerson from Colorado Springs visits Alice Strohm at 603 Sixth Street. Mrs. Harry Hostetter visits her-parents. Mrs. Steve Reynolds returns to Spokane. Mrs. L J Millican leaves for Cheboygan Michigan after two weeks with her son George. John Melbourne was brought to town.
Down from the Quinsault country to seek treatment for heart failure a month ago died at the hospital Wednesday evening. Mr Melbourne was 64 years old and left two sons.
Mrs J T Chambers and daughter visited Seattle on Thursday. Robert Mauermann of Pe Ell visited friends here last week. Mrs W H Jeffries of Tacoma returned home after visiting her son at Connie. J H Wolfe received a fractured skull and broken ribs after a horse kick Friday. Gus Kendall rents the Wilson house at Pine street and will move in by April 1. George D Harris may buy Fitzgerald McDonald’s stake in Pioneer Lumber Co plant.
Andrew Mills argues that New York savings banks mobilize vast sums from private depositors. He notes deposits exceed 1.36 billion with 2.0 million depositors and a 102 million guarantee fund. He compares bank assets to national debt and highlights housing loans and development financed by small savers, including loans to elite districts.
The Bayonne New Jersey recorder argues for corporal punishment of wife beaters. He contends fining or imprisoning victims harms women and children and proposes beating the abuser as a deterrent, asserting wife beaters are cowards and should face violence to reform.
Mrs Ellen Biddle recalls a garrison auction where a Mrs Malaprop insists a topaz chain with a pendulum is kept. She hesitates over selling silver knives, crying they have been in dear John’s mouth too often, a humorous misstatement at departure auctions.
A depositor tells the bank receiver that the suggestion offers cold comfort as a bachelor’s solace, while a Benedict quips that marriage proves expensive but endures long. A bachelor consoles the newly blue husband, noting a wife is costly yet lasting.
Edward Everett remarks on aristocracy noting that violence used today gives way to acquiescence tomorrow and tradition sustains abuse. He argues reason is bent by long follies and antiquity becomes the basis of modern power, shaping social hierarchy.
In a New York bookstore window on Eighth avenue a large heap of Bibles was advertised at unusually low prices. The display rested under a bold headline Satan trembles when he sees Bibles sold as low as these, highlighting daring advertising flair.
A mil lonaire asks if his son is well grounded in the classics. The private tutor responds that the student is not only grounded but stranded on them, in a witty exchange captured by the Chicago Record-Herald.
A village man and a city man discuss a vacant lot with the city proposing a skyscraper. The exchange reveals tension between urban development and rural grazing land as twenty head of cattle graze nearby.
A reflective snippet notes that the word wait feels particularly difficult for those facing hunger and deprivation, hinting at the emotional weight of delayed relief. It contrasts impatience with poverty and implies a critique of neglect in aid timing.
The city reports assessment roll No 204 for Marion Street and blacks Nos 57 58 N P Addition to South Aberdeen will incur interest after April 18 and delinquency after June 18. Roll No 201 for Market Street between Division and N P tracks is open for inspection and will be up for equalization April 1. Council will consider accepting contracts for Improvement Districts 195 and 205 on March 25.
Ordinances adopted March 18 fix councilmen salaries at 25 dollars per month and deduct 5 dollars for each meeting missed. The acts also change the grade of I street between Second and Eighth streets.
Chief of Police Birmingham will auction a brown pony mare at 10 a.m. on April 4 unless the owner redeems it before that time.
A resolution provides for filling B street between Market and Second with 18 inches of sandstone at an estimated $500. Payment on the immediate plan, protests to be heard April 1.
A resolution authorizes street work on I street from First street to Benn Hopkins Addition with clearing and grubbing. Estimated cost is 5000 dollars. Immediate payment required and protests will be heard on April 1.
A 16 foot plank road on Clark Street between Curtis and Schley streets is proposed with an estimated cost of 2200 dollars on an immediate payment plan. Protests may be made up to April 1.
Wanted notice for fir and spruce stave bolts. Address or formation: WeSTERN Cooprraae Co. Aberdeen Washington.
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