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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
3
Local items list Evans Drug Co offerings and a wide range of town news. appointments, visits, and travel notes include Dr W Lawnsey return from Palouse relatives Miss Ruth Hulbert in Los Angeles and Miss Josie Tolbrook in Spokane.
The Elks lodge invites members who took part in the last show to a social dance tomorrow night in their hall at no charge.
Through Bijou management Aberdeen show lovers will see the Nashville Students a color ed singing and dancing attraction. The act claims to be the oldest colored show over thirty years and promises a fine band daily concerts and a parade. They appear four nights starting Thursday May 16 including a Sunday matinee.
Attorney A M Wade filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court yesterday for I Nudleman a South G street furniture dealer. Liabilities are about 12000 with assets near that amount if accounts are collected.
Sunday morning at the Christian church corner rd and L streets special services will honor mothers. Everyone is asked to wear a white flower. Cradle Roll parents Home Department scholars Bible school and church members are invited Mr Horn will speak on Our Mothers.
The Aberdeen Motor Cycle club held beach races at Eupait last boating day with 19 machines entered. No injuries were reported, one machine was smashed, and the Herald could only confirm the event's finish. The Westport beach is praised as a premier cycles racing track.
Mrs. Myles wife of City Councilman J F Myles left this morning for Seneca South Dakota to spend the summer visiting relatives.
Grays Harbor admirers present a half dozen canes to Z T Smith 70 a Civil War veteran who struck an IWO member who spurned the flag Samuel Benn Aberdeen founder sent the first cane a blackthorn stick with a leaden top
A bulletin for Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce notes the 1911 sand-lime brick industry report by the U S Geological Survey. It traces growth from 1901 to 1907 with peak output, then decline to 66 firms in 1911, states Michigan led with 210,001 dollars, New York second with 95,930, and price per thousand for common brick at 6.09 dollars. The text covers state participation and product mix percentages.
Mrs. Robert Chabot of Moclips died Monday night at Grays Harbor hospital after long illness from brain abscess. She was 44, wife of Robert Chabot and mother of Marie Elizabeth Otis plus six other children. Funeral was at the Episcopal church with Rev. F F W Green officiating.
G. W. Gilbert of Oakland California is in the city jail awaiting an Oakland officer. Gilbert was arrested by Chief Templeman on a telegraphic request from Oakland authorities and the specific charge could not be learned.
Beginning Sunday night May 12 the Church of Christ at 3rd and L streets hosts evangelistic meetings led by A G Miller pastor of Hoquiam Christian church. Miller a Hiram College graduate and former pastor in Washington presents topics each night including Walking With God and The Gospel in Prophesy. Services start at 8 o clock with Marion F Horn minister inviting all to attend.
The guide urges constant iron use during garment making not just for finishing. It describes pressing thick fabrics on bare wool, dampening seams, and using cloths on lighter materials, with careful handling for velvet plush and delicate fabrics, plus instructions to water-proof dress material by folding between muslin sheets and applying heat.
Miss Janne Addams of Hull House Chicago is the first woman asked to deliver Bryn Mawr College commencement oration. She was chosen after attending fellowship awards exercises with Dean Breckinridge and Dr Shaw. European fellowships went to Norah Cam Herefordshire England and Frances Allen Foster Providence R I.
Subscribers served by city carriers missing Monday and Thursday issues by 6 p m should call City Messenger Co at phone 5931 for immediate delivery. The publisher asks for cooperation in remedying delivery delays.
Road engine model 9 by 10 for sale. Inquiries welcome at 309 Lincoln Street. Contact 58-2t for details.
The article notes spring cotton corduroys imitate velvet in weave and appearance. It highlights their durability for hard service and their washable cotton nature, offering practicality beyond traditional corduroy.
The dictaphone helps blind stenographers use the typewriter as well as their sighted colleagues. Many young women find it unpleasant due to noises, but improvements are expected to remove this drawback.
Dr Karl Francke a Munich physician writes to a medical weekly attacking the sheath skirt saying it spoils female figures stunts development and produces knock kneed women He says only unrestricted exercise with wide skirts can straighten limbs and that a time will come when wearing tight skirts is a crime.
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