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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
3
A crowded Aberdeen social page lists visits between Ballard relatives in Tacoma, Ed-and-Iowa travelers, club entertainments, and church events. Nearby reports note births, a silver wedding anniversary, and several weddings including Elsie DeBush and James Byron Watkins.
For sale at Highland Home Rabbitry 722 Fourth Avenue Aberdeen. J Kaifer advertises Belgian and Rufus Red rabbits. Sale note includes 63 2t.
Classified ad offers a four room rental near central area with reasonable rent. Inquiries directed to S. W. Pearson at 51 North B Street. Local notice dated 66-81.
Funeral services for the late Charles Cork were held yesterday morning from the Cork home on North Street with Rev. F. F. W. Greene officiating. The remains were shipped to Cork’s Wisconsin home with Charles R. Cork accompanying the casket. Pallbearers included Mayor J. M. Phillips and former mayors Eugene France and J. W. Parks among others.
Miss Sandra Marie Carlson and John Peter Gardner united in marriage Saturday at the parsonage of the Swedish church by Rev. John J. Huleen in the presence of Miss Miralda Fredson and Miss Nathalia Be. Huleen.
Miss Lulu Johnston and W Keesee married Saturday afternoon with Rev J T McQueen officiating at 409 East Heron Street. After a honeymoon in San Francisco the couple will reside at Pacific Beach, at home to friends.
An old advertisement asserts that certain rheumatic illnesses such as acute rheumatism rheumatic headaches sciatic rheumatism and lumbago can be relieved by Sloan's Liniment applied to the affected area. It promises instant relief and promotes a 25 cent bottle kept for emergencies.
The Rose club will hold a rose show in Aberdeen next month. At a meeting next Monday night in the city council chambers the date will be set and nominations for queen made. Rules are already decided and the club intends the show to become an annual affair.
An optimistic ad touts Dr King's New Discovery as a remedy that addresses the cause of a cold. It claims the medicine penetrates throat linings, kills germs, and aids Nature to act for relief.
Aberdeen resident Mrs. C. L. Burch reports dull backache and weak kidneys improving after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad promotes the remedy for backache and urinary ills, price 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, and urges asking for Dean's Kidney Pills.
Roy Adkins, driver of the Adkins store delivery auto, was injured but not seriously yesterday afternoon when a Hoquiam bound street car struck his vehicle, throwing him to the ground.
For sale 43 acres river bottom with 21 acres in cultivation located one mile west of Malone. Price 3600 dollars. Contact H. M. Dunlap Bima Washington 81 76 F R R No 1.
Notice is given to creditors and all persons with claims against the estate of J M Lewis deceased to present claims with vouchers to executor A H Griffin at Hotel Washington Aberdeen Washington within one year from first publication. Claims not presented will be barred by law. Dated April 7 1915.
The Grays Harbor Ministerial alliance held a Friday afternoon meeting at First Baptist church. Dr. E B A Orr delivered a paper on the relation of the ministry and the church to social questions. The session started early to allow members to reach the ballpark for the Black Cats versus Tigera game.
Washington farmers received 80 cents a bushel for potatoes on May 1 1915 up from 42 cents a year earlier nationwide 71.4 cents vs 50.6 cents for potatoes. Eggs averaged 19 cents a dozen in Washington and 16.8 17.1 nationwide. Wheat rose to 1 17 and corn to 1.05 reflecting higher prices in May.
Toron to survivor Ernest Cowper reports the Lusitania spotted a submarine near the Irish coast. He says the torpedo attack caused the ship to sink after an initial explosion, with crews guiding passengers to boats without panic. Many women and children were aboard the second cabin, including forty under one year old.
Queenstown lies in ruin with lines of sheeted corpses in major buildings and Lusitania victims washing ashore at the Cunard wharf. Hospitals overflow and market hall shows a poignant scene as grieving families search for missing loved ones amid mass casualties. Charles Frohman’s body lay unidentified for hours among the dead.
The Lusitania was sunk by the German submarine U-39, according to a Munich dispatch. The steamer Heron and two trawlers returning to Queenstown brought more than 100 bodies, most of them unnamed.
Undertaker James O'Farrell of Ort ing Wash came to Aberdeen Saturday to secure the remains of Mrs Hat tie F Harlan the Tacoma woman who died by her own action last Wednesday by leaping from the O W bridge into the Chehalis river. He removed the body from the Whiteside Undertaking establishment and took it to Orting where at the direction of relatives it will be interred.
Edward H. Lively, an 80 year old Confederate veteran and Aberdeen resident for 13 years, died Monday at his home 307 Past First street after a protracted illness. Surviving are his widow, three sons O K Lively Pineville Oregon H M Lively Baltimore Maryland and C M Lively Covington Kentucky and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon from Whiteside undertaking with Rev. F F W Greene of St Andrews Episcopal Church officiating.
The Boys Pig club of Oakville received a shipment of pure bred Berkshire sows funded by the Oakville State Bank. Each boy will report daily to Washington State College on the progress and results of his pigs. The program aims to boost local pork quality and output.
The Herald is described as the most widely read paper in Chehalis County and is portrayed as essential for wise advertisers seeking audience reach.
Estimates furnished on all kinds of work. Let us figure with you. 124 Heron St. Phone 512 317 South St. Sky Lights Cornices Roofing etc. Boat Work a Specialty. Messenger Service City Messenger Co Victor Erickson Manager Day and Night Service.
The Christian Science Society of Montesano presents a free lecture by William D. McCracken at the Iris theater at 8 p m on May 18. McCracken serves on the Board of Lectorship for the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston Massachusetts.
The record notes the Colosseum in Rome could seat about 87 000 spectators, reflecting its vast capacity in ancient times.
Funeral directors advertise contact numbers for office and residence as 136 846. The brief notice lists a single phone line for both locations. No names or organizations are provided.
Schedule details list multiple trains from Aberdeen with connections to Tacoma Seattle Portland and other points. Includes times for eastbound No. 466 via Dupont 8 30 a m departure and 12 20 p m arrival Tacoma, plus other trains 424 422 and 423 via Point Defiance or Dupont and gasoline motor car services 551 552 between McCleary Elma Aberdeen and surrounding cities.
A grandmother’s recipe promises to turn gray hair dark and glossy using Sage Tea and Sulphur. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised as a 60 cent drugstore tonic that colors evenly, hides gray, stops dandruff and promotes fullness.
A compact notice highlights the Herald as the source for up to date local coverage. It signals ongoing reporting across crime weather politics society and sports without listing specific stories or dates.
The Keee Caldwell Gros transportation schedule lists west bound daily runs from Aberdeen to Westport with multiple intermediate stops and Sunday service. Times include 1:30 p m 2:00 p m 2:45 p m 3:00 p m 3:10 p m 8:00 a m 2:30 p m 10:30 a m and 5:00 p m. A stage from 419 East Wishkah Street calls at Hotel Washington and Oviatt Real Estate at the End of Ridge in South. Phone 471.
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