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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
3
A garbled historical text fragment discusses purification, health, and bodily purity with disjointed phrases. It mentions Pierce and mediating remedies, aiming to drive away disease and restore vital force, though the text is heavily corrupted.
The readable parts describe trains and elm leaves with garbled wording. No clear people, places, or events emerge to form a coherent news item.
A wide range of topics from state infrastructure to local industry and politics. Notable items include rising rivers on the Columbia and Wenatchee, April migrant moves to Aberdeen, beet sugar prospects in Yakima, stock of trout fry for Cowlitz lakes, and railway projects between Wenatchee Leavenworth and a new Pullman depot. Also covered are prohibition enforcement, court actions, church meetings, and regional sports results including balkline billiards and interscholastic meets.
A digest of small town notes from Hoquiam Montesano and nearby areas covers visits by Nebraska travelers, a police raid and an accidental arrest, school centralization sentiment, Memorial Day plans, business optimism in shipbuilding, pavilion plans at Pacific Beach, clean-up day at Oakville, weather concerns in Matlock, and big Fourth of July preparations in Elma localities.
Aberdeen high school won the afternoon meet at Elma by leading with the most points while the grade schools topped all rivals in the morning division.
The list records multiple deaths and funeral notices. Peter Shibley was found dead May 9 in a box car at Montesano, about age 55, with ties to the Steam Shovelers association and the Gold Eagle hotel in San Francisco. Other obituaries include Willis Gibson of Porter dying May 6 at 70, survived by six brothers and two sisters. J R Tollock, former manager in Aber deen and Montesano, dies in Racine Wisconsin. Matilda T. Shelley dies May 6 in Aberdeen at 77, with three sons and a brother surviving. infant Howard Harris dies May 6. John Birkich’s infant son dies May 5. Norman Hagerman, formerly of Montesano, dies in San Francisco of typhoid fever. John Niemi dies May 10 after surgery aged 32.
The Grand Theater will present a wonderful picture this week starting May 21 featuring a dramatic scene from The Birth of a Nation. The film promises a stirring display of cinema history and is scheduled for daily showings through the week.
Last Sunday saw a rare snowfall near Lake Quinsault and in the Elma neighborhood, unusual for this late in the year and the Hump tulips area.
The hotel reports growing business with a list of guests registered this week from Seattle Tacoma Portland Centralia Astoria Olympia Elma Shelton and Berkeley among others. Names include H V Hoag G T Gray C Bond C Harvey Langberg and many more from across the West Coast and Australia.
May looks wetter than April per the county auditor with 87 liquor shipping permits issued last Monday. Women remain a large portion of the applicants.
A city tennis tournament is planned for this summer with a second event for Southwest Washington either here or in Hoquiam.
The Grays Harbor Rod and Gun Club moved a quarter million trout fry from the Sassop hatchery to a site near Stevens Creek where four rearing ponds had been built.
Next Sunday at 8 pm Evangelist W A Godwin begins a series of special services at the First Methodist Episcopal church. Once a Pacific Coast gambler known as Three-Fingered Jack he now draws wide acclaim for his preaching and leads a large chor—fine singing.
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