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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
3
Local notes and society items list visits, travel, and residences from Olympia to Tacoma. People like J E Craig, Miss Alice Burbank, Mrs Sol Medcalf, and others are noted visiting Portland Seattle Tacoma and nearby towns. Community clubs, church events, and the Evans Drug Co advertisements frame daily life.
The Aberdeen Woman's Civic Improvement association will present a concert directed by Mrs. Croxall to support the Chehalis County Boys' Summer camp. The event, to be held early in June, invites broad community support with tickets encouraged for all contributors. Details to follow.
About 400 Grays Harbor Norwegians gathered at Scandinavian hall Hoquiam last night to mark Norway's independence anniversary. Festivities began at 8 and extended late with Norse songs speeches in Norse and English, a banquet, dancing, games, and other entertainments.
Aberdeen lodge invites Elks and their ladies to a Ladies Night at the Elks home next Monday May 22. Bro. George B Williams will present humorous and descriptive readings with the Elks orchestra and local musical talent assisting.
Attorney W. I. Agnew was operated on Tuesday at Aberdeen General Hospital for intestinal trouble and is reported recovering nicely. He had planned to go to Rochester Minnesota to consult Mayo specialists but chose care by Dr. Paul Smits instead.
Former Water Superintendent Geo FL Mc Dougal sustained a severe bullet wound to his left hand on Tuesday morning when a pistol he was handling discharged accidentally. He was treated locally and listed in stable condition.
Congressman Joseph W. Fordney of Saginaw Michigan arrived Tuesday night to oversee his lumber interests. He admires President Taft but disagrees on Canadian reciprocity. With Democrats in control he paired and took a western trip.
The Northern Pacific Railroad, via Superintendent W C Albee of Tacoma, announces a Sunday excursion from Elma and intermediate points to Moclips with a May 28 start. Westbound departures include Elma 7:00, Mack's Spur 7:04, Satsop 7:07, Mantes 7:20, Aberdeen Junction 7:? and Aberdeen 7:50 a m with a return from Moclips around 0:80 p m to Aberdeen 7:04 p m.
The United States geodetic survey steamer Wilson under Capt. Fred A. Pope began surveying Grays Harbor on Tuesday. The operation will take several weeks. Tugboat captains report ample water on the bar, and once surveys finish, the Wilson will aid towing stone from Hoquiam to the north jetty.
Alfred W Willikson aged 19 son of Captain and Mrs Thomas Willikson died Monday at his parents home from a wound received earlier while hunting. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church with Rev B F Brooks officiating.
The Christian Science Church on First Street near Broadway invites all to Sunday school at 10 a.m. and church services at 11 a.m. The next Sunday’s subject is Soul and Body.
Captain Lundvaldt of the schooner Cecilia Sudden received notice from the German hospital in San Francisco that Mrs. Lundvaldt is completely paralyzed on both sides with no hope of recovery. He intends to go to San Francisco at once.
Judge H C Gilbert and colleagues in Kansas City discuss why roads built a decade ago outlast newer work. They credit strict adherence to plans and specifications and warn of a coming shift in road building toward real rock roads and tighter contractor compliance.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from various papers. A bride jokes about swapping gifts, a child questions hunters of the poor sheep, a cash or patent joke about nobility, customs blame overvalued goods, a pirate and moving picture quota gag, and a joke about glasses and corns.
160 acre wheat ranch under the Horse Heaven irrigation project in Klickitat county offered for sale. Will take part in trade. Contact C A Partlow or G H Trunk Factory at 317 East Wishkah Street, Ve.
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