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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR mentions a train arrival and departure with garbled names and locations. no coherent event or identifiable entities can be confirmed from the readable text.
Across Aberdeen Hoquiam and nearby towns the county district convention of Rebekahs opened with delegates present. Shelton High School staged In Quality Street to a large audience. Hoquiam W C T U officers were elected for the year. Satsop dairy reports a record daily output of 9 980 pounds of milk and 54 cheeses. McCleary seeks bids for permanent Olympia highway improvements. Markham reports a smallpox case prompting vaccination. Montesano plans to place several registered bulls aided by W J Patterson bank loan funds.
Regular success marks the Hotel Washington with guests including C. W. Fee roadmaster of the O W R N J L Stannard water project consultant R D Merrill T Jerome W H May A Schofield Wm Bennett Merill Ring Lumber Seattle Allan H Dougherty capitalist Seattle T F Palins Doty Wash Cutler Lewis Seattle L D Freeland M Shank Portland and more, per The Herald.
Mr E A Morck and Mr G Sutcliff attended the funeral in Seattle for Ernest Carstens late president of the Scandinavian Bank and founder of Carstens Packing. Both men are related to the deceased.
Two nationally known speakers will lecture at the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday May 21 at 2 30 pm. Charles of California, famed for wit and facts, and Jason L Sizer of Wisconsin a preacher lecturer and writer will discuss A Dry Nation in Thirty Months.
One of the greatest features is a thirty piece symphony orchestra. An innovation will be the appearance of the Usherettes three young women in Civil War costumes who will assist seating patrons. The production promises high colored action with music guiding every scene from grand battle to tender pathos. Grand theater, one week, starting Sunday.
The Grant Hotel reports unprecedented business, listing numerous recent guests including J. S. Sheng Seattle S. Allen E. Parr W. Ollman J. LaBelle C. Martin S. Henry R. Adams and wife Portland Mrs Leroy Mrs Boling McCleary T. A. Caren Malone H. McMaster Olympia H. Carpenter Carlisle R Ray Alpha C Swanson Elma P S Guilford Westport Geo Hampton San Francisco L Carew St Paul J A Dallas Victoria B C.
Pyramid Flour is popular everywhere. The copy emphasizes natural quality and the use of the best grains by millers to ensure the flour remains of high grade.
A list of fire alarm box locations in city areas and streets is presented along with brief advertising blurbs from The Herald urging persistent advertising for business. A Memorial Day dance at Electric Park features the Grays Harbor orchestra with 50 cent admission and ladies free. Aberdeen wins the first semi professional baseball game at Electric Park, beating Hoquiam 11 to ?.
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