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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1917
Page
3
A bulletin of local society notes includes travel to Wadena Seattle Deadwood and Port land. school picnics and club meetings. church and fraternal events. deaths and funerals. business moves and shipyard work. and community notices across Aberdeen Hoquiam and Montesano.
Aberdeen Printing Co offers modern printing services at affordable rates. The firm emphasizes quality, quick turnaround, and competitive pricing for businesses and individuals seeking reliable printing solutions.
W E Johnson secretary of the Satsop cheese factory reports the year ending May 1 shows 2,529,611 pounds of milk yielding 98,864 pounds butterfat. Cheese produced and sold worth 49350.87 at 17 cents a pound while farmers received 43.65 cents per pound for butterfat.
Harry Cooper once employed as a booze detective was arrested in Tacoma accused of soliciting a bribe from alleged bootleggers. The charge echoes a prior assault complaint by Chas Goettert in Aberdeen, which triggered the earlier incident.
August Peterson died Saturday at his Marion street home at age 56 after a two year illness. He is survived by his wife two daughters and two sons. The body lies at Elerding and Pinnick undertaking rooms awaiting arrival of a daughter from Idaho.
State Senator Elmer E Boner recalls Major General John J Pershing who led American forces in Europe. He describes Pershing as a handsome young lieutenant who drilled him at the University of Nebraska in 1896.
The annual city school room exhibit will be held Thursday next week in the High School gymnasium. The display includes student work in art handwork penmanship manual training and manual drawing.
Sudden and Christianson of San Francisco and Ed Hulburt of this city have purchased the Lytle mill at Hoquiam. Hulburt, already manager of the American and Hulburt mills in town, will also run the Hoquiam concern.
The spread recounts Jedediah Buxton an uneducated farmer who could measure land by sight and compute precise volumes. In a field he correctly solved a problem asking for the number of cubical eighths of an inch inside a triangular figure with sides 28 145 789 yards, 5 642 738 yards and 54 965 yards within about an hour.
Note on applying learned knowledge with good sense and polite learning. It argues that knowledge without civility harms social standing and that plain, unlettered wisdom is preferable to cleverness in many languages.
Describes a navy serge garment with a bolero jacket look, plaited details, gray beads highlighting the girdle and cuffs, a high collar and pockets in silk. Notes gray and blue as a preferred color pairing.
Practical sewing tips for altering sleeves and cuffs including crochet hangers for light garments, adding length with wider cuffs, and simple methods to lengthen or shorten sleeves. Instructions cover hooks and eyes with tape measures, machine gathering, and repurposing old blankets into a baby blanket with satin edging and a wreath embroidery.
The article advises bathing tired eyes with hot water and applying boracic acid diluted in distilled water. It warns that repeatedly raising brows accelerates wrinkle formation and suggests placing narrow plaster strips above the eyebrows as a silent reminder to stop the habit. Wear plasters until the habit is broken.
The piece surveys purple hats with violets pink camellia and grape detailing in dark purple straw hats. It notes wide use of orchid mauve and blue tones in summer millinery and bold ribbon trends with vivid stripes plaids and checks for sports outfits.
A step by step guide to vehicle prep from radiator fill to ignition checks. It instructs on inspecting tires and batteries, cleaning and oiling components, and cautions against altering the factory carburetor while emphasizing overall tightening and maintenance.
A guide to creating silhouette portraits using a sunlit window and a sheet as a light box. Pose the model with personal props like a pet or easel to reveal character, expose briefly to yield a true black and white profile, mount on white cardboard, and frame in black.
A plain guide advises tearing a clean margin from a newspaper to bind a deep cut. Wash the wound with clear water, wrap with the paper strip, and secure until bleeding stops and the area begins to dry. This method aims to halt flow in ordinary cuts.
A simple home method uses a small kerosene lamp held under a spider in its corner. Light the lamp in the late afternoon or early evening and aim the chimney under the spider so it falls into the flame and is destroyed. Repeat on subsequent evenings to eliminate spiders without sweeping them onto walls or carpet.
Instructions describe removing iodine stains with rectified spirit and ink stains with a lemon salt made from oxalic acid and cream of tartar. Apply by moistening a finger, dabbing the powder on the spot, then wash the linen in pure water. Caution notes warn the chemical is poisonous if swallowed.
A compact quotation asserts the vigor of earnestness with metaphorical force. It likens an earnest man to a wedge beetle or catapult, capable of forcing through hard obstacles. The reflection emphasizes inner resolve over material power.
A quick economical method repairs a blowout by lacing the damaged area with stout wire lacing. Cut away loosened rubber, punch evenly spaced holes, lace once per hole, and add inner protection with canvas or leather. A coil costs about 25 cents and may fix ten to fifteen blowouts, aided by a demountable rim and proper materials.
The text argues that precise engine cylinder and head grinding could create gas tight fits without a gasket but costs and risks caution. It notes gaskets are cheaper and absorb warping, while stressing clean surfaces after removal. It also cites Wordsworth on plain living and high thinking and social decline.
Washington reported in December 1777 that in camp on the 23rd at Valley Forge not less than 2898 men were unfit for duty due to being barefoot and naked. He described widespread famine starvation and desertions among troops with meat shortages and horses dying for want of forage and the camp surrounded by exhausted countryside.
A nervous operagoer behind two plot explainers complained to the performer audience is hard of hearing due to the music. He leaned forward and asked for louder speech to hear the dialogue clearly.
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