Chehalis County News Highlights From Aberdeen Herald
Dr. W. S. Herdman arrives from Seattle en route to Westport for a summer home. Duncan Campbell returns from Oregon prospecting and fives on a Yaquina Bay homestead. Mrs. George F. Clayton leaves for North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Morgan back from Eugene to summer at Arctic. A. E. Leroy notes school money irregularities among married couples and wives. Keeley injured when horse fell. sprains right limb. Frank L. Morgan to Olympia. oyster seed consignment received. Memorial day address to be delivered by Rev. Thomas J. Shuey in Seattle. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McGuire at Hoquiam General Hospital. High school graduating class presents Mr. Bob at Hoquiam Theater. audience praises fine, professional-like performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Campbell
Oregon
Yaquina Bay Country
George F. Clayton
George H. Arland
North Dakota
G. W. Morgan
Hugene
Artic
North River
H. B. Marey
H. C. Latimer
Hoquiam
A. E. Leroy
Elma
C. T. Hall
Thomas J. Shuey
Seattle
J. B. Caren
Portland
Dan Steeples
A. D. Hicks
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
H. G. McGuire
Hoquiam General Hospital
Bob
Hoquiam Theater
Pit
Dome
Elma Residents Return and Local Real Estate Change
Mat Laprath returns to Elma after a year away. Bowman Mead case attorney I J Hughes visits from Aberdeen. Joseph Garett sells his farm west of Mima to Chas D Hurd for 1250, marking the departure of Chehalis county’s oldest resident. Garnett, nearly eighty, plans to leave town after a reclusive life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat Laprath
Elma
Joseph Garett
Mima
Chas. D. Hurd
Chehalis County
Mr. Garnett
Local Visit and Prize Draw Attract Community Note
Mr and Mrs Ora L Murrey of Greenwood visited friends Wednesday. Dr Penepacker announced the winning auto harp number Wednesday evening. Dora Bagshaw travelled from Montesano and stayed with her parents Sunday. S H Williams has been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora L. Murrey
Greenwood
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve Praised By Tracy Man
Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California says his luckiest day was buying Bucklin’s Arnica Salve. Two 25c boxes cured years of itching piles that resisted other treatments. Sold under guarantee at Evans Drug Co. and Postoffice Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklin
Charles F. Budahn
Tracy
California
Evans Drug Co
Postoffice Pharmacy
Humor and Philosophy by Duncan M. Smith
A humorous verse urges readers to imagine owning an auto despite financial limits. It advises visiting car lots, maintaining a cool demeanor, and testing each car to get rides, highlighting the salesman’s artful salesmanship and suggesting the mock ritual as a light summer pastime.
Disproving a Law and the Tailors of Politics
The piece jokes that dressing a candidate is easier than sewing a nation. It quotes a line about nine tailors making a man and argues a wrinkled coat reflects politics, suggesting a secondhand clothesman could win votes better than designers.
I am having a new opera cloak made
A short dialogue features a speaker asking for a cloud as a metaphor for a silvery lining. The exchange turns to wishes for favorable weather and a gleaming lining for the cloak, with humor about clouds and rain.
Thaw's Finish and a Boarder for Evelyn and Harry
A compact note hints at a possible arrangement with Evelyn and Harry as boarders after a thaw. The lines suggest mutual congratulations and a consideration of a shared living setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Harry
Clever at It Bragging demeans a man in witty aside
In a short dialogue a group comments on a man who brags as his only notable skill. The exchange frames the boast as comic vanity and social ridicule.
Pert Paragraphs on Common Sense and Self Perception
A reflective column contemplates personal usefulness and restraint. It notes the world should applaud effort, cautions that egotism worsens with aimless talk, and argues simple pleasures and courtesy can mask selfishness. It also comments on married life as a social constant.
City Advertising Street Improvements Plan and Taxes Due
Ordinances April 15 authorize B street paving with 18 inches sandstone at $500 immediate payment plan and a Jefferson avenue sidewalk project costing $150. A 16 foot plank roadway is set for Oak, Griffin, Ash streets. Market street improvement tax due. delinquent after May 8. Protests for Second Street gravel due by May 6. Various taxes and bids, warrants called by City Treasurer Sargent through May 27 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B Street
Second and
Market
Jefferson Avenue
First Streets
Oak Street
Ninemire Street
Griffin Street
Ash Street
Hemlock Street
Market Street
Division Street
N. P
Second
G Street
K Street
Blaine
M Streets
River Street
Eighth Street
Prime and Normal Schools in Historical Note
The passage discusses prime numbers below 1000 and their distribution, noting 169 primes under 1000 with counts by hundred ranges. It then traces the origins of normal schools in Europe, listing early German schools from 1735 to 1757, the first French teacher training school in 1810, and early schools in Holland and England, concluding with the first normal school in the United States in 1859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Stettin
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Berlin
Hanover
France
Holler
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aberdeen Herald
Montesano
W. S. Herdman
Seeattle
Westport
J. E. Keeley
Mr. Keeley
Frank L. Morgan
Olympia
Elme
Mr. Nay
Inez Underhill
Castle Rock
J. N. Simpson
Velma
Centralia
C. H. Depp
George Martell
I. J. Hughes
Aberdeen
Hughes
Bowman-Mead
Frank Groundwater
C. C. Combes
Wm. Bee Rufus Brewer
H. A. Balch
Prank Mann
Seatlle
Oakville
A. W. Barkley
Aberdeen, Wash
Chamberlain
Avare Dey Comnoney
Odo
Grippe
Red Cross Pharmacy
Humor
Philosophy
Duncan M. Smith
City Advertising
Sargent
Hamburg
Ise
Sadie
Panama
Madras
Primrose Merigold
Batiste
Eneer
Nottingham
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