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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
3
A cluster of short notices records residents' trips to Portland Seattle Olympia and Birmingham. The piece notes social gatherings lectures and club meetings, with travels by Morrow Bailey Wylie and others, plus naval militia furloughs and weddings in San Francisco.
The city will pay $5 320 a year more than before the new wage scale, about $445 a month, after a town wide raise last week. Increases include roughly $163 for street workers 165 for fire 35 for police and 75 for water departments. Public opinion shows little criticism of the council’s action.
Announcement of Aberdeen head quarters for the local branch of the National League for Women's Service soon will be made. The chief work is to standardize efforts along constructive patriotism and promote efficiency of women in daily life. Mrs. W. H. Tucker chairs, Mrs. Elwood Bratton treasurer, Mrs. L. L. Goodnow publicity agent.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Emil A Milette a former Aberdeen councilman who was killed when he was run over by a train in the railroad yards at San Bernardino California The Moose lodge conducted the services at the Elerding Pinnick chapel with Rev Chas McDermoth officiating.
Chief of Police Dean Captain Jos Searles and Officer Graham raided the steamer Solano last night and confiscated 12 bottles of whiskey found in a sack among the potato supply. No arrests were made.
Mrs. Margaret Foreman died Friday in a local hospital at age 61. She lived with her son Roy Foreman near McCleary. Survived by a daughter Mrs. Taylor of Summit.
The Women’s Auxiliary of St Andrew’s Church will meet next Monday afternoon at Mrs Jennie Rosenberg’s home.
The Hudson River runs 300 miles with a tidal 150 mile reach from Troy to New York Bay where salt water backs up the estuary. Above Albany and Troy the stream becomes fresh and narrows toward its source.
The city plans about 100000 dollars in public works this year as shipbuilding boosts Aberdeens payroll. Contracts for paving 12 blocks total 46100 dollars, the grade school at Third and F streets costs 25000, two blocks on Division Street from Sixth to Eighth will be paved, streets will be graded, the Heron Street bridge approach repaired, and local labor used on paving the Olympic highway to Montesano.
Ensign H. M. Delanty U S N announces a new division of the naval militia to be organized in Aberdeen and Hoquiam before June 5. Formation requires 80 signatures, with similar divisions planned at Raymond South Bend Bellingham Everett the state university and Tacoma.
Only five hundred names were secured to petitions for a referendum on the bone dry law in Grays Harbor county. Aberdeen contributed 238 signatures and Hoquiam about 200. A statewide total of 35,000 names must be obtained to block the law from going into effect June 4.
Five automobiles from Aberdeen and two from Hoquiam will drive to Bellingham on June 11 and 12 to compete for the 1918 state Moose convention hosted by Aberdeen. A dance at the A. O. U. W. hall next Friday night aims to raise funds for travel expenses.
The Olympi highway between Montesano and Aberdeen was closed yesterday as Grays Harbor Construction began paving a 21 5 mile stretch east of the Country Club. Traffic to be rerouted for several weeks via the South Side road through Cosmopolis or the Wyncoche Wishkah road.
Garlic, cited in Numbers xi 5, remains plentiful in Egypt and spread to southern Europe. Today it is cultivated in temperate regions worldwide and grown in many countries.
Tony Bibich three months old, son of Mr and Mrs Steve Bibich of 116 West Scott street, died Sunday. Funeral services were held yesterday at Whiteside chapel.
Sunday was a rough day for Dean's All-Stars as South Bend beat them 7 to 0 in the morning and Raymond defeated them 9 to 1 in the afternoon on Willapa Harbor. Manager notes lack of practice likely caused the blows, but the team expects improvement in upcoming games.
W Smith an employee of the Copalis Lumber company near Carlisle was struck in the back by a falling limb yesterday morning and died shortly after. A resident of Aberdeen for three years he moved to Carlisle three months ago and is survived by his widow and one child in Prineville Oregon.
The Aberdeen Elks lodge raises a large flag on the new pole in front of the club house on Flag Day June 14. Ceremonies move from the Grand theater to the lodge. Tacoma attorney Maurice Langhorne will deliver the address.
The Knights and Ladies of Security host a free evening at the Bijou theater with a motion picture program featuring convention scenes from the lodge and a comedy, followed by a musical program.
A playful exchange of wordplay noting the letter M appearing in a moment and a minute, then a pun about a milkman riding his rounds like a mill horse. The dialogue centers on language quirks and humor.
Oldest permanently established men’s specialist on Grays Harbor promises cures for chronic conditions and blood illnesses. He touts office hours, free consultation, and proofs of success, claiming to treat ruptures, piles, gland issues, nervous decline, bladder and kidney diseases, head noises, catarrh, and other male specific ailments with intravenous medicine and up to date methods.
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