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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
2
The store promotes a large selection of spring and summer coats and all wool suits at cut prices to clear stock by July 4. It promises free alterations, perfect fits, and emphasizes light wool suits for Aberdeen’s climate with bargains sourced from Eastern demand.
A wide range of dresses in serge linen wool and silk fabrics are offered with prices from 3.00 to 18.75. Store alteration and fitting are done on site so customers see the finished look before paying. White dresses dominate with sizes from 14 Misses to 44 Ladies.
The Oregon-Washington Railway and Navigation Co. began a new car service between Montesano and Hoquiam with a 72 foot, 74,000 pound car of modern design. It seats 65, has baggage space, air cooling, acetylene lighting, and automatic ventilation. The schedule includes two daily round trips Montesano to Centralia area and two to the Harbor, with stops at Melbourne and South Aberdeen among others, achieving up to 40 mph on the new line.
George Brown a longshoreman in Chehalis County learned by letter from Governor Ernest Lister that he had been granted a pardon. Brown had served months of nearly a year for beating his wife in a Aberdeen justice court. The wife also served weeks in jail and is now released.
A Washington Herald item notes a man pressing a woman for answers as she declares the rejection final. The exchange includes the remark What’s the matter and a lingering sense of consequence. The piece conveys a sharp social exchange from the era.
The Woolworth Building in New York, recently completed, lit for the first time by 80,000 lights as President Wilson pressed the button. The 55 story tower stands 792 feet high, costs 13 million dollars, and will house about 10 000 tenants. It features extensive wiring and plumbing and dwarfs older skyscrapers on Manhattan’s river end.
The speaker vows a personal blessing on a friend in ancient Japan. The poem invokes divine regard for the friend’s joys and wishes the speaker to live long enough to witness the friend’s happiness. The voice blends reverence with affectionate, loyal sentiment.
A quotation urges belief in self and resolve to resist evil companions and habits. It stresses faith in conscience and in God as present help in need, guiding individuals to become ministers of help to others in times of need.
Sir George Turner states leprosy is spread by contagion, but most lepers are less dangerous to the public than a person with consumption, prompting health-policy reflections.
Joss sticks are produced in large quantities in China and other eastern nations. They use bamboo cores and are treated with odoriferous drugs such as aconite to deter rodents and camphor to ensure steady burning.
The article profiles J. C. Campbell of Christopher with post office Auburn box 124 as a stern veteran and retired farmer. He recounts long lasting stomach trouble and catarrh and credits Plant Juice with stopping his head roaring and improving digestion. It notes the product’s claims and a money back guarantee via Eaton and Swaney Drug Store.
The Chehalis county court affirms in favor of William M. McKinney against John Zieman and others representing the Polish Catholic church of Aberdeen who sought transfer of real property under an alleged contract. Zieman appealed and the lower court ruling stands.
A devotional meditation urges OLI UTE to keep the spirit pure and follow truth above earthly crowns. It extols nature and God’s works, from seas and mountains to stars and air, as the source of life and virtue, warning to guard creation from pollution.
A meditation on treasure found in charity piety temperance and self control that endures beyond earthly wealth. The text urges wise people to perform good deeds for an enduring treasure that cannot be stolen and follows itself.
A fragment from Louisville Courier-Journal notes mild winter weather with a hint of spring. Included are caustic quips about Blinks and a reference to a Buffalo Express remark calling him a small caliber man then a big bore.
Hoquiam directors adopt a metal car emblem for members with a 2% by 4% inch plate showing Hoquiam in a diamond. The emblem will be displayed on the front of member cars to advertise Hoquiam abroad.
Mrs Edith Wilkins of Westport died at Hoquiam hospital and will be sent to Rochester for interment on the O W train today. Mrs A L Napper wife of the night operator is noted in Hoquiam death notice.
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