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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
8
County roundup of brief notes gathered by Aberdeen Herald correspondents from Chehalis County exchanges. Highlights include local happenings, small notices, and community snippets across the region.
A large shed was erected west of the N P depot for the EF K Bishop Mill. A D Devonshire attended the Hoquiam bankers session. J Taylor traveled to Tacoma to meet his wife returning from Canada. Women of Woodcraft members traveled to Aberdeen for 30 candidate initiations. Luroy Herriman and wife from Elma plan permanent relocation with Herriman named deputy county treasurer. Heating system installation at Montesano National builds promises fuel savings. N G Fisher resigns as N P agent. J W McKee to succeed. F Seeley to settle in Montesano. ex Puyallup band conductor takes over local duties.
Hoquiam brief notices record W C Schuneman’s Portland trip Mrs George H Emerson returns from the beach family of Salme sails for Pomona Cal Mrs 8 T Todd visits Wayneside Cal Indian woman Mrs Joe Chenoise body sent to Moclips M D Crane family departs for Astoria Clare McDonald returns to San Francisco after visit Dr Watkins reports Carl Johnson condition improving
Interurban car injury in East Hoquiam and a fatal scalding of 19 month old William Hort are reported. Local residents Johnson and family updates, depot operator Schofield on vacation, Addie Murgatroyd returns to Oakville, and land rent interest noted in Chehalis valley. Frank Feran and Sam Smith visit Portland and Oregon City. W W Hale wins celery prize at Hoquiam fair. Mrs May L McDonald dies in Tacoma. burial in Elma with Christian church services and Odd Fellows cemetery interment.
Mary Bagshaw has neuralgia this week. C W Howey sells his interest in Howey Balch Shingle Co to E W Smith of Gate. C W Bagshaw editor of the Cruiser confined to the house. Union Timber Co adds a new oil burning locomotive in operation with sales and satisfactory results. Ed Bell came up from Hoquiam Saturday and will stay as the mill where he worked has shut down.
The regular teachers examinations will be held November 12 13 and 14 at Montesano in the First Christian church on Spruce Street one block north and three blocks east of the courthouse Eldridge Wheeler county superintendent.
A brief listing notes the Aberdeen newspaper costs two dollars annually with a one dollar fifty cent advance price and indicates it is a twice weekly publication detailing its terms for readers and subscribers.
A party game wild with mixing lines from poets. Players draw a line and must complete a four line verse in the given meter and rhyme. Each player adds one line within three minutes, passing to the next neighbor, creating a collaborative stanza.
A column recounts parlor hypnotism tricks using five cards and a chosen card as a mystic display. It also relays a chicken language anecdote where a fowl’s chatter precedes discovering a loose perch and later a cat with newborn kittens in the hen house.
In northern India sheep serve as pack animals on steep foothill tracks. Each sheep carries sixteen to twenty pounds of grain in a small bag while being driven village to village to be shorn and sold for wool, then loaded again with grain for the return home.
A Scotch scientist proposes a new device at the base of a mosquito wing that may produce the familiar hum. The movable bar with teeth interacts with ridges as the wings flap, offering a probable sound source and warranting further study.
On the Lusitania nearly fifty clocks line the ship with a master clock in the chart house controlling them all. The setup highlights precise timekeeping aboard the liner.
A beetle works from dawn to night sewing and mending for many bugs. She forges gowns trousers coats socks and a rug to secure food and shoes for the children while hoping the afterlife has no thread or needles.
A poem contrasts optimistic farmers, bankers, and workers thriving on high prices with a slice of harsh reality. An irate farmer jokes at an employment office about slow farmhands, implying idle laborers who only move after dinner.
A playful verse in Brooklyn Life describes Cupid Incog entering a castle with shy humor then drawing a bow and shooting the speaker as she forgets that Cupid has a yearly hunting season. The piece blends romance and whimsy with a light Victorian tone.
The brief item notes a sad case where Howell, a longtime vegetarian, choked on a bug while advising friends to adopt a plant based diet. The fragment mirrors a Harper's Weekly anecdote about accidental fatality.
An orator spoke to a largely female audience in a western state urging first time voters to support his candidate. The crowd responded with enthusiasm as ballots were cast.
A quick wit provokes one young man to grin and another to scowl in a tense moment. The sharper man challenges the other, who retaliates by reaching for his chin in a charged confrontation.
In a clipped dialogue a man calls their marriage a temper incarnation while the other asks if it has lasted long. The terse exchange hints at strain within a union with biting humor.
A satirical verse urges a man unsure of his mind to marry quickly, arguing a wife will balance thoughts and provide direction as a collective partner with a mind for two. The quatrain uses witty admonition to frame marriage as practical harmony.
A dialogue scene hints at social tensions as one character asks if another enjoys playing with a Burr boy not allowed to associate with him. The exchange implies reputational concerns and possible class or peer-group constraints.
A short dialogue fragment shows a youth asked if he can support a wife, with his reply that he has never been married and cannot answer the question. The exchange hints at social expectations about marriage and financial responsibility.
A cryptic exchange notes a decisive strike described as hitting a vulnerable spot. The dialogue suggests a single, powerful blow as the key moment. The term solar perplexus implies a targeted area causing sudden incapacitation.
A tense exchange reveals a man calling another his worst enemy while acknowledging his friendly demeanor. The speaker notes a past grievance over a chance to marry his wife that was not taken, complicating their relationship.
A compiled list enumerates box numbers with corresponding streets and landmarks across Aberdeen and adjacent locales. Entries include mills, schools, depots, and commercial firms such as Anderson Mill, Heron Mill, Hart Wood Lumber, and Western Cooperage, with intersections like Market F streets and Franklin School noted.
Mrs. Wm. H. Serig of Wheeling West Virginia says her daughter suffered colds and a severe cough last winter but Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured her without a doctor. Her son also avoided croup with timely use of the syrup sold by Evans Drug Co.
Sprains swelling and lameness relieved by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The liniment reduces inflammation and soreness so a sprain may be cured in about one third the time of usual treatment. For sale by Evans Drug Company.
A twice a week transcript outlines a hap priced at $1.50 in advance. The note emphasizes prepayment and recurring publication cadence, with emphasis on cost and schedule.
Aberdeen Herald notes affordable printing services for various needs, highlighting quality work and reasonable rates for the community.
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