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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment indicates a local office at Bennett Place in Columbia dealing with duties on certain outfits and goods. The text references counts or measurements and an effort to clarify responsibilities, with mentions of a seven outfit and related duties.
Washington items note Tekoa heat payouts about 750000 dollars and Colfax brewery starting this week. Olympia reports six final proofs at land office and several homestead entries. Kittitas County personal property value tops 1.28 million, real estate taxes to December. Tekoa mills store 80000 bushels of wheat, shipping to Asia, butter output at Chehalis valley creamery and 160 pounds daily. Cantonese arrivals, Elwha gold shows, and Selby Smelting Co. offer for ore. Everett customs receipts top 16268 dollars in silver. Cranberry harvest near Ilwaco exceeds 6000 bushels, with diverse harvest labor. Pacific coast rail actions, road graders, lost population estimates, Tangent steam plow device, and Coos County apple contracts noted. Coos to Kernville cannery outputs, Rogue River eggs, and Astoria & Columbia River track work update.
Five masked robbers in women disguises halt the St. Louis fast mail near Independence at the Chicago and Alton crossing. They seize the engine and express car, rifle the express messenger, and escape with $2.65. The crew is unharmed but the attack delays service for over an hour.
A Valparaiso dispatch claims a Chile Peru and Argentina dreiband exists to erase Bolivia from South America. Tensions rise as Bolivian fears of war grow, with Chile denying imminent action while pursuing alliances and arms aid for Peru.
Philip A. Campbell of Brooklyn New York transfers a large mining property in township 12 north range 6 east to the Industrial Gold Placer Company for 20 million dollars in capital stock. The report notes a separate item about cats and other animals having a removable false eyelid for eye cleansing or protection from bright light.
The market remains disappointing for bulls as bearish factors persist. Large receipts, heavy winter wheat rains, and weaker flour demand drive liquidation lowering May wheat. Look for eventual upward turn when main supply sources exhaust, but near term supplies stay tight enough to limit upside.
A Missouri man named Boze Tolliver travels from aim to winnings at a Chicago shooting gallery where turkey prizes lure locals. He bets 50 cents, fires five shots with a Hawkens rifle, and after a dramatic session garners a chance at a turkey amid a crowded crowd.
Clifford Howard recounts a 1621 feast where Pilgrims and Indian chiefs shared a state style banquet. The menu featured roast turkey with beechnuts venison pasties oyster chowder and clams among other dishes as autumn sunshine and forest scents set a celebratory mood.
A reflective piece contrasts gloom and hopeful visions of spring with war and suffering. It recalls a Thanksgiving scene where a firing of a rifle for turkeys leads to a jokey exchange about payment, ending with a reminder to give thanks amid death and faith.
Boze arrives home triumphant with a turkey and money after a successful rifle shooting stint. The Tollivers host a large meal, and Boze reflects that a dependable shooter can sometimes do good even when others doubt. The Chicago Chronicle notes his skill and steady mindset.
A quaint brown house hosts Thanksgiving with Grandma Dow, uncles, cousins, and aunts gathering from near and far. The wanderer returns to bless kin as a grand crowd fills the tiny home around the hearth with songs, food, and grateful reminiscences.
The article surveys early movable Thanksgiving practices from January to December across colonies, noting rain prayers, victories, and harvests as triggers. It traces the shift to an annual autumn holiday, influenced by Puritan religious aims, and marks 1858 as a turning point toward a universal American custom with Lincoln’s 1868 proclamation guiding future observances.
In a Kansas town during a major lawsuit a twelve year old boy on the stand tested time by watching a courtroom clock while observers and his own lawyers watched. He claimed to have spent ten minutes fetching water for his mother and quipped I think I’ve got the water drawed as the limit neared.
Winkle and Alice discuss bringing a young man to a turning point on Thanksgiving. Mrs. Winkle asks for knowledge and he notes a broken wishbone over every door in the house, suggesting superstition or bad luck.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes gratitude tied to turkey at Thanksgiving. The text blends humor about roast and a legal figure, a Judge, with seasonal reflection on appreciation from loved ones during the holiday period.
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