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Reader note shows a balance total of 5.00 and a business amount 6.15.90. The fragment includes figures and labels but lacks full context or dates. Further detail is unavailable in the readable text.
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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1897
Page
4
Reader note shows a balance total of 5.00 and a business amount 6.15.90. The fragment includes figures and labels but lacks full context or dates. Further detail is unavailable in the readable text.
A fragment notes a request for fifteen cents in stamps in exchange for mailing a map of the United States. The item reads like a brief promotional or stray exchange offer with limited context.
The Superior Court of Washington Chehalis County orders a sheriff’s sale under a special execution issued October 27 1897 in the case of Devonshire and Johnson against Blair and others. The lot for sale is Lots 1 and 2 in Block 3 of Blackburns and Westfalls Plat in Montesano. Sale set for December 4 1897 at 11 a.m. at the courthouse front door Montesano for cash to satisfy the $915 judgment plus costs interest and attorney fees.
A promotion claims instant relief and a certain cure for a cold preventing pneumonia or consumption. Evans Drug Co states One Minute Cough Cure provides rapid remedy.
Quick items from Aberdeen include new orders at G L Hilton's and Sheriff Creech's adept deputy in town. Del Norte sails to San Francisco, milk from Pioneer Dairy, and delayed eastern mail due to snow. Community notes cover medical visits, church events, oats of rutabagas, registration deadlines, and local business promotions.
A quirky ad touts Schilling's Best baking powder with money-back claim. It promises savings on a package labeled cheap and hints at cake consumption. The ad mentions Schilling & Company and includes garbled brand phrasing suggesting a grocery fracer context.
The article reflects on the origins of Thanksgiving from 1621 and notes it as a harvest festival in Washington state. It urges gratitude for abundant crops and national freedoms, highlights family gatherings, and expresses hope that the holiday strengthens love of country and patriotism.
Friends and relatives express heartfelt thanks to those who aided during the illness and funeral of Mrs Addie Crowther. The note credits acts of kindness to kitchen relief and last rites, signed by I C Crowe and others, with gratitude and faith.
Judge T J Schofield died at home in Montesano after months of illness. Born 1835 in Otsego County New York he moved to Michigan in 1859 and served in the Civil War. He was district attorney in 1878 and mayor of Hastings Nebraska in 1892. Funeral was held Monday in the Methodist church. Interment at Wynoorhee cemetery. Shaker Digestive Cortical ads follow. Youth's Companion ad promotes subscriptions and a free gold embossed calendar for 1898 readers.
The Aberdeen free reading room hosts an employment bureau offering job opportunities and assistance to mill workers loggers and housekeepers. Epwikp Lycan operates the service from the reading room.
A notice declares a general election in Abe City for city treasurer health officer city clerk two council seats in ward one ward two and an unexpired term in ward three. Polling places are the first ward house on Prout street and the council rooms for the second ward. November 1, 1507. City Clerk A Brack.
A modified Northern Pacific schedule takes effect March 25 freeing Vers from Aberdeen for a new urban nation with rapid service. The Spokane area plans a service link, with a premiere event scheduled the day after departure.
Quick acting nasal balm by Ely Brothers promises rapid relief from congestion and inflammation. It claims to cleanse nasal passages and restore taste and smell, with both full size and trial 10 cent options available by mail from 56 Warren Street New York.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a landlady recounting a celebrated scientist who argued coffee addiction harms the body. A star boarder asks about substitutes used in boardinghouses and the scientist’s critique of common alternatives.
Anecdotal piece recalls a New Orleans traveler describing his journey to California via the southern route. He contrasts a Mojave heat of 118 degrees with a snowbound Tchachap pass at zero, retold with humorous detail and a deflation of pretension. The passage closes with a quotation from Emerson and a brief comic exchange from Harlem Life.
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