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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
8
Items of interest from all Chehalis County sections gathered by Aberdeen Herald correspondents and gleaned from county news.
Miss Ida Glaser returns from Oregon. Sidney Moor Heath visits Spokane. Mr and Mrs M D Cartes of Portland visit friends here. R H Fleet Montesano real estate man in town on business. Otis Williams and friends visit Montesano. W N Adams travels to Portland to join family. O E Willey opens new law office at 727 Street near First National Bank. F Winkleman from Satsop visits family. frost damages garden truck in Satsop area.
Hoquiam ship builder J. G. Joyce has been employed to repair the steamer Humboldt which recently ran onto rocks in Puget Sound. Herbert Pierson and wife returned from California with Miss Ida and Miss Leona Safley Calistoga to visit in the city. Fritz Rebotzki traveled to Seattle for an operation at a hospital and the procedure was reported successful and the patient improving.
Sheriff McWhinney visited Elma on Thursday while Hugh Byles returned after a long summer absence. Mrs. Wakefield and Louise left for Tacoma for a brief visit. Dr. Blair came back from Lebam to practice in Elma. Mrs. Smith and Evelyn went to Centralia for a few days. Mrs. Kibbe of Tenino visits the Fleming home. Wm. Stilson was summoned to Rochester for his father Nathan’s illness. Mr. Gwin of Oakville and Emma McDonald married in Elma on October 7 at the bride’s home.
In Oakville Dr Weddell of Elma was in town Tuesday. Dee Collier of Garrard Creek killed a black bear Tuesday. F H Stevens returned from Tacoma Wednesday evening. Floyd Wakefield purchased the livery barn of Joseph Mauermann. Mrs Louise Eisenberg of South Tacoma visited friends Thursday. C W Palmer moved into the Watkins house in the west end. Mrs W D Cameron of Seattle is visiting at the Mauermann home east of town.
A dramatic adaptation by Thomas Dixon Jr draws sharp controversy in press attacks but is expected to attract audiences on the Pacific Coast. The play chronicles Reconstruction and Ku Klux Klan activity, advocating white supremacy and premiering at the Grand theater on October 13.
A health warning advises adults to eat only what is needed to repair tissue and keep warm and claims excess food causes stomach trouble rheumatism and kidney disorders. It recommends Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and notes sale by Evans Drug Co.
The Herald stands as Gray’s Harbor’s most widely read newspaper, trusted by local readers and valued by advertisers for its broad reach and prominence in the community.
The Helene and Alice Cook load at Slade mill for Honolulu while Sven sails from Wilson mill to San Francisco. M Turner loads for Callao Peru and E B Jackson awaits new masts at Wilson mill. Bessie Dollar loads for Australian ports and Fifield sails for San Francisco. Westerner loads at Western mill for San Pedro as Pollock arrives to load for San Francisco. S C Allen sails with 735923 feet of lumber for Honolulu. G C Lindauer and Centralia arrive to load for San Francisco and San Pedro respectively. Chehalis loads for San Pedro from Aberdeen mills. W J Patterson sails from American mill with about 900000 feet for San Francisco.
City announces sealed proposals due by 5 p.m. October 14 1908 for Fifth street grubbing grading gravelling gutters wooden sidewalks under Local Improvement District No 233 based on city plans. Each bid requires 5 percent bond or certified check. bids must be endorsed Bid for Fifth Street and may be rejected.
Ordinance 740 approves TI street gravelling storm sewers and wooden sidewalks under Local Improvement Districts 234 and 284. The measure rejects any bids failing to meet the specified requirements.
Local improvement project on Eighth Street from Broadway to N Street planned under Ordinance No 741. The work includes graveling storm sewers Sutters wooden sidewalks and related infrastructure by the engineer at City Hall. Bids for District No 285 are to be submitted in envelopes labeled Bid for Eighth Street.
Advertising blurb promotes Chamberlain's Salve as a remedy for chapped hands and face and claims it heals in one night. It also markets it for sore nipples burns and scalds with Evans Drug Co as seller.
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