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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
3
Local notices report visits and travel for residents including Don Griffith moving to Seattle and W N Mault visiting Cromwell Indiana. Evens Drug Co advertises piano store editions and magazine subscriptions along with household goods and services.
Morris Campbell died Monday evening and was buried yesterday afternoon from his East First Street home. An honored Odd Fellows member, he was a pioneer mill sawyer with many Grays Harbor friends. Survived by wife and five children: Mrs. E. F. Barker of Seattle, A. H. Campbell of Bellingham, Mrs. E. R. West, Charles and Robert Campbell of Aberdeen.
Terrace Heights Circle of the Parent Teacher Association met yesterday afternoon at the school house. Mrs W C Mumaw read a paper on Manners Unicorn and Mrs Phillip Bertrand spoke on Wholesome Merrymaking while Mrs H B McNeil discussed The Simplicity of Clothes. Miss Story's pupils provided music.
Attorney Ira N. Gardner came back Tuesday night after a five week trip to Middletown New York. He was accompanied by his mother Mrs Belle H Gardner who may stay here for the winter if climate suits. Gardner says his eastern section is thriving but he prefers the northwest and was glad to return to Aberdeen.
A snippet notes St Martin's church in Canterbury as the oldest church in England still in use today. The playful quotes reflect public humor and social chatter from various papers like Judge Dallas News Buffalo Express and Chicago Record-Herald, illustrating late 19th or early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
F. B. Prante was brought from Copalis by Constable C. Y. Fenwick and jailed in the city jail to await a county attorney charge for threatening the lives of his family.
Ida Hill a 13 year old girl pleads guilty to petty stealing from houses and scholars at school. She was sent to Montesano on Wednesday to be committed to the State Training School at Chehalis.
A Victorian quip notes women valued as social gossips over eloquent tongues. The author, quoting Stevenson, suggests everyday chatter by the fire matters more in marriage than hosting a famous foreigner at dinner.
The Aberdeen High football team heads to Electric Park to face Olympia High with a lineup similar to the Whitworth game last Saturday. Olympia is expected to offer a tougher challenge under Coach Hawley. Cranberry grower A F Chamberlain visited Aberdeen to consult Samuel Benn about cranberry culture near Olympia. Benn owns 200 acres with 10 planted in berries this year.
George Schlager was arrested for beating his wife and found guilty by a police court jury on Tuesday afternoon. He was fined $1.09 after evidence of great provocation was presented and accepted by the jury.
City Librarian Miss Ida L. Rhinehart reports 391 new volumes added in 15 days of September open to the public. Of these, 81 were purchased and 310 donated. Circulation reached 419 volumes to adults and 155 to juveniles, with readers near 800.
Westley Warner employed by Barber Asphalt Co. was caught in a gear at the works yesterday and dragged into a sprocket wheel. He sustained severe bruising and lacerations to his right arm and was taken to Aberdeen General Hospital.
The Salvation Army will hold a service of song tomorrow evening at 410 East Wishkah Street. Christian friends and the general public are invited. Coffee and cake will be served for ten cents to help meet current expenses.
Aberdeen Printing Co operating as Particular Printers at 309 East Wishkah Street in Aberdeen offers printing services.
The gasoline steamer Myrtle Endressen, recently launched at the Endressen shipyard, departed Wednesday for Seattle to engage in halibut fishing off the coast. She measures 90 feet in length, 18 feet beam, 10 feet draught, powered by a 100 horsepower Gorman gasoline engine.
Canadian Homestead Co advertises free homesteads in Alberta offering 160 acres of level land near the railroad. Pay $50 upfront with $25 later once on the land plus special club rates. Call 216 South F St for details.
An offer to learn how to select and combine foods to cure stomach and intestinal issues. Eugene Christian invites readers to request his free book Scientific Eating detailing the lessons and dietary approach. He provides his New York address at 213 W 79th St.
An advertisement for Art Rug Weavers at 119 North G Street offers rugs woven from old carpets rag rugs and silk portieres and similar textile work.
City carriers failed to deliver the Herald Tuesday and Friday by 6 p m. Call City Messenger Co at phone 72 to arrange immediate delivery of a copy.
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