Chehalis County Happenings and Local News Snippets
Aberdeen Herald correspondents gather Chehalis County items from Montesano to Elma. News covers visits by Otterstein and Birdie Visart, travel by J A Pennick, European trip by the Hubble family, weather affecting Pioneer street, political campaign stops by Ernest Lister, marriages licenses issued, visits to Oregon and Illinois, local fruit yields, a broken driving horse, nurses returning home, a bronze medal for J T Thornton, and multiple local deaths and funerals in early spring.
Hoquiam Local Notes Around October 20
Hoquiam residents report births and arrivals with several mentions of October 20. Knud Bull and a daughter born to Rev and Mrs H T Yandle. Stolseth family welcomes a son. Visitors include Mrs Otis Todd of Raymond and Paul Jones of Logan NM. Firefighter Red Parton ill at Hoquiam General. Othela Bridges dies at age 21. typhoid fever claims James McCloskey and a relative attends the funeral.
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H. T. Yandle
Knud Bull
Youth's Companion Promises Rich Winter Reading Offer
The Youth's Companion promotes a winter subscription with nearly a hundred long stories and many articles by notable writers, plus humor sketches. It advertises free issues for the rest of 1909 and a fourteen color Venetian calendar for 1910, priced at 1.75 dollars. Evans Drug Co advertises pocket cutlery and barber supplies.
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Alaska
Companion
THE
Youth's Companion
Companion Building
Boston
Mass
Evans Drug Co
Local notes from Elma and area report visits and moves
A string of short items mentions A J Musgrove visiting his mother in Elma, J W Carey returning from Aberdeen, Mrs Emma McGinn visiting her mother, Hyder resigning from West's camp and returning home, about 20 000 bushels of grain threshed near Garrard creek by Smith and Platt, Mrs M C Brewer and son M W Brewer visiting Hoquiam, and a local Evans Drug Co. advertisement for rubber goods.
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J. W. Carey
Aberdeen
Emma McGinn
Porter
Farron
Garrard Creek
Smith and Platt
Aberdeen Triumphs In Muddy Gridiron Battle
Aberdeen High School defeated Hoquiam High 6 to 0 in a rain soaked game at Electric Park. Players battled in a sea of mud with 350 spectators watching a hard fought contest where Aberdeen secured the decisive score in the first half.
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Aberdeen
Hoquiam High
Electric Park
Hoquiam
Fire at West Hume Street Cottage Causes Minor Loss
Saturday night fire at 715 West Hume Street in a small cottage owned and occupied by Joseph Merchant. Fire department arrived after 10 o'clock and quickly subdued the blaze with nominal damage reported.
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Hume Street
Joseph Merchant
Printing at Herald Printery Offers Moderate Rates
Commercial printing advertised at Herald Printery located at 408 East Wishkah Street with moderate prices for sob printing services.
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The
Herald Printery
East
Wishkah Street
Nothing Was the Matter A Yachtsman Recounts A Strange Rescue
A yachtsman recalls a boy nicknamed Hank aboard a tramp collier who spied distress as the ensign hung upside down. Warships lowered lifeboats and raced to the grimy vessel, only to learn the captain’s puzzled explanation that the flag misled them into thinking a regatta was underway.
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Ile
Newport
Jackies
Tie
Hank
Light and Dark Cigars Explain Wrapper Color Myth
The piece debunks the belief that dark wrappers indicate stronger cigars. It notes that dark tobacco can be mild if well cured, while under cured dark or light tobaccos can both be strong. Cigar makers agree dark color often signals ripe leaves but not guaranteed strength.
Shade of Wrapper Says Little About Cigar Strength
The text argues that since all makers produce dark and light cigars with the same filler and wrappers form a minor portion, wrapper shade hardly affects strength. It advises asking for a strong cigar and notes a dealer may hand a dark one, prompting imagination.
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Harper's Weekly
The Spider Performs Its Change On Its Silk Line
The account describes a spider shedding its skin in preparation for a molt. It hangs by a single silk thread along a main line, cracks the thorax skin around, exposes the abdomen, and frees the legs with a strenuous struggle. After about fifteen minutes the old skin is shed and the spider appears limp briefly.
Cabbage Leaves. Wigg-What kind of cigars does Closefist smoke?
Exchange jokes about cigars with humorous wordplay referencing Closefist and a corned bee. The brief dialogue evokes a satirical, ribald tone typical of cartoonish exchanges.
Heiress Confesses She Bought The Count
In a terse exchange, a privileged friend asks who presented the count to the heiress. She replies she purchased him, indicating a transactional role in the matter. The remark, attributed to Lippincott's, implies hidden dealings behind courtly arrangements.
Aberdeen Pioneer window dedicated at Congregational church
The Aberdeen Pioneer window was dedicated yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock in the Congregational church. City clergy participated with addresses by Reverends Greene Brooks and the dedication address by Rev. C Mc Dermoth. Miss Minnie Cog ger's solo drew favorable remarks and the service pleased the pioneers and attendees.
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Aberdeen
Greene
Brooks
C. McDermoth
Minnie Cogger
Robbery at MoClips General Store
MoClips Washington October 23 thieves broke into W R McRae’s general merchandise store last night and stole about $19 from the till. No other loot reported and no clues as to the culprits.
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Taylor
Ovo
Ned Tee
Sears
Moclips
Wash
W. R. McRay
Milk Ticket to Poster Line Herald Printery Ad
A local advertisement highlights the Herald Printery offering services from milk tickets to full sheet posters, inviting customers to plan their business with the printer.
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Herald Printery
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Royal Grape
Ping PR Gweser
Chegalis County
Wee County
Chehalis County
Aberdeen Herald
Montesano
Mrs. Otterstein
Mrs
Henry Carbino
Birdie Visart
Walter Joseph Murphy
Patrick Murphy
Frank Harley
Des Moines, Iowa
Harley
W. E. Crist
J. A. Pennick
Melbourne
Wichita
Kansas
George Hubble
Mr. Hubble
Pioneer Street
Ernest Lister
Congress
W. H. Kneeland
Olympia
Lister
Rels
C. J. Barber
Niema Nieberg
N. W. Stetson
Bessie J, Bachelder Thomas White
Isabella Fraser
Wm. C. George
Nellie May Johnson
Prov Lari
Hilda Parola
Mar Salonski
Kay Taten
A. E. Leroy
Disston
Oregon
Ss A
Lillie Fleming
Tenino
P. C. Kibbe
O. G. Strneter
H. B. Elder
Illinois
C. C. Rasmussen
Miss Mae Cloney
Meerdeen
French's Hospital
J. T. Thornton
Elma
Eva Ward
Francis Ward
White Star
Oscar
Ward
John H. Houghton
Servis & Hillis Mill
Blair Hospital
Baptist Church
Rev. Root
Otis ‘Todd
Raymond
Mrs. J. L. Thurber
Paul Jones
Logan
New Mexico
City
Iee
Louis Torn
Thomas Ciepmain
Sparta
Mich
Red Parton
Hoquiam General Hospital
Othela Bridges
A. Biilees
M Street
Aiken
Johnson
Whitman County
Hoquis
James McCloskey
William McCloeher
Weider
Eneen
Jon Loraine
Oakville
A. J. Musgrove
Se Ree Gee
Hyder
West
M. C. Brewer
M. W. Brewer
Attorney Brewer
Aberdeen High School
Hoauiaem High
DeLosh
Vanacie
Pennoyer
Moulton
Phillips
Campbell
Cravenette
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