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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1914
Page
2
A Southwest Washington retailer promotes large, diverse Dry Goods Garments and Shoes stock ahead of price increases due to European war. They claim prewar buying, no current price rises, and urge customers to buy now before substantial hikes.
A humorous brief notes that a man proposes when a woman makes up her mind she wants him, reflecting a playful social quip from the Boston Transcript.
Court records list divorces granted in several cases. Judgments for plaintiffs include amounts up to 5,405.15 with costs. Instruments filed with the county auditor cover numerous real estate transfers and timber deeds in Aberdeen Hoquiam and surrounding areas through September 1914.
The document lists several cases with parties and counsel across debt, promissory notes, divorce, garnishment, condemnation, and attachment. Names include Norris Safe & Lock Co versus J W Porter, Olive B Spilman versus Edward Spilman, and Pearl Jones versus Oliver Jones, with attorneys E S Avey W H Abel F R Conway J P H Callahan and others noted.
The narrator recalls being held up by robbers and discusses the incident with two friends one a fainting prone girl and the other an unsuccessful airship inventor. The dialogue reveals differing views on the experience and its impact.
A collection of remarks on women in business and public life. Notables include Mrs. M. H. Cule as real estate firm president in New York and Miss Katherine R. Allen running a dying works in Philadelphia. Mrs. Edward Polak designed Bronx county seat, and Mrs. Havelock Ellis counsels against marrying to reform. The Countess of Warwick explores professional garden planning, and French friends urge Mediterranean garden work. The note ends with aphorisms on work, advertisement, shoes, and sea waves.
The narrative follows Mr Perry who values economy during a day's fishing and returns home with a basket full of fish. His wife expresses relief mingled with anxiety that the markets might close before he could reach town. Alva reassures her with affectionate humor about the late hour and the haul.
A humorous note from the Boston Transcript about marital quips where a groom recalls his wife once swallowing his words, and now she makes him eat them, signaling playful reciprocity in marriage.
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