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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1911
Page
3
Raymond Smith visits Aberdeen from Washington D C and residents attend church guild meetings, garden and social gatherings, weddings and travels. A wave of visits from Montesano Hoquiam Olympia Seattle and Bay area people fills the city social pages with messages of travel homecomings and upcoming events.
The City Messenger company installs two telephones numbers 6931 and 5941 with one line always open. Call either number and Central will get us. K. L. Zeek, manager.
Local merchants protest the failure of Aberdeen banks to reopen Saturday evening hours after September 1 as agreed for the summer. Thousands of dollars in checks are cashed weekly and bank closure at 1 pm shifts the burden to business houses to guarantee payments.
William J. Holpa leases 20 rooms in the Wishkah block and plans furnishing them as a first class rooming house named Hotel Strathcona The central location includes hot and cold water and steam heat in every room addressing a demand for desirable rooms in the business district
Chief of Police Templeman was notified by King County sheriff of the theft of two Arabian pinto ponies hitched to a light buggy. The pair were traced to Elma and believed driven toward Grays Harbor by two men.
Northern Pacific railway adds seven sale dates for summer conventions heading east and returning. Dates include Sept 15, Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 6 with a 29 day return limit, and Oct 17, Oct 18, Oct 19. Final return by Nov 15. Destinations fares transit limits stopovers and conditions mirror this summer.
At the First Methodist church Ladies Aid Society gathering held last week at Mrs. T. C. Moulton's home, officers were chosen for the coming year. President is Mrs. D. A. Schumacher, first vice president Mrs. Merrill, second vice president Mrs. Ellen Willikson, treasurer Mrs. O. R. Austin, and press correspondent Mrs. E. B Springer.
Mr and Mrs Franciscovich of Summit Street were arrested at their home by Chief Templeman Captain Dean and Officer Burgeson on a Sunday liquor sale charge. Bail set at 200 dollars. four guests to testify. Franciscovich denies wrongdoing saying party was a birthday gathering. police claim ongoing liquor sales. Attorney absence may delay proceedings.
City schools opened last Tuesday and the new term is under way. Registration on opening day reached 1,403, up 90 from last year, with South Aberdeen showing the largest gain at 135 pupils versus 91 a year ago, an increase of 41.
A chimney fire in a dwelling in the Fill District on East First Street caused the alarm. Fire crews faced hard access due to poor streets but arrived in time to limit the loss to nominal.
Mr. Frank H. Leonard of the Mother Church lectures to the public at the Grand theater on Tuesday evening September 19 at 8 o clock. The talk is free and open to all.
The Herald of Grays Harbor serves as a concise compendium of local stories, events, and notices for readers in Mona and nearby communities, compiling headlines, briefs, and features into a single daily slice.
The Evangelistic meetings at the Christian church on Third and L streets attract large audiences with Mr. and Mrs. Webb delivering heart touching duets and chorus work. Illustrated songs and the Childhood of Jesus pictures draw families to Bible school and the Stereopticon nightly. Evangelist Horn will preach The Seven Spirits of God with charts and illustrated songs.
Mrs. William Irvine, daughter of the Aberdeen founder Alexander Young, plans to divide the original Young homestead into city lots. The property, taken up about 36 years ago and rebuilt, has sheltered Mrs Irvine since birth.
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