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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
3
Aberdeen residents are seen traveling for business and leisure. Mrs Steve Eldred departs for Marion Iowa while F R Archer visits Tacoma. Numerous locals visit Seattle Bellingham Olympia and Spokane. new births, moves and university enrollments are recorded amid town notices and ads.
Bassett News & Drug Co. promotes a new liquid face powder as the best face dressing yet produced in four ounce bottles at 50 cents with a 25 cent rubber brush included, advertised as a special for Saturday at 303 E Wishkah St.
A new public school started in North Aberdeen occupying the old city hospital building. It opened Monday with 17 pupils under Miss Warner. The crowded South Aberdeen school leads the board of education to approve a four room addition at once.
Nels Hamereus of Hoquiam who had been missing since last Thursday was found by his youngest son in a bicycle repair shop in Seattle on Wednesday and returned home that night. Police from Aberdeen Hoquiam and the county sheriff had searched for him fearing he might have taken his life during the disappearance.
Mr and Mrs J M Bowes returned Tuesday night from an extended eastward trip. They visited Bowes' mother in Charlotte Michigan before Atlantic City where Bowes attended the grand lodge of Foresters of America. He reports prosperous times and good crops along the Milwaukee road except in parts of South Dakota.
Bitar Bros of Hoquiam and Montesano plan a new La Vogue shop in Aberdeen at 411 East Heron Street next Tuesday. The store will offer a full line of up-to-date men clothing and haberdashery operated by A. A. Bitar, with Hoquiam and Montesano locations run by C. A. Bitar and S. A. Bitar.
The body of John Francis, who died at a local hospital nearly three weeks ago, remains in the Whiteside Undertaking Co morgue. A telegram from his brother B H P Francis of Sheboygan Michigan advised burial if the wife did not appear within a few days. The dispatch suggested the wife likely resided in Arcata California, and a message has been sent there.
John Stolander gave himself up yesterday afternoon at Heron and G streets to Officer S. B. McCracken as a deserter from the navy. He was taken to the city jail and naval authorities at Benicia were notified of the surrender.
At Stevens school in South Aberdeen a PTA meeting elected President Mrs. B. E. Loomis, Vice President Miss Gertrude Wells, Secretary Mrs. John Ferrier, and Treasurer Mrs. John Hansen. Committees were named to arrange programs and entertainments, with annual receptions planned for October 1.
The Berryman damage case against East Hoquiam Boom and Logging Co. was non suited for good cause shown and dismissed by Judge Sheeks. Lawyers argued lack of precedent and questioned logging company duties to notify residents of log splashes along the river.
A 28 ton consignment of casing for the Jefferson Oil Company's well arrived aboard the steamer Chehalis from San Francisco last Tuesday and was transferred to a scow. A 56 ton load is due today on the Carmel, with two trips by the scow to move the supplies, while drilling began at midnight last Monday and no report has yet been received.
In 1863 during the Civil War, Joseph Altsheler's father, a Prussian immigrant in Barren County Kentucky, avoided Confederate bushwhackers by fleeing with a neighbor into the woods. They slept at a clearing by the forks of the county road, unknowingly safe only as daylight revealed their whereabouts. The tale appears in the Saturday Evening Post.
Instructions describe wrapping a fine wire around a pencil in a single layer to count turns per inch. Measuring one inch along the wire and counting turns yields the wire diameter. eighteen turns indicate a diameter of one eighteenth of an inch.
Geo B Flynn and A G Philbrick form a partnership after selling a wood business. They have bought Boettiger Bros cigar store in the Fairmonth hotel and will enlarge it to operate with the Savoy hotel cigar store.
A writer in American Forestry notes that when hardwood trees in the Ozarks are cut, gas escapes from base cavities with a whistling sound. If lit, the gas burns with a faint yellow flame. The gas is thought to arise from heartwood decomposition.
Two special Pullman trains carrying more than fifty Aberdeen representatives head to Goldendale for the Southwest Washington Development association convention and the Pendleton Round-Up. Cars from Hoquiam join along with units from Tacoma Olympia Centralia and Chehalis. Return trips to Grays Harbor planned for Sunday.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls an embarrassed moment when a woman meets her first husband in public after years apart. He looks up, smiles, and asks, Who are you nagging now, Mary, provoking a surprising recollection.
A humorous note from the Pittsburgh Post describes a woodpecker persisting to drill into an iron trolley pole. The cartoonish scene contrasts the bird's effort with the effort to save on a shave, as cited by Puck in a witty exchange about noise and danger.
The piece argues that minimizing home merchant patronage harms the town’s overall economy. It praises local banks mills shops and factories, urges residents to favor home businesses over mail order or outside merchants, and steps the case that property values depend on strong local commerce. It emphasizes civic pride and asks readers to give their full trade to home merchants.
Aberdeen Motorcycle club postpones races at Cohassett Beach due to unsuitable tides. Events planned for William McKean benefit are rescheduled indefinitely as Sundays this month are not viable for racing.
Paul Neilson died Monday of tuberculous disease after a long illness at age 34. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with Rev. F. F. W. Greene officiating. Neilson had lived in Aberdeen four years and managed the Glass Steam Laundry for three years. He was a respected member of Odd Fellows and Eagles lodges, who attended the funeral.
A Chamber of Commerce committee named at Tuesday's meeting will plan entertainment during the Pullman college extension course’s stay for Chehalis County ranchers. Members N. P. Bryan W. R. Lebo and L. M. Montfort discussed ideas but reached no firm arrangements.
Local shop Art Rug Weavers at 119 North G Street advertises rugs crafted from old carpets rag rugs silk portieres and related items.
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