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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1911
Page
3
Evans Drug Co promotes fine chocolates and corn cure while listing ads for fountain pens books and headaches. Town news notes residents returning from Sound cities Seattle and Astoria visits, births, travels to Pendleton and Notre Dame, attending conferences and church dinners, plus a North Aberdeen school plan and state insurance campaign work.
Minnie Glidden and Raymond T. Smith were wed Tuesday at 404 North G Street in a quiet ceremony led by Rev. R. E. Cooper. The couple then dined with close friends before traveling to Montesano and a Sound cities tour, to settle in Spokane where Mr. Smith works for the Oregon & Washington Railway & Navigation Co.
A new service begins Sunday September 24 with the Chehalis river bridge opening. Oregon Washington plans one passenger run Hoquiam to Centralia and Milwaukee one daily Seattle round trip. Signals for bridge draw will use one long one short and one long whistle as announced by the U S engineering department.
The station now employs 95 men who work full time and sometimes overtime, reflecting expanded activity and commitment to the whaling operation.
The Third and L streets Christian church hosts evangelistic meetings led by Geo A Webb and wife with illustrated songs duets and chart talks. Subjects include The Seven Devils of Aberdeen Is Christ Coming to Aberdeen and Thirty Minutes in Hell. Friday Ben Hur lecture requires admission. Sunday features Bible school pictures and a 3 pm Modern Gateways to Hell lecture for men. Great songs and views.
A valuable Johnston transfer company horse slipped into soft tide-flat mud at First and M streets Tuesday. Hasty digging of Johnston stable workers and two firemen freed the animal after several hours of effort. The horse belonged to A. M. Wade and others.
Aberdeen and Hoquiam High School football teams set to play tomorrow at 4 p m at Electric Park in the season opening game. Coaches will evaluate player work as both squads look to start strong and a large crowd is anticipated from both schools.
Hoquiam resident W. Powell was transported to Montesano to appear before a commission for a sanity examination. He has not slept or eaten for two days and proved violent at times in the city jail, with likely commitment to Fort Steilacoom asylum.
Mrs Ellen White, longtime city resident, wed Hollis Libby Mansfield at the bride’s Montesano home Tuesday evening with Rev C McDermoth presiding. Attendants included Mesdames C McDermoth A D Wood and C R Green of this city. Mansfield has lived in Montesano 20 years and both have wide well wishers here and there.
The whaling steamers Patterson and Moran killed 28 whales last week, the largest catch since the South Bay station opened. Patterson bagged sixteen, Moran twelve, mostly humpbacks off the harbor entrance. Whales were exceptionally fat with blubber 12 to 15 inches thick. Patterson enjoyed unusually good luck on one day.
An examination for clerk and carrier will be held at the post office on October 4, 1911. Age limit 15 to 45. Married women barred except divorced or separated women who support themselves, but eligible only as clerks. Applicants must be physically sound. men at least 5 ft 4 in tall and 125 lb without overcoat. For blanks and information contact Charles M. Lancaster, Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Aberdeen, Washington.
The article surveys drought impacts on crops and weed control methods from horse shade mishaps to drainage schemes. It notes drought relief through liberal rainfall prospects, English guinea pigs for weed control, and the rise of large scale farming with tractors and drains improving Minnesota and Iowa yields.
Work began yesterday under A. D. Randolph to build stands booths and stalls around the ball park for fruits vegetables and livestock display. Sheds will be waterproof and the ducks poultry and geese will be shown under the granary stand.
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