Water Bond Election Faces Aberdeen Opposition
The Aberdeen community will vote next Saturday on issuing 400000 dollars in bonds to build a new water system drawing from the Wishkah river and 25000 dollars to purchase the West bridge. Critics warn the plan lacks study and may raise costs by days work, while arguing water supply and financing under a modernized government approach demand prudent planning.
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Aberdeen
Wishkah River
West Bridge
Wilson
Chehalis
Charley Creek
Wishkah
Stewart Creek
Inefficiency and tax fears in city governance critique
A column denounces local officials for indecisive leadership and rising taxes, arguing that inexperienced figures push costly public spending. It warns taxpayers will bear burdens and previews exposing whiskey-tax influence shaping taxation. The writer stresses election day as the cure and criticizes ego-driven policy.
May start class here at Aberdeen chamber site
The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce may host the state university extension commercial course. If President W C Muman succeeds in negotiations, lectures will be at the Carnegie Public Library or the high school auditorium. Thirty students are needed at $1 each.
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Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
State University
W. C. Muman
Carnegie Public Library
Farmers Form Literary Club Debate on German Victory
Farmers of Aberdeen Gardens organized a literary community club four miles from the city. At its first regular meeting on October 1, Mrs. Hathaway will lead the affirmative and A. Jones the negative in a debate on whether a German victory would be more disastrous to civilization than an Allied victory.
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Aberdeen Gardens
One License Needed for Jitneys Between Cities
Cosmopolis jitney ordinance contested whenAttorney F R Conway appeals a driver fined for operating without a local license. Superior Court sustains demurrer and upholds that only one license is needed for driving between two cities. Robert Martin held an Aberdeen city license.
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Cosmopolis
F. R. Conway
Conway
Robert Martin
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Herald Endorsement Sparked by Personal Choice
A reader touts the Aberdeen Herald as the paper to buy, declaring in a quip that the publication suits their taste. The line reflects a personal endorsement rather than a news item or official endorsement.
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Aberdeen Herald
Justice of the Peace Snoozes During Courtroom Disorder
Justice of the Peace Ira N Gard ner dozed in his Ellis af fair courtroom on Friday night. Prosecuting Attorney J E Stewart and Attorney A M Wade argued over a grand larceny case against George Marcunas. The judge awoke at Wade's request and sworn in a waiting witness.
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Justice of the Peace
Ira N. Gardner
Ellis
J. E. Stewart
A. M. Wade
George Marcunas
Wade
Letter 39 Feet Long At The San Francisco Fair
Miss Nellie Ervick received a letter from Ernest Sorenson at the San Francisco fair that measures thirty nine feet in length. The note is described as a world record for extended correspondence and nearly as wide as two city lots. It is highlighted as a novelty in its way and compares to the bride's dream in length.
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Nellie Ervick
Ernest Sorenson
San Francisco
Hunters' Luck Varies in Opening Week on Olympic Peninsula
Reports from the first hunting week recount varied fortunes. Dr. O R Austin and his brother Lieut Frank L Austin, along with J W Clark editor of the Grays Harbor Post, claim the most notable bags including a cougar a deer and a wild cat and a bear respectively from a weekend trip in the Olympic Peninsula.
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Dr. O. R. Austin
Lieut
Frank L. Austin
J. W. Clark
Grays Harbor
Sunday School Specialist to Speak at Baptist Church
Rev. T. H. Hagen of Seattle, a Sunday school specialist, will lecture at 8 o'clock next Sunday. He will conduct institute sessions Monday through Wednesday evenings. All Sunday school workers in the city are invited to attend the services and participate.
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Baptist Church
T. H. Hagen
Seattle
W. H. Gibson
Parents Back Strict Curfew Enforcement Movement
The Samuel Benn Parent-Teacher Association backs rigid curfew enforcement. Through the central parent-teacher council they may launch a campaign to push the law more forcefully.
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Samuel Benn
Parent-Teacher Association
Central
Parent-Teacher Council
May aid Dyk ing District near Hoquiam
Grays Harbor County commissioners may form a dyking district at Gray Gables near Hoquiam to support flood control. If petitioners the Pape brothers succeed, the county will fund a Grass Creek bridge and gates for the project.
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Grays Harbor
Gray Gables
Hoquiam
Pape Brothers
Grass Creek
Grays Harbor Firms Plan Raymond Jubilation for Milwaukee Line
Grays Harbor businessmen will travel to Raymond and South Bend next month for the opening celebration of the Milwaukee line from Puget Sound to Willapa Harbor, marking the event with a regional jubilation.
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Grays Harbor
Raymond
South Bend
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Willapa Harbor
Mantell's Non-Sinkable Boat Promises Easy Stakes
The article urges small investors to join Mantell's venture, presenting it as a fair, openly disclosed project with expert endorsements. It emphasizes low risk, home production, and potential profit if development succeeds, inviting readers to visit the Fairmont to meet inventor Mr. Mantell.
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Fairmont
Mr. Mantell
Long Auto Trip From Aberdeen to San Francisco Fair
George W. Walsh returned from a trip to the San Francisco exposition by auto. He left Aberdeen two months ago via Albany Oregon where his daughter Mrs Lundblom joined him. Walsh reports a pleasant journey with no accidents to his vehicle.
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George W. Walsh
Mr. Walsh
Aberdeen
Albany
Ore
Mrs. Lundblom
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East Wishkah Street
Herald
Post Ofice
Washington
John J. Carney
United States
Woodrow Wilson
W. H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Elihu Root
Taft
Attorney General
Union
Gwe
Justice
Dyking
East Wishkah ST
Mantell
Aberdeen Printing Co
The
Earth
Aberdeen, Wash
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