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Newspaper
Centralia News Examiner
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
6
City notices and public records summarized from the March 18, 1008 issue. Includes official actions, legal notices, and government announcements affecting residents and local organizations.
The Post-Intelligencer excerpt outlines Southwest Washington Republicans debating governorship plans and districting. It argues for joint action among Pierce and Southwest counties to back a candidate like George H. Emerson, urging concerted effort to secure a Southwest victory and congressional representation.
Mr. B Soult, arriving last Friday from Mygwand Missouri, recounts vast views near Centralia and timber camps, details about 25 thousand feet of lumber, and urges friends to visit. He jokes about Mr. Scott and matrimony, notes onions and garden produce, and discusses logging plans and flashy claims. 100 reward and catarrh cure ads fill the page.
An elderly writer from Centralia recounts a homesteader colony in Six Prong Valley, detailing sagebrush land along the Columbia and Yakima rivers, new cabins, families, a daily mail, and a Saturday literary society. He observes fires on hilltops, diverse settlers, a forthcoming railroad, and a lively schoolhouse gathering. The piece celebrates frontier spirit and questions emigration for wealth.
A fragmentary antique notice speaks of hope for the poor and the brave, praising workers and asking divine blessing. It appeals to almighty care and communal generosity, urging support for home workers and the needy through shared faith and kindness.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a direct inhaled cure for catarrh, claiming it reaches airways to heal irritated mucous membranes. The copy asserts the method is superior, with a money back promise if no benefit is seen, urging readers to try through a local druggist.
A proposed $1,000,000 capital venture by the Walkerha Oil Co. seeks to develop a newly located oil field in Mill county Washington. A 5,000 barrel capacity plant would operate with a 2,500 foot well to reach the oil pool. The project aims to establish a local industry under state law with citizen support and government involvement.
A local notice describes Mrs Ellon 0a hosting the W. G. T. A. after-dome gathering on Gold Street Friday afternoon March 13. The piece also references a federal court statement by Alton G. Dayton and a town life portrait from The Delinestur, plus youth writings and a short anecdotal tale of Millie-Margaret and a farmer's aid.
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