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Newspaper
Centralia News Examiner
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
1
Chehalis public schools remain shut amid a diphtheria epidemic and uncertainty about reopening. Fourteen houses are quarantined. teachers protest contract terms and pay. Two Chehalis pupils, Miss Jessie Koontz and Miss Minnie Dow, moved to Centralia for schooling.
Notice to the Democrats of Centralia to meet at the City Hall at 8 o clock p.m. on March 1, 1908 to organize two Democratic clubs and transact business. JH McCreany, Committeeman 2nd Ward. A D Bazox, Committeeman and Ward Committee.
Uncalled letters for the week ending March 21 at Centralia include Anderson Mrs C Blanton TJ Brandel Wo Carmody Mrs Dan Finch Are Giddle While Mrs Florence James Mrs Tom Kelly Mrs Edna Moores Mrs Dora Phillip Nelson Jeno Richter Miss Henri Roberts Frank F etta Whitcomb Snyder Gen W Stromsbury Lilly Stromsbury Walter Stromsbury JO Williams J Wallis A Wright. Letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office April 4 1908 unless called for. Also brief items note pills for disease and headaches and advertising copy for coffee and dentally related goods.
Prominent architect Mr Norman R Coulter endorses Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. The ad claims it cures stomach liver and kidney disorders, purifies blood, boosts appetite and energy, and is the best selling medicine at drugstores. Also promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment for injuries and a job ad seeks a man to clear funds and build fences.
An OCR damaged ad items a spoofed health pitch hawking Dr Kings Life Filly style cures for headaches biliousness and rheumatic pains with refunds. It mentions The Lucky Quarter and Pinenles Believe Buck-ache and other dubious offerings. Also notes theater calls and glasses fitting at Royal Rooming House Centralia with a date of Friday April 8.
Alexander Willard an old Chehalis resident was committed to Steilacoom asylum by Judge Rive. He imagined dandruff in his hair and feared he might harm himself during a despondent spell. Local notices mix routine ads and shop announcements with dated language and medical product pitches.
Miss Schooley a neighbor of fears and deputy in Alphama county clerk’s office in Seattle returns there with tuberculosis. Her sister Mrs Ellaworth Gage aided in removing Miss Schooley to a Portland sanitarium. Hope for California cure. Kemp’s Balsam endorsed for colds. Lane’s Family Medicine advertised for back pain and kidney or liver relief.
G Ne Shaw pleaded guilty to passing a worthless check in Centralia and was sentenced by Judge Rice of the superior court to sixty days in the county jail. The page mixes medical ad copy with local notes and a war sentiment, reflecting period commerce and events.
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