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Newspaper
Centralia News Examiner
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
6
The weekly issue carries a public notice urging voter participation and accountability, alongside the time table for the Northern Pacific Railway routes. It lists arrivals and departures for several trains and references local official papers of Centralia. An advertising block promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with claims of no mercury and internal use.
In Lewis county a call is issued for a bold, capable delegation to the state legislature. The piece urges that the two houses be filled with intelligent, independent leaders to fix the tax mess, overhaul lax governance, and curb patronage. It argues Governor Mead's weakness has harmed state funds and warns against political scheming and job creation.
Maynard of Olympia and Chehalis sues the Opous River Steam Navigation Company in Portland federal court for 810,000, alleging severe injuries from a March stagecoach crash near Scoteburg Oregon. He claims permanent paralysis of the arm from a broken collar bone and six weeks in a sanatorium, with continued illness and disability.
About 2580 dollars worth of furniture to be received this week at the reform school. Much of the furniture, including beds and mattresses, will be made at the institution by inmates. The board of control will oversee purchases and dormitory arrangements to be as economical as possible.
Chehalis Monday night elected 16 teachers for the evening year with remaining vacancies to be filled soon. All current teachers now in city schools were retained except two married women barred by a board resolution. The board placed a man in charge of West Side school and created a music and drawing department, needing one more teacher for a total of 19, not including Superintendent Huntworth. A number of applications remain for vacancies and no trouble is anticipated in securing competent teachers.
A list of names appears as new teachers are adopted with extended qualifications. The article notes minor increases in maximum and minimum wages from last year, while cautioning that veteran teachers remain unaffected. Community leaders comment on Dr King’s New Discovery praised for cough relief, with local store sales and a trial bottle offer.
Mrs Emma De Voe state president will address Centralls Indians at Central Hall on May 5 at 2 PM and again at 8 PM a public lecture. Musical selections by local talent promised. The column oddly cites 195,000 churches and 250,000 saloons with 2,000,000 voters but asks who is responsible for the saloon.
Expensive whisky and its alleged influence on crime spark a discussion in Yakima county. The piece cites Joe Flanney of Toppenish, a trial cost, juror improprieties, and calls for harsher measures against saloons and white dealers. It includes Indian perspectives on drinking, reform, and government responsibility.
An article extols Electric Bitters as the most effective remedy against climate related illnesses and general debility. It claims benefits for fever, malaria, jaundice, and insomnia, calling the product an antidote for bodily weakness and fatigue. Sold at local drug and grocery stores.
The Cantalia Eagle Band dance last Saturday at P de I hall drew about one hundred couples, with strong social and financial gains. The Eagle orchestra played well despite rough conditions, and new officers W. E. Acker, L. Proffitt, Prof. Carl Pitzer, and Henry Holliday were elected to push future events.
A Willimantic resident credits Foley's Kidney Cure with restoring his health after severe kidney trouble. The notice cites Dr. Foley's remedy as the turning point after many other treatments failed, and reports the patient is now entirely well.
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