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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
6
Police investigate a chilling handwritten suicide note found on a railroad car near the employees hospital. Chief Roberts suspects a female writer with clerical handwriting, considers a hoax but eyes potential tragedy, as searchers probe the wooded hills with bloodhound pups to locate any body.
June 10 parade in Chehkalls drew a dusty but lively crowd for the Setls Floto show. Featured acts included Sally in Our Alley and Every Life Movement, with the boss elephant described as the largest outside Q C Po Teddy. Miss Roberts and her hareem skirt drew attention from the male onlookers.
Murph, proprietor of Coll rong Nena fy hehadla, faced a court warrant yesterday on a charge of jumping a hound. He was held over to an obleer for dxemition, with belief he would pursue all efforts. A young man local to the scene attended the trial.
The county commission opened bids this afternoon for a hard surface road from Cow litz road to Olympia Road. The one mile route will start where the state ald road ends, about three miles southeast of Chehalis, with a probable cost near 14 thousand dollars.
The horned toad tale returns with G W Martin reportedly catching a large horned toad near Toledo and bringing it to town, drawing admiration and a flirtatious scare as a young woman reports the creature leaping onto her lap. Jacob Lane claims a March sighting near Little Falls of a toad weighing eight pounds and stretching fifteen inches, but others doubt the claim and suspect exaggeration.
Advertisements flood the local market as matrimonial agents lure men to join and pay for introductions to women who may be real or imagined. The craze peaked last August but waned over time, with letters reaching readers and some men sending money for memberships.
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A distraught wife, about 20 years married, ended her life last night at Lyons West after leaving a note claiming she wanted to die. Her husband Wy Voll is abroad. authorities reported the corpse was found.
Ferd I Hererling, enumerator in Centralia Washington, details how wards five and six were miscredited during the 1910 census. He describes start points, hotel transients, supplemental sheets, and last day additions totaling 948 names for ward five and 1343 for ward six, noting the bureau disallowed 24 names and inviting correction if errors are found.
Home Investment Co Robinson Realty Co and Downing Realty Co consolidate to form Levartrada Home Investment Co to eliminate competition and unify real estate bonds. Officers include FN Irwin as manager H M Robinson I Downing treasurer, with departments for lending and farm services and a new city sales role. Public operations begin cooperative work next week.
Report from Mexico City describes federal commanders urging War Department to halt attacks as opposing forces threaten to enter the city. Widespread appeal to restraint and pleas for safe conduct fill the cables amid tense standoff.
A letter to the Daily Chronicle urges fixed public attention to the city’s practice of allowing minors in saloons. The writer argues drinking harms youth physically and morally, impacts women who raise boys, and praises responsible male citizens as the city’s backbone.
The Wilhanette pier hosts a t ee sport meet under Malt- Homan Sinalene Athletic Mud auspices, featuring notable Rose Festival sports. The event aims to showcase top swimming talent and marks a high point in the Machta Coase ceremony.
An all night manhunt failed to find the fugitive who killed four members of the Hill family near Portland. Fingerprints on a blondy axe tied to the father’s murder exist, with two suspects under custody but alibis hold. Police link the crime to Barbara Holtman’s May 3 assault and murder in the city.
Mrs Francis Kiernan and her husband sue the taxicab company for 25000 alleging delays by the driver after the birth of a baby, causing her to stay three extra weeks at Providence Hospital and enduring mental and physical distress. The suit cites time-killing services and seeks damages.
Goodwater Missouri resident Mrs Riley Laramore recalls suffering from indigestion and heartburn since childhood. After using Thedford s Black Draught in small nightly doses, her distress vanished within days and she notes no recurrence. She endorses the remedy for digestive trouble and stomach comfort.
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