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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1910
Page
2
A 1910 editorial argues that ads should inform and guide, not mislead. It contrasts mail order traps with retail honesty, urging persistent truthful advertising backed by honest goods and square deals, and praises public disclosure of railroad wreck causes to protect travelers.
A Wisconsin style review notes in Washington a simple majority suffices to amend the state constitution while most states require a total vote. The piece laments low attention to the proposed amendment and predicts only about twenty percent approval, highlighting the voters who were unaware of the issue. It critiques the moral yardstick used by neighbors and rails at political apathy and social commentary segments alongside unrelated musings.
A jumbled collection of quips and observations on marriage, work, language, and life. The notes reference Dietz in Winter, wisdom about husbands, a Burmese elephant theft, and musings on memory and poets. A quirky snapshot of local humor and clipped aphorisms.
An entertaining and beneficial Modern Woodmen lecture by J. C. Davis on tuberculology and its treatment drew a large audience in Centralia Auditorium. Davis spoke clearly with practical prevention tips, aided by many sterooticon views. State leaders offered brief remarks and the program included school chorus numbers and visual features.
A dense ledger of real estate actions lists numerous transfers and waivers in Lewis County, detailing parcels in Chehalis, Centralia, and surrounding areas. Entries include quitclaim, warranty, and mortgage deeds with buyers and sellers such as United States, James Stinson, John Stansbury, and Frank Payette, alongside notes on rail and road rights of way and various lot numbers and sections.
A dense list details numerous real estate transfers, mortgages, and land deeds. It names buyers and sellers such as Benjamin Preston, AC Moore, J Jensen, Wright, McFadden, Gilbert, Vansen, Nelson, Keene, Hansen, Cohen, Patton, and others, with plot descriptions and sums ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. The entries cover lots, sections, and tracts in Centralia, Winlock, Chehalis, and neighboring areas, noting lots, SW and NW quarters, and various NW SE segments alongside dates and WD or mortgage actions.
A fragmentary exchange shows a visitor questioning a local figure about cucumbers while a sarcastic reply hints at agitators and party loyalty. The garbled text preserves a clash of opinions amid a rural political setting.
Listing of several 19th or early 20th century property deeds and mortgages in Centralia, Winlock, and surrounding townships. Transactions include land parcels in sections 9, 14, 22, 35, and 36, homestead and garden add ons, reorganized church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints deedings, and multiple mortgage figures from 235 to 12000 dollars. Names include John Galvin, Jacob Engel, Frank ls, Thomas Hillatt, Thomas Elliott, Herman Herttut, and J Eliiott with related parties.
Eleven drivers at Seattle Transfer Co quit as firm tests cutting naval horse meals from three to two per day. Some strikers are union members, others not. Officials say the change aims to reduce horse indigestion, with two meals daily and a noon feeding omitted. The walkout draws sympathy from humane societies. the dispute involves animal welfare, not wages.
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