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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1898
Page
2
Centralia and surrounding areas report church services at St John’s, residents arriving from St Louis, moves to Georgia and Michigan, new shops opening in town, and plans for a St Patrick ball. Local incidents include a battery assault fine, a track accident injuring Joe Baker, and land sales near Nalewaja, with improving business and a planned bridge across the Chehalis.
The column notes good weather for gardening and strawberry beds. Local residents visit and travel news include Grandma Whealdon visiting Mrs Frank, G E Davis in town with little business, and Floyd McDerby resigning at Martins mill to work in Tacoma. A new massive combined harvester sparked talk as Dr Francis and Frank Ipe plan to raise Black Minorca chickens. Supervisor King is critiqued for political favors.
Mrs Jacobs of Portland mother of Mrs Verstandig returns home last week. W H Woolridge cuts hand badly. H J Barnett and Mose Turner head to Aberdeen for work. A Snohomish man plans a double block shingle mill here. Postmaster Stopper visited Portland marketing spuds. Antrim ships more knozs for San Francisco. Perry moves family to Aberdeen. Rundle to seek new Sound location. H E Hunt to Alaska. Mrs Hunt stays in Portland. Olsen and Broadbent win tunnel contract to extend Polar Star. Born Feb 17 to John and Mrs Taylor a daughter. Betsey Sherman of Toledo secures two patents for book rest and fan. J W Waymire ill in California after paralytic stroke. Somerville brothers run two mills with railroad timbers. Arbor Day March 13 proclaimed by Gov Rogers. Lewis county to observe. Harriet Newell of Centralia awarded $1 pension. Born March 7 1898 to John and Mrs Browning Jr a daughter. John Konoppa buys two acre near Pe Ell depot to build tailor shop. Kaszarda buys three lots to build shoe shop. Nalewaja predicts more spring activity. AN ODE TO SPRING.
Beaus weather over two weeks brings farmers plowing after flood damage. Mrs Mitchner plans to move to Everett as Mr Mitchner works. B F Moore on sick list. Mrs J L Randle and Mrs Matt Randle to return home this week. Mrs J Su Randle in Brookdale six months sending children to school. Mrs Orr to move April. Robert McNee goes to Chehalis with fat steers. Mrs J Chilcoat to summer in Portland. Miss Mattie Stout visiting sister Mrs McNee. S Skinner goes to Chehalis on business.
W A Conner runs a mining crew at Elev en Consolidated Co. mines. O'Conner, O'son, Broadbent, Gust, and Anderson hold tunnel contracts on Polar Star and Green River Lode. A. P. Tugwell and Frank Baker face contempt proceedings in the State Supreme Court for a Tacoma Sun article.
The Westminster Gazette recounts a real life masquerade duel between Jules Brame and M. D. in Pierrot costume after a prank label on Brame’s back exposed him at a Paris ball. The duel at Bois de Boulogne ended nonfatally with Brame's sword piercing D. D. but missing vital organs. they later reconciled.
A young man named Mc Nipper visits town and purchases a Scotch Clipper Of Johnsone, Canton Disk Harrow, and later a Steel Range with tinware, granite, spoons, forks and knives. He sows wheat after buying, enjoys a good harvest, and seeks a fine home with a worthy wife from Johnsone.
Quarterly tests occurred in all rooms except the high school this week. Botany class enrolled under Miss Montgomery. Lee Westall suffered a serious accident this week. Albert Westall in eighth grade Clarence Talbot and Albert Stinson in ninth grade have left school. Mr H J Miller visited Wednesday to discuss starting gymnastic exercises for the boys.
A short notice reports a purchase of state county and school assets by A U Alexasper. Details are sparse due to incomplete text but the item notes a formal acquisition involving public entities. Further particulars are not available in the readable fragment.
Lilian Bell writes from Paris about high city taxes and cheap luxuries. Eggs milk and fresh foods are scarce and expensive while coal and textiles appear cheaper due to heavy taxes. The tax system funds clean streets smooth asphalt and a dreamlike cityscape.
The New York Press argues the Dingley tariff will boost government revenues after Wilson era delays. It notes importers faced duties as warehouses emptied and anticipatory stocks ran down, urging restraint on expenditures while supporting the tariff’s revenue lift.
A Kansas editor dismisses a writer for phrasing a cyclone death as a terrible blow to the family. The exchange highlights newsroom sensitivities on disaster language and terminologies.
The article states the United Kingdom produces about 1.5 billion gallons of milk yearly beyond farm needs for calves. It also notes London hosts about 100000 pickpockets.
E J Dillon argues future European conflict will be economic not military, criticizing British free trade zealots and praising protective measures. He contends Britain could retaliate via duties and trade treaties, aligning with protectionist currents in sparking imperial federation ideas. The Kansas City Journal notes the view echoed by a large American majority.
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