Local notes from Gleneden and Clondyke area linger in late September
Neighborhood squibs report visits by Chas Geiger and the Ingalls party, land sales to the Northern Pacific near district 44, and ash timber purchases. Fires threaten Frank Webster’s house from a defective stovepipe while shingle crews cut on the Goodrich place and locals thresh as grain heats after rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Austin
Geo Polley
Sam Smith
Grant Childers
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Frank Webster
Wa. Parks
Goodrich Place
D. F. Caulderwood
Gleneden
Centralia Happenings in Late September
Centralia reports include Will Egner elected as a public school teacher and Col. Tom McCleary noting real estate activity. The Peoples store closed for Jewish New Year, workers and residents journeyed through regional towns, and the town opened with higher school attendance. A Labor Day program and a baseball game drew large crowds locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Will Egner
Carlisle & € C’s
Guerrier
Arkansas
Tom McCleary
Peoples
George J. Wolff
Joe Russell
Cowlitz
Flint
Amy Case
Olympia
CG. H. Manning
Portland
Amy Wear
Tacoma
Perry Jackson
Rossland B.C
Wm. Cannon
Ernest Wagner
Eureka
Calif
Roy Whitcomb
Astoria Ore
Chehalis
Baseball Park
Boston Bloomer Girls
Revenge over Chehalis as Minnesota visitor travels
Wixpox Sept 25 reports locals claim retaliation after a Minnesota woman stopped in Chehalis en route here. Sue checked into a first class hotel and the proprietor was involved in an incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wixpox
Chehalis
Minnesota
Sue
Potato digging season and local moves fill Totodo notes
Potatoes are being dug with good yield and pricing prospects. Jno Mettler bought a farm near Woodland and plans moving his family. W F Nash visits Seattle on business. Miss Brawley visits from Portland. L Frey enters Centralia shingle mill. M D L Cunningham and Alice vacation with Grant Arnold. Jess Wallace and wife travel from Prairie. Rev W A Arnold visits. E Dobson drives from Cick. A dance occurs in Petter son’s hall. Grant Arnold to teach Budonia school starting Oct 11. Jehalis Steamer Chester misses trip due to wheel breakage. AG.
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Totodo
Jno
Mettler
Woodland
W. F. Nash
Seattle
Miss Brawley
Portland
L. Frey
Centralia
M.D. L. Cunningham
Alice
Grant Arnold
Jess Wallace
Rev
W. A. Arnold
E. Dobson
Cick
Pettersons Hall
Budonia
Little Falls notes and local happenings
School began with about seventy scholars as of September 28. Local residents reported illnesses visits and travel, including Wm Price, Mrs Watt, Miss Koontz, Miss Ella Wright, and Mr Laughlin’s new baby. Community events covered church attendance, a fire clay company order, and the Pe Ell and St. Helens affairs.
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Little Falls
Wm. Price
Watt
Chehalis
Wm. Nicholson
Sadie Koontz
Toledo
Ella Wright
Frank Laughlin
Prof. Bush
Pe Ell
Ward
Castle Rock
St. Clair Jackson
Hilda Ro‘sten
Winlock
Tom Foster
California
Mr. Woodsten
P. B. Brown
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Little Falls Fire Clay Co
Tacoma
Topsy
Mossy Rock News Highlights From September
E O Meacham and son O J Meacham return from Oregon after seeking new homes in Oregon or California but preferring Lewis county. Births report a daughter for W R Osborn and a boy for Orrin Caverly with mother and child doing well. Local deaths, illnesses, school start, and several residents mentioned including Sol Kessinger, Mrs John Belcher, Mont Swigert, and a list of people subpoenaed in a legal case against Leo and Frank Polelin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mossy Rock
E. O. Meacham
O. J. Meacham
Oregon
California
Jackson County
Ore
Lewis County
O.J. Meacham
W.R. Osborn
Swatford
Sol Kessinger
Seattle
Luther Sickles
John Belcher
Orrin Caverly
Mont. Swigert
Woody of
Winlock
Death of Mrs. Burton near Dryad and local notices
Mrs Burton formerly Miss Aust died at her Dryad home last Monday and was buried Tuesday leaving a husband and infant son. A new arrival, an eleven pound baby boy for Mr Howell. Miss Annie and Winnie Bernier visited Dryad. Luedinghaus Bros replaced a jointer with a knot saw for kraut cutter sale. Dennis mill engine failed Tuesday. repair trip to Portland may delay work. Dennis fears rising water could flood his boom with over 250 cords of timber at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dryad
Burton
Aust
Howell
Tilly
Annie
Winnie Bernier
Luedinghaus Bros
Dennis
Portland
Winlock Notes Move and Departures Around Town
Winlock updates include Austin Gubser heading to University Park Oregon for winter study. Ager family relocates to Chehalis with night watch job at a mill. Prof Tiffany and wife arrive and will occupy Mrs Simmons residence, Mrs Simmons moving to New Whatcom. Emma Gruber returns from Tillamook with sister Mrs Doty and children, who may stay for winter. John Etheridge dies at his daughter’s home near Little Falls at age 80, known in Winlock where he lived many years and his wife died there about three years ago.
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Winlock
Austin Gubser
University Park
Ore
Ager
Chehalis
Tiffany
City
Simmons
New Whatcom
Emma Gruber
Tillamook
C. A. Doty
Kelly
Little Falls
John Etheridge
School notes and local visit updates in Knab Ky
Prof G H Tucker visited our schools Tuesday. E E Miller returned from Patterson hop yard and helped bale hops. Dan Lee of Winlock visited I W Shultz's Sunday. Frank Koontz and Harry Herren returned from the mines. Albin Olson visited Toledo Monday. Louie Bright came home from Centria Thursday. Geo Bowen works in Tacoma. J H O'Brien returned to the ranch. N P Clarberg came down from PuyaIIup last week.
Felton Excels in Painting and Paperhanging Services
H. W. Felton delivers top notch painting and Kalfe mining and paperhanging work. Contact Corrman and Kepner city agents for tickets to eastern points via Northern Pacific Ry at prices never seen before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Felton
Northern Pacific Ry
Corrman & Kepner
Warrants Wanted Across State County and School
CorFMan and KERNER advertise as highest bidders for warrants. State county and school warrants purchased. A. U. ALEXANDER lists contact for selling warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corfman & Kerner
A. U. Alexander
Hope in the Prune Industry Faces Profit Test
A Webfoot Planter column notes Oregon Washington and Idaho prune drying expands crop profits. Tariffs at two cents per pound weigh on prices while buyers offer 4 cents per pound in sacks and 41/2 to 4/3 cents in boxes boosting grower margins. If families handle picking and drying, prune growing could become a Northwest major industry depending on this season's outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Northwest
Advertising and truth in advertising, a Printers Ink tenet
The passage defines advertising as a direct path to goods and services, stressing truthfulness. It argues effective ads accurately reflect the product and the advertiser’s spirit, while misrepresentation or exaggeration degrades advertising into bad practice.
Newspaper Game Laws Drafted by Abused Editor
An Ohio weekly editor drafts so called game laws that propose killing book agents from September to October, spring poets from March to July, scandal mongers at any time, whales from August to January, and other persistent non paying or advertising critics from January to December without relief from valuation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Morality and justice urged to curb crime in Pioneer Press view
The St Paul Pioneer Press argues courts must gain a stronger moral sense to hate crime and demand strict penalties. It warns that without humanitarian yet firm justice, communities risk moral decline similar to violent crowd actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
St. Paul
Atchison man notes west’s free silver doubt joke
An Atchison man recently back from Montana jokes that westerners lack confidence in free silver. He says you can buy silver dollars for 45 to 55 cents each, a claim that seems absurd until you realize 45 or 55 cents equal a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Montana
West
Atchison Globe
Farmers Pay Off Mortgages in Walla Walla County
In Walla Walla county from the 1st to the 18th of this month mortgages totaling 40989 were paid off. Most debts were under 4000 dollars. Officials expect several larger mortgages to be canceled soon as farmers escape debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Walla Walla County
Devil Fish
Tacoma News
Fusion
State resources deserve more prominence in press
The Vancouver Independent argues state papers should allocate more space to Washington resources including minerals and agriculture to boost factory building, and reduce attention to Alaska and far northern tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alaska
Far North
Vancouver
Purity in Politics Becomes Campaign Theme Says Svarttie
The Svarttie Republican argues that women are not an innovation in politics but may symbolize longstanding purity in politics hailed by campaign stump speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svarttie Republican
Dressmaking Parlor Ad by Katherine Jean Macdonald
Miss Katherine Jean Macdonald promotes dressmaking services at her parlor in the Devercese building on Market Street. The notice highlights latest styles and perfect fitting garments for customers seeking tailored attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Jean Macdonald
Devercese Building
Market Street
Japan Ten Years Hence Provisions for Strengthening Army and Navy
The New York San notes Japan plans a major military and naval build up by 1906. The army is to grow from about 74 thousand to roughly 144 thousand, with reserves potentially totaling half a million. The navy expands with 117 vessels and 115 thousand tons, including ships built abroad and two cruisers expected in the United States. The program aims to secure Japan's coastal defense and a leading Far East role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
British Isles
England
Far East
New York
San
Russian Detective Guides Czar On Danish Spin
While the czar stayed at Bernatorff in Denmark with Princes Valdemar and Christian he rode a forest road on a bicycle. He lost his bearings and asked a local for directions in Danish, only to hear the man answer in Russian. The man was a Russian detective assigned to shadow the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernatorff
Denmark
Valdemar
Christian
Ansfer
Theft on African Expedition Traced to Native Camp
In the Journal of an African journey a theft occurred near a village. A guard’s knife was seized by natives while another man guarded gear. The narrator retrieved a spear as leverage, then returned it after the knife was returned. Trading resumed and harmony appeared restored.
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Afric
Heart of
Africa
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W. W. Ingalls
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Fred Ingalls Jr
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British Columbia
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