Gem Drug and Chehalis News Roundup
Local notices report new freight scales at the depot and a range of shop and street trades. Mentions include watch repairs, millinery, shoes, seeds, stoves, doors and windows, confectionery, and a growing slate of local business moves in Chehalis and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. P
Ser
Warren Davis
Tacoma
Haller
G. B. King
Portland
John Haller
J. H. Long
Boots
Morony & Stuche
Callison
Salem
Ore
van Aelstyn
Augusta Lucas
E. Wiltermood
Oakland Oalif
John H. Miller
Chas. Baxter
Fullerton
Calif
Flynn
Prof. Garnaud
George Walker
Marynarbd
Everett & Co
J. D. Ellis
Bank Block
Goodman’s
Hartman & Nathan
John West
M. J. Branpenstern & Co
Schilling's Best Tea and Baking Powder Highlighted
A promotional note extols Schilling's Best tea as the best value for money and Schilling's Best baking powder as top quality at any price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schilling
The Bookkeeper’s Black Beast The Trial Balance
The Philadelphia Times explains how double entry bookkeeping requires debits and credits to balance. A monthly trial balance tests accounts by listing debit and credit totals to ensure accuracy, with errors hunted until the figures foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Metals Do Grow Weary and Break Down on Use
The New York Ledger reports that metals can wear out despite little visible wear. A steel rail on the Great Northern line lasted 22 years before disintegrating under a passing train. Scientists now investigate fatigue in metals, noting fine cracks in new rails and suggesting wheels’ concussion is not the sole cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
R. N. Ruffin
South Bend Journal
New York
Bertha Gage
M. L. Holbrook
Jess Mealy
John Long
Barney Clark
Oyhut
Frank Everett
Mr. Clark
Kenneth Brown
T. P. Westendorf
Brown
Wm. A. Reed
Hoquiam
N. P. Railway Company
Maynard
Castle Rock
Lee
T. B. Mitchell
John
Jas
Allison
Mitchell
Presbyterian Church
L. L. Ware
Haskell
D. W. MaeMurphy
Little Falls
Hess Ys the Fire Clay Company
Tacoma
Browne
Lewis County
Joe Saindon
Chehalis Avenue
Saindon
Walter S. Bowen
Spokane
Pacific Coast
J. Greuner
Newaukum Prairie
Chehalis Meat Company
Kate Mathias
Jacob Hovies
Alpha
Hovies
Ben
J. Grenner
Foster
Forrest
Maude Johnson
England
Golden State
Helen Kelleher
Frank Benefiel
Toledo
McKinley
Bryan
Great Northern
New York Ledger
Curious Brittany marriage custom linked to dowry bands
In Brittany a peculiar marriage rite uses red petticoats and white or yellow tor ders among young women. The number of tor ders signals the dowry offered by the father, with white bands representing silver and each yellow band signifying additional annual francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
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August Meyer
PeEll
Ward& Ruggles
Fraser
Centralia
Wash
Miss Weiss
C. W. Goodman
Ward & Ruggles
P.O
Sheriff Kirby
Karama
Robert McMurray
Swafford
Maynard Everett & Co
A. W. Stmecel
Chehalis
J.R. Welty
Olympia
Fay & Clark
Mae Gates
Claquato
Maude Newland
Friends
L. J. Newberry
Everett
Bee Hive
Sheriff Mills
Pierce County
Tacon
Shields-Bar
Maynard, Everett & Co
Oscar Brown
Ashland
W. H. Kennoyer
Herman Segrist
Oregon
Theodore Hoes
A. Donahoe
Winlock
W. C. Marion
Seattle
Gem Drug Store
Timothy Kelly, Esq
Goodman
A. L. Coffman
Goodman's
Loyal Temperance Legion
Henry Wasson
Mary Cooper
Peoples’ Store
Javan Hall
A.J. Prater
Chehal
A. L. Flynn’s
Kate Macdonald
Wortland
Gemdrug
Judge Hunter
W. T. Forrest
Mr. Forrest
Cinehalis
Catholic Church
Viola Long
Pearl Barnett
Newaukum
Stella van Orsdall
George Hopgood
F. C. Jonas
Morton
Goodman’s. Tr
J. P. Ellis
Coffman & Kepner
A. E. Rockey
Iowa
Kirk
Vance
Maurice Langhorne
Supreme Court
Gruber
Capitola Mill Co
N. M. Temple
Buckley, Ill
Temple
Marshall
Methodist Church
Ensign Park
Carr. Connor
The
A. U. Alexander
BEE
Baker City
M. Nadine
Nettie Koontz
Schooley
Abram Dell
Dryad
Zinah Harrington
J. J. Quirk
Bingham
Sedro
Fox
John B. Alen
Richard Winsor
C. M. Easterday Silver Republican
State University
Fay, Davis
Hayden
Allen
St. Helens
Tip Gabe
Daisy Robertson
State Reform School
Murphy & Stuchell
Chris Gingrich
J. D. Rice
David Urquhart
Joe Smith
Board of Control
Westendorf
State Board of Control
Reform School
Chehalis Meat Co
Alaska
S. F. Boyce
Duluth
Minn
Ayer
J. C. Ayer Co
Leweil, Mase
King’s Savon
Gingrich
Chehalis Aye
Essentials
Pheasant Pharmacy
Joun
Cash
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