Centralia Fete Set With Labor Day Events and Local News
Centralia’s Fire Department plans Labor Day events on September 6 and 7 including field sports and a Monday night grand ball at the opera house. Local movers include Frank Montgomery’s Alaska trade venture, doctors’ Skaguay trip, and community notes on residents’ travels, school finances, and the steamer Chester mishap.
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Centralia
Crextrallia
Alaska
Skaguay
J. H. Dumon
Dr. Mead
Bucoda
Dumon
Michigan
Westport
A. C. Ennis
Snohomish
C. Crosby
Florence Peters
T. J. Horner
Silverton
Annie Simpson
Neihart
Mont
D. M. Daum
Toledo
T. W. Freeman
California
H. Julius Miller
Whatcom
Marshal Henry Shields
George Miller
San Francisco
Harry Fraser
Schuyler Ward
Adna
Ort Ruggles
Claquato
Chehalis
Valleys
Mr. Fraser
George Berg
O.D. Colvin
Seattle
Lake Linderman
New Mexico
Fraser
the Chronicle
Frank Walker
Ford
M. E. Church of
From Windom to Chehalis a Snapshot of Farm Life and Local News
A Windom correspondent reports from Chehalis and Toledo noting busy farmers threshing and grain selling ideas of wheat wealth. He describes the new Cowlitz river boat Dog Salmon making tri weekly runs between Toledo and Kelso, and mentions road conditions from Lacamas to Jackson prairie. He also notes flies on Cowlitz prairie, plans to address dying fruit trees, and reads pledges from Nugget man to avoid gold silver or reformer terms for three months. I. W. Shultz and Gus Anderson are researching St Helena mines.
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Windom
Chehalis
Toledo
Cowlitz
Kelloggs
Kelso
Northwest
N.P.R.R
Layton Prairie
I. W. Shultz
Gus Anderson
St. Helena
J.T
Hop Yard Move Shapes Up As Rain Delays Work
Topepo report notes citizens prepare to move to hop yards for summer outing. Rainy weather may hinder hop picking. Frank Donahoe hires 150 pickers paying $1 per level box. Ed Brouse fires on the steamer Cheater. Mrs. Taylor visits from South Dakota with daughter May and husband. Brigstock returns from California. Frank Sherman buys a team of young horses. John Laughran demolishes old saloon to build a larger one.
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Tepo
Frank Donahoe
Ed Brouse
Ed Brouse Is Firing On the Steamer Cheater. Mrs. Taylor
May
South Dakota
Frank Sherman
John Laughran
Eagleton Community Notes and Local Happenings
Eagleton reports residents away in hop fields and logging camps while others recover from illnesses and set plans for purses and harvests. Ed Eastman leaves for Skagway and Ve reen Clinton loses home to fire. Magee family mourns brother. Farmers near harvest with good grain yields. local schooling and hop picking start in September.
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Eagleton
H. Butterfield
Mat Coby
Ed Eastman
Skagway
All Nature
Vereen Clinton
I. N. Bagshaw
Elk Creek
Hop Picking Opens in Cloquet Yard and Local Notes
Sept 1 brief from Little Lours reports hop picking starting in Cloquet's yard. W D Bowen returns from Portland, Mrs W D Whitmore visits Fox Island, Mrs W H Weaver trips to Portland, Mrs J A Smith back in Chehalis, Fred Bowen heads to St Helens mine, Miss Kate Wright visits Pe Ell, Mrs Elmer Ranck visits Barnet home, Mary and Inez Cravat greet friends, Klondikers Cantwell Patterson and Anderson report Unalaska Aug 14 and plan not to return.
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Little Lours
Cloquet’s
W. D. Bowen
Portland
W. D. Whitmore
Fox Island
W. H. Weaver
J. A. Smith
Chehalis
Fred Bowen
Kate Wright
Pe Ell
Elmer Ranck
Hillhurst
A. M. Barnett
Mary
Inez Cravat
Klondikers
Harry Cantwell
Ed Patterson
Hans Anderson
Unalaska
Pe Ell Notes Record Moves and Local Incidents
J A Pearsall moved his family from Dryad to Pe Ell. Nellie Dunckley fell from a horse and broke her wrist. D C Nelson was cut above the eye while fixing a mill shed. Weller Hop Company expects harvest in about ten days with price 75 cents a box plus later allowance. Germans on Rock Creek held a picnic at Joseph Muller's. Luedinghaus mill to begin cutting lumber mid next week. George Basset and Will Hendricks left for Victoria B C to trap on Vancouver Island.
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Pe Ell
J. A. Pearsall
Dryad
Nellie Dunckley
W. C. Yeomans
N. P
John Denhof
Chehalis
Yeomans
D. C. Nelson
Weller Hop Company
Rock Creek
Joseph Muller’s
Luedinghaus
George Basset
Will Hendricks
Victoria
B. C
Vancouver Island
Wildwood Notes Include New Blacksmith Shop and Farewell Sermon
T. C. Naylor opens a blacksmith shop at Wildwood while hop picking runs strong. Edna Drew's school will close this week as Mrs. Drew visits her daughter. Miss Zella Hancock visits district 4 friends. Rev. Hughes gives his farewell sermon. Sunday school closes for the season at No. 94. Richard Lenz heads to Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Roundtree guests of Mrs. Bailey. Vliet visits niece Mrs. John Barnett in Lost Valley. Weather brings a light rain and cooler temperatures.
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Bointtort
Wildwood
T. C. Naylor
Edna Drew
Knob Kyas Social Notes Mention Visits and Births
Mrs. Carrie Wade of Montesano visits her parents Mr and Mrs Hanken. Threshing delayed by rain. Waller and Gibson return from mines. Chas Olsen visited. Dance at Moore’s hall Friday. Harry Nellie Deonard and Stella Allison Toledo visitors. Ike Shultz and crew went to Toledo. Green River boys worked for Mr Shultz. Mr and Mrs E S Layton welcome a son. Victor Carlson and Ida Peterson of Green River wed recently.
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Shultz
E. S. Layton
Victor Carlson
Ida Peterson
Green River
Sat Kum Ladies Host Party for Retiring Minister Whitfield
The ladies of Sat Kum and nearby communities held an event on August 25 to honor retiring minister Rev. Whitfield. The gathering was well attended and enjoyed by all present.
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Satxem
Satkum and
Whitfield
Dryad News Briefs and Local Happenings
Dryad notes show mills at full time and schools opening under teacher M. De Ioss Flint. Hop picking lowers attendance slightly. El Gage of Chehalis fished nearby on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Garrett of Onn's shingle mill suffered a severe cut to his left hand in an accident last Tuesday.
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Dryad
M. de Ioss Flint
el Gage
Chehalis
Garrett
Onn
Krondyke at Home Wheat Output Expected This Year
Washington state wheat production seen at ten to twelve million bushels this year. The Tacoma News notes strong harvest prospects, with every grain described as a nugget.
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Krondyke
Washington
Tacoma News
St Helens District Mining Dilemma Raised
The Auburn Argus questions the Klondike craze and urges locals to focus on regional mineral resources rather than chasing distant gold success. It notes many will be disappointed and advocates staying home to develop local wealth.
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St. Helens
Klondike
Legion
Auburn Argus
Pension Bill Called Needed to Reform Soldier Pensions
An Olympian editorial urges Congress to pass a bill revising pension laws that force veterans to meet impossible requirements, calling current regulations ridiculous and in need of reform for fair pensions.
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Congress
Hope in Wheat Tariff Sparks Cautious Optimism
The Tacoma News notes the new tariff may help in the long run as duties settle and remove a business obstacle. It cites a smaller world wheat supply and abundant American crops as the real source of hopeful times.
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Tacoma News
Calamity Writers Persist in Political Rhetoric
In communities a few croakers deny improvement while most calamity howlers craft explanations blaming unadjusted conditions on Republicans. The piece notes ongoing chatter over economic signals and political fault lines.
Catarrh cure offer and testimonial notice
An advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and endorses F J Chesey as honorable and capable of meeting obligations. It lists Toledo firms West Tacax Waterse Kovsan Manvix and Hall's Catarrh Care as sold locally with testimonials available free.
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D. Cox & Co
Toledo
D. Wexer & Co
F. J. Chesey
West& Tacax
Harvest Upswing Predicted As Farm Prices Rise
In the Pacific northwest the hard times are easing as farm products bring better prices this season. Wool wheat hay and hops command generous rates with Sherman county Oregon wheat alone valued near 2 million dollars, about 500 per person in the county according to the Ilwaco Tribune.
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Pacific Northwest
Sherman County
Oregon
Ilwaco Tribune
Harvest Hands Wanted Sign From Kansas Farmer
Kansas farmer posted a fence sign asking for harvest hands and a hired girl with a blond genial appearance. The notice lists preferences for living quarters, daily pie, coffee with sugar, and a strict schedule with rising at 9, a three hour noon rest, and broad invitation for all.
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Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Trusts and tariffs in a prosperity era debate
A Chicago Inter-Ocean excerpt argues that trusts cannot prosper when common people lack money. It recalls previous prosperity and wage disputes, noting tariffs and union strikes, and asserts buyers must have money before sellers profit. The piece frames prosperity for people as prerequisite to trust growth.
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Democratic Party
Chicago Inter-Ocean
False saving claims in populist papers debated
The Vancouver Independent questions a claim of daily state savings of 3406 dollars circulated in populist papers. It cites State Treasurer Young denying the figures and urging inspection of the treasurer’s books to verify expenses.
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Olympia
Young
Olympian
Vancouver Independent
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Promote Digestive Health Card
A door notice claims a man will return from luncheon soon and often. He may miss meals due to headaches or cholera morbus, with a lump in the stomach blamed as a stretched ten minute lunch. The ad promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a permanent cure for biliousness constipation indigestion and heartburn and offers a 1008 page Common Sense Medical Adviser in exchange for 21 cents in stamps from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
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Dr. Pierce
Perletts
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Common Sense Medical
Pierce County Fair Dates Attract Lewis County Visitors
The Pierce County Fair is scheduled for September 6 through 11 with expected attendance from Lewis County residents. Organizers anticipate a busy week featuring local exhibits and community events.
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Pierce County
Lewis County
Gambling and Sunday Closing in Chehalis Opinion Letter
A Chehalis letter to the editor argues for enforcing laws against gambling and for Sunday closing. The writer cites crime, embezzlement, and social harm as linked to gambling, praises religious and moral grounds, and urges community support for law‑abiding leaders to suppress vice. Signed Kexse Tao Brown.
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Cahfhalta
The
Ber
Anthony Comstock
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Chauncy M. Depew
Chehalis
Kexse Tao Brown
Warning to trespassers on premises of undersigned
All persons are warned not to trespass on the premises for hunting or other purposes under penalty of prosecution under the laws of Washington. Signatories: Geo. W. Clark, Fred Scheuber, C. Winzelberger, T. Hankey, Frank Allen, R N. Ashmore.
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State of Washington
Geo. W. Clark
Fred Scheuber
C. Winzelberger
T. Hankey
Frank Allen
R N. Ashmore
Felton Offers Painting and Kalsemining Services
H. W. Felton provides painting and kalsemining work and invites calls for inquiries and appointments.
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Maynard, Everett & Co., Itealers
Chehalis, Washington
Murphy & Stuchell
Douglas
Artman & Nag Department Store
Market St
King
Kingsbury
Gordon
Pioneer Store
Market Street, Chehalis, Wash
Rand
Central Hotel
Rae
Barrett Block
Chehalis, Wash
Betsy Sherman
Nash
Chester
Mr. Brigstock
FE. H. Painter
Salem
Harmony
C. Jergeson
Winlock
Albert Tucker
Prescott, Veness & Co
Little Falls
Settemaier Abstract and Security Co
Wash
Cato Albert Loska
F T McNitt
Mary J Ragan
U. Sto Thomas BR
T Strethers
Elsie C’lucas
North Park
Chas
R. Fowler
Elsie Lucas
Sarah Bennett
Henry Dobson
John Rose
Frank Astlot
Dobson & Donahoe Ist
Ed Boyce
Thomas
Stevens Ad
Jas
Cushing
Cu&tco
C E
Donahoe’s Ad
C E Ball
Misses Agusta
Bertha Wenzel
Donahoes Ad
T Mairs
Sav Joan
Bidg Colot
Diat
Kenneth Brown
H. W. Felton
Kalsemining
Pa Aang
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