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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
6
Laurel reporters record arrivals departures and local events from Miss Frances and Marian Dur ham of Seattle to a Grange convention visitor from North Yakima. The column lists social visits, schooling, sick lists, and church activities among Laurel residents and neighbors with brief notes on trips and gatherings.
Big celebration at Sumas July 3 and 4 features H F Monter in a Curtis biplane making three flights. He is the continent's youngest aviator and first to enter two countries on one flight. A political rally accompanies the event with Ole Hanson and Lin Hadley set to speak.
Cryderman and Biggar Progressive party candidates for Congress will speak along with Mrs. Axtell and others of prominence. Sumas plans a week long celebration June 29 to July 4 with a carnival, queen, races, boxing, tugs of war, foot and motorcycle races, and a grand fireworks display in Whatcom county.
Lynden merchants sign to close all day Saturday July 4, 1914. Agreement by Farmers Mercantile Co Elder and Pace Armstrong Hammond Co Lynden Dept Store Inc Marion Biehler Lynden Co op Co Jones and Rathman to observe Independence Day closing.
The Lynden Volunteer Fire Department approves a bond issue to fund instruments for the firemen's band. Members adopt a resolution urging residents to vote for the bonds tomorrow June 16 1914 at the polls. A committee will present the resolution at the next meeting at Jamieson's hall.
Police Chief Horace C. Byron of Bellingham died Tuesday afternoon after an operation for bowel obstruction. His sister Mrs. H. Jemieson and his mother Mrs. J. Byron, visiting Maine, sent condolences as Lynden residents extend sympathy. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the First Christian church in Bellingham.
The Grand Summer Nights Festival will be held on Friday evening on the Waples and Serrurier lawns. Proceeds go to buy new instruments for the Lynden Firemen's band. Admission is 25 cents and the event aims to be the county's best outdoor entertainment.
The B and N R R announces reduced service with two trains to Lynden and a daily arrival of two trains for now. Weekday departures from Bellingham are at 8:15 AM and 4:00 PM. Lynden Sunday mornings run at 8:45 AM to Glacier, returning at 6:39 PM, with daily Lynden departures at 9:30 AM and 5:16 PM except Sundays.
At the Republican county convention in Bellingham last Saturday the accredited and alternate delegates were selected and are attending the state convention in Tacoma today. Delegates listed include L H Hadley, H C Thompson, George F Raymond, J M McMillan, W B Whitcomb, and others from Bellingham and country districts.
The Thaw case file reaches the U S Supreme Court while President Wilson plans to attend Princeton class of 1879 reunion. Secretary Bryan will tour Chautauqua lectures starting at North Carolina on July 4. Kermit Roosevelt wed in Madrid on June 10 with ceremony June 11. Taft lays New Haven post office cornerstone. cost about 1 6 million. Adlai Stevenson hospital condition worsens after wife’s death. Vera Cruz food prices soar as Funston explores a food market with local and army collaborators. Dairy Herd Records at Tribune office fifty cents a dozen.
Dr. Or Van Kirk, specialist in diseases of the eye ear nose and throat, offers accurate glasses fitting at the Bellingham National Bank building location.
A Washington state committee reports possible state powder manufacture using a $50,000 appropriation to produce nitroglycerin dynamite for land clearing. A plant could yield 10 tons daily for about $42,000 plus land, with powder cost around 7 cents per pound. Transportation costs could affect small lot shipments.
Jack Robinson, a Davenport mulder, leaped from a wooden leg into the Spokane River and was carried over Upper Falls to his death in a whirlpool witnessed by many. The tragedy follows his cheerful farewell as he disappeared.
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