Dollar Day Promises Bargains Draw Lynden Crowd
Stores in Lynden prepare for the first local Dollar Day set for Saturday May 15 with most shops offering $1 specials. A few cannot join due to space and service limits, but R L Averill Armstrong Hammond Efficiency Shop Elder Pace Farmer's Mercantile Co Hawley Bros Lynden Cooperative Store Lynden Department Store and John Vanderyacht will participate.
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Lynden
R. L. Averill
Armstrong-Hammond Co
Elder and Pace
Farmer's Mercantile Co
Hawley Bros
Lynden Cooperative Store
Lynden Department Store
John Vanderyacht
Custer Community Notes Mixed Scores and Improvements
Gun Club results report Hils and V. Parrish high scores while deposits at Custer State Bank surge from ten thousand to over thirty thousand. Township board discusses road work funding, street repairs and gravelling as county aids funds. Social at A F Stone, school games, multiple local visits and a child's death noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun Club
Hils
V. Parrish
Johnson
Flint
Vaughn
C. Parrish
Behme
P. Brownell
Mrs. Johnstone
B. Porter
F. Everett
Custer State Bank
Stone
M. E. Church
A. F. Stone
Custer School
Pleasant Valley School
Custer Grounds
D. C. Haines
Cloverdale
B. C
Jacob Fox
Lester Miller
Geo. Miller
Enterprise Cemetery
Norris Howell
Custer
Marietta
Parrish
Nal Prichard
Ferndale
Nolia Flint
George Miller
Bellingham
A. W. Stone
Custer Commercial Club
May 15 Dollar Day Sparsely Noted in Ad Notes
The entry notes Saturday May 15 as a dollar day event with minimal readable details. No further context or participants are provided in the surviving text.
Lynden Town Happenings Ten Years Ago
Lynden sees changes with B. Loring selling rural free delivery to Frank Bostwick who becomes carrier. Ben Nelson strikes oil while sinking a well two miles north. J Moore retires his auto bus venture due to road conditions and weight. Lynden council sets six mile per hour limit for autos bicycles and motor cycles. H O Wampler plans a residence across the railroad tracks.
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B. Loring
Frank Bostwick
Lynden
Ben Nelson
J. Moore
Bellingham
H. O. Wampler
Lynden Gun Club plans bear hunt and local developments
The Lynden Gun Club announces a bear hunt. Bernard Meenderinck, from North Dakota, bought the P. Marth ranch of thirty acres for $3550. H. H. Jamieson moved from Bellingham. The G S Aldrich and Co banking house will open Monday with $106,000 capital.
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Lynden Gun Club
Bernard Meenderinck
North Dakota
P. Marth
H. H. Jamieson
Bellingham
G. 3S. Aldrich and Co
Local Social and Road Work Notes From Laurel Area
The Wiser Literary society held a declamatory contest and ice cream social with prizes awarded to Amanda Nessen and Howard Nessen. The Laurel PTA brought Lucy Norton to lecture at the Auditorium. Grading on the Wiser Lake Ferndale road advances two miles using Ferndale township gear. Various social visits and events fill the week including a benefit social at the Auditorium clearing about 80 dollars.
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Wiser Literary Society
Wiser Grange Hell
Beatrice Dahquist
Amanda Nessen
Mable Marr
Charles Bartlett
Loraine Heaton
Howard Nessen
Laurel Parent-Teachers’' Association
Lucy Norton
Bellingham Normal
Wiser Lake
Ferndale Road
Ferndale Township
Mable Cameron
Nina Lusk
E. Field
W. H. Dorr
Orcas Island
Bellingham
Ernest Lusk
Emil Ericson
Soronian Society Meets at Mrs Fountain Home
The Soronian Society was pleasantly entertained Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry Fountain. The next meeting is planned for Friday May 7 at the home of Mrs. Earl Tremain.
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Soronian Society
Harry Fountain
Earl Tremain
Lynden Women Honored at W H M S Convention
Mrs Eva Thompson elected treasurer and Mrs Fraley secretary at the women and children's home missions district convention held at the M E church. Thirty five delegates attended with officers named including President Mrs J M Canse and Vice President Mrs J L Lyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Thompson
Fraley
Women’s and Children’s Home Missions
Women's Home Missionary Soc
M. E. Church
J. M. Canse
Bellingham
J. L. Lyer
Everett
E. M. Hill
Ree
A. L. Brandt
Vernon
R. C. Hartley
Blaine
W. v. Swann
Posen
Askey
Belngham
Gladys Winters
Temperance
McGinnis
Bell
Bodkin
Paul Ashby
Phoebe Judson Wld
Lynden
J. W. Gilbert
Nooksack
Siage
Lynden stores stage weekly window trimming race
Gebriach of Lynden Department Store and De Longe of Farmers Mercantile Company hold a weekly contest for the most attractively trimmed window. Each week both display showcases are hard to beat and a photo of Armour's Grape Juice display at Farmers Mercantile is entered in a national prize competition.
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Messrs
Gebriach
de Longe
Lynden Department Store
Farmers Mercantile Company
Splendid Armour
Williams Buys Maxwell Car From Local Agent Bauman
H. L. Williams purchases a fine new Maxwell automobile from A. A. Bauman, the local agent, signaling a notable dealership transaction in the community.
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H. L. Williams
A. A. Bauman
Growers Publish Picker Price Scale for Berry District
B C Crabtree president of the association announced the price scale for berry pickers. Strawberries 18 cents per pint crate. raspberries 11 4 cents per pound and 20 cents per pint crate. shipping raspberries 14 5 cents per pound and 24 cents per pint crate. Black raspberries same as red. Applications to pick berries should be made at once as last year many applicants missed opportunities. Berries will come several weeks earlier despite frost damage recently.
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B. C. Crabtree
Principals Boost County Fair Support in Whatcom County
Secretary George Frick of the Fair Association asks county school principals to back the 1915 Fair. Schools plan prize events and team entries while Lynden district advertisers pledge generous support. Premium booklet advertising is strong with more pages sold than before. premium list due next month.
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Whatcom County
George Frick
The
Fair Association
Frick
Lynden
Guide Meridian closure affects Bellingham route
The Guide Meridian was closed to auto stages on Wednesday with traffic diverted to the Northwest Diagonal. By May 15 the Northwest should be open to Bellingham, extending the round trip by about eleven miles.
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Bellingham
Elza Tremain Visits Vancouver This Weekend
Elza Tremain spent the weekend visiting Vancouver, enjoying local sights and events. The trip highlighted Tremain’s appreciation for the city and its attractions during a brief sociable stay.
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Elza Tremain
Vancouver
Age of Humanity and the Rise of Man Over Horse
A concise quotation by Charles Sumner contrasts the age of chivalry with a new era of humanity. It frames man as central to progress, noting that in serving and elevating the human condition there are noble, bloodless triumphs beyond classic battlefield conquests.
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Charles Sumner
High School Notes on Society Programs and Debates
The Girls Literary Society held a program with piano solo reading and a debate on whether German is more important than Latin, affirmed by Knapp and Ireland. The L H S Students Association to manage stands at County Field Meet next Saturday. Ancient History debates include Olympian Games value debate with Fern Stuart George Frick and Harold Bradley affirming, Royal Pixler Ruth Oakes and Alvah Brewers negative. Juniors prepare for the Junior-Senior Banquet.
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Girl's Literary Society
Miss Cole
Emma Bosland
Frances Knapp
Ruth Ireland
Ruth Oakes
Flovilla Hathaway
Mabel Steffe
Frances Bloom
Fern Stuart
Dorothy Pace
Ethel Lemming
Girl’s Literary Society
L. H. 8. Students Association
George Frick
Harold Bradley
Royal Pixler
Alvah Brewers
Glendale R E Tucker Visits as Local Arts Event Promises Laughs
Glendale R E Tucker visits Bellingham while Mrs. Hale, formerly Miss Georgiena Dickerson, visits Abbott home. Glendale base ball team loses to Pleasant Valley, and Glendale plans two school shows on Friday May 14 at the schoolhouse. The play Wide Enough for Two features W Osbrink Thos Welch Milton Westland and Wm Lowen with others, and The Merry Mikmaids operetta with 50 voice choir and soloists Misses Winchell Pearson Jes Stroops Tucker. Admission 25 and 15 cents.
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R. E. Tucker
Bellingham
Vern Hale
Abbott
Thos, Welch
Milton Westland
Wm. Lowen
Miss Suffel
Miss Brunson
Mr. Tucker
Winchell
Pearson
Jes
Messrs
Stroops
Osbrink
Tucker
W. R. C. Notes on May 1 Meeting
The W. R. C. held its regular meeting Saturday May 1 with the president in charge. Little sickness was reported and Mrs Schroeder attended while Mrs Love was very ill. Attendance has been poor recently but the group hopes for better turnout at the May 15 meeting with plans for Decoration Day.
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Schroeder
Love
Lynden Hosts County High School Track and Declamatory Meet
Whatcom County arranges a two day high school track and field meet and declamatory contests in Lynden. Entries flood in from across the county with Edson's Drug Store selling Saturday night reserved seats at 35 cents.
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Lynden
Whatcom County
P. A. Wright
Whatcom County Athletic Association
Edson
Tommy Atkin
Max Cooper
Court of
Glendale
Vernon Pearson
Andy
Miss Howard
Jamieson's Hall
Harmony
Leslie Hartnell
Connors
Louise Jensen
Sumas
Sue
Richard Hartwell
Sweet Girl
Bobby Shafto
Hazel Piercey
Nooksack
Hershel McGrath
India
Olive Ashland
Ulrich Nebendahl
Albert Booman
Sally Ann
Bessie Biehler
Blaine
Old
Yale
Daniel Cretel
Sara Tryevi
Laurel
Leslie Hobson
King Neluf
Genevieve Wolf
Everson Social Notes And Local Movements Recap
Residents and visitors appear in Everson and nearby towns with trips to Sumas Anacortes Seattle Bellingham and Lynden. Notables include Mr and Mrs Harold Chapman and baby Helen departing for Essex England and Frank Grauman purchasing a Ford from Chas Arnell last week.
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B. Winger
Sumas
Frank Grauman
Evelyn
Anacortes
John Reid
Seattle
Chas
Arnell
Dora
Bellingham
Gus Dalgren
Hanson
Everson
John Johnson
Helen
Butte
Montana
A. E. Hardin
Messrs
Sam Arnell
Damp Bertrand Creek Fished Investigates Water Conditions
John Vanderyacht notes unusually damp conditions in Bertrand Creek after a personal fishing trip last week. A supporting board failed under him during the inspection, prompting his firsthand account of the creek’s current state.
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Bertrand Creek
John Vanderyacht
Vanderyacht
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