Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-01-04
M;ssos Mariorv and Elizabeth GertOn

| friends at tile residence Oh tnelT mOttoTs
on Fourth street, last evening. A bean
contest was one Of the features, and Miss
Ethel McDermoth won first prize. and
Miss Hazel Merzbach the BOBBY prize.
The associated services Of the Freshly
terian and Congregational churches will
be held as usual on Sunday next. The
evening service will be devoted to q
special musical service, in charge Of Miss
Belle Wood, the pastor delivering brief
address on "Some Bible Songs" CT.
| dial welcome is extended to all.
Mr.. and Mrs. P F. Clark entertained a
crowd Of friends at pedro party Satur'
day evening, and real good time was
enjoyed by all present. Mrs. Fred Becker
and II. W. Cook were awarded the first
prizes, Fred Becker and Mrs. Wallace
Weatherwax the BOBBY prizes and Mrs.
J. c. Clifton and Mrs. &. s. Thomas were
given prizes for having had the moral
stamina to refrain from playing the en-.
ticing game.
Fred Thompson returned from a visit
t" New Brunswick last evening accom-
panied by his bride, nee Miss Maggie
Clymont, to whom he was married at
Dumfries, N. B.. OH Christ mas. A num-
Der Of Fred's Aberdeen friends met the
happy couple at the depot, and escorted
them to the Pacific hotel. where dinner
had been prepared for the bridal party.
The HERALD extends congratulations to
the happy young couple.
Dugald Leitch, resident OF Centralla
for the past ten years, died At his home
there on Monday. He was born in Can.
ada in 1917. He was for many years a
resident of Montague, Mich, where lie
was prominent in business circles, and
later removed to Clay Center, Neb. He
came to Centralia in 1899, and established,
together with his sons, the Birge 4 Leitch
Lumber Company. His son. John, is
one Of the firm of the Dryden & Leitch
Lumber Co. Of this city
The new steamer, ". II. Kruger, was
successfully launched at the Lindstrom
ship yard Saturday, Mrs. Krog, wife OF
the captain of the new vessel, broke a
bottle of champagne over the bow as the
craft slid smoothly down the ways, and
named her after the principal owner
of the vessel. The new steamer
is 16o feet long. at the water line, "a feet
beam and IL feet inches depth OF hold,
and is being built for the T,uckee Lum-
her Company, of San Francisco, to ply
between that city and rllamlook, Oregon.
Judge Arnold's court was occupied in
hearing AN assault and battery case all OF
Tuesday afternoon, in which two East
Aberdeen boys figured as complainant
and defendant and large number OF
their neighbors as witnesses. The boys
were only about s and II years old, and
it was evidently a case that required a
vigorous use OF the parental single, adj
ministered in the woodslled, more than
the adjudication Of law court, in which
view Judge Arnold evidently concurred,
as he dismissed the case in disgust.
The Aberdeen Manufacturing Com.
pany, a new corporation, has purchased
the woodworking mill Of A. Damitio and
assumed charge Monday. The new com
pany consists OF John Damitio, A. A
Damitio, John Heintz and Geo. Huntley
Anton Damitio, who established the mill
) retifes from the active management o
the works, but will continue the manu-
facture OF pilot wheels, for the excellence
OF which he has made Aberdeen famous
all over the Pacific Coast. He will also
open an office as architect and superin
tendent Of buildings, the location Of which
will be announced later. The new firm
will continue the manufacture Of boxes
mouldings. turned and scroll work on al
enlarged scale.
OF all the methods OF practical public
ity the newspaper is the foundation. II
leads, both in reaching the people and
i. producing the results. People read the
ne ~spapers for the sake Of getting the
news. This means the news OF business
as we'll as the news Of politics anC
war. Go into any town or city in the
J United States and listen to the gossip o
r the people, and you will hear the univer
, sal expression. II see such and such 8
paper says" They don't say, II set
, that such circular or such magazin,
I says" but they point to the paper as thu
up.to.date medium by which the newes
knowledge is disse minated. H. Morse
Human Hearts" At the Acme.'
Speaking Of this powerful play the Ia
coma Ledger OF last Saturday said:
3 "There is an air OF home life aud ruia
|, simplicity about "Human Hearts" tina
! appeals to one somewhat like "Shor'
/ Acres" and "Old Homestead" though
could not be claimed for it that "Humal
q Hearts" is as strong as either Of these
j, The love, hate and difficulties that caus
2 the troubles in the Arkansas hills, wher
!. the scene is laid, seem almost real q
Q they are presented by the company tina
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