Cities and Towns

Long Branch, Pierce Co., WA Oct. 1908
E. Foster of Tacoma guest of G. Layher
Miss Wyatt visiting relatives in Louisiana.

Other people mentioned in Long Branch;
Ercell Myers

Spanaway, Pierce Co., WA Oct. 1908
Mrs. H. C. Kinney and daughter visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. Lunkley.

Other people mentioned in Spanaway;
Max Rickman of Orting, H. Lambert, Mrs. E. Williams, Mrs. W. Miller
Miss M. Belle Lunkley visited friends in Tacoma.

Benston, Pierce Co., WA Oct. 1908
Carl Lipke spent a week visiting daughter, Mrs. Miller of Tacoma.

Other people mentioned in Benston;
Mrs. W. B. Connell and son Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. John Lideneau, Ed Webster, J. B. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Schnell, Mrs. Carl Lipke and son Fred, Mrs. F. A. Carlson

Fife, Pierce Co., WA Oct. 1908
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Guis hosted relatives from Alderton.
Other people mentioned in Fife; Mr. and Mrs. A. Tenzler, Mrs. Ben A. Andre, Miss Hazel Kohee, James B. Mitchell, Win H. Wilton, Peter Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Weston, E. Bonander

Dupont, Pierce Co., WA Oct. 1908
People mentioned in Dupont;
Mrs. Lanham, Mrs. W. Kennewell and Mrs. Kidder of South Tacoma, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Fisher, Mrs. Turley of Valley City, Miss Ellen Forsberg of South Tacoma, Miss Iva White

Woodland, Pierce Co., WA Oct. 1908
Mr. and Mrs. Kuchenmeister of Oroville, CA visiting her sister Mrs. Andrew Miller.
Miss Nell Scoville of Tacoma visited with her cousin, Miss Edna St. John.
Other people mentioned in Woodland; Misses Anna and Lena Mancowsky, Miss Louise Running, Mrs. Andrew Miller, Miss Myrtle Kean of Tacoma, Miss Nellie Gray, F. M. Mancowsky, Mr. and Mrs. J. Long, Edwin Running, Will Long, G. Wood

McKenna, Pierce Co., WA Oct. 1908
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wood in Roy at his parents.
Mrs. Walter Mitchell moved to Tacoma.
Mrs. Pearson spent the day with sister, Mrs. Rutledge of Roy.

Centralia Cronicle Jan. 24, 1902
Salvation Army Captain Crabtree and Liet. Comer – new officers.
Miss Daisy Miller entertained her sister Mrs. J. E. Williams of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Prosch celebrated their 56th anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nelson visited his brother Charles Nelson, who is attending dental college in Portland, OR
Mrs. W. W. Walters visited her daughter, Mrs. Raymond and niece Reva Raymond.
Miss Lucille Horr moved to Aberdeen.
Leslie Butler of Hood River visited daughter Mrs. Dysart. He is a fourth cousin of the publisher of the Chronicle.
Miss Grace Smith of Gate City is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. Fitzsimmons.
C. R. Fowler visited his cousin John E. DuBois of DuBois, PA
Solon Porter and wife were in Athena, OR visiting her sister, Mrs. Leeper
Other people mentioned in Centralia Chronicle; C. A. Young of Cosmopolis, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Simpson, Lee Hubbard, Nettie Henderson

Skookumchuck Woodmen of the World Jan. 28, 1902
O. C. Smith, C. B. Northrup, E. B. Foote, F. E. Davis, B. W. J. Bates, Arthur Fleming, Walter Ainslie, Kimball Teeter, Edward Boyd, Joseph Cunningham, George Poncin, Bert Ammen, John Griner, Mr. Barner, Geo. E. Rhodes, Frank Adams, Miss Hilda Rosten of Winlock, Mrs. George E. Rhodes, Miss May Overhulse of Olympia, Mrs. J. W. Donovan

Southwest Washington Lumber Association Jan. 1902 members
George McCoy and Mr. Somerville of Napavine; H. W. Stuchell of Reynolds; J. G. Startup and Lynn Miller of Chehalis; W. C. Yeomana of PeEll; Mr. Hubbard and Mr. McCormick of McCormick; F. A. Martin, George E. Birge, Jas. Gilchrist, J. E. Williams of Centralia; Mr. Hagen of South Bend; President Veness of Winlock.

Centralia Chronicle Feb. 1902
Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Williams visiting their daughter Mrs. D. Copping.
Lee Weir visited his sister, Mrs. Nelson in Spokane. Nels Nelson of Villard, Minn. sold his farm there and is moving to Centralia near his brother, Councilman Ed Nelsen.
C.A. Ballard and family are moving to Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cole are moving to Hillsboro, OR
Miss Ethel Royal visited her parents in Olympia.
Other people mentioned in Feb. 1902. Mrs. Johnson and daughter Connie, Hon. George Dysart Mr. and Mrs.Duck, Frank Gougar of Frances, Miss Ella Field, George E. Rhodes, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Ross Adams and Miss Dottie Adams all of Warren, OR, Mrs. C. N. Wallace, Mrs. W.E. Towner, H.L. Weir, Miss Hope Ingalls, Mrs. Frank Roberts

TACOMAN HAS OLD DOCUMENT
An original document signed by President Abraham Lincoln is among the possessions of Olin F. Pierce, Tacoma.
Pierce's great uncle, Theodore H. Dodd, was appointed as Indian agent for the territory of New Mexico by Lincoln and his appointment was countersigned by John P. Usher, Lincoln's secretary of the Department of the Interior.
The appointment was dated March, 21, 1865, less than a month before Lincoln was shot. Pierce is an employee of the Monarch Door company.

TWO NORTHWEST NIECES HEIRS TO HUGE FORTUNE
Dec. 1, 1955 Tacoma News Tribune
Mrs. Cora Nidever, 85, of Fresno, CA, who made an oil fortune on 80 acres of barren land she inherited near Coalinga, CA, left an estate in excess of two million dollars, including $1,837,350 in cash.
She died following a long illness. A childless widow, she left no will. A petition for letters of administration listed seven nieces and nephews as legal heirs. They include Dorothy Robinson of Seattle and Ruby Palmer of Bremerton, WA.
Mrs. Nidever inherited the property from her mother, Mrs. Hester Binkley, who had homesteaded it at the turn of the century. Oil was discovered in 1939.

34 PASS LAW EXAM IN STATE
February, 12, 1939 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Washington Bar Association
William N. Ambur, James B. Castles, Emery N. Clark, Victor Dobrin, William W. Edwards, William W. Fearnside, David O. Hamlin, Edward E. Miller, Alton H. Mjorud, R. A. Moon, Lee J. Reynolds, William D. Rourke, Sanford Skidmore, John S. Twitchell, Nat W. Washington, George R. West, all of Seattle.
Norman J. Booth, Burlington; Paul K. Kooney, Spokane; Tom A. Durhamm, Bellingham; William R. Eddleman, Spokane; Caspar M. Graff, Vancouver; Charles E. Hall, Vancouver; Paul W. Hand, Spokane; Levy Johnson, Olympia; John F. Lindberg, Spokane; Charles R. Lyon, Yakima; Frederick C. Metzger, Tacoma; William J. Millard, Olympia; John E. O'Larey, Sumner; Charles T. Sharp, Spokane; Charles Timblin, Spokane; Mrs. June C. Fowles, Olympia.

July 20, 1895 Goldendale, WA
Charles N. Hess, formerly an inmate of the Oregon insane asylum, having been sent from Astoria, was found today in the outskirts of Goldendale raving mad. It required six men to bring him to town. Hess's hobby is populistic financial ideas.

March 1913 Portland, OR Oregonian
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI 'HIKE'
Members of the Portland-Lincoln High School Alumni Association enjoyed a walk in the hills.Those in the party were; Armand Strohecker, Martin Schade, Cinita Numan, Sanford Unna, Helen Herman, Alvin Perdue, Helen Matteson, Frances Healey, Margaret Regan, Earl W. Hammond, Salome Bernstein, Frieda Sommer, Agnes Lawson, Ray O. Baird, Melba Regan, Frances Regan, Adolph Unna.

March 1913 Portland, OR Oregonian
LAST OF “AT HOMES” HELD Guests were; Mrs. W. L. Morgan, Mr and Mrs. Frank Van Duyn, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Palmer, Mr and Mrs. D. G. Tomasini, Mr and Mrs. Robert S. Farrell, Mr and Mrs. R. W. Schmeer, Mrs. John Annand, Mr and Mrs. C. C. Newcastle, Mrs. Charles E. Runyon, Benjamin Gadsby, Mrs. Harold T. Hutchinson, Mrs. Bert Dennison, Mrs. William H. See, Miss Jean Martin, Mrs. R. F. Fike, Mrs. Richard Percy Knight, Miss Nell Peterson, Mrs. M. C. Banfield, Mrs. M. Bishop, Mrs. Carl Jones, Mr and Mrs. William Fliedner, Miss Marjorie Read, Mr and Mrs. Albert M. Brown, Miss Alice Cameron, Mr and Mrs D.L. Povey, Mr and Mrs R. F. Clark, Miss S. M. Hensel, Mr and Mrs Robert Keen, Mr and Mrs Alexander G. Riddell, Mr and Mrs C. A. Millman, Mr and Mrs C. Christensen, Mr and Mrs Garrett N. Versteeg, Miss Madge Johnson, Victor Dnatoff, Miss Manda Raston, C. L. Lindner, Mr and Mrs O. O. Koeppel, Mr and Mrs Charles E. Fields, Miss Willow May Fields, Mr and Mrs Arlie A. Bailey, Mr and Mrs Walter J. Holman, Mr and Mrs S. S. Jones, Miss Loraine Hart, Mr and Mrs L. Gerlinger, Mr and Mrs L. C. McClintock, James P. Moffett, Miss Kontz, Mr and Mrs A. G. Bashrodt, Mr and Mrs Marion Versteeg, Clinton S. Fletcher, Mrs C. M. Whitcomb

January 1929
Oakville, WA
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wray and children spent the holidays with relatives in Seattle.
Mrs. W. S. Page of Portland and her daughter, Barbara Lee, was nursing her sick father, A. Weiland.
Mrs. Cora H. Forest spent time in Elma w/ Mrs. Clayton Waring.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McMasters of Brookside, w/ daughter Edna and nephew, Jack King visited Olympia.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale H. Wade of Tacoma, WA visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Weiland.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dunlap dined w/ Mr. and Mrs. Dick Baldwin of Elma.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Vaughan dined w/ Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Ross.
Miss Clara Vosper from Oakville, returned, after an illness, to her teaching job in Montesano.
Rev. T. J. Hazelton, former Oakville pastor is now pastor at the Methodist church in McCleary, WA.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Silva had as a dinner guest his brother, Grady Silva of Ajlune, WA.
Mrs Ruel Cooper and children visited relatives in Port Angeles stopping off here on their return trip to Mrs. Cooper's job at Bordeaux Camp 4. They are staying the week w/ Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Rasler.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard O. Baker of Seattle, spent the holidays here with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. McArthur. Mr. Baker is a science teacher in a Seattle High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Fry and two small sons of Tacoma, were Sunday guests of Mr. Fry's sister, Mrs. Floyd Atwood and family.
William Simmons, manager of the Neeley store is severely ill at home in Olympia. His son-in-law, Arthur Laurent is taking over at the store until he recovers.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Gordon of Dufur, OR are visiting her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Kane.
Sidney and Lucille Gibson of Aberdeen were visiting their aunt, Mrs. G. D. Harris.

January 1929
Woodland, WA
Mr. and Mrs. Daniels visited friends in Montesano.
Mr. and Mrs. John Faber and infant son visited Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lampertz at Cosmopolis.
Christ Mathiason visited friends in Aberdeen.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Delehoy and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom McTeachuck in Artic, WA.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Bush and children of Vesta, WA visited Mr. and Mrs. Pat Boyd.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Schlesser and children, Jack and Dorothy Jean of Woodland and Miss Vivian Olson of Artic visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lampitt of Artic.

January 1929
Brooklyn, WA
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Kinnaman and son, Dorral and Robert Prickett of Elma were guests here of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Burke.
Mrs. Mary Smith and children, Albert and Cordelia, Miss Irma Cooke and C. W. Kinnaman dined w/ Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kinnaman.
Mr. and Mrs. David Ruddell and children, Lewis and Erma, Miss Florence Jessup and Kenneth Spurlock visited O. W. Kinnaman.
Miss Katherine Herbstritt hosted a New Year's party attended by Lenora Wisdom, Mary and Luella Bodman, Hazel and Dorothy Kinnaman.

January 1929
Elma, WA
Mr. and Mrs. George Harvey visited friends in Hoquiam.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Desoto spent the holidays in Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Busing visited in Seattle.
Walter Wyrick, student at Washington State College at Pullman visited his mother, Mrs. A. Wyrick, here. He visited his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Karlin at Oakville.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wood of Oakville dined w/ her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Miller, here.

August 1911
Kelso, WA
The Kelsonian
Accidental in Part Only
Judge Chris Kalahan of Kalama was in the city on business Thursday telling this story; Judge Kalahan knew his brother, John Kalahan, mayor of Algonquin, Illinois, was coming to see him but didn't know when. The mayor knew his brother, the Judge, lived in Kalama but didn't know where. The two met on a train by accident. They hadn't seen each other in 46 years.

Abstract of the Census Report of Lewis County, Washington Territory, from the returns made by the Assessor of said County, for the year 1880
Number of Dwellings, 528
Number of Families, 458
Number of White Males, 1429
Number of White Females, 1121
Number of Colored Males, (B) 42
Number of Colored Females (B) 30
Number of Chinese (taxable) 0
Number of Half-breed Indians (taxable) 0
Number of Full Indians (taxable) 3
Number of Kanakas (taxable) 0
Number of Married, 796
Number of Unmarried, 1466
Number of Males of Foreign birth, 235
Number of Females of Foreign birth, 117
Number of Born within the year, 0
Number of Married within the year, 24
Number of Attended School within the year, 0
Number of Cannot Read, 438
Number of Cannot Write, 547
Number of Deaf and Dumb, 0
Number of Blind, 2
Number of Insane or Idiotic, 0
Number of Male Citizens of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards, 708
Total population, 2622

Abstract of the Census Report of Lewis County, Washington Territory, from the Returns made by the Assessor of said County, for the year 1881
Number of dwellings, 620
Number of families, 570
Number of white males, 1738
Number of females, 1321
Number of colored males, 7
Number of colored females, 4
Number of Chinese, (taxable) 13
Number of half-breed Indians, (taxable)
Number of full-blood Indians, (taxable)
Number of Kanakas, (taxable)
Number of married, 988
Number of unmarried, 2275
Number of males of foreign birth, 278
Number of females of foreign birth, 124
Number of born within the year, 0
Number of married within the year, 42
Number of attended school within the year, 0
Number of cannot read, 707
Number of cannot write, 711
Number of deaf and dumb, 0
Number of blind, 1
Number of insane or idiotic, 0
Number of male citizens of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards, 914
Total population, 3263

Abstract of the Census report of Lewis County, Washington Territory, from the returns made by the Assessor of said County, for the year of 1883
Number of dwellings, 753
Number of families, 725
Number of white males, 2376
Number of females, 1853
Number of colored males, 254
Number of colored females,167
Number of Chinese, (taxable) 0
Number of half-breed Indians, (taxable) 0
Number of full-blood Indians, (taxable) 30
Number of Kanakas, (taxable) 0
Number of married, 1202
Number of unmarried, 3448
Number of males of foreign birth, 335
Number of females of foreign birth, 152
Number of born within the year, not given in census
Number of married within the year, 42
Number of attended school within the year, not shown in census
Number of cannot read, 533
Number of cannot write, 533
Number of deaf and dumb, 0
Number of blind, 0
Number of insane or idiotic, 0
Number of male citizens of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards, 1201
Total population, 4650

Abstracts from the Census Roll of Lewis County, State of Washington, enumerated April 1, 1892
Number of person enumerated, 13, 041
Adults, 6649
Minors, 6379
White, 13,028
Negroes, 9
Mulattoes, 1
Chinese, 0
Indians half-breeds, 4
Kanakas, 0
Number of married, 5,187
Number of single, 7999
Number cannot read or write, 50
Number cannot write over 15 years, 0
Number deaf and dumb, 1
Number blind, 0
Number idiotic, 0
Number insane, 0
Number male citizens of the United States over 21 years of age, 2822
Number females over 18 years of age, 2321
Number aliens over 18 years of age, male, 938
Number aliens over 18 years of age, female, 568

Hazel Dell, Cowlitz Co., WA March 1913
Mrs. Mary Fleishman has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Rose Wilson, at her small acreage above the Ariel dam.
Mr. Carter of Carterville has beautiful flowers in his auto park.
Godlip Rhinehart is rebuilding his homestead farm after the previous one was swept away in a forest fire near Yacolt last summer.
G. R. Stevenson, traveling salesman, is confined to a Seattle hospital with the flu he contracted on his travels.
Mrs. Mary Fleishman is recovering from her bout with the flu.
Mrs. Artie Morey enjoyed dinner with her sister, Mrs. William Collette in Portland.

Kelso, Cowlitz Co., WA December 1916
Daniel Peer of Carrolls, WA was in town.
Miss Fannie Lasene of Mt. Solo visited Kelso.
Mrs. Bernie Linn was in town from Ostrander, WA.
Lee F. Duggan spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Duggan.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Jensen visited her old home at Stevenson.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Roberts and daughter, June, are back from Kalama.
Arthur Miller and daughter, Miss Beatrice returned to California after a visit at the Ely home.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Embree, of Bull Run, Oregon, have been visiting family in Kelso.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackson are home after visiting family in Centralia.
Pete Holleman of Kalama was in town to apply for citizenship, bringing J. L. Harris along as a witness.
Visiting her parents, Mr.and Mrs. J. C. Eldred, were Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bowen of Camas.
Mrs. Fred C. Knapp and her daughter, Florence Knapp, attended the Woods-Janes wedding. Mrs. Janes and Mrs. Knapp are sisters.
Mrs. H. M. Page of Cathlamet, had as her Christmas guests, her mother, Mrs. Anna Johnson and George Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin were here for the holidays from Bull Run, Oregon where Mr. Martin has been working for the Cameron-Taylor Co.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Irwin have been vacationing in Portland.
Sergt. and Mrs. W. C. Beasley will spend the next few weeks in Fort Canby.
A. E. Brown and son, Stewart, are painting C. E. Putnam's building.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Down, report their daughter, Miss Dorcas Down, is slightly improved after an operation.
Miss Althena McKinney spent Christmas at her home in Independence, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Knoles are visiting friends in Kelso. Oliver works on the boom on Deer Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Parson went to Portland this afternoon on the belated train to visit the Charles and Ed Swenson families.
Mrs. William Clark of Newport, Oregon has been visiting Kelso relatives, among them her mother, Mrs. Mary Longman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larson have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meier on Pleasant Hill.
R. M. Boykin, chief engineer for North Coast Power Co., was visiting both the Kelso plant and the Kalama plant.
Newton McCoy came home to Castle Rock, WA for a visit from Lynden, WA where he is the principal of the schools.
Harmon Jasperson hauled a carload of cedar poles to the siding to be loaded by A. E. Hayes. The poles are from thirty to forty-five feet in length.
Max Gilpin, a fisherman on the Columbia River, was in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Larson of Astoria, Oregon spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Rewey.
E. E. Bayley drilled a well for the Kelso Steam Laundry at their new location.
Capt. Leroy Woods of Cottage Grove, after attending the Woods-Janes wedding will spend a few days at the home of R. W. Welch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bowers of Portland and their daughter spent Christmas at his mother's, Mrs. Anne Bowers, home.
Supt. Lee F. Jones returned on the Shasta from Portland where he attended the Oregon Educational Association meeting.
Ed Gillihan and his little launch, "Boss" worked very hard and towed the Burcham dredge up the slough through the Bush and Kletsch places to start digging at the corner of the Gray-Gross-Taylor dike.
Mrs. F. L. Fraser hosted the Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church. The subject of the study hour was Syria and uplifting the women of that land. Afterwards Miss Mary Harris and Miss Jessie Snyder performed a number of musical selections. Refreshments were served.