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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1903
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald is a semi weekly newspaper published Mondays and Thursdays edited by J. Carney. Subscription rates range from two dollars per year to discounted advance payments with several monthly options. The paper claims the largest circulation on Grays Harbor and Chehalis County, with advertising contracts contingent on circulation assertions.
The Montesano Vidette criticizes Aberdeen for delaying a north side river road plan. Assessor Archer suggests the city buy a locomotive and rails to cut a bluff road, using fill from the hills to make permanent streets over years, benefiting travel from Harbor area and Montesano. The Vidette opposes rapid action, while Montesano residents back the project.
After months of claims a Carnegie library offer appears nonexistent. A resolution suggests a bequest of 10 000 to 15 000 with the city to spend 10 percent of the amount yearly for construction and upkeep while providing a site. A committee will confer with Carnegie representatives and clarify funding and book purchases.
The article notes a 43,000,000 tariff on J Pierpont Morgan’s 7,000,000 in art works he hopes to import and urges a duty rebate. It cites a Chicago paper arguing that duties on 7,000,000 in life necessities could reach 5,000,000 or more, possibly exceeding the property price. It questions why 3,000,000 in duties on a man worth 100,000,000 should be restored while others pay higher duties under the same laws.
Dr. Parkhurst of New York denounces General Funston in a sermon on Liars. He claims Funston and his men wore Filipino uniforms to approach Aguinaldo, used a forged letter, and exploited hospitality to capture him. Parkhurst says the act violated war laws and hospitality, while the US Senate merely confirmed Funston.
Governor Cummins vows to push a reformist plank in the 1904 Republican platform opposing tariff shelters for trusts. He argues protection should not serve unlawful profit, warning he and allies may face a hostile national convention if pushed.
Washington correspondent William Curtis reports no further attempt will be made to pass the ship subsidy. He notes three fourths of house Republicans favor it, but northern Republicans aligned with Democrats blocked the bill. The Louisville Courier Journal counters that subsidy advocates push the illusion of abandoning the raid on the treasury.
The editorial notes that debates over a Carnegie library or a park are premature since no proposals exist before the city. It argues pioneers must forego luxuries until basic necessities become affordable, as the city expands and develops.
Adolph Panisshil sues in superior court to annul an ordinance by Hoquiam city council vacating part of a street. Aberdeen region watchers expect the ruling to define council powers and curb ill considered street vacations.
The Lincoln Journal argues that people have a God given right to earn money honestly but rejects the tariff backed right to take from neighbors. It condemns the New Jersey model of legal theft by statute and official connivance.
Edward M. Shepard urges careful citizen reflection in Chicago. He argues it is calamitous to use the armory of law to restrain freedom when law has failed to find weapons to prevent legally forbidden combinations.
A bride and her mother discuss a sewing task in the wedding year. The mother warns that too perfect work may set a pattern for a husband and urges the wife to start married life with imperfect help, noting experience from her own early marriage.
A London Globe note speculates on why taller women tend to be sadder than shorter ones. It muses that leg growth implies stately deportment and gloom, while the smaller yet plump resemble brisk cheer. The piece adds social commentary on national temperament.
The old schoolmaster, touched by his pupils, receives a new chair for his birthday. He thanks the boys for their sacrifice of small purses, explains his severity was for their good, and hopes for continued trust and confidence as he sits to rest in his new seat. He briefly runs a hand over the chair seeking bent pins.
Rousseau showed a melancholic temperament with paranoid delusions and acute delirium. He believed enemies plotted against him and, amid a sailing voyage in England, escalated to a public harangue from a high place. He died after an apoplectic attack.
A brief exchange shows a merchant pressing for a dollar loan, insisting it will take only a minute, in a snippet from the Philadelphia Press.
The catalog touts stationery suited to any demand with prices aligned to quality. The brief note emphasizes the supplier Evans DracCo offering a range of styles and materials to fit various customer needs.
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