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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
4
Subscription terms listed for Aberdeen Washington post office second class mail matter include one year six months and three months options with a price of 2.00 dollars and 1.00 or 50 cents respectively.
The Herald of Grays Harbor proclaims itself as Chehalis County official paper and the oldest publication in the region with the widest county circulation.
A Hoquiam Washingtonian editorial excerpt derides antiwar Copperhead rhetoric while defending the Philippine War stance. It argues no party forced the war, cites Miles and Roosevelt testimony, and praises Republican consistency amid public scrutiny.
County commissioners will adjourn Saturday to May 9 and open bids for the Aberdeen Montesano road. Aberdeen must connect with the project at the east city limits, costing about 5000 to 6000 dollars for a 1.5 mile link around the bluff. The Aberdeen city council plans to issue 6000 dollars in bonds to finance the road with a special election prior to May 9.
The Oregonian shifts from strict protection to admitting a high tariff is economically unsound and fosters trusts. The piece notes McKinley hints at more discriminating duties and urges acknowledgment that a tariff for revenue with incidental protection is right for American thrift and progress.
The speaker cites Henry Ward Beecher arguing views on church members attending theaters and dancing. He suggests harm depends on the individual and context, asserting that pure amusement or grace from dancing poses no inherent harm if the person chooses so, while those easily demoralized remain at risk.
An editor recalls how different people imagine prosperity. A boy wants six pieces of pie, a darkey desires ripe watermelon, a farmer dreams of fifty bushels of unplanted wheat, a bicyclist seeks a world track, a con artist envisions mossbacks arriving in crowds, and a country editor imagines delinquents paying up in one day.
A proposed measure declares bicycles to be baggage on rail and steamships and limits transport to one bicycle per passenger. The bill includes a special revenue tax for brokers and notes a New York citizen’s sharp axioms about personal property tax evasion and perjury.
An investor foresees a stock market crash ending wild speculation and urges readiness for the coming pane. A financier notes 90 million in public funds deposited in banks without interest to spur reckless speculation, while the London Spectator mocks Americanism and proposes curious regional arrangements.
The Willipin Harbor Pilot reports General Prosperity and staff arriving at South Bend in a hand somely illustrated Easter issue. The edition features advertiser biographical sketches with portraits and notes that South Bend businessmen appear handsome. Washington claims a military and naval cadet this year. Yaki ma Jones hints he and Cushman will skip the standard competitive exam. sons of de push will be fully involved.
A lively, comic op ed depicts a sudden anti trust surge that amuses William Alonzo Marcus Hobart and Griggs, framing the reform as a theatrical crowd pleaser and a political smile maker.
The article notes it costs 2000 dollars to scrape barnacles from a man of war and repaint it, a maintenance task required twice yearly for nearly every vessel.
Sunset Lodge No 5 expresses heartfelt sympathy to Brother Shelley and family on the death of Hazel Shelley and directs resolutions be entered in minutes and copies sent to the Washington Workman for publication. Committee: Ella Spoon, Cora I Burrrows, Kittie Miner.
The Jeffersonians of Washington plan the Jeffersonian Day Banquet at Hotel Tacoma on April 13. Speeches by Turner Rogers Jones White Condon and others precede toast readings from national figures. Dinner costs one dollar with 8:30 p.m. seating and tickets requested by April 12 through Conden Chidhester Malong.
A brief notice indicates a special sale event at the market with limited time to call in and arrange purchases. It mentions ribbons and Ford as a noted item, with references to Harris and Henato in a local context.
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