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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
4
Earle A Minnich City Editor notes post office entry Aberdeen Washington. Rates shown include one year in advance 1.50 and monthly 1.00 with a year’s price in the post. Subscribers who fail to receive the paper are asked to inform Herald Office at 309 East Wishkah Street.
General Mann warned Congress that about 75 000 Mexican troops under German influence could threaten the United States if organized and led by German officers. He noted 200 000 U S soldiers faced the border last year and warned of a sharp push toward the Mississippi and Missouri valleys, with Mexico serving as a base for raids and war tribute.
The Butterick Publishing Co to stop accepting advertising from mail order houses and push distribution through local stores. A circular cites benefits for subscribers advertisers and retailers, noting mail order costs and disadvantages such as loss of interest on prepayments and delays. It cites Professor Paul H. Nystrom on economics of retail versus mail order and argues similar total costs but fewer consumer advantages with mail order.
The Lafayette Ladies Auxiliary raised 70 dollars at a Tuesday afternoon card party and handed it to Captain Paull, a Seattle national guard recruiting officer. He delivered a severe rebuke, which the ladies felt was uncalled for and unnecessary as they aimed to aid guardsmen not yet in service. The event sought donations for items not furnished by the government and may have aided recruiting for Company G if the captain had encouraged rather than scolded them.
A discussion on the normal home stressing that both mother and father must be emotionally strong and self controlled. It emphasizes a mother’s spiritual and physical endurance and rejects nonessential waste of effort. It notes the home should provide material that engages the child and adapts to changing needs, treating the child as an individual.
The Washington bureau of the New York Tribune lists combatants killed wounded captured and missing in the European war up to Jan 1 1917. Entente totals show England France Russia Italy Belgium Servia with 5 818 400 across all categories while Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria total 3 354 800.
Advocates argue wooden vessels of thousand tons offer safety advantages over large steel liners. Smaller size reduces visibility to submarines, eases torpedo avoidance, enables easier handling, and a larger fleet would require more submarine boats to disrupt traffic. Losses from a single sinking would be smaller.
The account praises Commander Sicard and officers for evacuating all hands after the United States steamship Saginaw wrecked on Ocean Island in 1870 due to faulty charts. It details Sicard's camp discipline, water distillation from a wreck boiler, and strict food security measures to prevent loss of life during a prolonged, isolated ordeal. Lieutenant Talbot’s rescue boat, bound for Hawaii, endures storms and capsizing before reaching Kauai.
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich cites a Hawaiian islet救 escape route that saved the Saginaw crew after a wreck. Four men perished including Talbot, while one seaman reached shore to deliver dispatches to the American minister at the Sandwich Islands. The minister then chartered a steamer to aid the marooned crew.
The Prestwich inn known as the Same Yet has a curious history. Hackwood explains the house once bore Seven Stars and the faded sign was repainted with the landlord’s reply The same yet. The painter followed the instruction and the name stuck.
The Grant Hotel lists guests including P. A. Stromberg Wm F Teisalan S Larson F Martin L Larson of Seattle E McQuain A W Riggs and others Mirs B Staton J Edwards and R Edwards of Portland P J Bury Los Angeles R M Crawford San Francisco J F Graham Centralia J Gaton Everett R E Hathaway Corvallis Ore Mrs L Vergne Elma.
A father testifying about his son in custody faces a judge's moral prompt to compare care for a horse with care for a boy. The judge asks if the horse is valued more, urging equal treatment and responsibility for the child. The quotation from Mrs. Jameson and a Youth's Companion adage frame the plea.
Grace Parker national commandant urges government war policy first. League seeks volunteer detachments of ten to thirty organized under four divisions social welfare commissariat motor driving and general service to aid camps plants and rail hubs with canteens housing welfare and administrative work.
National Geographic Marine depicts the Colosseum as a vast enduring monument of Roman pride and degradation. It recounts Titus opening with 100 days of games in 80 A D and notes the three architectural orders while reflecting on bloodied sands and the haunting, vivid past under Italian light.
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