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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1910
Page
4
The Aberdeen Washington Herald announces weekly publication schedule and contact details. Editor George Carney leads the paper with a claim of the largest Grays Harbor circulation and notes subscription and advertising terms.
The article recalls John Klingenberg’s self confessed murder of Charles Hatberg and invokes Daniel Webster’s trial rhetoric from John F. Knapp’s murder trial eighty years earlier. It emphasizes that murder will out as the guilty soul cannot hide its secret and that discovery is inevitable.
W H Abel of Montesano tried to gain access to J Klingenberg held on murder charges. Deputy Dan Royce refused entry and Abel, after threatening a court order, returned to court where Judge Sheeks denied the request.
The Rexall Store at 216 South H Street highlights its well equipped prescription department and emphasizes special attention to this area of its business.
The Aberdeen World muses on Democrats possibly supporting Miles Poindexter for U S senator while noting the party’s citizens first stance. The piece recalls favorable GOP views from two years ago and questions current support as County Assessor Carter signals timber value hikes, hinting at leasing timber rights to Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
Guy E. Kelley, district census supervisor, visited the city to train enumerators who begin work April 15. A full count is vital for federal funding to improve the port. Aberdeen Hoquiam and Cosmopolis have transient populations requiring coordinated action, with the Chamber of Commerce possibly hiring special enumerators.
Geo J Wolff, charter member of Olympia National Guard, offers 4 prize binoculars to the Company G member who recruits the most men by June 1, with at least five recruits required. Aberdeen city has strong potential for citizen soldiers and this incentive aims to fill Company G.
Rebuilt high grade automobiles offered at rock bottom prices. Overhauled cars guaranteed in perfect mechanical condition. Roadsters runabouts light and touring cars in various makes. Prices from 400 to 2000 dollars. Mention your preferred make.
T T Newman, once of Aberdeen now in Seattle, visits his daughter at 317 West First Street and plans a plant to manufacture a new fuel from waste materials like sawdust and straw. He claims production costs would be low and a plant could be built for a few hundred dollars. The Herald tests the material and finds it excellent for kindling and possibly general fuel.
W. B. Taylor, F. A. Corbett, I. J. Smith and W. B. Moores organized a logging company for five thousand dollars with Corbett as president and Taylor as secretary and treasurer. They purchased F. J. Bissell’s outfit and will log a large timber tract near Ocosta, using experienced Elma men.
The Northwest ern Mutual Fire Association of Seattle highlights nine years of prompt loss payments totaling 1275 claims. It says it saved policy holders three quarters of a million dollars and built cash resources large relative to policy obligations, surpassing the ten largest U.S. insurers in proportion to needs.
The text presents a republication of opinions by figures like James J. Hill and Governor Hadley urging expansion of farming, local self sufficiency, and scientific agriculture to tame the high cost of living. It argues urban congestion worsens prices and that soil and farm production must rise, especially in the South.
The Bremerton American reports a new Progressive Alliance uniting Democrats and Republicans under Equal Opportunity led by La Follette Cummins Norris Lennott Poindexter. The plan targets direct legislation, recall, and nonpartisan primaries while aiming to elect reform-minded officials nationwide.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard argues busy business men neglect culture and leave higher ideals to women. He urges men to idealize their vocations and find purpose beyond profit, advocating widespread optimism and a redefined view of work and vocation.
Horace Fletcher argues that modern living overemphasizes meat consumption and that children should learn to idealize duty through better diet. He warns against excessive meat eating as a widespread health mistake.
Commercial job printing offered at moderate prices by Herald Printery. Services include general printing needs for local businesses and individuals with affordable rates and reliable turnaround.
Prominent Northwest figures will meet in Vancouver Washington on April 20 to promote forming a Clarke County good roads association. Attendees include Governor Hay John C Lawrence Seattle official Sam Hill and other civic leaders. Local committee members hail from Vancouver La Center Ridgefield Ellsworth and Ridgefield.
Virginia Forbes of The Red Mill chorus urges women to take fancy or clog dancing lessons to gain grace. She says dancing, already practiced in musical shows, improves poise more than whist and could replace euchre parties as women embrace regular dancing. The beauty chorus will perform next Tuesday at the Grand.
In Kansas City on April 7, Louis H. Burnett of Aberdeen Washington boarded a Missouri Pacific special after missing the Shriners' train by one minute. The Moira Temple Shriners ensured he reached Leavenworth in time to join the Northwestern Shriners special and the crowd cheered upon arrival.
Olympia April 8. When a district voting bonds is split to form new districts the old district remains liable only for bonds when due. This view by Assistant Attorney General W F Magill to State Superintendent H B Dewey will affect about 3 000 000 dollars of bonds across Washington state.
P Nelson who set up the Mathers hotel years ago and lately stayed at Montesano has purchased the Kendalk hotel at Hume and HI streets from R E Voorhees and has assumed management.
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