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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
4
Roosevelt and Commissioner Johnson were introduced amid long demonstrations. Johnson pledged to go down with Roosevelt rather than win with any other candidate. J. & Frost resigned from the tax commission to seek a Republican at large congressional nomination.
A city discussion centers on the ratio of assessed to real value for timber and city property. Examples from Aberdeen show 40 percent assessments yielding inflated values and heavy taxes. The board of equalization adjourned to hear objections to Hoquiam rolls next Monday.
The text surveys Eugene Debs as a perennial presidential candidate and criticizes his ties to the I W W and opposition to the AFL. It collates Debs statements praising or denouncing unions, outlines calls for industrial unionism, and cites debates on revolutionary aims and labor strategy. It also includes other odds and ends from the period, including a quip about Gail Hamilton and polygamy.
Tension grows between the State Grange and the State Federation of Labor over the printing of last grange proceedings. The Olympia Typographical Union says the main text was printed in a non union shop while the cover bore a Portland union label. Printers urge President Case to intervene with Master Kegley to halt circulation or add union labeling.
William Boeing will host a extended trip along the Alaska coast aboard his gasoline yacht. The party includes eastern capitalists and Capt Troels Smith. The voyage starts from Seattle around Aug 20, heads to Attu Hand Bay and returns via the inside passage, with a 3000 mile fuel supply.
President Hadley of Yale advocates selecting students with strong mathematics and science foundations even if weaker in some subjects. He argues a well rounded but rigorous base better predicts college success than a student who barely meets minimums across all subjects.
The passage extols labor as a great earthly blessing that yields health, mental contentment, cheerful spirit, and refreshing sleep, noting few other good fortunes endure without daily work in some form.
A collection of Republican primary candidate announcements for 1912 Chehalis County offices including Constable Sheriff Prosecuting Attorney Superintendent of Schools and Assessor. Names shown include George W Walli J J Penepacker J E Stewart Mary P Sutherland and Robert A Wiley with locations Hoquiam Aberdeen and Chehalis County details.
Announcement listings show candidates for Chehalis County offices including Superior Judge Mason Irwin and Dr Caryll Smith for Coroner. Other names include W W Boner Ben Sheers J W Hodge M A Garlock M D Schumacher and D A Schumacher with dates dated September 1912 primaries and Republican and nonpartisan affiliations.
The Office Supply Co advertises top lines it exclusively sells including Y. & E. Filing Systems Carters Typewriter Carbons Gibbons Leopold Desks Colonial Office Chairs L. C. Smith and Royal Typewriters. It notes years of making food and claims these products are synonyms of quality. Next week more brands to be announced.
A verse in Harpers Magazine riffs on a suitor admiring Phyllis as she drives. The narrator longs for closeness while she keeps hands on the wheel and warns him to keep his hands off. The piece imagines a distant, lighthearted romance with car wheel imagery.
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