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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1906
Page
3
Classified card listing multiple professionals with varied offices. Dr Smits a medical eye ear nose throat specialist in Aberdeen Washington at Crowther Wooding block andAberdeen General Hospital hours shown. Attorney Fox advertises practice in state and federal courts from Zelaska Block.
In Minneapolis on August 17 the Grand Army of the Republic elected R B Brown of Zanesville Ohio as commander in chief with William H Armstrong and E B Fenton named senior and junior vice commanders. Archbishop Ireland was chosen chaplain and W H Johnson surgeon general. Brown, born 1845, served in the Fifteenth Ohio and Fourteenth Army Corps during the Civil War and is editor of the Zanesville Courier.
More than sixty lawyers from major eastern railroads met in Atlantic City to study the provisions of the interstate rate law taking effect August 29. Ex Judge Edward Baxter presided as special counsel for Southern carriers as discussions addressed questions about the amended act, with emphasis on careful, public-rare interpretation and peaceful compliance. A stenographic staff and guards were present to maintain order during the sessions.
Yesterday marked reunion day for the G A R en campment with city wide receptions and a grand campfire in the auditorium. Gov Johnson Commander in Chief Tanner and others spoke as plans for a massive parade at 15 000 expected participants unfold and a city holiday is declared. Also reports Walter Wellman suspends north pole balloon project due to late season.
Paris Aug 15 William J Bryan confirms Melbourne report he will visit Australia after the November elections sailing from San Francisco and touring New Zealand as well as Australia He plans a ten week trip traveling solo
The Canadian fish commission and Washington state fish commission met in Bellingham on August 16 to examine Puget Sound fishing methods, aiming to improve laws. They plan visits to major canneries and fish traps, then Victoria and upper coast centers, with the closed season a key issue for preserving salmon while seeking more privileges for cannery operators.
Papers of consolidation will be filed in Harrisburg this week announcing a plan by foreign bankers and Joseph Ramsey Jr to build a low grade double track New York to Chicago line via Pittsburgh. The New York Pittsburgh and Chicago Airline would cost about 150 million, start grading this fall, take three years, use electric locomotives, and be 67 miles shorter to New York than the Pennsylvania line.
An article describes a proposed government railway across Luzon from Manila to Aparri, about 336 miles, with a largely level grade except one steep section, spanning Pampanga valley, Caraballo Mountains, Bambang, and the Magat and Cagayan valleys. It highlights fertile, unsettled lands and notes regional characteristics including indigenous groups and early colonial structures. It also discusses safety and accident prevention in American industry and a Georgian woman's anecdote about a Boston social visit to an African American woman, illustrating class and race dynamics.
The Literary Digest assigns the high accident rate to national carelessness. The article reviews American habits and attitudes as contributing factors to widespread injuries and discusses implications for public safety and policy.
A satirical exchange recalls a husband injured after purchasing a new auto. The pair joke about leadership and luck, concluding with a proverb about the man in the rear having a better chance to escape.
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