Prosperity Week Born to Boost Local Trade Idea
A 1908 Los Angeles plan promotes Prosperity Week to boost home industries by buying local goods and shunning mail orders. It envisions community expositions, merchant participation, and a ten million dollar impact, urging towns to copy the program to strengthen local producers and curb mail order competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New England
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Wiggins
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
The Billboard Fight Spreads Across Cities
A Los Angeles Times report notes pleasanter progress in restricting billboards. Cities worldwide including London Paris Berlin Honolulu and many others enact tougher ordinances. Every U S city is moving to curb billboard licenses and none relents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Berlin
Honolulu
United States
Los Angeles Times
Rural Roadmaking Should Use Local Stone For Macadam Roads
A rural road article argues soils alone do not make firm roads. It cites a two mile New York road built with local labor and no material payment, costing about 650 dollars per mile. The plan uses quarry stone and crushed rock to create durable, low-maintenance bed with local labor, benefiting farms and real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Jenkins
Sidney Center
N. Y
Hoard
Dairyman
New York
Reverence and Tradition in a Wall Street Tale
The essay reviews I Hopkins Smith's new novel centered on Peter Grayson a Wall Street teller with old fashioned ideals. It contrasts modern finance with reverence for tradition and the figure of George Washington as a moral touchstone across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
I. Hopkinson Smith
George Washington
Wall Street
Washington
Peter Grayson
Ballot Reform Debate Returns in National Agitation
Advocates push for a simplified ballot that removes party columns to ease casting a split vote. Critics argue the blanket ballot demands more voter intelligence than the average person possesses. Agitation peaks where voters are closely divided and reform has altered the blanket ballot in several states.
Advertised Letters Remaining at Aberdeen Post Office
The Aberdeen post office lists uncalled fourth class letters for the week ending December 15 1908. Names include Astrom Amlaw Barnes Barnett Bernier Birkmaier Broone Bebi Campbell Clark Collieno Christensen Davison Dennis Dixon Donnell Erving Flanigan Flowers Fuller Gerritsen Glavo Glennan Ben Phillips ONeill Howard Lanfire Krost McManus Nethery Olsen Penkalsky Peasy Petterson Peterson Rambo Reynolds May Reynolds Ruffler Smith Slocum Starkey Stewart Stohl Thompson Thomas Will Schener Wariiner Codie E and Mrs J B Martinez. Postmaster W B Crammatt e asks callers to say advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Astrom
E. O. Amlaw
Geo, Arnold
Jas. Barnes
J. E. Barnett
S. B. Bernier
E. J. Birkmaier
J. D
The Constitutional Emperor
The Kaiser is an imperial figure with strong powers but not a supreme monarch. Germany operates a federal representational system with a hereditary federal council presidency and Prussia as the dominant state. The empire balances power among Württemberg Bavaria Saxony and other states, with the Kaiser as president in practice rather than sovereign ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William II
Berlin
German Empire
Federal Council
Prussia
Wurttemberg
Bavaria
Saxony
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Dr. Pierce
Red Cross Pharmacy
Lowney
Anese Brassware
Ree
Broone
Bebi, Nikolaampbell
Walter J. Clark
Ralph L. Collieno
Harry
J. B. Martinez
W. B. Crammatte
Patterson & Locke Co., Incorporated
General Insurance Agents
Corner River
East
Hume
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co
C. E. Murray
BR. Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
G and
Heron Streets
Maclafferty
Mayme Maclafferty
M. D
Physicians and Surgeons
Zelaska
Boston
DR. McNiven
Koehler Blk
Wash
E. Mohrmann, M. D
Washington Hotel
C. E. Bartlett
Koehler Bidg
Bassett’s
Heron Street
Austin M. Wade
Wishkah Block
Aberdeen, Wash
Wilson Buttner
E. Heron St. Ottice
South L St
The
Oon
Centiremen
Ralston
J. C. Cross
Wisehkah Block
Wishkah
E. H. Fox
Ben Sheeks
Dabney Bock
Vendome Hotel
John Forseth
Proprietress
R. R
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