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Newspaper

Aberdeen Herald

Location

Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1912

Page

7

Four family frame dwelling features and plans offered

The ad describes a nine foot story height two story four family home forty by fifty feet with red oak or birch finishes and birch or white maple floors. First and second floors each provide a large living room two bedrooms dining room kitchen and bathroom priced at five thousand dollars exclusive of plumbing and heating one dollar buys Saxton's American Dwellings with 254 plans. Also includes a home cure recipe for hams and bacon from farmers bulletin No 188 with salt sugar saltpeter brine and smoking guidance.

Department of Agriculture

Ventilation Tip From Health Column

A health hint advises placing a pitcher of cold water on a table to absorb gases from respiration in a room. The note stresses the importance of purifying air for health, especially in apartments where people eat or sleep.

Cause and Effect from Detroit Free Press

A brief exchange shows a loan of $10 sparked shifting opinions. One person recalls praising another a month earlier after the loan, while yesterday the lender confronted the borrower on the street and demanded repayment.

Detroit L’ree Press

Hopkins' lime treatment boosts yields on southern Illinois farms

Professor Hopkins of the Illinois Agricultural College reports a lime based program for worn soils in southern Illinois. The plan includes ground limestone per acre, clover or cowpeas, and natural rock phosphate plowed under with the cover crop or manure. On the Vienna field ten years of this treatment increased wheat by five bushels, corn by 9.3, and clover hay by 1.4 tons per acre.

Hopkins Illinois Agricultural College Illinois Vienna Johnson County

Preparing a spring hot bed in the upper Mississippi valley

A reader in latitude 43 seeks guidance for a spring hotbed. Build the frame for the sash, select a sheltered southern spot, dig 14 to 18 inches, then fill with straw to shed moisture. Store three to four barrels of mellow earth in a cellar to surface later. Fresh earth may be sun exposed but unreliable for moisture.

Mississippi Valley

Beginning steps in soil tiling campaign for agriculture

The article notes extensive tiling over thirty years for tillable, waterlogged soils but argues that only a good start has been made in the broader campaign to improve agricultural prospects. It emphasizes ongoing efforts beyond drainage to enhance farming viability.

Tiling Improves Soil Condition and Productivity

The article explains tiling benefits on wet soils by promoting drainage and reducing surface washing. It notes tile drainage improves soil porosity and reduces baking, enhancing land productivity during wet seasons compared with undrained land.

Farm life blamed for female insanity claim disputed

George K. Holpes of the federal Department of Agriculture refutes the widespread claim that women from farm homes are more prone to insanity. He notes there is no statistical authority for the assertion and describes the attempt to identify the bulletin's origin as a fabrication from a popular domestic writer.

George K. Holpes Federal Department of Negriculture

The Great Salt Water Gold Scheme Exposed

A detailed retelling of Jernegan and Fisher’s 1806 scheme to extract gold from sea water using a mercury apparatus. The fraud relied on a mysterious box lowered into Narragansett Bay and a staged result that convinced investors to fund a company before they fled to Europe.

Prescott J. Sernegaun Europe Jernegan C. E. Fisher New York I‘isher New England Narragansett Bay Providence Fisher New York Press

The Turkish Fez and Fashioned Prejudice

The Yorks devotion to the fez is explained by Duckett Ferriman noting prejudice against the bat is religiously based. If the rama prayer form requires the forehead touch the ground the brim of a hat would block this. The London Globe comments on this belief.

York Duckett Ferriman London Globe

Prominent Witness Appears Before Senate Campaign Fund Committee

August Belmont testified before the Senate Campaign Fund Committee, detailing fundraising methods and political connections. Belmont’s remarks highlighted influences in campaign finance as lawmakers probe donor networks and potential irregularities.

Senate Campaign Fund Committee

Pacific Time Card Local Trains Schedule

Train listings for Seattle Tacoma Portland and Aberdeen services include trains 321 L 365 L and 323 L with departure and arrival times. Notes show routes to Moclips and Aberdeen with multiple legs and connections.

Seattle Tacoma Portland Aberdyn Aberd Aberdeen Ly. McCle’ry Elma R. Lima McCleary Centralia C.B. BR N. CO

Fire Alarm Box Locations Listed Across City

A list of fire alarm box sites with cross streets spans Aberdeen Highland Home City Hall and many blocks including Thornton Sixth Streets Prospect Terrace Ave N P Depot Jefferson Simpson Ave Wilson Mil Slade Mill Second Stanton Streets F and Market Streets American Mill Wishkah Streets F and Heron Streets E Second Streets G Fourth Streets F River Streets M Market Streets Hume Streets River Streets Michigan River Bt Hume Washington 8st Western Mill Market Leeeington St Curtis Clark Curtis ane Joe Curtis Front St Aberdeen grammber Shingle Co Union Mill Morgan Jefferies St Cherry Duffy Streets. Boxes marked in parentheses are ary boxes.

North Aberdeen Highland Home City Hall Thornton & Sixth Streets Prospect & Terrace Ave N. P. Depot Jefferson & Simpson Ave Wilson_ Mil Slade Mill Second & Stanton Streets F and Market Streets American Mill Wishkah F & Heron Streets E & Second Streets G & Fourth Streets F & River M & Market H & Hume I & River Broadway & Heron Broadway & Third Streets Broadway & Sixth Streets Division & Heron Heron Michigan Michigan & River Bt Hume Washington Western Mill Market & Leeeington Curtis & Clark Curtis & Ane Curtis & Front Aberdeen Grammber & Shingle Co Union Mill Morgan & Jefferies Cherry & Duffy

Publishers Note on Delivery and City M Telephone Help

Subscribers in Erie report failure to receive the Herald 1 day and Thursday delivery by 6. Please call City M at 5931 with any delivery issues. The note asks readers to mention advertising dealings when contacting.

Erie

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