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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
2
The store touts large, high quality Christmas stock with strong value. It encourages late buyers by offering long exchange periods after Christmas and notes remaining assortments and low prices across departments.
A promotional note highlights Ladies' Garments and Furs offering winter gifts for friends. It emphasizes practical warmth and lasting happiness from a thoughtful purchase, urging shoppers to find comforting fashion items for the cold season.
An advertisement touts an endless array of linens and blankets plus silks waists dress goods robes gloves handkerchiefs hosiery handbags ribbons belts and umbrellas as acceptable gifts for the average housewife.
In Montesano on December 21 the county commissioners reported little routine business with a tabled Polson Logging railroad crossing petition awaiting right of way on the Quinsault road. They noted possible progress on finishing graveling the C D Hansen road and said frozen conditions permit wagon haul to the end of the haul.
Marriage licenses granted today to Clarence G. Fillmore of Blaine with Catherine E. Zeigler of Humptulips Ernest Anderson of Bordeaux with Nettie J. Hart of Oakville and E M Van Horn with Ruth E Medley of Hoquiam.
In Montesano one third of the January term jury list are women. Sheriff Mathews sent notices to jurors last week, and most of the women are declining the honor.
Four car loads of angora goats head to Montesano for a new goat farm. Commissioner Phil Locke received the tip but did not learn the name of the New Mexico man delivering the herd.
Dochart, used when Macgregor is forbidden, honors escaping Macgregors who swam Loch Dochart. A Dunblane youth sent to Glasgow College used Dochart in a ministerial letter, prompting Dr THough of Glasgow to note the mismatch with Macgregor. The reply: that is how the country spells the name.
The Minneapolis Journal dismisses the revolver argument as childish and frightful, calling it a perpetual non sequitur that settles nothing and merely divides contestants.
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Attorney E A Philbrick begins drafting a bill for the legislature to safeguard city interests in forming public service districts Each incorporated city would become a voting unit If a district proposal fails in a city that city could retire The measure would allow cities like Hoquiam Aberdeen Montesano Cosmopolis and Elma to decide their own fate regarding the Wyncodie water project.
About 200 citizens plus school staff and pupils attended an open assembly by the Philomathean society at the high school. The feature was the play Two Little Rebels performed by 12 girls with Leta Carlton Margaret Hull and Beatrice Hull in leading roles. The Girls' Glee club sang Tipperary and Die Wacht am Rhein to strong applause.
Dr. E R Ahlman leaves for Mercy hospital in Chicago to undergo cancer surgery by Dr. Murphy. Dr. Ahlman’s companion Dr. A J McIntyre will stay a few days, then return home. Ahlman expects to be away about a month after the operation.
Had big payroll at Hoquiam estimated around eighty thousand dollars for Christmas. Polson Logging Company closed camps for holidays Saturday and prepared the payroll. Yesterday's payroll was the largest in the state by long odds and among the few large loggers continuing operations during a dull market.
The minimum wage commission fixes a $10 weekly minimum for women and girls in clerical office work effective Feb 20. An $8 minimum is set for office boys and girls age 16 to 18, and $6 for those under 16. A hotel chambermaid wage regulation hearing is planned for Dec 28. Potential bar on women cigar clerks in hotels may be ignored for now.
The Herald is described as the most widely read paper in Chehalis County, touted by advertisers as the smart choice for reaching a broad local audience.
In a period op-ed, Peter Radford argues European conflict has toppled cotton’s economic throne, causing massive U.S. losses worth nearly 500 million dollars. He urges cooperation and warehouse expansion under government credit to stabilize marketing and farm livelihoods. He condemns primitive marketing and calls for state and bank aid.
Professor H S Kempster argues for poultry housing and management that mimic natural conditions with ample range. He contrasts intensive and extensive systems, noting range reduces disease risk, but warns limited yards increase cleaning and disease, while large ranges require more labor but allow reduced yard work and better manure use.
A brief meditation on personal freedom noting that restriction follows when one refuses to acknowledge limits. The piece asserts the world otherwise becomes harsh for the unwilling to recognize boundaries.
Overworking butter injures the brain yet underworking is riskier. Take time to work butter properly and dissolve the salt. Butter worked in intervals of half hour for four to five hours will be free from mottles.
Aged agricultural guidance from Amherst Mass argues hogs are economical producers ranking near dairy cattle and above sheep and steers. They efficiently convert waste into meat using swill and byproducts, with strong prices for live weight and dressed hogs, while noting typical risks like hog cholera.
The article advises festive daytime winter parties for children age six to ten with 3 to 6 am activities. It suggests a Punch and Judy show or a stereopticon demo, games led by a mother or a professional, a salmagundi rotation with tables of four and rotating prizes, and timed refreshments at 4 45 to end with mottoes and rewards before going home.
A piece urges prompt thanks for Christmas gifts and invitations, noting youth often delay acknowledgments. It argues mothers should model quick replies, especially after Christmas, to foster timely manners and responsibility in children.
The article describes convenient correspondence cards for Christmas gifts and holiday invitations. A border features tiny black silhouette tango poses with a bright line beneath. An exclusive shop offers a folded back flap monogrammed option for the card.
An amateur magician can entertain after dinner during Christmas with a simple water trick. Fill a plate with water about one eighth inch deep place a lit candle in the center and cover with a tall inverted tumbler. As the glass touches the plate the water is drawn upward into the glass, increasing the effect if the cover is fuller.
The article outlines cranberry tart variations for Christmas care. It mentions fillings such as plain sauce with lattice crust, a raisin mix, or cooked berries with meringue. If using uncooked berries they should be mashed and sweetened before baking for forty five minutes to an hour.
Rosa Bonheur presiding over a Paris design school criticized her all female class for cutting short hair. She exclaimed that the students looked like boys and urged them to keep their hair and excel, to preserve the advantages of their sex.
The London Spectator notes that vast electrical energy in storms remains largely untapped. Experiments have split rocks and claims exist of cures from lightning, but no method has produced reliable usable horsepower or controlled harnessing of the lightning.
Rudyard Kipling described a nocturnal nightingale as a "blackguard" with a gift of music, invading his garden at night. He called the bird a feathered profanity in harmony, whose aggressive singing ends in an inarticulate gurgle.
The notice touts Ely's Cream Balm as fast acting relief for stuffed noses and catarrh. It claims the antiseptic cream soothes inflamed mucous membranes, opens air passages, and provides instant comfort. Apply a small amount in the nostrils and buy from a druggist.
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