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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1905
Page
4
Tom Watson analyzes Wall Street figures, praising their private virtue while noting their influence over politics and media. He argues financiers are masters who steer presidents, cabinets, and public opinion, yet maintain outward propriety and family life.
Lincoln Steffens recounts in McClure's the rise of Mark Fagan from poor boy to mayor of Jersey City his third term won amid machine politics. The piece portrays a mystery behind his integrity and asks why the public never fully grasps the reasons for his honesty.
The text notes disclosures about banks and insurance companies funding the Hanna McKinley Cortelyou Roosevelt campaign. It suggests a comparison of national and state corruption patterns and hints at long standing open secrets about liberal contributions. It frames the topic as a public concern tied to financial influence in politics.
D M Carr argues that strengthening home trade boosts local employment and blocks surplus from big city trusts. He urges Cheyenne to buy locally, process locally, and keep profits within the community, citing meat and wheat industries as examples of how value leaves towns.
The passage notes the Treasury's struggle to expose embezzlements and cites critics who question rate making as a science. It highlights record holiday sales with a jewelry firm reporting over 1600 dollars before noon. Prof. F Benjamin Andrews argues football fosters kindness and restraint, a view ridiculed as unlikely.
The article notes that China’s stance on various issues will become clearer to world powers once its army grows to 800000. It also mentions Mr. Cleveland and Mark Twain continuing to inspire young authors with their easy access to publication.
The text proclaims an extended wireless telegraph system worldwide so no one can ever be out of reach. It praises the awakening of the people as excellent, but warns against rolling over and sleeping again. It notes a railroad is only as strong as the human brain, its source of power and its weakest point.
The query asks whether the public would value football as much if the game were safe, implying a comparison of audience interest to safety concerns and potential changes in participation or coverage.
A Harperville New York pastor Rev O D Mooe suffers persistent cough from grip and claims Dr King’s New Discovery cured his throat and lung issues. The Red Cross Pharmacy advertises the remedy with a 59 cent to 1 dollar price and a free trial bottle offer.
City Engineer J D Sherwood of Spokane endorses narrowing residential streets from sixty to fifty feet. He argues a thirty foot driveway suffices except on busy business streets and that wide roads create excess dust. A narrow center driveway with parking on both sides maximizes use and eases cleaning and sprinkler work.
Reward offered for curating information about timber trespass on lands described by multiple township and section references in Chehalis county. Names include Groves L. Fieerz of Detroit Michigan. No clear event date or enforcement action beyond the reward offer.
The Nashville American argues that lack of trees and grass makes a town look industrial and uninviting. It urges developing a love of beauty through harmony in buildings, cleanliness, and well kept trees parks lawns and streets to foster contentment and better thinking.
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