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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
5
Aberdeen Herald a Thursday paper founded by Mo J Carney on Grays Harbor Chehalis county promotes annual subscriptions 2.00 with advance discounts and declares its status as the oldest paper in the area while asserting circulation superiority and advertising terms forfeitable if untrue.
A reader cites a British policy in South Africa and parallels it with American actions in the Philippines. The English resident in Nice cites Reuters clippings showing U S troops in Samar threaten harsh measures against locals and towns destroyed, arguing both nations pursue conquest similar to Weyler.
A Manila dispatch reports American school authorities in the Philippines order an annual Rizal birthday celebration in public schools. They say Rizal’s life will be recited, prompting a critique of labeling a rebel against Spain as a patriot and questioning U S rule in the islands.
The speaker warns that celebrating a birthday directs attention to dangerous experiments. He argues officials in Manila must blot the word patriot from the dictionary and bar copies of the Declaration of Independence. He says references to government by consent are useless when sovereignty is claimed only at cannon and rifle points.
City Clerk Black and Water Commissioner Linn push to end year delinquencies with strict cutoff after the tenth. Beginning next year, no more than ten days arrears allowed. nonpayment risks supply cuts. They discuss tenant responsibility and owner accountability for each building to protect revenue. They also urge a modernized accounting system for clear city expenditures.
A Chicago Daily News report reveals 4,606 Manila salary holders under American rule with 45 percent Ameri cans and 55 percent Filipinos. Total payroll 3,086,989 dollars. Americans receive 2,280,044 while Filipinos earn 806,945. Taft's 20,000 dollar pay leads. four American commissioners get 15,000 each. others range 5,000 to 7,500. The piece likens Philippine pay disparity to colonial excesses cited in 1776.
The Carlyle Illinois Constitution laments not publishing every event. It notes staff rely on readers and advertisers for income and concedes choosing only agreeable stories. It jokes that full disclosure would soon lead to obituaries and odd readers in heaven.
Aberdeen audiences brim with optimism but keep getting shorted by flimflam troupes. The Jules Grau Company toured with 24 performers and staged a Fra Diavalo imitation, leaving the crowd cold and disappointed. Meanwhile General Miles faces Navy Department censure over remarks on Admiral Schley, while public sentiment calls for reform. Centralia News Examiner publishes a generous Christmas issue highlighting Centralia’s business and industries.
An advertisement claims Dr. King's New Life Pills purge poisons from clogged bowels and cure Constipation Biliousness Sick Headache Fevers and liver kidney bowel troubles. Sold for 25c at Todd's Pharmacy.
The presence of a game warden this year has a salutary effect by enforcing laws and educating sportsmen about seasons and limits. Hunters now show more restraint, elk killings have decreased, and the warden’s office has paid for itself while protecting the county’s wild game assets. Abolishing the office is viewed as a mistake by the Vidette.
Parents wishing to enroll children in the Aberdeen public schools primary department next term beginning February 1902 must notify City Supt Kerr or the district clerk before January 1 1902, stating the age of the child. W A Crandell district clerk.
Attorney J C Cross filed for a writ of review in superior court contesting the city council recount that toppled Maley’s mayoral certificate. Judge Irwin issued the writ returnable January 4, with hearings set to determine council jurisdiction and the legality of the recount.
Says He Was Tortured. I suffered such pain from corns I could hardly walk but Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured them. Acts like magic on sprains bruises cuts sores scalds burns boils ulcers. Cure guaranteed by Todd's Pharmacy. 25c. Also ad for graphic enlargements by A GyLFE photographer successor to Merwin on F street offering satisfactory work at reasonable prices.
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