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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
4
Aberdeen Washington notices set ad copy deadlines for second class mail. Copy must arrive by Saturday noon for Monday insertion and by Wednesday noon for Thursday use.
Aberdeen faces a costly water future as citizens insist on municipal ownership. A local expert suggests a 6 million gallon reservoir on the Wishkah river west hills with filtration, pumps, and piping funded within 300000 to serve up to 100000 people, or a smaller 200000 system for 289000.
The article notes parcels post starts January 1 and village merchants seek to leverage the new service. It compares within radius rates of 35 cents for 11 pounds to mail order houses over 1800 miles paying $1.32 for the same weight. Village shops could beat distant rivals by five to eight days in delivery.
A West Coast Trade column argues rural shoppers gain from local stores via catalogs and phone orders. It urges village merchants to advertise, offer money back guarantees, and adopt cash with order where needed to compete with distant mail order houses. Julius Kahn notes no need to rescind Taft’s postmaster civil service order, but cites 36,000 reasons to reconsider.
In New Jersey the Democratic caucus backed Jim Smith over Charles O Connor Hennessy by 26 to 22 with 3 for Holmcombe and 4 votes deciding the speaker. The Bergen News notes Hennessy rejected a Smith deal, denouncing tainted deals and praising Wilson progressive gains. The outcome signals a party rift over liquor interests and local option.
The Christmas issue of the Oakville Cruiser showcases Chehalis County with twelve pages of well written descriptive matter and illustrations. Editor Harlan earns credit for the enterprise and the edition aims to attract settlers and investors.
Land around Aberdeen commands higher prices than two decades ago because locals reinvest in the area. Residents say development and spending here have boosted the region’s value and prospects.
A reflective inquiry questions whether the town’s growth aligns with proper guidance and values, pondering how to shape its future rather than letting change happen by chance.
The phrase Bryan as a dictator is repurposed by Republican media while scare tactics lose traction in modern politics.
An excerpt from Jack London recounts eight harrowing days in an open sampan off Korea. Japanese fishermen crewed the boat as they battled high tides and heavy seas near rocks. The crew finally took action to avoid a wipeout, narrowly escaping disaster.
Harper's Weekly explains how parallel scratches on vast northern boulders indicate ancient continental ice sheets moving from north to south. Agassiz and Swiss glacier theory are used to infer a huge glacial cover once hid North America, leaving rocks carved by ice carried debris.
The text explains that insurance uses average expectancy, with various tables. British life annuity tables show a fifty year old man may live 21.2 more years and a fifty year old woman 23.5. at sixty, men 14.8 and women 17. at seventy, men 9.5 and women 10.9.
In Pittsburgh society news a woman remarks on Mrs. Wombat's dowdy attire, noting she spends much of her husband's income on clothes. The comment hints that her mother in law is visiting at the time, explaining the change in appearance.
A terse line reflects a claim tied to the Herald newspaper tone. The brief notes a trust in the publication as the source of truth without additional context or specifics.
A verse recounts a Christmas gift plan by Aberdeen Washington police officers for their chief. Tom and Ken lead, aided by Dellahanty and Lee, as ranks and banter unfold. The poem ends with a charitable gift to the chief and a note from C N Lee.
A playful poem celebrates fluffy flannel cakes with batter, griddle, maple sauce, and butter. The speaker exults as the cakes cook to a golden brown and are enjoyed with chicken, describing hungry gizzards and a lively, catlike admiration for the dish and its maker CC Barnitz.
The article praises roots such as sugar beets rutabagas mangolds and turnips as cheap easy to raise poultry feed. They are high in water and carbohydrates with about 1 percent protein but provide bulk for digestion and appetite, preventing overfeeding on grain and supporting a moist, healthy crop.
The column urges poultry breeders to cull low stock amid grain prices and promote surplus breeders locally. It recounts a humorous incident of two turkeys roosting atop a moving freight train near Keymar Maryland and notes high demand for first class capons. It also mentions China’s meat preferences and a Delaware preacher attacked by rotten eggs, with England and Ireland trade figures on poultry products.
A collage of notes on foxes protected by law to amuse dukes and to protect poultry farms, China's huge poultry production, a York dealer seeking 30 000 fresh eggs, and US gold mine output. It also recalls American hen profits, language quirks of poultry, California wild turkeys, jail for gun fiends, and eastern facing poultry houses.
The eminent actress jokes about furnishing her house saying she has enough of herself to fill the parlor and the reception hall and will need more portraits for the other rooms. The remark appears in the Louisville Courier Journal.
In a brief New York Press piece, Howell asks Did you ever do any deed of daring Powell answers Yes I once told the truth when guessing a woman's age.
A poem contrasts a vanished village with a single survivor who explains the decline came from merchants leaving for the mail-order house. The town died not by war or disease but by funds leaving to distant catalogs.
Subscribers served by city carrier are asked to report missed Herald deliveries on Monday and Thursday by 6 o'clock p m. Call City Messenger at phone 6931 to arrange immediate delivery.
Modern Woodmen of America invites members to the second and fourth Friday evenings at J C O F Hall Market and F Streets. Visiting neighbors welcome. Officers listed as WM. M. Falkner C C J. J. Robinson.
In Chehalis County Washington the Superior Court hears a guardianship petition for Benjamin Stone Roberts. Guardian A L Davenport seeks to appoint himself guardian of person and estate for the minor.
A guardians petition requests authorization to sell the minor's interest in the described Chehalis County lands in section 4 township 18 north range 9 west Willamette Meridian by private sale for cash. The court sets January 25 1913 at 10 am in Montesano Washington to hear the matter. Publication to follow in Aberdeen Herald for four weeks prior to hearing.
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