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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
4
Aberdeen Herald published Thursdays by MO J Carney announces subscription rates and discounts for advance payment. It proclaims the paper as the oldest on Grays Harbor with the largest Chehalis county circulation and notes advertising contracts void if circulation claim is not true.
Thursday column compares British Tory promises in South Africa with American Republican rhetoric during McKinley’s campaign. It argues both sides misrepresented war aims and that British victory now seems morally doubtful while the Philippines faces harsher policy debates. It notes a possible shift toward harsher measures as conditions worsen.
The Aberdeen Montesano road project is urged as essential to connect Chehalis County’s eastern areas with the county seat and harbor. The Aberdeen city council should hire an engineer to map a feasible route and obtain property owner support to advance the road as a public necessity.
Aberdeen businessmen push for city council action on completing the road to Montesano with a concrete county proposal in spring. They also seek to boost post office business to gain free city delivery or at least night service by increasing yearly receipts to $10,000 through remittances in postage stamps.
City of Aberdeen Washington calls for bids by 8 PM December 29 1900 for plank roadway construction on Young Street from Tenth to Fifteenth, on Fifteenth to Lincoln, and on Lincoln to Fern Hill Cemetery. Project funded via Local Improvement District No 21 with bonds and special warrants. bidders must post a $200 bond and comply with Ordinance No 188 and council resolution.
Washington Cities announces a $500 reward for arrest and conviction of anyone cutting lines or adrift rafted booms tied to the wharf on the Chehalis river. Wison Bros. & Co. offer the bounty.
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