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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald published twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays from 309 East Wishkah Street Aberdeen Washington. Editor J Carney manages operations and circulation. newspaper offers annual and six month subscriptions with cash in advance. readers are urged to report missed deliveries.
The Herald declares it is the oldest paper on Grays Harbor with the largest circulation in Chehalis County. Advertising contracts rely on this claim, and payment may be forfeited if the statement is not absolutely true.
A Trade Register summary shows Washington expended 13.17 million dollars on river and harbor work over two years, with the Columbia river absorbing the bulk of the total and Puget Sound receiving far less. The piece argues this classification misstates funding and should not bias congressional support for Washington related projects.
The government nears a pivotal stage in its criminal case against Chicago meat packers. The alleged agreement rests on personal understandings rather than formalized structures. Evidence hinges on employee testimony, detectives, or contemporaneous documents to prove a restraint of trade.
The Philadelphia Press notes that if Chicago prosecutions against large corporations fail, a shift back to individual firms and personal agreements may occur. It warns that restraint of trade could move toward unwritten deals without formal corporate records.
A discussion of recent murder confessions including Beattie Richeson and the McNamaras, crediting police efficiency for solving crimes and noting that many killers confess to avoid harsher penalties. It cites innocent misunderstandings, legal delays, and the idea that remorse drives some but systematized detection drives most convictions.
A Pennsylvania German family tale contrasts old world custom with a youth influenced by modern racial ideas. Johannes tries a new balance method. the father rebukes him, recounting how ancestors always used a stone to balance the grist at the mill.
A house to house canvasser touts a soap claiming it won't harm fabrics. The woman responds with a demand for a laundress with each package, joking about becoming a steady customer. The exchange reflects light, humorous-to-civic commentary from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A fleet of ships and schooners load lumber at Aberdeen area mills with destinations including Mexico California San Francisco San Pedro Callao Peru and West Coast. Vessels like A B Johnson F M Slade Forester Lizzie Vance Wilbur L Smith and others are active as fog clears and offshore breeze resumes. Several ships finish loading and depart for San Francisco or West Coast ports while repairs mast work and overhauls occur at Endresen Lindstrom and Donovan yards.
Hans von Buelow notes Italy founded many musical forms but Germany produced the most elaborate and fully developed works in each category. He cites Bach, Handel, Schubert, Schumann, Franz, Wagner, Beethoven as unmatched and says German masters educated and influenced Italian French and Russian composers. Etude quotation.
A merchant thanks a stranger for helping eject a book agent who pressed a sale. The stranger then offers to buy the "Life of Washington" from the merchant, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
A brief eyewitness remark questions a previous claim of a wild fowl. The speaker asserts the animal’s behavior during attempts to carve it demonstrated its wild nature as reported by the Washington Star.
The Chamber of Commerce will require all committee reports in writing starting 1911 to curb rising secretary workload and avoid costly stenography. A pocket book will store summaries, with a goal of a 500 member roster showing the club’s growing credit and leadership in Southwest Washington.
In Louis XIV’s France dancing dominated court festivities with royal participation. Beauchamps, called the father of dancing masters, taught the king for twenty years and partnered the king in the minuet. A royal dancing academy formed around 1661 under Beauchamps Lulli and Moliere, with Beauchamps as director to elevate the art.
A World article notes crab hunting dogs in Brazil are half fox in lineage and hunt in packs along Amazon riverbanks. They ignore poultry, fish for land crabs and crawfish, and overpower crabs by flipping them and biting vital spots.
A garbled OCR snippet shows scattered phrases about a girl, a dining car, crackers, a professor, creditors, and a marriage dispute. Multiple broken quotes and names appear incomplete, with no coherent event or clear structure to report.
The New York Press recounts how a diamond resists cutting and shatters differently in parts. A diamond blade plane can shave glass like wood, illustrating extreme hardness. The Kohinoor diamond showed regions of extreme hardness and others comparatively soft under pressure.
Century Magazine notes undergraduates pursue veritas in conduct and play, with greater open mindedness, integrity, patriotism, and moral standards than fifty years ago. It acknowledges some missteps but emphasizes a real trend away from drinking celebrations and immoralities as colleges remain fallible yet improving.
A New York Press excerpt quotes a clerk lamenting rising rudeness as customers test silver coins in the till. The piece recalls English practice where traders test money away from customers, arguing it preserves mutual respect and trust in commerce.
The item recalls Alfred Tennyson’s devotion to his clay pipe with a 1842 note about the muse descending with it. It cites a 1876 reply to Mr Gladstone requesting pipe access in his room, as reported by the London Chronicle.
A humorous exchange notes the poet claims inspiration shifts when his wife is nearby. She recalls his promise to work best while she holds his hand, and he quips that handholding feels like celery. He promises to stir the lyre again to regain the muse.
A Chicago Record-Herald snippet features a wife taunting her husband over his wedding gift to the preacher, revealing he gave only three dollars and joking that he should have asked for change. The exchange highlights social expectations and frugal satire.
A Baltimore American quote depicts a party plan brief exchange about a wife upstairs with a witty remark implying she may be changing her mind. The quip captures social tone and domestic irony of the era.
A committee on a proposed Ocosta telephone extension was authorized to liaise with a private company and U S Life Saving Service lineman. They were empowered to ensure the extensions are built if the government installs a cable across South Bay.
A. L. McLeod, formerly of Aberden Brewing and now a Portland resident, visited the city yesterday and said business prospects in Portland look better.
Robert Burns completed Tam o Shanter in a single day while outdoors. His wife watched from a distance as he sang and gesticulated with joy, later reading the finished poem at home by the fireside, a moment described as one of Scotland’s most notable days of work.
In a diary sourced anecdote the government weighs a Burma expedition to seize Rangoon. The cabinet asks the Duke of Wellington for counsel, who instantly recommends Lord Cambermere, despite prevailing view that Cambermere is a fool.
A London Standard account recalls Commodore Keppel sending an embassy to the Dey of Algiers to demand an apology for an insult to the British flag. The Dey denounces the British king's insolence against a beardless envoy, who retorts that wisdom is not judged by beard length and mocks the Dey’s deanship.
A brief London Tit-Bits item notes the humorous formality of asking permission to borrow a necktie. The exchange features a Bohemian and a second speaker debating why such politeness is needed, highlighting social rituals in a lighthearted tone.
In the Chicago Tribune excerpt Mildred and Gerald discuss postponing their wedding due to a money market shortage. Gerald insists on hurrying the nuptials despite the financial strain.
In a French Austrian clash Marshal Bugeaud dismissed reconnoitering saying we will count them after we beat them. The remark reflects old war caution versus modern counting instinct.
An Aberdeen Drug Co advertisement urges drinkers to quit with ORRINE promising restored sobriety and improved employability. It guarantees refund if no benefit and notes cost of $1 per box plus a free booklet upon request. The copy cites widespread business closures to drinking men and stresses higher wages for sober workers.
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