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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
4
Semi weekly Aberdeen Herald announces publication schedule and office details. It lists editor and manager J. Carney, address 309 East Wishkah Street, Aberdeen Washington, and notes advertising deadlines, subscription rates, and circulation claims for Chehalis County.
Idaho researchers study waste wood from logging and milling to unlock profitable chemical byproducts. Experts compare potential to coal tar products and aim to create a Northwest industry using fir pine cedar and hemlock waste. A USDA expert is in Idaho to explore chemical possibilities with state congressional support urged.
State Bank Examiner W. E. Hanson says state banks may come under the national currency plan. An amendment bans state banks from subscribing to other banking corporations, but eminent lawyers and bankers agree this should not stop them from buying stock in a regional reserve bank. With state banks allowed in, Northwest banks, likely Seattle, aim to secure a regional bank stake to meet the $4,000,000 subscription. Hearings in Seattle last week raised fears of shortfall if only national banks subscribed. State bank subscriptions are now expected to fill the gap.
President Wilson opposes fines on corporations for Sherman Act violations arguing fines pass to consumers. He would punish individuals in the company with fines and imprisonment. New York tradition shows small dealers punished while Armour and Swift avoided jail despite similar crimes.
The United States Steel Corp reports quarterly net earnings of 25.1 million, down from 35.2 million a year earlier, with a deficit after charges. Yet officials view conditions as past decline and expect spring to bring stronger business and higher prices. Improved money world wide and cooperative government relations bolster a cautious recovery outlook.
A bedsheet sized ballot looms for the general election as initiative measures pile up. Last week seven measures were filed by labor men the grange and farmers unions bringing total to 12 with two duplicates. Additional measures are expected including proposals from statewide prohibition to licensing six kinds of practitioners not covered by medical laws.
A witty Chicago News exchange features Miss Manchaser and Mr Grouchmore debating love and locksmiths with a playful quip about getting in and out.
A Baltimore American cartoon caption presents a playful banter between Mrs. Come up and Mr. Smith. The exchange centers on a pun about fear and dining terms, concluding with a clever reversal.
An analysis notes American success in five Olympic Games due to broad athletic culture and scientific training. A German commission concluded that widespread interest, large talent pools, and individualized methods explain U.S. victories with minimal reliance on specialization or professionalism.
An editorial warns that money and credit dominate industry, turning Americans into employees. It argues trusts and railroads wield undue power, threatening liberty, and calls for breaking and destroying the privilege that sustains this money power.
Farmers stored corn in flat cribs with limited capacity and faced prices of 65 to 80 cents a bushel. The unsealed storage caused waste as thousands of bushels would not fetch even 10 cents to ship, and unfit for food if stock was compelled to eat it. Slat cribs often lacked protective thatching.
Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall wife of the Vice President questions modern fashions and argues women are not fit to vote while admitting she would vote if in a suffragist state. She suggests women focus on social dances and cafes rather than running for office and notes her husband is more of a suffragist than she is. Miss Jeasie Wilson is mentioned.
The New York Herald reports zookeepers tested catnip on animals at Washington Park. Parrots panicked then ravenously fed on catnip. An African leopard devoured the herb then rolled and rubbed his face in it. A tiger inhaled the scent, whined like a kitten, played in the plant, and lounged contentedly the rest of the day.
An excerpt discusses humor as a divine adjunct and life value. It argues humor strengthens tolerance and patience, tunes life with world harmony, and eases suffering. A classroom dialogue then ponders a grape price riddle, with a student citing his mother’s bargaining skill.
A Detroit Free Press quote humorously notes that when he writes a check he imagines the grocer will frame the signature and hang it up. The remark suggests vanity in the act of writing payments.
Naoum Aronson, a Russian sculptor, earned his first commission after a salon success. Starved yet driven, he collapsed from hunger while delivering a bust, saved by a patron who had admired his work. This pivotal moment set his career on a rising path.
A simple method to repair a tear in clothing uses egg white and a linen patch. Place the cloth flat smear egg white around the tear, lay a linen patch over it, and press with a hot iron until the patch adheres. The repair is durable and nearly invisible after washing.
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