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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1906
Page
3
Seattle wins the next international convention after a four year bid. Funds raised amount to about 10000 of the 25000 pledge with plans for a new armory or a temporary 6000 seat auditorium. Delegates from New York and New England may travel by special trains.
A Daily News correspondent in St. Petersburg describes mass killings across the empire. Officials urge brutal force, razing towns, firing on suspects, and deporting or jailing dissidents. Jewish communities suffer arson and murder as massacres are planned elsewhere.
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston asks Gov. Cummins to join a committee with four other reformers to receive proxies from New York Life and Mutual Life policyholders. The panel would attend annual meetings to elect directors. Cummins would decide after a conference with Gov. Johnson.
Washington reports the Isthmian canal commission presents minority and majority engineers’ views to Secretary Taft. The minority plan favors a sea level canal while the majority supports alternatives. The package includes a 100 page engineers’ brief and Endicott’s dissent. Proposals include $200,000 for Colon sanitation and a $50,000 electric light plant for Culebra.
New York Feb 8 The North Coast railroad will cost about 35 000 a mile including terminals totaling over 20 million. Financing preparations are complete with New York capital providing more than 80 percent of funds. Union Pacific directors meet today and a 3 percent dividend on common stock is expected. Rumors say Northern Pacific will issue 20 million stock to finance lines in Washington and Milwaukee competition. No confirmation yet on Great Northern and Northern Pacific purchases.
Austrian ambassador Hengel Muller says at president and Mrs Roosevelt wish no official gifts be presented to their daughter on her marriage to Representative Longworth. Gifts will be personal expressions of goodwill from sovereigns, not governments. The House will adjourn Feb 16 to 17 to avoid recognizing the wedding.
A chemical explosion at Griesheim in Germany ignited a massive fire that engulfed the factory and nearby buildings. Firefighters collapsed as spectators fled, as a poisonous gas killed fifty one and left about 153 injured, with the blaze spreading to Schwanheim.
A poem honoring Albert Gorton Greene's memory of Grimes the old man long valued by neighbors. It reflects on Grimes's kindness, honesty, calm demeanor, and simple life as a model citizen who lived in peace and comfort without ostentation.
A 1905 Portland explosion during a fire led to naval bombardment to drain a 6000 gallon crude oil tank after a misfire killed a spectator. Other incidents include an insurance fire engine spark causing straw and ricks to ignite near Kempsey, a dog’s fur catching fire and spreading through a farmyard, and a London tar furnace accident where a worker fell into a furnace after a ladder burned away. Baltimore fire safes reportedly survived largely intact, with unlikely matches remaining unscathed.
A physician touts little head pillows as a universal sleep aid. He argues they prevent neck strain and improve relaxation more than large pillows, while emphasizing the value of warm blankets and high quality bedding for health and vitality.
A compilation of local professional listings for Dr Paul Smits and other specialists. Includes multiple office addresses in Aberdeen Washington with hours and phone numbers, plus attorneys E H Fox and Robert E Taggart and a building plans expert B Sheers.
In a New York Sun exchange a boy and teacher discuss the main mathematical operations listing addition subtraction multiplication division and restitution The quote contrasts practical finance with moral fame and hints at a value judgment about money and honor.
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