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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald announces its semi weekly schedule and rates. Editor J Carney notes circulation claims and refunds if statement accuracy is not maintained. The notice emphasizes the paper as Grays Harbor County's oldest publication with large circulation and advertising contract terms.
Edwin C. Madden testifies to house committees that indiscriminate use of free government mail matter by executive departments drives the postal deficit. He cites 1899 free matter at 12.58 percent of weight and estimates possible 1904 losses near $20 million. Cortelyou proposes charging postage by class. Overstreet and others urge tracking weight and class to curb abuse and possibly abolish franking.
A Herald Printery advertisement promotes affordable printing services with moderate pricing for job orders. It highlights quality work and dependable turnaround for local customers seeking value.
A column notes republican papers echo President Stickney on regulating railway rates and public carriers, questions his stance on rebates and tariffs, jokes about public building bills and biennial elections, and cites scattered incidents from St Louis to Denmark as well as coal miners and Rockefeller references.
The council debated whether a small room west of Evans drug store on G street qualifies as a shack under city ordinance amid plans to fill North G Street and ongoing repairs. Ed C Finch leased the space for a real estate office and faces a hearing for alleged building ordinance violations.
The text shows garbled survey like references with numbers and sections such as Twp and Sec across multiple townships. Names include Groves L Frantz with a Detroit, Michigan address. The fragment hints at land or surveying records but lacks a coherent event or outcome.
The Newsboy loads at the Slade mill for Hostula. John C Meyers at the Slade mill bound for San Pedro. Wrestler at Slade mill loading for Santa Rosalia Mexico. Chas R Wilson sailed from Wilson mill for San Francisco. Chas E Falk and W J Paterson at American mill bound for San Francisco. Espada loaded at Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle mills ready to sail for San Francisco. Sophia Christiansen loading at Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle mill for San Francisco.
The note cites Peru threatening Chile once more while a railway rate bill dominates congressional discussion, though observers doubt lawmakers grasp all its implications.
The piece comments on voters acting like machines. It mentions Locose-leaf system printing and ruling and references Specialty Herald Printery as part of the backdrop. The tone suggests concern over automated voting behavior.
In Aberdeen Superior Court a jury awarded R L Kindred 450 dollars after he was thrown from his wheel by a defective sidewalk. He sued for 2100 dollars seeking damages for injuries. The Herald notes its wide Gray's Harbor readership and advertising power.
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