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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
4
The semi weekly Aberdeen Herald lists publication days Monday and Thursday with office at 408 East Wisikah street Aberdeen Wash telephone 3541. Advertising rates are Display Ten cents per inch and Readers Five cents per line. Copy deadlines and circulation claims are noted with emphasis on accuracy.
The Commoner voices outrage at Treasury favors to Wall Street banks. It questions why national banks in New York receive most loans and depository status while others are ignored, and why enforcement differs between country and big city banks. It urges readers to press bankers for explanations.
Chief Kohler urges Cleveland officers to exercise discretion on the beat. He says the force should seek good order over arrests, treat offenders with humanity, protect drunks for their safety, and only pursue real crooks with renewed zeal to keep Cleveland better and cleaner.
The Centralia Chronicle argues Aberdeen’s nearer position to the Orient favors a direct transcontinental rail line to Grays Harbor. A route via the Cowlitz pass to Centalia and down the Chehalis would connect mountains to the ocean, spurring Centralia’s growth and turning Grays Harbor into a key export hub.
The piece argues that federal revenue falls short of expenditures and warns of possible deficits by year end. It notes the treasury has cash but delays payments until banks can repay deposits, criticizing bond and certificate plans as failed and urging prompt action by Congress to secure currency and avoid further trouble.
The piece accuses politicians including Senator Gallinger Senator Foraker John Barrett and Representative Humphrey along with Navy Assistant Secretary Newberry and Postmaster General McCleary of pushing ship subsidies. It claims the Merchant Marine League funds the trip to Cleveland and labels the league the true beneficiary behind subsidy politics.
The district judge in Denver issued a temporary injunction against what was termed the grocers' treet after affidavits and arguments from Colorado's attorney general. He warned that grocers, as middlemen, sometimes sustain trusts by selling themselves into bondage, yet when they resist they risk accusations of illegal combinations.
A careful estimate of cyclone energy places the force of a West Indian cyclone at more than 400 million horsepower. This immense power dwarfs all human capabilities including steam, water, windmills, and the combined strength of people and animals.
Senator Dick asserts the Foraker program in Ohio targets people and business men by claiming sanity and prosperity over reform and calamity. He argues the Republican administration caused calamity and panic and that Congress and the president fail to modernize tariff and financial laws amid mismanagement.
The Mobile Register notes Jasper county’s high public eloquence and reprints a candidate’s pledge to enrich Mississippi’s glory with “jewels” for the commonwealth. The speech frames progress as guiding its people toward peace, prosperity, security, and happiness.
A Swedish newspaper asks readers for the most beautiful thing in the world. The top prize goes to an anonymous answer “The eyes of my mother.” A runner up envisions “the dream of that which we know to be impossible.” A witty entry says the beauty lies in a man carrying his mother in law across a dangerous river without dropping her. Proved useless. A San Francisco Call excerpt adds a child’s quips about being spanked and learning good.
A brief quotation describes a maid announcing Mrs Dodge is out and a visitor noting relief at a peep through the curtain. The fragment ends with a reflective aside about personal standards and self-measurement.
A Rock county Wisconsin correspondent reports the first model road built under U S engineers since statehood. The three-quarter mile strip east of Clinton used federal machinery and crews to demonstrate proper macadam methods and drainage. The project cost over two thousand dollars due to material costs and long hauls.
Representative D R Anthony reports progress on a 120 mile military highway between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley. He says the director of public roads will send two engineers to survey and lay detailed plans for Congress to act on next winter. The project is touted as a major object lesson for the agricultural West and a model for modern highways.
Will Burns inspires ban on swearing along seven miles of public road as reported by the Hardy Herald. He reports no rocks stumps or chuck holes and fifty men quit profanity, transforming the route into a model of civility.
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