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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
1
The notice mentions subscription terms and rates including 2.00 and 1.00 fees, a post office Aberdeen Washington, and requests births marriages or deaths correspondence. It lists Bames IP Girton as publisher and describes the paper as city publication.
Olympia debates a crowded field for the state’s union party senator with candidates including Senator Squire Judge Turner and others. The talk centers on silver policy and party loyalty as factors, with emphasis on selecting a candidate who can unite the union forces and represent Washington effectively.
Governor Rogers upbraids the Colfax Advocate for alleging the Ellensburg union exists only for spoils. The speech endorses Charles J. Cling as speaker of the Olympia house to avoid parliamentary tangles. It defends the middle road stance for Populists and cautions against partisan overreach.
The governor aligns with reform factions after the St Louis Bryan unity. The legislature cuts salaries and ends the printing of every introduced bill. Washington House blocked the Pacific roads funding bill by a wide margin, signaling a push for reform. The Illinois Steel Co cuts wages as prosperity begins. Wall Street opposes aiding Cuba while oat prices may fall under a surging supply.
Local snippets describe illness recoveries and search for workers near Markham and Ocosta. Mentions include a drag saw addition at Markham mill, preparations for a post office, a new general store hotel idea, and elk hunting mishaps. Bank failures cite a prosperity wave.
The clipping notes political press critique, upcoming entertainments by Episcopalians and Alki Society, and social events in Montesano and Aberdeen. Eva Engelhorn works in Washingtonian office, a musical proceeds from Alki School raises $25 for a piano, a chimney fire alarms residents, and Will Lemmon shifts cedar logs to Couch and Warp. George McMasters visits from Porter, Chehalis boom reports stir loggers, and Thomas Watkins marries Mrs. Z C Witsman in Montesano aided by many friends.
Health improves while a new ferry leaks badly. Local residents including J C Stewart Clem Brown and John P Woods visit and relocate for work in logging and farming. Teachers and students resume at Montesano academy as dairies report regional butter and cheese production from Montesano Satsop and state creameries.
The notes describe O.C. Bennelson the peelerman at the basket factory as an inventor with a complex conveyor design and a new fire bell installed at the engine house. The bell weighs about 1000 pounds with fixtures, cost 169 in Cincinnati, and required town support to obtain. Citizens aided the enterprise. Lyons is to join the new mill, with local politics referenced.
The piece argues a public man should lower his pedestal and cooperate with interviewers who are skilled and aware of interview dynamics. It urges respecting the interviewer, allowing form freedom, and maintaining practical rapport to ensure a successful joint production without ego or politics overshadowing the dialogue.
Ellis, visiting Ascension Island, meets an old friend who explains no clean shirts are available as the condenser water supply has failed for days. Water rationing leaves people short for drinking and washing, with clothes sent to wash needing water shipped with them.
An old fragment includes a divorce complaint dialogue and a mock warning about animal protection, a traveler’s observation on social mixing in Nicaragua, wage figures from several countries, and a notary oath offering a reward for catarrh cures. The mixed OCR text references Hall's Catarrh Cure and a 1886 notary seal.
The article notes meteorites have long been kept for study and awe, with ancient peoples treating them as divine gifts. It cites a Texas iron meteorite used as worship by Indians, a floweringly honored meteorite in India, and a 200 pound stone in Alsace kept in Enisheim church after falling on November 16, 1492, pieces given to royalty.
An eclectic excerpt contrasts Greek education with horsemanship, citing Xenophon and classical anecdotes about the arts of riding and dancing. A lengthy, quoted tale from the New York Sun recalls a Virginia slave named Jack who, after being urged to wish, expresses contentment with simple sustenance and boots, illustrating a period memory.
A collage of short aphorisms and jokes from multiple papers including the Philadelphia Inquirer and North Lacrosse Argus. Topics range from social welfare and Boston manners to fashion costs and linguistic notes. The tone mimics light humor and odd items typical of a syndicated page.
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