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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1906
Page
2
A jittery week features royal marriages in Bavaria and Omans, a push for expulsion trials and cabinet changes in government circles, and a growth in draft and mail facilities. The St Louis exhibit and Yukon lease news frame a world of diplomatic shifts and regional developments.
Reports from Spokane date January 14 note a grand jury session and city council activity in Colville with a new pantry and commission, plus a fire pump installation in South Bend. Wheat exports from Seattle in the last quarter approach a million dollars. Governor Mead faces impeachment era talk while state assembly opens at Pullman with farmer delegates and a long list of local officials.
A January dispatch reports State Highway Commissioner M Snow proposes a state right of way swap with the Milwannee to secure a route for highway 21s expansion. The plan favors the Snoqualmie Pass option over a northern alignment while weighing a rail corridor alternative for the same land.
A garbled notice reports a marriage in which Miss Alive Bange is to wed on a January date. United States Marshals and Bangh Bid officials are mentioned in connection with the ceremony.
Nome, Jan. 12. The secretary of the interior has approved a patent to the Nome townsite. The patent auction, stalled over two years due to adverse mining claims, is now resolved with the patent granted.
Two desert land entrymen from Franklin county who fled in 1902 have been introduced in the House and Senate. Representative Hamphrey and Senator Piles introduced the measure. The matter concerns the desert lands and possible entry rights or amendments.
An unreadable OCR fragment appears to reference a transport crew, cities, and an engineer with unclear actions. The text is garbled with missing letters and nonsensical phrases, making it hard to extract a coherent event or names.
Fragmentary OCR depicts a murky tale of finance and real estate dealings with references to Seattle San Francisco and New York firms. Mentions of loan companies, savings and loan operations, and named individuals hint at a business network but specifics and context are largely unreadable.
Dr Harper, president of the Chicago Cat varvainy, longtime scholar and investor in the university, passed away after years of illness and multiple operations. A memorial chapel dedicated to him at the university campus is described by university trustees and De Harper aides, with tributes from friends and faculty.
Fragmented OCR details a suspected Harriman backed effort to acquire Seattle lands near a waterway valued at 2.7 million dollars. The text mentions Joseph Beleng and a Union Pacific secretary role, implying possible involvement in land purchases under Harriman interests.
A fragment describes a building project with a large auditorium for worshippers and remaining space devoted to vices. It mentions Will and a great structure on First Werth bruch and cites Sinscraper Rar pests as part of the plan.
A clemency action yields a $7500 bail or bond securing release. The arrangement involves the defendant and her mother-in-law with two sureties. The case centers on alleged teleogery and related family ties amid legal action.
In Chicago a committee, opposed by the city council, will investigate a $500 bonus tied to a water channels and sewers project. The probe targets the contractor and related offices as the public works commission reviews the issue amid a contentious council debate.
Washington reports the Senate adopts two resolutions authorizing investigations into the Panama Canal commissions real income and expenditures. The finance committee reviews money questions linked to the Panama railroad and canal operations. Mr Morgan speaks on railroad policy and social differences influence law.
An official discussion outlines a potential Spokane Portland route to Seattle via Umatilla and Walla Walla. The plan would extend the Union Pacific system westward, aligning Harriman and Vanderbuilt interests with the Northwestern to reach coastal Seattle. An official announcement on the extension was expected this month.
The report lists grain and feed prices with wheat at about 24.30 to 24.50 per ton, corn around 24.50, barley 24.44, and oats 25.3. Hay and haylike feeds show Sound and Washington markets with Timothy and clover ranging, while live stock prices note sheep and cattle rates. Washington hay prices are around 12.40 to 14 per ton, and Western Washington listings include timber and fats markets with mixed values.
Premier Witte defended government hardline actions on price controls and public meetings. He criticized Interior Minister Larioro’s moderation and urged caution, arguing the measures aim to stabilize the country and protect the empire, with timing tied to January 22 and the political climate.
The Pacific Railway and its secretary EB W Cock report amended articles of incorporation to change the company name to Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Company of Washington. The plan is to operate railways from Seattle and Tacoma, extending easterly and southeasterly toward Potatch, covering about 4 miles.
London Jan 13. The general assembly of the Reval academy elected Augustus Saint-Gaudens the American sculptor and Israel borodary the Dutch painter as foreign members of the academy.
A man named T. Kelliher was convicted last week of larceny related to land in his state and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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