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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
4
Semi weekly Aberdeen Herald details publication days Monday and Thursday at 408 East Wishkabatrees. Ads and subscriptions listed with pricing, deadlines, and circulation claim. Readers urged to notify office if delivery lapses. contracts forfeited if circulation claim not true.
An antiadministration paper discusses Rough Riders entering politics and praises the president as a great statesman while noting currents in Ohio Republican circles. It cites figures like Rockefeller and Carnegie, jokes about water scarcity and milk, and remarks on lavish debut parties, highlighting political and social tensions of the era.
The text sketches a tongue in cheek scene about a referendum being surprised by Senator Foraker embracing it, hints at Japan making a map of Portland, and speculates on Grover Cleveland backing Bryan to make the matter nearly unanimous.
C O Eldridge of Empire Ga urges use of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles claiming seven years of reliable use. The remedy billed as the king of throat and lung remedies is sold by Evans Drug Co and Postoffice Pharmacy with 50 cent and 1.00 prices and a trial bottle free.
James Speyer argues the United States faces monetary stringency driven by lack of confidence and international factors. He says the crisis is temporary, yet domestic investigations and sensational press distortions harm trust, fueling cautious legislation and market declines harming small investors.
Former United States Senator Charles A. Towne argues for immediate neutralization to secure naval and commercial bases in the Philippines and Hawaiian Islands. He warns current fleets could not reach China coast and calls for a near base for repairs and coal supplies.
William J Bryan argues no general panic will occur due to rising prices and shrinking dollar power. He contrasts 1893 with present conditions, urges punishment of business immorality, and calls on New York financiers to restore confidence by preventing exposed wrongdoing.
Architect Jarvis Hunt plans installing a two in one shaft system in Chicago and New York for express and local cars. The arrangement lets the upper express car move while the lower local car is loaded, reducing delays to about fourteen seconds in a two minute cycle.
Professor F H King of Wisconsin used a galvanized box with adjustable windows to show how flame length changes with ventilation. Full ventilation kept the lamp at full size while cutting air supply dimmed the flame to near extinction, underscoring that daily air intake far exceeds consumed foods.
Reference notes Germany now produces thread from paper, claiming a texture like cotton or silk with great strength. Production methods are undisclosed but the thread is said to resist damp and be nonflammable. Costs allegedly 90 percent below linen and 60 percent below cotton, suggesting high profitability if adopted.
Italian savant Signor Tarugi proposes an aluminium wire mask to absorb mercuric vapors in mines and glass factories. The device would filter inhaled air, reducing exposure to dangerous vapors.
A brief note posits metals tire like living beings and that telegraph wires conduct better on Monday than Saturday due to Sunday rest. It claims a three week rest boosts conductivity by ten percent.
A peat based method to produce ammonia has been tested in England with considerable success. The trial shows potential for gas works and fertilizer use, reflecting efforts to derive chemical products from peat resources.
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