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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1911
Page
2
Semi weekly publication note lists Aberdeen Printing Co at 309 East Wishkah Street with editor MO J Carney and post office entry as second class. Subscriptions show rates for six months and one year with cash in advance and miscellaneous tele.
The article argues for centralized city authority via a commission plan with safeguards like initiative referendum and recall. It asserts these provisions curb power, promote a short ballot, and advocate blanket ballots to reduce party influence in municipal government and cut costs.
The Commercial club of Centralia and the Citizens' club of Chehalis plan a $4500 county publicity program with Southern Pacific support. Costs split three ways by Centralia, Chehalis, and Lewis county to publish illustrated literature and foster reciprocal ties, ending rival city waste and promoting regional unity. Aberdeen and Hoquiam cited as example of wasted energy. Attorney General Wickersham favors a decisive ax and cleaver approach to the beef trust.
Readers are urged to focus on personal goals this year rather than judging others. The note highlights self discipline and accountability as the key to steady progress.
The presidential message urges simplifying court procedure to reduce litigation costs and expedite judgments. It notes the poor man’s disadvantage against corporations and suggests government example for state reforms. It calls Supreme Court leadership essential and hints at new appointees taking the cue.
The article notes adjutant general Fred Lhewllyn in Olympia and the legislature facing a multi thousand dollar demand to keep state armories open. It cites auditor records showing about three thousand dollars monthly needed for armory maintenance and recounts a London spree by James Rhodes ending in a brief jail stay. It also recounts King Charles I writs for ship money and Hampden's opposition leading to near nullification.
John E. Parsons argues in a New York column that government employment may reach a million in the U S and Britain must curb spending He urges public officials to ensure every dollar of public money yields honest work and calls for sober public deliberation over policy by capable leaders.
L Clark Seelye argues college women are capable wives and mothers. He notes alumnae marriages lag due to timing and external factors, not college fault, and urges broader comparison with noncollegiate women under similar conditions.
Prince Ghika of Roumania notes Americans eat quickly in the U S observing hotel guests rushing meals. He endorses Americans but criticizes rapid eating as a fault observed during his visit.
Margaret McMillan argues women drive the gold craze and spend wealth on luxuries. She says society mistreats women by confining them as domestic pets and vows women must share in civilization’s creation or civilization will fail.
The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite plans a marble four story temple in Washington costing over 1 million dollars after a 164000 dollar site purchase. The design features a 160 foot gold dome, 33 thirty three foot columns, and a 200000 volume library. The building aims to host the international conference of supreme councils in October 1912.
A Tangier correspondent reports deep resistance from Moorish officers to reforms. Officers concealed weaponry and loot, paraded troops at Fez under the sultan's inspection, then had arms seized as soldiers were disarmed. The scene exposed corruption and efforts to misrepresent service.
In a Missouri mountain county a humorous list of town labels is presented with names ranging from Rat and Ink to Not and Congo. It notes varied styles from poetic Shadygrove to stark Kiddos Spur and mentions Matin Izona and Protem as examples of regional naming flair.
Indians of the upper Amazon have devised a form of wireless communication using hollow log drums tuned to different pitches. The method creates audible signals across distance, functioning as an early native telegraphy system.
Miss Bellingham Todd argued in Dublin that domestic service resembles mild slavery compared with other jobs. She noted lack of fixed hours versus salesgirls and clerks, urging equal footing with business girls and proposing servants should have access to a bicycle or automobile for afternoons out.
A Chicago firm shipped what is described as the most elaborate dinner service in America for former Senator W. A. Clark of Montana. The 900-piece, gold-lined set for twenty four persons cost $120,000 and was designed two years ago to harmonize with the Clark dining room in his $7,000,000 Fifth Avenue mansion in New York.
Women who have served as mayors are set to receive knighthood from King George during the coronation honors. The article notes historical precedents of women being knighted in feudal and Tudor periods, including Mary and Elizabeth.
A study notes more than 25 000 earthworms inhabit each acre of cultivable soil. The finding highlights rich soil life and potential effects on farming practices and soil health.
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