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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1911
Page
6
Railroad expert James J. Hill forecasts a year of employment hardship due to prudent business activity. He notes overall national caution, good general business in the northwest and middle west, but poor railroad prospects with no new work and rising congestion as traffic expands.
Secretary James Wilson argues high living costs stem from farming structure and soil abuse. He cites homesteaders reducing ranch operations and meat supply, migration to cities, and droughts with crop booms as factors. He emphasizes soil as the nation's greatest asset and urges better farming practices and soil restoration.
A perspective on political corruption as inherent temptation, arguing prevention over punishment. The speaker compares political graft to possible corruption in others, urges reforms to shield government from debauchery, and cites jail in Denver as insufficient without addressing causes, especially among youth.
Fashion notes describe two stylish car bonnets for winter driving. One uses brown velvet with ivory satin trimming and face quilling, the other features shot taffeta silk in a peaked shape with matching veil and iridescent rosette.
The article advises cleaning bamboo furniture with soap and warm salt water applied with a brush and wiped dry until it gleams. It warns against ordinary laundry soap which dulls the gloss. It also notes patent leather should avoid extreme cold or heat, preferring medium warmth and gradual warming before wearing to prevent cracking.
The Woman's Home Companion notes hand tinted post cards with images of Wattern shepherdesses court beauties or Japanese girls can be turned into candle shades. Cards are sturdy cardboard, light shows through for delicate relief. choose simple motives, trim figures, shape shades four to six sides, join with passe partout and colored tissue lining for softened light.
Spofford Butler and Whitney, longtime librarians of Congress New York Society Library and Boston Public Library, formed a famed trio. The piece notes their roles shaping libraries since the fifties and their lasting influence on cataloging, networks with jurists, writers, and cities.
The article describes snowplows as enormous steel machines like freight cars. A massive wheel with adjustable steel blades, housed in a drum, is driven by a steam engine. A chute on top directs the cleared snow as the unit moves along the track, with power from multiple linked sections.
An American firm operates a New York camphor factory selling a product like natural camphor sourced from Formosa. A separateNorway design measures sea depth by sound waves with automatic recording and alarms. The Amazon region shows high prices for flour shoes beer and food far inland, with jungle banks and resin gathering in vast, difficult transport routes.
Notice to Wishkah Lodge 44 Knights of Pythias members that as of January 1 all bills for lodge goods must include signed requisitions on lodge blanks. Issued by the House Committee. The Rexall Store promotes its news coverage of Grays Harbor in the Herald.
City subscribers who do not receive the Herald by 6 p m on Mondays and Thursdays should notify City Messerver Co at Tel 6931 and a runner will deliver the newspaper to their address promptly.
Aberdeen Printing Co is highlighted for quality work in a concise blurb praising its printing and service as a local option for Aberdeen readers.
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