This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1912
Page
7
President Taft urges continuation of the economy and efficiency commission to inspect federal spending and reporting. He cites potential annual savings of millions through reorganized classifications, procurement, and best practices, proposing a $200,000 base and $50,000 for publishing results.
A New York Sun summary contrasts arbor colonies near German towns with summer houses for workers. It notes their hygienic value and the risk they vanish when land is sold for development, while Berlin expands outward and a society aims to preserve them. The piece also covers palmistry origins and a brief phrenology history from a London Chronicle item.
Whitelaw Reid, American ambassador to Great Britain, is celebrated for London life at Dorchester House in Park Lane and Wrest Park in Ampthill. His daughter Mrs. John Ward is a prominent London matron, and Reid, principal owner of the New York Tribune, has served as minister to France and on the Spanish-American peace commission.
A Berlin inventor, Huzo Ganthe, introduces a simple machine using a one millimeter steel wire heated by friction to cut trees up to twenty inches in diameter in six minutes. The device burns a thin carbonized kerf, leaves smoke not shavings, avoids wedges, allows near ground or below ground cuts, and needs only one operator with a lightweight electric motor safely placed.
Hamburg scientists label eels with silver plates marked H and a number to trace migrations. A circular requests French fisheries to watch for eels that bear the plate once inside them. Hamburg offers a sovereign reward for each found eel with location details provided by the finder.
Admiral Garcia of the Argentine navy praised United States shipyards after studying European yards. He noted Fore River and New York Shipbuilding Company facilities excel in equipment and management, a view aligned with observers of U S yards.
A 243.1 pound 18.9 inch tall beryl found in Minas Gerais Brazil weighs 243.1 pounds and measures from 15.75 to 16.5 inches in width. The greenish blue gem, free of impurities, reportedly sold near 25000 dollars to its finder. Turkiş buyer picked up the berg in Minas Gerais. The crystal could yield at least 200000 carats of jewels.
A United States government inspector witnessed a Monel alloy blade withstand twenty one drops from twenty five feet with a 4000 pound weight, showing no fracture. The cast metal exhibits tensile strength over 75000 psi.
In England the militant suffragists secure a government pledge for a full hearing of a woman suffrage bill, place women on equal footing in old age pensions, gain partial benefits for women under government insurance, establish a wages board to raise female pay in several trades, appoint a woman prison inspector, improve women prisoners’ conditions, increase women factory inspectors, obtain extensive space on the London Standard for the suffrage platform, and raise a campaign fund over half a million dollars. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst remarks on government action.
The article notes the fleeting life of certain mushroom predators. Mushrooms live for about forty eight hours after emergence while an insect deposits eggs during the fungi’s youth. Grubs hatch quickly and the insect matures and lays eggs before the mushroom dies.
The article states Yellowstone Park spans fifty four miles east to west and sixty two miles north to south, detailing its geographic boundaries.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.