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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
4
Aberdeen Herald lists subscription rates for one year six months and three months with prices. Advertising rates are available on application. The paper is entered at Aberdeen Washington as second class mail matter and serves as the official paper of the city.
Patrons are notified the Montesano Economist and Aberdeen Herald have merged and will be published under the Aberdeen Herald name. Economist subscribers will receive the Aberdeen Herald, and exchanges should update mailing lists accordingly.
The New York Sun reports Fall River managers bankers and workers dispute the tariff blame for mill woes. It finds Southern cheap labor not sole cause. New England mills rely on operating efficiency skilled staff capital and easy credit as key advantages that have sustained them amid rising competition.
The text argues MePP overproduction in cotton fabrics exceeds domestic demand. It notes 33 percent more spindles than needed and claims buyers shift to woolens as prices diverge. It criticizes protectionist remedies and warns that cheap print goods producers may form a trust or face market collapse without liberal foreign trade to absorb the surplus.
A historical note discusses the vast, unredeemed paper money known as shin plasters. It explains these fractional notes were never cancelled and have effectively disappeared from circulation, suggesting the treasury’s figures include money never presented for redemption.
W C Jones introduces a practical bill to send all pre 1890 paper money and bank notes to the U S treasury for registration and return to owners or, if unregistered within six months, considered lost. The government would reissue the amount and claim it as treasury property, with an estimated 350 million dollars lost or destroyed. The plan aims to expand circulating medium without altering currency laws or business.
The piece depicts a three day clash in the U S House as fusion forces press for recognition of Cuban patriots against Republicans backed by Spanish bondholders. It condemns gold influence and predicts a reckoning when voters return to the polls.
Canada imposes a $2 tariff mechanism by law that requires all saw logs cut in Ontario to be converted into lumber within Canada. The move echoes the earlier US policy, aligning treatment of logs and lumber as either both dutiable or both free, a stance praised as just by some observers.
The publishers of the Herana express appreciation for the consolidation of the Montesano Economist with the Heranp and acknowledge the support received during the merge process.
Congressman Lewis introduces legislation to establish an eight hour work day in all states and territories. The measure aims to standardize hours and protect workers nationwide.
The Springfield Republican describes Boston independent oil dealer C. M. Coburn resisting Standard Oil pressure to limit his daily output. It notes Rockefeller’s philanthropy amid a suit claim of 32 percent annual stock dividends and lists emerging trusts such as coal wire sewer pipe cracker biscuit and porcelain to illustrate growing monopoly power and rising tax burdens on the public.
A Tacoma News editorial laments rising corporate power shaping prices and shortages. It argues firms master essential goods and services, crush competition, and dominate labor, warning of dire public consequences unless checked.
Assistant Attorney General Tuomas M. Vance answers Chehalis County Treasurer C N Wilson on county rebate authority. He states no authority for county rebate of taxes without court decree and warns receipts issued under county order risk liability. Rebate stipulations require Superior Court confirmation to protect officials and bondsmen.
Thousands try Ely's Dream Balm claiming it cures catarrh and cold in head. A trial size is offered for 10 cents, with testimonial from Oscar Ostrum. Product claims to be cocaine mercury free and sold by druggists or by mail from Ely Bros. 56 Warren St New York City.
The French minister M. de Freycinet debated with a treason suspect during a trial. He mocked the plan as needlessly costly and, after drawing curves and angles, showed a method that would have cost more. The minister sentenced the engineer for high treason against the patron. The tale ends with the engineer’s quip about cost. Also a humorous dialogue about a telephone and busy central, from Brooklyn Life.
In a short exchange from Jamilien Blatt a mother asks her children if they peeled the apples before eating them. The children reply that they ate the peels afterward, illustrating a simple domestic moment.
Fashion notes from the New York Times praise detachable collars with shirt waists as a popular, practical trend. One waist can stay fresh through two collars, as the shirt waist becomes a name more than a bodice, with dressmakers offering shepherd's plaid silk waists to wear with linen collars.
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo promotes a free edition of The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser. Over 680000 copies sold at 1.59 each. 500000 free copies available to mail 21 one-vent stamps to World’s Dispensary Medical Association. Also notes Shiloh’s Cure cough remedy from Evans Drug Co.
Notice states unpaid city warrants on the general fund issued by May 19 1805 will be paid on presentation. Warrant call ceases to bear interest January 27 180s. Frank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co of Toledo offers one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason. Store advertises hall's remedy with testimonials.
A fragmentary historical note recalls Arkansas as the Bear State famed for bear tales over four decades. It echoes Shakespearean and Herbert lines about bearing burdens, conquest, and strategic limits in conflict.
A fragmentary verse echoes the idea that affection never wasted, its influence returning to enrich the giver and their own heart like rain replenishing the springs. The brief excerpt centers on emotional reciprocity and cyclical sweetness.
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