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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
4
Aberdeen Washington post office announces subscription prices for mail service at two dollars per year with discounts for prepaid periods including one to nine months, highlighting savings of one cent per week when prepaid.
A petition from agricultural implement manufacturers criticizes trusts for dictating prices and notes one firm that bypassed trusts by owning mills furnaces timber lands and iron mines. The piece contrasts prosperous reformers with other manufacturers and ends by lampooning the petitioners appeal to Roosevelt for relief or blame.
The Cleveland Daily Leader argues that Morgan interests and Wall Street sharks would welcome Grover Cleveland’s nomination and election, while the Democratic wing opposes past party directions. It warns of a long period of speculation and trusts and says a Cleveland presidency could entrench Republicans.
The Standard Furniture Co invites women in Aberdeen and surrounding areas to write for free Catalogue Z. It promises to interest those considering furniture or stoves and is mailed from the Seattle Mail Order Department.
The Philadelphia North American argues that President Baer’s claim to control coal prices exposes a broader problem. It praises the public exposure of arbitrarily fixed prices by a single group and cites Judge Thayer’s view that the danger lies in the power to fix rates, not just the level, urging vigorous action to break monopolistic control.
The Chicago Tribune argues that naming Mr. Cleveland for the 1904 Democratic nomination signals a return to sanity and to Republican policies, presenting it as a confession that Cleveland was right in 1896 and that the Republican party was correct then. Some Democrats, however, are not ready to adopt Republican policies.
A Roosevelt speech argues laws cannot make people brave wise or strong yet criticizes a tariff law as taking from the many to enrich a few. The piece accuses Republicans of shaping law to protect trusts and deliver injustice to the masses.
reminiscences recount Henriette Coch ranking Browning nursing a goose seen from a London drawing room window. The anecdote has Browning calling the goose affectionate and compares it to a dog as he tends the bird in hall and corridor.
An amused friend asks about a discharge for breach of etiquette. Colonel Blupher replies he was discharged for turning his back to the enemy. The item ends with an advertisement for wedding gifts at Soldman’s in Seattle.
An American from Texas clashed with a Mexican gendarme in Mexico City during the Spanish American War over sentiment against the United States. His friends secured his release after visiting diplomats and a minister, then a tale linked to Napoleon era music recalls Bedouins’ joy at hearing a tune now known as We Won’t Go Home Till Morning.
The passage extols happiness as an internal state born from harmony and growth, not material possession. It contrasts external status with inner peace, noting happiness comes from within and depends on one’s character and life choices rather than fortune. The author, William George Jordan, frames joy as the soul’s joy in the intangible.
A fragment from Portsmouth News reflects on family mood and social behavior, contrasting quiet discontent with bright smiles and open cheer. Dialogue passages show characters debating invitations, temperance efforts, and social forms, with notes from Boston Transcript and references to Miss Wilgus and Edith in social events.
A father of ten daughters observes the marriage of his eldest to a millionaire. He murmurs a quip about “10 per cent off forenash” as the knot is tied. The scene reflects a sharp, humorous tone from a Chicago News style snippet.
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