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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
5
Article argues for strong local markets to support farmers and keep money in the town economy. It urges citizens to develop a home market, warn against mail order dominance, and calls for community action led by local publishers bankers merchants lawyers and grocers. It contrasts local trade with city prices and mail order catalogs.
The article discusses how suggestion drives modern retail and catalogue sales. It traces origins from mail order tactics using incentives to current practices, emphasizing store display, stock arrangement, clerical conduct, and accurate descriptions to influence buyers.
The Maryland legislature honored young Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger as he assumed command of the Atlantic Fleet aboard the Arkansas in Hampton Roads on January 4 1913. The piece traces his career from Annapolis gradation through sea duty and the Greely relief expedition to his leadership role in the modern fleet.
The fragment recounts an American war officer named Badger with Cincinnati service, March promotion to captain and later to rear admiral, plus a reference to Annapolis and a mid 19th century timeline. It includes a quote from the Boston Transcript about a steel trap and a joke attribution.
Minna Irving crafts a tribute to soldiers buried in distant camps, honoring the dead with impartial love and national memory. Roses and tears fall upon the blue and gray as memories outlast years of conflict and celebrate their eternal sacrifice.
Private McDever of the First Royal Scots Fusiliers reached Southampton from South Africa after fever and an Indian near burial. Declared dead, he awoke two hours later on a mortuary slab to shock a sentry who then died from the fright. The man’s hair turned snow white by the experience.
The London Globe reports a fashion trend to drop calendar months and days in dating letters and use day-of-year formats such as 213-1914 for August 1 and 365-1914 for New Year’s Eve 1914. This odd stylistic shift highlights how social customs can alter ordinary communications.
This note explains how the phrase Feather In the Cap arose from a historic custom of adding a feather for each defeated foe. It survives in Scotland as an honor for the sportsman who kills the first woodcock, linking language to a now-traditional mark of achievement.
A lively verse chorus recalls a game of blind man's buff enjoyed across generations. Rhyme mentions fathers mothers grandfathers and grandmothers and playfully asks to catch the speaker. The piece emphasizes enduring curiosity and playful pursuit.
The Philadelphia Record notes the American heiress’s father dismisses General Ortega as a husband candidate. A French count asks if he can offer a better position for the suitor, reflecting social maneuvering in such royalist circles.
The Baltimore American quips that a candidate’s childhood, even being a messenger boy, haunts his fitness for office. The exchange implies early habits shape political viability more than present qualifications.
Notice to creditors of Katherine M. Gault deceased in Chehalis County Washington. Edward Gault named administrator with letters issued. Claims must be filed within one year from June 12 1914 with vouchers to Edward Gault at Wade Austin office Aberdeen Washington. Failure to file timely bars claim. Dated June 9 1914. Administrator Edward Gault. First publication June 12. last publication July 24.
A New York American reflection notes the sixty years before Rome’s fall saw the Social War and the Marius Aylla civil conflicts. It cites the decline of civic virtue and assimilation of non-Roman races as eroding the ancestral ideals, making the end inevitable.
Reverend W. T. Manning of Trinity Episcopal Church New York City advocates a future universal Christian church uniting under shared fundamentals. He calls for unity in essentials liberty in nonessentials and charity in all things while acknowledging current sectarian barriers and the impracticality of immediate ecumenical destruction of lines.
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