Aberdeen Herald notice on subscriptions and deadlines
The Aberdeen Herald urges subscribers who miss a paper to notify the office and states ad copy must arrive by Monday noon for Tuesday and Thursday noon for Friday issues. It proclaims itself the oldest paper on rays Harbor with the largest circulation in Chehalis County and warns contracts may be forfeited if circulation claims are not true.
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Herald
Rays Harbor
Chehalle County
Butte
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Aberdeen World distortions over Hanson road controversy
The Aberdeen World miscasts the Herald as biased by timber firms against the Hanson road. The Herald defends its pro road stance while opposing forced public funding and pressured contracts, noting past district leadership and a shift in county spending methods.
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Aberdeen World
C. D. Hanson Road
Herald
Simon Pure
Enforcing the Law and Peace Officer Harmony
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald argues for better cooperation between Aberdeen city police and the county sheriff. It condemns petty politics that hinder peace-enforcement teamwork, urging city and county officers to act in unison to protect the public.
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Herald
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Police Department
Sheriff's Office
Iowa
Personalities in Aberdeen press row over county funds clash
The Aberdeen World attacks public officials and favored editors over resisting county commissioners and a Hanson road contract. The Herald defends public service funding while noting political influence around Alex Polson and Grays Harbor papers. The piece parallels free press debate with broader socialist critiques from Seattle papers.
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Alex. Polson
Polson
Herald
Geo. L. Davis
Hoquiam
Davis
The
Willy Nilly
Board of Commissioners
Hanson Road
Aberdeen World
Reading
Grays Harbor
McAdoo Proves Loyalty Through Treasury Orders
President Wilson backs McAdoo as secretary of the treasury amid bank policy shifts. A 2 percent interest rule on government deposits tests McAdoo’s commitment to the nation, while earlier ties with major banks like the National City Bank of New York reflect his long record during multiple treasury secretaries.
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Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Bank
Treasury Department
William G. McAdoo
Wilson
Wall Street
Treasury
McAdoo
MccAdoo
the Treasury
National City
Standard Oil) Bank of New York
The Same Old Story Socialist City Leaders Face Recall
The piece notes a socialist mayor and five socialist council members in Butte facing recall by party faction. It also cites a New York municipality where a socialist mayor’s salary dislike taints reputation. It argues that no party name ensures satisfaction and mocks universal perfection in government.
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Butte
New York
Lincoln
Labor, Tariffs, and the Eight-Hour Day in Steel
The Saturday Evening Post argues twelve hours of steel labor yield higher pay but raises costs. It cites Stuyvesant Fish led Steel Corporation concerns about eight versus twelve hours. Government data show labor costs are a small share of pig iron and steel production, suggesting eight hours would barely raise total costs. The article cites English free trade examples where eight hours improved efficiency and questions tariff benefits for workers.
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Steel Corporation
Stuyvesant Fish
Coast Lighthouse Heights Across The United States
A brief note compares tall coastal lighthouses with Cape Mendocino in California standing 422 feet above high water while Cape Gatteras in North Carolina hosts the tallest tower above its base. The lighthouse on Cape Mendocino sits on a cliff with the structure itself about twenty feet high.
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United States
Cape Gatteras
North Carolina
Cape Mendocino
California
Nationa Re Cowbie Magazine
Fragmented Poem on Darkness and Wonder
Vivid lines describe a person praying to God as miners endure dark dampness. The speaker imagines celestial witnesses and a sky lit by a sunlit presence, contrasting with the pitch black below. The passage contemplates light versus darkness, and the hope for guidance in the mines.
Gumbo Roads: Making Good South Roads by Burning Up Poor Ones
A historical account explains making durable roads from gumbo by burning dried clay and wood, turning sticky southern mud into baked clay. The method involves plowing, ditches, layered wood and gumbo, ignition, and burning to form clinker that is crushed and compacted into a solid road surface.
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United States
C. H. Claudy
The Universal Tyrant Hat Fashion Satire
A Paris Journal note mocks the silk hat as absurd yet universally worn, highlighting tension between fashion critique and popular adoption in society.
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Paris Journal
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Aberdeen Herald
East Wishkah Street
Aberdeen Printing Co
MD. J. Carney
Mgr
Aberdeen, Wash
France
National City Bank
Hoquiam Daily
Daily Press
Hanson
Alex Polson
Spokane
Saturday Evening Post
Caliban
Louis Untermeyer
Livingston’s
DRY Goods
Save S.&h. Stamps
Northwest Supply Co
Studebaker Wagons
Poultry Foods and Supplies
East Heron Street
H. B. Elder
Municipal Kree Eimployment Bureau
Wishkah
Garman
Aiegler
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