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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1912
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald provides its semi weekly publication schedule, office address at 299 East Wishkah Street, Aberdeen Washington, editor Mgr MO and in charge. It lists subscription rates and advertising deadlines noting cut off times for Monday and Thursday issues.
The piece compares farm value growth across Nebraska Virginia and Washington, noting Nebraska’s average farm value at 46.95 and Virginia at 27.29 per acre. It highlights rising land ownership among nonwhite owners in Virginia and South Carolina and argues for broad land diffusion as farm wealth expands through the decades.
Brief item notes a quip about who spoke at a dinner and who ate at a talk. The exchange reflects witty social banter from a New York Sun column.
The excerpt urges bearing life patiently and bravely, embracing it as heritage, trusting God, and using what is given. It emphasizes living truly, counting duties, embracing sacrifice, loving deeply, and aspiring endlessly toward life’s highest end.
A letter argues for 100 percent true cash value in property tax assessments and criticizes 40 percent valuation figures. It cites Chehalis and Ferry counties, notes a State Tax Commission revaluation, and urges uniform, fair taxation with clear methods. The piece also comments on Washington state governance and public accountability.
A Westminster Gazette excerpt cites a letter where King James laments large devils as wagons that clog roads and small devils as apprentices who riot on Shrove Tuesday and May Day. He notes massive gatherings injuring people and wrecking property.
A terse dialogue mocks a doctor's patient load and a sportsman who plans before action. A pun contrasts small practice with patient care and the ethic of looking before shooting in amateur sports.
A subscriber lauds The Herald Aberdeen for pushing equalized property valuations. He attacks past Chehalis county practices, criticizes W H France of Montesano, and urges readers to support the surgical effort to remove tax inequities. He cites his own taxes and asks for timber section tax figures.
The Romans favored sausages from Lucania using pork and bacon pounded with pepper cumin winter savory and garum with pine nuts. Fine breadcrumbs were soaked in wine to prevent sour fermentation and unwholesomeness in the mix.
Mrs Willis notes a large crowd at Mrs Wayupps wedding and mentions she has been married nine times. Mrs Gillis predicts the occasion will be a grand souvenir performance for Puck with theatrical flair.
A lighthearted dialogue from a Boston transcripts recounts Jones newly married and strolling with friend Brown. Jones expresses a wedding day fright while Brown jokes about having heard nothing but seeing it, preserving a comic tone about early marriage.
In a humorous exchange from the Baltimore American, Cholly Capon takes a little known doctor out aboard his yacht and lends him a car after the doctor praises him, claiming the doctor diagnosed brain fag after a prior consultation.
A hotel guest reports a ransacked room and missing items in what the judge calls a plain robbery. The clerk quips about an anti tipping league membership check as part of the exchange.
A brief humorous Chicago Tribune line ends with a pedestrian asking an officer to walk past a dark alley. The reply jokes about money versus the butter and bacon in the speaker’s possession.
A youth asks what happens to a man who carries water on both shoulders. The preceptor replies that he typically gets soaked, illustrating the risks of dual-sided political burdens in a concise Washington Star styled axiom.
Knicker asks how long the cook will stay and she replies she will finish breaking this china. In another exchange a doctor jokes about nitrates at the last medical meeting saying they should be higher to keep someone in a warm bed.
A satire notes that certain war engines were spurned by civilized nations for being too destructive. It recalls the tenth Earl of Dundonald’s secret plan England kept, deemed inhuman, and Louis XV’s refusal of Dupre's incendiary invention, which supposedly used water to intensify flames.
The schooner Minnie A Caine arrived and loads at the Anderson Middleton mill for Honolulu. The steamer Fair Oaks arrived and loads lumber at the Slade mill for San Francisco. Centralia finished loading and sailed for San Francisco. Caroline arrived from San Pedro to load lumber at Slade mill. Duiss Mitchell arrived to load lumber for California. Li day from San Pedro arrived to load lumber at Slade mill. Glendale arrived from San Francisco to load lumber at Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle. Tahoe loaded lumber at Hoquiam mills and sailed for San Francisco. Willapa loaded lumber at Hulbert's mill and sailed for San Francisco. Zampa arrived and will load at American mill for California. Maweena arrived to load lumber for coast ports. Defiance undergoing repairs at Lindstrom's yards. Manila arrived from Callao, underwent minor repairs, then towed to Hoquiam to load lumber.
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