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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1899
Page
1
Local notes report Barkley and family visiting Aberdeen, sheriff actions on a North Beach case, and various residents returning from trips. The county diary mentions dances, road activity, and a wrecked wheel spree, with public notices on fire, property, and a shipyard buildup.
Pacific Lumber Trade Journal notes few unsold logs on Puget Sound as bad weather and fog limit woodcutting. Michigan 1898 output lowest in over 30 years. fir lumber for eastern shipment held at higher Northwest prices. Cedar shingle mills slowed. demand remains good but weather sets prices, with new camps planned and shingle bolts edging up.
In February and March preceding a late period, east buyers halted orders for shingles causing an 80 cent drop within three weeks. The period between the slump and January 1 1999 saw depreciation in shingles values totaling 772935 dollars, a loss that should have credited state manufacturers and dealers.
The passage accuses a senate seat sale by bribery and coercion across federal offices and created posts. It cites alleged kidnappings and threats used to pressure recalcitrant members and references a controversial pamphlet by John TP Kenney. It ends with an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents.
A condensed, era tone card presenting Kipling's poem urging Western powers to take up imperial duties. It emphasizes duty, sacrifice, and the costs of colonial rule, warning of resistance and critiquing exploitative aims.
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