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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald lists subscription rates and urges subscribers to notify the Herald Office at 309 East Wishkah Street if not receiving the paper regularly. City Editor is Earle A. Minnich. The paper describes itself as the oddest newspaper on Grays Harbor with wide county circulation.
The proposal to form a U S volunteer division to be sent to France in 90 days faces strong objections over transport limits and supply, with experts estimating 18 tons per man and 360000 tons for a 20000 soldier unit. Carl Vrooman warns a regulars brigade on ships could meet needs without hindering transatlantic commerce until a trained army exists.
A Chicago Tribune article argues for lean living to build character and national resolve. It urges eating less, exercising more, and prioritizing intellect over appetite, claiming stout souls matter more than stout bodies for America’s renewal.
The piece notes John Wanamaker built success after investing in advertising. It cites a gum maker who launched with $32 and sold $35 million last year, spending $3 million on ads, about 8 percent of gum retail value. The message urges readers to advertise.
The German who chooses this country as home must learn quickly that henceforth this is his nation and his future is tied to the republic. Carl Schurz symbolized the immigrant path and the duty to integrate while preserving identity.
President Wilson argues taxes should cover wartime costs and urges strict economy. He calls for cutbacks in municipal spending and to avoid costly experiments, insisting communities bear their share without wasting funds.
The author argues universal military service is essential to American youth education alongside reading and arithmetic. He contends a year of service teaches self protection and the duty to defend others, claiming safety for homeland and family depends on universal service. Robert W. Chambers.
Joseph Altsheler narrates how wars in Europe soon pull the United States into global conflict. He notes Austria Hungary Serbia and France Russia Britain Belgium and Germany all influence American fate as isolation ends and nations must fight fire with fire.
A reflective note on morality, warning that one small indulgence can start a chain reaction. Quote by Charles Buxton emphasizes how quickly conscience unravels when a single stitch is dropped.
A quip on who started the saying that a man's wife is his better half is examined. The exchange notes humor and a nod to common wisdom in Stray Stories.
Old aunt dies, parrot dies of grief as an immediate consequence. Marks insists the pet died from poison rather than grief.
United States Department of Agriculture experts outline making a large scale garden plan on wrapping paper. The plan marks spaces for each vegetable variety and uses symbols to show second or interplanted crops, enabling steady harvests from spring to winter.
The piece urges readers to cultivate vacant plots and grow staples like beans onions peas and potatoes to combat expected food shortages. It calls on local officials to identify cultivable land and on commuters and urban residents to farm for sustenance this spring and beyond.
A Boston Herald note argues that the U S Senate, existing since 1789, may be the oldest continuous national legislative body. It asks how many nations have sustained an unchanged system of government longer and asserts the republic could claim the oldest governmental structure on earth.
Prepared in Washington by National Emergency Food Garden Commission experts outlines monthly actions to boost food supply. Transplant tomatoes peppers and eggplant in April from frames to garden plus sow celery seed and plant beans and other vegetables. Include bulb planting and flower borders while managing soil and pests.
Instructions cover tending lettuce in a hotbed and sweet potatoes in a plant frame. It adds sowing Brussels sprouts in a mixed bed with beans pumpkins and corn and emphasizes harvesting followed by prompt replanting.
Transplant sweet potato plants from frame to garden and sow fall crops including tomato cabbage and collard seeds. Sow hardy perennials in hot beds and shade with slat screens. Transplant seed bed perennials six to twelve inches apart and plant beans and corn. Prune spring flowering shrubs after blooms fall and plant dahlia roots. Spray for insects and diseases.
Transplant brussels sprouts from the frame to the garden this week. Plant Irish potatoes, beans, corn, carrots, and rutabaga. Arrange for a canning demonstration to follow.
Transplant tomato collard cabbage and celery from frame to garden. Sow lettuce and endive seeds in plant beds alongside beans beets parsley kohlrabi carrots turnips and garden peas smooth variety.
Transplant lettuce and endive in a plant frame. Sow lettuce endive and cabbage seeds in the frame. Take rose root cuttings. Plant spinach kale mustard winter radish carrots onion sets and crimson clover.
Spinach is a favored greens crop for home gardens. In regions near Norfolk Virginia and southward it can be cut throughout mild winters, while north of Norfolk it may be planted in autumn and overwintered with straw or leaves. Sow one ounce per 100 feet of row, or ten to twelve pounds per acre, in a rich loam. Harvest by pulling entire plants and thin not required by selecting larger plants first.
Dialogue excerpt from Detroit Free Press notes a character weighing a ride choice between an ordinary car with the Browns and a limousine with the Watsons as they plan a party. The exchange hints at social status and perceived prestige in transportation.
A concise maxim urging perseverance and exhaustive effort to achieve an end. The message stresses never giving up and trying every possible means to reach success.
The North Carolina state board of health defines real life insurance as preventing illness rather than only paying on death. It stresses correct living, clean water, vaccination, mosquito control, and fresh air as price and path to a long healthy life with economic and personal benefits.
Thomas A. Edison rejected being called a discoverer noting discovery is often accidental while invention results from deliberate, lengthy work. He cites examples like Goodyear hard rubber and common devices such as the sewing machine, steam engine, and typewriter as inventions. He contrasts invention with discovery and emphasizes purposeful effort.
Fungous diseases like mildew scab blight rust are contagious and spread year to year through diseased leaves fruit or branches. Remove and burn any infected material as fires best destroy fungal spores to protect orchards and vineyards.
A persuasive note on newspaper advertising stressing its value for business. It urges honesty and concision, claiming ads in newspapers yield quick, tangible results and substantial returns when the product is real and well presented. It frames advertising as a cornerstone of fortune for many merchants.
The piece argues against dawdling walks and urges a light elastic step. It claims slow steps exhaust the weak and outlines benefits from brisk walking, including a healthy glow and stimulated blood flow in distant veins.
The Kansas City Journal notes a light exchange where a suitor asks Mr Flubdub for permission to marry his daughter. Mr Flubdub remains unpledged saying a ballot could win his vote if a poll were taken.
Post office records list unclaimed letters including Baldwin Frank Bowles Lela Burnham Geo W Cowell C R Colby Harry Conway Eva Dodge J L Dalton Walter Doin Eric Eckert Mrs Cyas Farmer Mrs J W Grant Mrs Bessie Hansen Anton Hills Dick Jacobs Mrs J Kvith P H Messegee Studio Miller Max S Miller Fred Meyers Frank S Mac Lean James Serafini L Simmons Clafford Sims B G Smith Harold Wallace Mrs F J Wallin Mrs John. Advertised. One cent due per letter claimed via MO. J Carney P M.
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