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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1898
Page
4
Aberdeen Herald issued Thursdays by James F. Girton and John J. Carney offers yearly and shorter-term subscriptions with low rates. The paper notes free printing of births marriages or deaths notices and invites county correspondence with bylines preferred for publication.
The account lauds Admiral Power’s decisive victory over Spanish forces at Cavite as unmatched on land or sea. It frames the triumph as part compensation for the loss of the USS Maine and its sailors, underscoring the Allied relief and renewed morale for American seas.
Residents protest council plans to close I and T streets reducing routes to the river and waterway access. Improvements cited include water system extension, North Aberdeen bridge repairs, road upgrades, and a sewers plan, with local leaders urging action to avoid harm to the town.
The piece muses on whether Philadelphia’s ties to Commodore Dewey imply Philadelphia is in Vermont or that Dewey was born in multiple places. It cites a Klondike report about preachers and a cold hell, notes a Spanish editor’s error, and mentions frontier defenses and mound-builders in a New York Sun tone.
Fragmentary notes from the British Parliament touch on the 1798 Irish leather tax and peasant burdens, with observers like Sir John and Mr Vandeleur debating the impact on barefoot Irish labor. The item also mentions auction-like notices for rooms in the Lowry building and bids for bridge construction across Grass and Chenois creeks in Washington.
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