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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1905
Page
4
Classified notice lists subscription rates for one year and six months with cash-in-advance terms. Includes mention of Washington state mailing class and price points such as two dollars for a year and reductions for shorter terms.
The South Bend Journal notes anger over a four month clam protection bill altered to four months in the Senate, exempting Puget Sound clams and harming Willapa Grays Harbor fisheries. Officials warn the change hurts the clam canning trade and summer seaside establishments, with uncertain spawning timelines complicating enforcement.
Editorial warns that President Bigelow of the First National Bank of Milwaukee embezzled more than a million and a half, lost money on grain speculation, and used trust funds for personal gain. It urges new state and national laws to criminalize trustees speculating with others’ money and to reform the stock exchange and board of trade to curb gambling features.
Prof Frederick Starr criticizes racial arrogance and imperial plunder arguing all races share equal worth. He claims Anglo Saxons justify meddling at home abroad and overseas with the almighty dollar and even missionary work is mere meddling.
The piece ridicules a cited plan for city government as a grand but empty scheme. It notes two columns of space spent on proposing to recruit an East Coast college grad with a lithographed degree to manage city revenues and dictate policy.
The Portland Trav elers' Aid Association plans leaflets warning unskilled and unemployed young women not to move to Portland for Exposition year work. It notes overcrowded labor markets and warns of rising rents and boarding costs fueled by landlords, stressing the danger to those without support.
Aberdeen shows strong support for the Aberdeen Montesano road project and observers expect the long hoped for link from Harbor to the county seat to be a certainty within two years. The Hoquiam Washingtonian notes the community's right spirit and momentum for progress.
The Minneapolis Tribune notes the St. Paul Globe’s demise while remarking the party remains alive and not in heavy mourning. The comment, “It was better than its party,” is cited as a measure of the Globe’s past role.
Secretary Shaw sought a coachman and the civil service commission provided an ex-gravedigger. He is unsure whether to regard it as a joke or a sign.
The St Paul Daily Globe ceases publication after long service as a Democratic organ that typically backed Republican policies, signaling a shift in local newspaper status.
Edward Atkin notes his son declares a woman can dress on 65 dollars yearly. The assertion highlights cost expectations for household wardrobe during the period.
Inquiries linger about the location of the republican tariff revision as readers seek clarity on policy timing and provenance amid ongoing political debate.
Jefferson county files a suit in Thurston county superior court to determine the boundary with the Quinault Indian reservation. The complaint cites a shifting Queets river mouth and lack of monuments when the line was set. Residents in the disputed strip refuse to pay taxes to either county, prompting the action.
Mrs Josie Sumner of Bremond Texas writes April 15 1902 that Ballards Snow Liniment has served her family for three years including quick relief for growing pains in her daughters knees frost bitten feet and general aches It is described as the best liniment she has used and is sold by W B Paine Co in 25c 50c and 1 00 sizes.
A twice weekly typographic edition from Aberdeen and surrounding areas. The publication targets readers in the east with local notices and brief news items.
Local reports say petroleum found on the south bank across from Montesano. Investors, led by A Dvonshire and J E Calder, with M L Hunt from Denver, consider sinking a test well after chemical verification from the state agricultural college at Pullman.
The novelette by Sewell Ford titled On the Newport Road features Mrs Kedkicks social schemes for her daughter Barbara, a dramatic fall of the Redkirk millions, and a final recovery. The story is described as bright clean and clever comedy from start to finish and highly recommended.
A reflection on Japanese emotional restraint shows affection often remains private. Public displays are frowned upon, while stoicism conceals intense pain. A man mourning his mother keeps her letters, honors her memory privately, and never notes the anniversary to his wife.
The anecdote describes Thomas Carlyle's Dyspepsia and sour temperament making him unsympathetic in friendships and harsh in judgments of writers. It recounts his cruel reaction to a Royal Academy portrait valued at £500, where he quips that even £500 was too much for the picture of their domestic life.
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