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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
4
Gasoline vapor is colorless and heavy, capable of accumulating in closed spaces and igniting from naked flames or sparks. It is not highly explosive but can cause powerful fires. proper ventilation, careful filling, and avoiding spills reduce danger.
The Aberdeen Herald urges regular delivery with a phone contact at 568 and notes subscription rates. It promotes Grays Harbor circulation and identifies the paper as the oldest in Grays Harbor County.
The piece reviews Colonel Harvey and James G. Watterson endorsing Woodrow Wilson for guiding the nation through the war crisis. It lauds the president’s address to Congress and predictions of a just, united American effort, while warning that inflation and bond financing could raise prices and harm wage earners.
Yale economists urge a tax funded war effort to prevent inflation and ensure social justice. They argue domestic taxation raises revenue now, avoids shifting burdens to future generations, and ties borrowing to production by Americans. They acknowledge a brief initial bond use only to cover early collection.
A National Defense committee of the American Railroad Association urges railroads to boost efficiency using existing facilities. Proposals include loading more freight cars to add 779,000 equivalent cars, raising locomotive mileage from 75 to 90 miles per day, and reducing under repair locomotives from 15 to 10 percent, freeing 3,325 engines. Cutting freight car repairs by 2 percent frees 64,000 cars. increasing car runs from 25 to 55 miles daily adds 515,000 cars, about 20 percent of current stock.
An expert from the National Emergency Food Garden Commission explains training cucumbers on poles or trellises, spacing vines, and using a south fence to grow up strings. It covers soil, barrel fertilization, July planting, and transplanting. It also discusses summer and winter squash spacing, root development, and sowing in June. The piece then notes soy beans from Japan as a fertility crop now entering American diets, requiring soil inoculation and starter culture.
A clipped Detroit Free Press fragment questions a claim about a wife’s money, hinting at a financial or legal matter under scrutiny without full context. The brief note suggests an inquiry into assets tied to a spouse.
Mayor Sargent announces committee appointments with chairmen and members for Auditing Public Buildings and Grounds Fire and Light Finance Judiciary Licenses Building Engineering Streets and Wharves Sewers and Health Special Assessments Water Ways and Means Park Board and Library Trustees in the council.
Weekly list shows unclaimed mail including Mrs S Allan Borden L W Bateman Mrs Dan Cowen Mrs C M Callaghan Frank E Connor Thomas Christian Jack C Delmore and others. 1c postage due per letter. callers should say Advertised.
A compact paraphrase captures Emerson stating that opposition awakens men who respond to threat with resolve and self sacrifice rather than prudence and thrift, presenting crisis as a galvanizing force. The tone honors courage and steadfastness in danger.
Local Aberdeen resident Mrs. Frank Walters praises Doan's Kidney Pills as a family remedy for kidney disorders and backache. Advertisement urges prompt attention to kidney symptoms and notes price 50c at dealers with Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as makers.
Flies depend on filth and breeding places. In a clean house or neighborhood with clean surroundings and screened food sources they cannot survive. Without manure heaps or filth receptacles they cannot lay eggs or sustain populations.
A reception gown described in mauve chiffon trimmed with narrow velvet ribbon in the same color. It features four tiers that dip at the sides to reveal braid and gold thread, with a square neck and sleeves filled in with white georgette crepe.
The Farm and Fireside urges daily scalp massage to loosen the scalp and refresh hair roots. It recommends placing hands at the back of the head and circular motions for ten to twenty repetitions, then brushing with a quality brush and gentle combing to prevent damage and encourage even distribution of nourishment.
Guidance covers iron mold mildew stains and paint marks. Techniques include sorrel leaves on pewter over boiling water, lemon juice salt starch soap paste, sun exposure, chalk or grass bleaching, ammonia turpentine mix, oxalic acid for perspiration, and a home remedy for scorch involving onions vinegar curd soap fuller's earth and heat. Tar and tea stains addressed with petroleum and boiling water or glycerin.
Father offers to pay half the cost of furnishing a home for a marriage. The young couple questions who will cover the remaining half. The Chicago Herald reports the exchange in a light social note.
Worms sap a child's strength and interest in play. Kickapo Worm Killer is a candy tablet laxative that kills and removes worms, letting children grow strong again. Directions on box. At all druggists, 25c.
A roster of guests checked into the Grant Hotel including Mr and Mrs E Savage C Bywater T F Jordan J Smith S Vincent Munns Mrs FE Matzkind A T Shaw J Overland S W Peterson Mrs D Hancocks Grace Handcocks C Sicby Seattle J Balfe E Jordan J Jordan F Olson Mr and Mrs I M Henry J Rowan J Coen G S Hawkins A H Raymond S PD Judd Tacoma A Palmer E Kenedy W Larson Ed Hamilton T Gage Portland Thos Williams Honolulu C O Hillman Minneapolis J L Sleeper W L Holmer Sp Kane R Ray Aloha J R McCormick Kansas City Mo J R Graves Couplis J Bolman Western
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