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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
2
Aberdeen Ireradd announces subscription rates one year two dollars six months one dollar three months one dollar and advertising rates on application. Notices of births marriages or deaths printed free. Correspondence invited from all county. Official Paper of the City of Aberdeen.
The electorate delivered a decisive victory over the prior regime. John R. Rovers leads the new administration with Robert Bridges overseeing tide, timber, and school lands. Congress will feature James Hamilton Lewis and William C. Jones with a legislature to undo past laws and push just, frugal governance.
Vice Chairman I N Stevens of the Democratic national committee insists the cause remains just and certain to prevail. He says the Chicago platform and anti free coinage planks were defeated, not free silver itself, and urges restoration of free coinage without other divisive questions in future poplar votes.
The Spokane Chronicle notes that complete returns from disputed states will likely decide the outcome with a tight electoral college and popular vote. It argues against a million vote McKinley lead, urges civic duty regardless of result, and predicts post election economic activity. It also cites Prince Bismarck warning of unrest in Europe and a future Russia England political clash.
The piece reports late results showing the Democratic chair conceding to McKinley while noting gains in rural Midwest districts but Republican wins in major cities. It warns money could sway votes, claims threats by money power, and draws a parallel to 1824 and 1896, predicting future victory for free coinage of gold and silver with continued education.
The fusion forces in Chehalis County claim a decisive victory over the opposition party, praising A. C. Little for leading a vigorous effort. Voters supported C. W. Hodgdon for superior judge, defeating an experienced opponent, with Mason County also swinging to Hodgdon by about 159 votes. The Vidette is urged to acknowledge the auditor's report as printed previously.
The November issue features Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney on The Truth About Marriage and Dr. Parkhurst on The Young Man and Marriage. It also introduces Mr Moody's Bible Class articles and launches the Great Personal Events series with Hon. A. Oakley Hall recounting Jennie Lind singing in Castle Garden in 1850 and the Swedish Nightingale craze.
One hundred dollar reward offer for catarrh cure failure. J Cheney & Co of Toledo, with local endorsers West Truax Waxpine Kinnas Marvin attest Cheney's reliability. Cure is taken internally and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists.
Mrs J W Divilbiss plans to leave Montesano for Rossland B C near the month's start to spend winter with her husband. Also noted are local academy enrollment steady and ongoing addition of new students. Auditor Sackett distributes election ballots for thirty precincts needing about six thousand ballots.
Garrison recalls General Grant in a buggy drive with Uncle Ben Sappington near Meramec township. Grant praises the old man for his big heart and remembers how Uncle Ben once left baskets of food at his doorstep during hard times. Uncle Ben later served as postmaster and lived to a ripe old age.
An anecdote recounts a Boer tale of Paul Kruger in the bush during a famine. A native later claimed Kruger pretended to pray to lure hartbeest to feed starving whites, then coerced native leaders to reveal game hidden by armed Boers nearby. The London Figaro reports the disputed version.
A St Nicholas excerpt by Theodore Wores highlights the kindness of Chinese families toward their children. The piece notes well behaved elders and minimal corporal punishment, with parents dressing kids for New Year, carrying them proudly, and providing pocket money for toys and candy.
Felix Moscheles describes a one armed comrade who works with mittens on his feet acting as hands and shows steady brush handling and meticulous care for his paint box and appearance. The mocking bird is noted for a humorous sense as it imitates other birds and breaks into quacking.
A короткий meditation on perceptiveness and doubt argues that recognizing deception undermines false idols. It asserts that awareness defeats illusion by exposing it as a lie, granting moral clarity and agency.
A lawyer questions inviting Harding as trustee while the young client distrusts him for past discrimination and money owed. The exchange appears in Harlem Life reflecting debate over trust administration and personal reliability.
San Francisco Call reports a half century mystery near Tucson Arizona a hole in a mountain peak that appears visible from the city yet remains inaccessible from close range observers debate whether it is an optical phenomenon a mica reflection or a true hole. The Catalina range provides the scene with pine trees visible through telescopes yet the rock formation remains indistinct.
A retired circus man recalls a gag about a giraffe collar washed for two cents in a town. The story ends with the laundryman receiving a dollar and complimentary tickets as the circus crew visits that night. The piece also cites a bishop’s tale of a squire arguing over a pew intrusion and a note on Kangaroo shoes from Australia.
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