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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1896
Page
1
The Puget Sound Agent M. P. Benton of Seattle urges travelers to inquire about our line to Omaha Kansas City St. Louis and beyond. He touts shorter travel times and faster service than rivals and promotes St Paul Chicago and St Paul St Louis trains as perfect.
From Copalis and Montesano reports of high water and wreckage along the coast. Cattle losses near Quiniault, pack train from the Olympics, and crews surveying roads from Cosmopolis to Newshkah. Aberdeen council weighs road permits. Elma to Montesano sheep trade. local post office race activity and incoming athletic club formation.
Garfield counties elect Emma Nelson as school superintendent for the People’s Party. Seattle upholds an ordinance closing saloons from midnight to 5 am. Tacoma endures measles outbreak with nearly 200 pupils absent. Seattle opens a free market for direct farmer sales. Navy chief engineer Melville seeks funds to repair Port Orchard dry dock shops. Tom Bassett and wife fined $90 for attempting to starve an illegitimate child. mother 17. Tacoma ranks second among US ports of entry. 621,763 packages valued at 4,738,928.77 entered in Tacoma in year to June 30, 1896. Pacific & Arctic Railway & Navigation Co filed to build Alaska railway from Lynn Canal to Summit Lake. Dr. Frank I Ball returns after kidnapping, robbery, four days’ detainment. suspects described as tramps. Oldest voter Samuel Caldwell of Whatcom County voted for Bryan electors since 1828, first voting for Andrew Jackson. Carleson & Alexander to start a Tacoma shoe factory at 1340 Pacific Avenue using Washington leather. prior The Dalles project failed by litigation.
Across a loaded week story arc, Vermont's lower house votes 135 to 89 against the senate woman suffrage bill. Other items note Rosa Gerson’s retail millinery loss of 89 thousand dollars and John Lawson, the "Terrible Swede," setting a fifty mile cycling mark in Memphis.
A music teacher and Governor receive a plea for clemency from C I Huntington of Southern Pacific. Ex Secretary Foster travels to Hawaii to push a renewal of an exclusive cable privilege. Public opinion opposes a second monopoly. Scruggs argues a fifty year clause would grant Venezuela vast Parama gold and Orinoco regions, while British claims focus on a small eastern land strip.
Real estate transfers in Chehalis County Washington for the week ending November 21 1896 include sheriff deeds to Dennis Wortimaan and various parcels in Aberdeen Elma and Hoquiam by multiple assignees and companies totaling 690 539 since January 1 1896. The report also notes wind measurement methods studied by Professor Barus linking wind sound to velocity using wire pitch and micrometer devices for gust direction analysis.
A Householder complains the telephone service never connects while a collector jokes about calling “one of the girls at central.” The exchange satirizes busy lines and public frustration in city life as shown in the Brooklyn Life cartoon frame.
A light Familienblatt exchange shows children eating apple peels before liking the joke about what was done with them. The dialogue suggests a playful domestic moment captured in a newspaper snippet.
An advertisement for a multipurpose salve promises cures for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and even piles with a money back guarantee. Sold by W. B. Paine & Co at 25 cents per box.
The Cincinnati Tribune reports a Michigan maker seeking approval to produce tea cigarettes under tobacco laws. Described is a dampening process with green tea leaves rolled in paper, their effects include head thickening and later euphoria followed by stomach reaction. The piece cautions about addiction and withdrawal, noting the need for tea after the craving begins.
A New York Herald passage notes men habitually carry remedies, disguising illness with pellets pills and prescriptions. It observes few nonremedy carriers exist among adults, contrasting women’s face care secrets and men’s obstinate belief in cures.
A Chicago Journal anecdote tells how a guest dropped a diamond into a washbasin pipe. A gum-chewing clerk used a long lead pencil and chewing gum to retrieve the gem from the drain. The tale is followed by notes on Moliere and Sheridan’s printing controversies and a London World anecdote about ship name reuse.
Mr. Fred Miller of Irving TIL reports long severe kidney back pains and bladder issues. He tried many cures before using Electric Bitters a year ago and felt instant relief. the ad promotes the remedy at 50 cents a large bottle from W. B. Paine & Co. Sinros Brothers also advertise Oriental Bouquet cigars.
Cassier's Magazine argues motocycles will slowly replace horses as roads improve. It notes two thirds road wear from horses and wheels, urges cooperation between carriage builders and motorcycle makers, and predicts gradual, wise progress toward a universal future vehicle.
The article notes that broken charcoal pieces the size of small chestnuts provide the most benefit when added to soil at a ratio of one part charcoal to two hundred parts earth.
A three year student at the New England Conservatory of Music and a successful instructor at Olympia and other locations in the state is highlighted for her continued musical work and teaching impact.
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