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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
6
Published weekly from 309 East Wishkah Street by Aberdeen Printing Co. Editor J. Carney oversees operations. Subscriptions cost $2.00 yearly or $1.50 monthly. Report missed deliveries to the office. Ad copy due times: Saturday noon for Monday issue and Wednesday noon for Thursday issue.
The Herald states it is the oldest paper on rays Harbor with the largest circulation in Che fatle county and warns that advertising contracts tied to this claim will be forfeited if the statement is not absolutely true. President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall are listed in support.
The piece notes President Taft says he is perfectly satisfied with current politics, attributing the remark to his campaign managers and focusing on the Northwest. An exchange counters that unbiased observers see Taft as eliminated as a presidential candidate, with straw ballots and meetings supporting this view.
Probes at local and national levels link economic, political, and monetary factors to the cost of living. At a Boston conference, traders and officials endorsed forming an international commission of inquiry, with national surveys to precede global action. Washington and other capitals may lead the project. The piece also notes enduring beliefs on rain following battles, dismissed as unfounded.
Thomas Harlan of Oakville Washington declares support for the Democratic ticket in the 1912 campaign. He criticizes the Republican party as corrupt since 1868, calling for its destruction and pledging to urge citizens to vote for Democrats through the rostrum and press.
The article describes a French colonial street cleaning system in Orto Novo West Africa. Native police compel passing women and girls to sweep rubbish into heaps using palm tree teat brushes. Men are exempt to avoid hindering colonial trade. enforcement is strict though women protest, sweeping continues due to police authority.
A witty aside notes the Browns display flair while creditors grow impatient. The exchange highlights contrasting perceptions of performance and financial pressure with sharp humor.
A compilation of quotes across authors including Mlle de Lespinasse Oliver Wendell Holmes Shakespeare Washington Irving Arsene Floussaye and Francis Bacon. The remarks explore women love fate and virtue with wit and moral reflection.
Mrs Mayfield interviews a cook applicant for a kitchen post. The candidate claims to make mock turtle soup by first boiling a strong soup from available ingredients and then adding young mock turtles as it cooks. The exchange highlights skepticism about unconventional methods.
A south side woman sent her son with a note for his father to buy groceries. The groceryman reportedly laughed at the note which read Dearest Please put some sugar and rire in Herold's wagon Tootsie. Herold, indignant, recalls the scene as told by the Kansas City Star.
F W Fitzsimons reports baboons in South Africa that relish shellfish and oysters. Troops roam to the coast to seek salty delicacies, opening shells with teeth or by striking rocks.
A humorous exchange centers on predicting engagement. The bud asks if one can know when a man plans to propose and the belle replies that true knowledge comes naturally by noticing when he is not planning to. The dialogue swerves from certainty to playful skepticism about romance.
A terse wartime style two line quip from Pearson's Weekly shows a daughter pleading for life and a father offering to cover funeral costs in a grim joke. The exchange underscores darker humor in period reportage.
A medical expert advises listening to one's wife as a general practice. The remark emphasizes attentive listening in daily life, contrasting it with any notion of ignoring spousal input. The quote appears in a Nashville Bauver context.
Don C Seitz of New York World argues that a strong newspaper gains power and independence through public confidence and value to advertisers. He states advertisers do not control policy and a subsidized sheet yields poorer business results.
A reflective piece urges persistence and enthusiasm for success in poultry while recounting early bowling origins. It notes bowling's medieval roots in England and the later creation of covered alleys when weather hindered outdoor play.
Germany has developed a large potato drying industry to extend use for stock and human food. Two methods exist, producing flocken and schnitzel, with 118 factories in 1907 rising to 408 last year. Dried products mainly replace corn in hog feed. starch content in some varieties rose from 12 to 25 percent, affecting size and yield.
The article presents an official Boston baked beans method. Soak one quart beans overnight, drain, cook in fresh water until skins burst, then add scalded fat pork and a mixture of salt molasses sugar and mustard with boiling water. Bake six to eight hours, uncover last hour.
The writer recalls a bulky horse and stubborn team from years past. Each dawn they faced a slow start with the riding cultivator and staged spins that amused neighbors. Now in other hands, the pair tests a new handler as he tries to keep up church duties.
Cattle feeders may enjoy strong returns as high steer prices persist and feeder costs stay low around $5.50 per head. A bumper corn crop keeping corn at 40 to 45 cents per bushel boosts profit potential for feeding cattle into the future market.
Early fall plowing helps destroy worm and insect nests that shelter in surface soil after harvest. By turning the soil soon after grain removal, pests are exposed to birds and weather, reducing winter shelter and future infestations. This point reinforces prior notes on the practice.
The piece urges every family member to create a home atmosphere full of kindness, sympathy and helpfulness rather than merely providing a place to eat and sleep. It argues these softer ideals are crucial for real, worthwhile results in troubled homes.
A wife declares incompatibility and plans to leave her husband while he agrees to separate and buy a house. They tour a offered home, argue over a housekeeper arrangement, then reconcile as they discuss living together under one roof again.
A brief meditation quotes Robert Louis Stevenson on lifting shadows from unhappy hearts in the morning light. The line emphasizes compassion and moral aid to those in distress.
A Louisville Courier Journal column offers homely counsel urging the man in distress to take up hobbies. It suggests golf as avocation and aviation as alternatives to brighten life and give purpose.
A playful exchange from the Philadelphia Ledger features Miss Magsey calling herself homely and Miss Pert noting he is bigger, with light humor about appearances.
The text notes that shooting stars first appear at about eighty one miles high and fade away around fifty eight miles. The average visible path length is about forty five miles.
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