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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1914
Page
7
A political column argues that many Washington voters oppose the initiative and referendum as abused for unfair legislation and higher taxes. It notes voting tallies, warns against destroying industries, and calls for safeguards to prevent misuse by labor or property interests.
The Industrial Commission of California criticizes exclusive state control of workmen's compensation. The report notes disapproval and urges broader consideration of public safety and employer responsibilities.
The document states no limit on the amount of assessment that can be levied for First Aid. It explains the cost method: employers pay the first $100 in the plant where the injury occurs, and any additional funds are drawn from the accident fund class to which the employer belongs. No maximum sum is specified.
The piece argues Initiative Measure No. 6 burdens the Public Service Commission beyond its mandate and would raise costs for taxpayers. It claims Washington already punishes fraud and views the contest as an overworked shell game while contrasting depositor security with European plutocracy and noting public silence on the stock ticket.
Cookery notes describe cold vegetable salads featuring potatoes cucumbers tomatoes and greens. Helpful combos include haricot beans peas French beans and carrots with optional mayonnaise, plus a sharp unripe capsicum variant with lettuce onion and tomato. Garnishes include egg slices nasturtium and fennel.
A historic guide offers two oil free dressings for vegetable salads. One uses two boiled potatoes, yolks of two hard boiled eggs, oil, vinegar, mustard and salt to create a smooth creamy sauce. The second blends raw yolk mustard salt pepper sugar thick cream and vinegar for a rich dressing.
A guide to softening steak uses a rolling pin on a resting piece to break fibers, or soaking in vinegar for flavor and tenderness. It advises keeping steak whole for storage, warns against cutting first, and notes chuck, undercut, and fillet price and texture differences.
Sweet peppers can be stored for winter by salting in a cheese cloth bag in a stone jar with salted water or by drying. For salting use four tablespoons of salt per quart of water and refresh with fresh warm water when needed. Drying involves washing, drying, stringing on thread, and hanging in a dry place until moisture leaves.
In fall pick smooth ripe tomatoes with no bruises. Wipe clean and pack in stone jars. Melt lard and pour over tomatoes to cover. Set jars in cellar. To use, remove and reheat lard to pour back over remaining tomatoes for winter freshness.
English jam method suggests using equal parts fruit and sugar, letting the mixture stand to draw juice, then cooking without water until it gels when cooled. No sealing is required, just cover the jar with a cloth or paper to store.
A practical note on vegetable cooking advises placing above ground vegetables into boiling water while root vegetables go into cold water, except for new potatoes which are an exception. The tip emphasizes timing and method for different plant parts.
After a church service a farmer complains the charity sermon by a famed divine cost him money. One recalls tithing, another says he emptied his pocket except for a small coin before entering. Both remark the preacher is powerful though costly.
The possum or opossum is a peculiar marsupial common in the United States and Central America. It resembles a cat in size with a long head and prehensile tail used as a fifth limb. It hangs head down from trees and pretends to be dead when threatened. Farmers claim possums raid poultry, and the animal is eaten as a delicacy in the southern states. The illustration shows a possum in a tree. the photo was taken in Pennsylvania.
Players create scrambled phrases from animal or bird names to form new words. Each player presents a puzzle and others guess the original name. Teams alternate turns with a timer recording minutes and seconds for each guess. The side with the least total guessing time wins.
Pig origin hints Alice, oyster heap suggests Leanne, precious metal worker implies Goldsmith, humpbacked but not deformed points to Campbell, an American factory town to Lowell, kneeling Pilgrims to Pope, value of a word to Wordsworth, makes men’s clothes to Taylor, worn on the head to Hood, fire risk to Burns, monastery link to Abbot, brighter and wiser to Whittier, ladies’ garments to Saxe, vital body part to Harte, dwellings of men to Helmes.
Two players exit then select a pair of homophones bear and bare. They re-enter and describe the word they think of while the other corrects with the paired meaning. They continue truthfully about each word until the word is guessed. The first guesser partners with the other then finds a new pair.
A fairy rests in a buttercup while a hungry bee buzzes near her. The bee’s sting drives the fairy back but she reveals magic wind and the bee flees. Also described is an Oriental jeweled watch valued over £18,000 made from topaz and emerald with a Simla jeweler, capable of tracking time to A D 9009.
The bill backed by President Wilson proposes a 50 cent per barrel beer tax estimated 32.5 million, 12 cent per gallon dry wines and 20 cent for sweet wines totaling about 8 million, tobacco license tax 4 million, 2 cent per gallon gasoline 20 million, bankers and brokers tax 5.8 million, and a Spanish American war style stamp tax about 35 million. Rail freight tax was dropped after a White House conference.
A New York detective shakeup is noted with a wry line about a shakedown. Boston prepares for grand opera next winter inviting music lovers and society. Chicago quotes a city directory estimate of 2.5 million people provoking little excitement.
The Prince of Monaco holds twenty one titles across prince duke marquis count baron and seigneur. King Peter of Servia once lived in Paris in exile paying 150 dollars yearly rent. The German emperor has reigned about twenty six years and his twenty fifth anniversary was celebrated on June 16 last year.
The New York Telegram notes Napoleon kept favorite volumes close at hand in any setting from carriage to bedroom, highlighting his persistent reading habit. It also recaps Mozart’s lifelong mental strain and early musical prodigies, mentioning his supposed late life hallucination and frail health leading to fainting spells.
The excerpt argues that goodness should be made profitable at the top of a business, claiming that while only the biggest men have already discovered this, many monitor their actions. It emphasizes that the best spiritual service today is to demonstrate that virtue can pay in fields where it has not yet succeeded.
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