Silk Mills in Pennsylvania Show Stark Labor Wages
The Survey cites Florence L. Sanville noting that Pennsylvania’s silk industry relies on many women and child workers earning meager wages. In contrast New Jersey employs more men, highlighting the wage disparity. Calls out tariff policy under Payne 1909 and Dingley 1897 as enabling high protection for silk monopolies while workers endure poverty.
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United States
Florence L. Sanville
Pennsylvania Consumers’ League
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Keystone
Miss Sanville
Lawrence
Dingley
Morgan testifies large donations made without promise of return
Mr. Morgan states that his substantial contributions to the presidential campaign were given without any expectation of personal or political favors in return, describing the funds as purely supportive.
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Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Roosevelt Campaign Funds and Dixon Testimony
The piece critiques Senator Dixon's Senate testimony on Roosevelt’s campaign contributions. It argues Dixon avoided direct answers, pushing the defense that Roosevelt is clean, while implying the investigation harms Roosevelt's image and suggests personal culpability.
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Senator Dixon
Memorabilia of Governor Wilson Speech Acceptance
The concluding paragraph urges memory by students of government. It expresses openness to council on free terms, awareness of the nominating convention, gratitude for the country’s voice, and confidence in being surrounded by service-minded leaders who will act with courage.
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Wilson
Will You Spend One Dollar to Elect Wilson President
The Democratic National Committee urges rapid contributions of $1 to $20 for Wilson and Marshall. They claim funds from supporters will outmatch trusts and stress urgent need for immediate donations to educate voters and promote the ticket through efficient, prudent spending.
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Wilson
Marshall
Democratic National Committee
Dollar counts in campaign funds for Wilson supporters
A call to fundraising and subscription drives urging readers to support Woodrow Wilson and William Marshall in the upcoming election. The notice promotes contributing to the Democratic National Committee through C. R. Crane and asks readers to mail lists, names, and amounts, with a souvenir receipt offered. It stresses publishing Wilson’s record and reaching Wilson voters to counter moneyed interests.
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C. R. Crane
Finance Committee
Democratic National Committee
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Wilson
Columbia Steam Packet Heads for Grays Harbor Arrival Soon
The steel packet steamer Columbia, built at Wilmington Delaware for the Wilson Brothers Lumber company, is within 5000 miles of Grays Harbor and expected to reach the port around the middle of next month.
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Columbia
Wilington
Del
Wilson Brothers Lumber Company
Grays Harbor
People's Forum Open for Local Public Interest
The forum invites open discussion on local public matters. All communications must be signed by the writer, though not necessarily published. The editor must know who is responsible for published items. Communications should be brief and written on one side of the paper.
Open Letter From Mr J C Hogan in Aberdeen
An open letter dated October 21 1912 from J C Hogan of Aberdeen Washington to Cosmopolis warns about a pamphlet titled Peril of Direct Legislation. The missive discusses concerns over direct legislation and its potential effects.
Public debate challenge over state constitutional amendment
Editor and democratic candidate invites opponents to three debates in Aberdeen Hoquiam and Montesano due to close election on November 5. They argue for direct lawmaking by the people and urge an early reply to arrange the discussions.
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Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Montesano
Pacific Vessel Columbia Sets Sail With Baltimore Coal Cargo
The Columbia, built for 250000 dollars, passes through the Magellan Straits carrying coal from Baltimore to San Francisco. It is among the largest Pacific coast ships with 2 500 000 feet lumber capacity and 75 passenger accommodations. The ship will be a packet carrier from San Francisco to Grays Harbor and may stop at Portland, creating a new transport route from the city.
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Straits of Magellan
Baltimore
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Grays Harbor
Portland
Plan For New St Andrews Church Progresses
A meeting at Edward Hulbert’s home discussed building a new church for St Andrews Episcopal. Vestrymen favored selling the G and First street site to buy different property with work expected to start early next spring.
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Edward Hulbert
St. Andrews Episcopal Congregation
First Street
Waterfront fleet sails and loads along the harbor
The Nehalen cleared for San Francisco while Temple E Dorr left for the same port. Manila loaded for Taltal at Lytle mill. John A Campbell to port Friday. William A Holden to complete cargo and depart tomorrow. Cecelia Sudden loading at Donovan mill. Argo to clear port either tomorrow or Wednesday. Roy Somers loading at Cosmpolis mill. Grays Harbor cleared with lumber cargo and passengers for San Francisco. Ethel Zane arrived from San Francisco for repairs. Robert Hind to clear today or tomorrow, unloading at South coast points. Santa Monica towed down bay and left with 23 passengers for San Francisco.
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Barkentine Argo
S. E. Slade Mill
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
Robert Hind
Anderson & Middleton
Santa Monica
Lower Bay
Profaning Sacred Music in The London Chronicle
A London Chronicle note laments a church organist who failed to turn a ribald tune into a devotional piece. It contrasts this with Sutnyan’s organist who turns opening chorus of Patience into faithful music. The piece cites a line from Twenty Lovesick Maidens We as a missetting of Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord.
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Noto
Sut- Nyan
London Chronicle
Two kinds of insomnia in a broken engagement
A humorous exchange notes Nan cannot sleep from loving a fiancé and now cannot sleep due to hating him. The dialogue contrasts sleeplessness before and after the engagement ends, reflecting on love and rejection.
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Nan
Obliging His Son
Customer requests a suit for himself and asks the tailor to measure his son. The tailor doubts the son’s size as the boy complains his clothes never fit. This humorous exchange from Leslie's Weekly reflects small shop banter.
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Tallor
Leslie
Touch and Go Explained by Papa to Willie Paa
A father in dialogue explains the idiom touch and go meaning at speed. He notes it refers to extremely fast professional borrowers who take swift actions and disappear quickly.
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Willie—Paa
Papa
Hot Words from the Leader on Deaf Mutes
The Pittsburgh Leader reports on two deaf mute individuals and their language, noting one was very angry and the other used words so forceful they seemed to blister his fingers.
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Pittsburgh
Beware of Worrying About Little Things
A short aphorism notes that fretful focus on small concerns undermines happiness. The statement suggests that preoccupation with minor troubles is a common flaw among cheerful people.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted for children’s ailments
An advertisement urges mothers to use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to cure eczema rashes tetter chafings and crusted hemorrhoids in children and to treat accidental injuries and boils ulcers fever sores and piles. It claims perfect safety and notes 25 cents at all druggists.
White Brides and Crimson Queens through History
The article traces bridal color trends from ancient yellow and pink in eastern cultures to crimson in the medieval and Renaissance eras. It notes Plantagenet and Tudor queens often wore crimson, Mary Stuart introducing white at her 1558 wedding, and white wedding gowns rising in popularity only late in the seventeenth century.
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Nuote
Brittany
Mary Stuart
Francis I
France
Notre Dame
Bear at the River Falls to Salmon in Sunset Scene
Charles Stuart Moody recounts watching a large black bear at a river bend using a paw to create an eddy and lure a nearly dead salmon to the rock. The bear then snapped up the fish and leaped ashore, a display Moody found amusing.
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Brain
Charles Stuart Moody
Pleasant Lessons In History
In a London school nine and ten year olds enact the Battle of Hastings with pupils as William the Conqueror and King Harold leading Norman and Saxon sides. Other plays include The Siege of Calais and The Introduction of Printing Into England with Caxton visiting a plain wooden printing press box.
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London
Hastings
William the Conqueror
King Aurold
Calais
England
Caxton
Not the Real Thing
A city boy Jack travels to his grandfather’s farm for Christmas. He arrives at the old house by the log fire where his grandmother greets him warmly. He admires the blazing logs though noting they are gas and not the real thing, while loyalty to his six rooms and bath remains.
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Jack
Jackie
New York
Simplicity in a Devonshire Post Office Blunder
A witty London Queen quip recalls a wife in Devonshire who mocks the post office for a mix up. She shows a letter from her husband in London bearing a Monte Carlo postmark, prompting the clerk's surprised question. The scene highlights a lighthearted domestic anecdote about mistaken mail origins.
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Gayety
Devonshire
London
Monte Carlo
Getting Round It
She complains that before marriage he bought her flowers daily but now never buys a bunch of violets. He responds that pretty flower girls no longer attract him as they once did. She pretends not to care for sowers.
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New York Journal
Not Murder Curran Jests Over Language Slip
A man and Curran walk together when a friend mishears a remark about curiosity. The friend quips that the speaker murders the language. Curran retorts that only an 'i' was knocked out, lightening the mood with a pun.
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Curran
A Diplomat The Child Mother Exchange Dilemma
A brisk exchange questions whether a child should attend school in rain risking illness or an absent mark. The dialogue poses a practical parental choice about schooling versus weather. The brief vignette centers on a mother and diplomat to illustrate everyday decision making.
City carriers urged to deliver Herald by 6 pm
Subscribers not receiving the Herald on Monday and Thursday by 6 p m should call City Messenger Co at Peony 6931 to arrange immediate delivery.
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Herald
City Messenger Co
Peone
Christian Science Church Daily and Sunday Services
Church listings show Sunday school at 10, worship at 11, Wednesday service at 8. Reading room at 231 Finch Building New York open daily 1:30 to 6. Sunday hours may vary.
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First Street
Broadway
Reading Room
Finch Building
Aberdeen Printing Co Particular Printers
Aberdeen Printing Co and Particular Printers operate at 309 East Wishkah Street in Aberdeen.
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East Wishkah Street
The
Aberdeen Printing Co
Particular Printers
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Roosevelt
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John F. Main
the People’s Forum
A. J. Harder
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J. C. Hogan
Aberdeen, Wash
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Yours Very Truly, A. J. Harder
St. Andrews
Nehalen
Temple E. Dorr
Manila
John A. Campbell
William A. Holden
Cecelia Sudden
Sudden-Christensen Line
Donovan Mill
Roy Somers
Ethel Zane
Endresen
Ben Sheers
Superior Court
Grand Theatre
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Dan Pearsall
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