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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
6
G Soper, a Honolulu merchant and former top athlete, said in Spokane that baseball is now established in Hawaii with good native players. He noted football draws fewer Kanakas, while polo remains mostly for wealthier Americans and Englishmen.
Alfred Shrubb plans to retire from track at season end to enter business. James Rector may join Virginia football as an emergency end, leveraging his speed to potentially alter outcomes. Readville trotting track in Massachusetts to close, selling the grounds after the season. Cincinnati Nationals contract to Cuba with a four week Havana schedule and $200 per game earnings.
The Golden Gate stadium in San Francisco begins construction and will become the world’s largest. It will eventually enclose the three quarter mile oval with terraced seating described as solid copperol vislay tier on tier.
Scene from Just Out of College presents election primer with pertinent points about election machinery. It outlines how to register vote and the roles of polling places officials. It aims to guide first time voters and remind seasoned ones of basic procedures.
The Prohibition party formed on September 1 1869 in Chicago. James Black of Pennsylvania led the 1872 national ticket with 5608 votes. The peak Prohibition vote was 264133 for John Bidwell in 1892. Subsequent nominees include Green Clay Smith Neal Dow John P St John Clinton B Fisk John Bidwell Joshua Levering John G Woolley Silas C Swallow, with Swallow’s 258536 votes up 50000 from Woolley. The 1892 platform calls for abolition of liquor manufacture and sale and opposes regulation that aids the traffic.
The poem notes public contracts for marble coal or wool go to the lowest bidder unless someone has influence. It hints at fairness issues in bidding and the impact of connections on award outcomes.
A promotional note claims infantile eczema in children can be quickly and permanently cured using oil of wintergreen thymol and glycerine as in D D D Prescription. It features a testimonial from Rev. Lewis Steeley of Weatherly Pa and cites Red Cross Pharmacy Aberdeen Washington as the supplier.
A provocative critique claims Americans worship wealth and scorn learning. The speaker from the University of Cracow mocks U S priorities, praising business over education and calling for a global comparison that exposes national pride and ignorance. He notes high salaries for executives and low pay for professors as evidence of cultural imbalance.
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