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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1909
Page
7
George Burman Foster argues for a humane view of crime and punishment. He suggests that true transgression lies in opposing life’s law of growth and urges treating offenders as fellow humans deserving treatment, rehabilitation, and empathy rather than revenge.
J C McNeil Memphis Tennessee superintendent argues teaching methods lack scientific basis and maturity. He contends forcing early reading arithmetic and grammar harms interest and leads to delinquency and moral decline, urging home and school discipline aligned with developmental readiness to prevent societal ills.
An essay by Colonel Sir Edward Raban, Director of Works at the Admiralty, laments a decline in duty in modern life. He argues workers in large firms lack personal purpose and that employers fail to provide praise and guidance, though the sense of duty remains strong in fields like golf.
In this preschool or party game players sit in a circle with one leader. The leader throws a handkerchief ball and asks Will you go with me as they name a place starting with A such as Altoona. The ball passes to others who must answer with a prompt place starting with A. If a player fails to answer they leave the ring and the game continues with the next letter.
An article discusses boomerang throwing with wind guidance and angle control to soar and return. It notes the heavy boomerang for long throws and compares skill to golf, plus a Curious pockets entry about Australian animals and the opossum with kangaroos riding in pockets during long journeys.
The note describes playful challenges and game rules from a village setting. It includes a potato race variant with two teams, a "Jingling" game on village greens, and a bells-on jingler who guards visibility while others guess his location. It preserves dialect and playful questions about logic and objects.
A basic card trick describes placing a cork on a bottle or table. The performer fixes on the cork, backs away ten or twelve feet, extends a hand with one eye closed, and walks forward to flick the cork with a finger.
A humorous verse from the Washington Post narrates three little dogs riding with Towser the sleeping coachman. The horses thunder down a steep hill as the wagons clank and rocks jostle the load, while the dogs cry for help and beg the coach to stop.
Wishkah Brock located at Corner G ane Wiebkah streets announces plan to practice in state and federal courts. The notice states services will cover legal matters in both jurisdictions.
Aberdeen Washington public notice lists Austin M Wade Wishkab Block and Wilson Buttner as attorneys at law with addresses 118 East Heron Street and 309 South L Street and corresponding office and residence telephone numbers. The document serves as a formal listing of legal representatives in Aberdeen.
E. J. Adams attorney in Aberdeen invites Engen to discuss Loraine garden tracts and lots in the new town of Loraine Chehalis county along the U P Railway line. The notice specifies location at 307 E Wishkah St. and Room 9 Lumber Exchange Building.
A reflection on pleasantness as a form of virtue. A cheerful heart amid bitterness is seen as moral work. The piece notes small acts of kindness toward family and servants as contributing to righteousness. Margeret Deland quotes frame the essay. Also mentions Broadway police incident and a drunken pair spared by a bystander.
A whimsical exchange between the Lemon and Nutmeg pivots on their role in a pudding as a Baltimore native notes a move to Wishkah Street in a frontier town. The fragment hints at a humorous misread of recipes and local setting.
Legislative document from Cosmopolis council amending Ordinance No. 67 to grant the Grays Harbor and Puget Sound Railway Company continued rights to lay tracks and operate telegraph and telephone lines within Cosmopolis city limits Chehalis County Washington. Section 5 details continued, uninterrupted right of way subject to delays from unusual proceedings storms or labor disturbances.
City ordinance orders standard gauge railway from Cosmopolis to Puget Sound connection. Four months after December 19 1809 construction ready. Effective five days after passage. Council approves October 20 1909 with mayor L B Hogan and city clerk W S M'Laughlin. First publication October 25 1909. Last publication October 28 1909.
Nellie E. Potestio sues Charles Potestio for dissolution of marriage in Chehalis County Washington. Charles Potestio must appear within 60 days after October 18, 1909 and answer the complaint. failure means judgment by default. Attorney Wilson Buttner of Aberdeen represents the plaintiff. last publication November 29, 1909.
The town council approves vacating First Street parts, Second Street north of A Street, A Street between First and Second, Myrtle Street portions, and all alleys in Blocks 25 to 27 and part of Block H, with rights reserved for the Grays Harbor lines. Vacations go to abutting property owners after formal notice and publication.
Plaintiff Winerva FE Pitheon seeks relief from Albert E Pitheon in a civil action. The summons requires an answer within sixty days after the last publication dated October 1909 and directs service of the answer to the plaintiff’s attorney Wilson Rutter at the Aber City address.
Plaintiff Kate Reini seeks relief against defendant John Reini in a county court summons. The notice requires the defendant to respond within sixty days after the first publication as directed by the plaintiff's attorney.
Notice warns stockholders of A F Coats Logging Company Washington that a special meeting will be held at the American Mill Company office in Aberdeen to discuss increasing capital stock from 30 000 to 75 000 shares with a $100 par value per share. The notice is dated December 6 1909 with a majority statement from trustees.
Summons issued in the Chehalis area requiring the defendant David Kimari to appear within sixty days of the October 18 date in 1809 to dissolve the bonds of matrimony with plaintiff Fannie Kimari. The notice lists the attorney for witness and the failure to respond as leading to judgment. Court address and dates of first publication are noted as November 29.
Engen announces parcels on B. Wiskhuh Street in the new town of Leraine, U. P. Railway area. Purchasers may view available plots and lot boundaries as identified by local survey records.
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