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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald announces semi weekly publication from 309 East Wishkah Street with editor J. Carney and manager. Subscriptions are 2.00 for six months or 1.56 for a cash in advance yearly rate. Readers are asked to report missed issues and ads must be received by Monday noon for Tuesday and Thursday noon for Friday.
The Aberdeen World defends its stance on a plant valuation cut and clarifies it did not accuse the Herald of wrongdoing. It notes the World plant was reduced from 2000 to 1000 while other offices faced 40 percent assessments, and asserts the Taxpayers League aims for a fair tax system amid ongoing debate since 1912.
Autumn trade shows rising activity as western buyers flock to New York and imports rise. Merchants expect solid business for rest of year while stocks tighten and tariffs delay. Trade optimism grows amid improved U S Mexico relations and plentiful harvests near nine billion dollars. Public works access in Aberdeen is criticized as streets improve.
La Follette’s Magazine defends Secretary Bryan amid criticism for postponing duties to lecture nationwide. It argues his speeches are nonpartisan, beneficial to listeners, and a legitimate use of vacation time, noting presidents vacation during heated terms.
The council favors a publicity tax by seven to four with similar support citywide. Opponents cite general tax principles and profiteering from rising property values. Proponents stress local benefits and non resident holdings raising prices and rents. they urge mayoral veto override to fund city needs.
Citizens condemn the city for street work choices as Kansas Wishkah and Heron streets remain dug up and mud filled. Traffic is impeded daily with cars and wagons mired while east Aberdeen access remains blocked and poorly managed.
The Aberdeen World denies bias against county tax officials while the Aberdeen Herald defends its editorial critiques of Assessor Wiley and the board of equalization. A Montesano dispatch showed dairy cows and other livestock valuations shifted, suggesting deliberate misdirection and prejudice against the taxing authorities.
Four occupants including a woman barely escaped a Berlin race attempt as a balloon rose from Schmargendorf gas works and struck a boiler chimney. The envelope was pierced by a lightning conductor and spread over the chimney top while the car dangled. Fire crews failed to reach the car and the party lowered by rope, the balloon catching fire and burning to ashes after the chimney valves were reopened.
After a St. Petersburg performance the czar asked why she no longer lived in Russia. Pavlova described her London life and pets with charm, and the czar approved her choice while noting her Russian fans’ strong support for her.
A London Chronicle correspondent recounts Galvani visiting America after his invention. He visited Dr. Doane at the Bank of New York and offered to test his battery on an infant in distress. The child revived, was christened Taivant Donne, and was said to be alive three or four years ago. the father was a cousin of Longfellow.
Brooklyn Citizen reports a domestic note with two viewpoints. Heypeck-Luck references a dog and the wife remains silent for a full day in a brief social aside.
The widow of Titanic victim John Jacob Astor establishes an extremely lavish New York beauty parlor. It features electric vibrators and an appliator for rapid arm treatment, a peach glow facial buzzer, cold and hot air hair dryers, aseptic instrument cabinets, and costly powders. She plans daily treatments by hairdressers manicures chiropodists dentists masseurs and maids to keep herself looking youthful.
Mrs. Almah J Frisby, a seven year Wisconsin board member, argues that women should serve on governing boards for institutions with inmates who are mostly women and children. She says the humane focus appeals to women while male members focus on plants and business, and notes few men engaged in internal work or inspection.
The text notes the importance of fine buildings and efficient heating plants alongside good farms, stressing that agricultural strength remains essential while urban improvements also hold value. It reads as a call for balanced development to support community prosperity.
A humorous exchange from Harper's questions a female president in the White House. Mrs Nervepop suggests she would accomplish more in a week with capable Swedes than a male president with both houses and a cabinet.
Amateur photographers planning summer trips should stock export films packed in tin boxes to resist tropical heat. These specially prepared films reduce disappointment after developing and are especially useful for coastal resort vacations.
A Sicilian widower named Cliente left 10000 dollars to promote the feminist movement in Italy and 4000 dollars to the first woman deputy. A Kentucky colonel boasted he had not drunk water in twenty years until a wreck on the Nashville line tested him. He survived, joking he never swallowed a drop.
Old West Point tale recounts a sentry halting Josephine as she climbs a hill past curfew. The incident features a fearless reply from the girl who tells the guard not to fear, promising no one will hurt her.
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