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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
2
A government forecast suggests record crops in 1909 with total farm product value exceeding 8 billion dollars. Corn and wheat gains are highlighted with wheat production around 663 million bushels and a price near 1.10 per bushel, lifting farmer incomes significantly.
The article notes rising wheat and cotton crops boost national wealth with cotton near 12 million bales and prices around 15 cents a pound, yielding over 780 million dollars. It cites oats and wheat gains, global shortages, and broader economic uplift across industries while outlining farmer costs and rail revenue from bringing crops to market.
A protest rises over the tariff bill lacking a flying machine classification. Harvey T. Andrews cites past auto import confusion and urges Congress to extend tariff walls to aviation, noting Wrights Cur tiss Biennot and others in aviation history.
A Chicago husband was brought before a court after his wife grabbed his hat during a dispute over seven hats bought in thirty days. The judge noted the hats were the basket style and discharged the husband, ruling there was no ground for complaint.
The advertisement lists symptoms like weakness fatigue headaches coated tongue and heartburn and claims biliousness torpid liver and dyspensia can be cured by Dr Pieres Golden Medical Discovery described as a liver invigorator stomach tonic and bowel regulator. It asserts the product is not a patent medicine and that its ingredients are printed on the bottle wrapper and sworn to. It states the medicine is a fluid extract from Native American forest plants and is alcohol free. Worlds Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo N Y.
A recounting of the mutiny on the British man-of-war Bounty and its aftermath. It traces Fletcher Christian and others sailing to Pitcairn Island, the settlement by mutineers with Tahitian spouses, Adams the last surviving Briton, and eventual pardon before the colony returned to Tahiti, then homesickness drew them back.
A poetic piece contrasts humanity’s rise to flight with old ground-bound life and painless bravado. It blends verse on progress with light comic vignettes about relationships and everyday quirks.
The excerpt discusses gravity on the moon and gas giant planets, noting lighter or heavier locomotion and potential dangers. It shifts to a vignette about Dutch hospitality, detailing lavish tableware on first visits and a turn to everyday use, with a remark about ancestral silver.
A humorous sketch depicts a boy asking what congress does in executive session and who gets whipped. The dialogue ponders Brown’s optimism and a witty line on paying debts cheerfully.
An ode to construction and progress. The speaker, a builder, praises shaping cities from rock and forest and planning ships and gardens. He rail against fault finding, celebrates joyful work, and frames creation as a divine sign guiding civilization.
A terse critique of idle speculation and the haste for profit. It mocks those waiting for fortune, noting the turnpike fills with pikers and that time slips away despite boasts of punctuality. It ends with a jab at creditors and nerve without drama.
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