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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald, edited by G H J Carney, announces semi weekly publication and price discounts for advance payment. It claims to be the oldest paper on Grays Harbor with the largest Chehalis county circulation, warning contracts may be void if circulation claims are not true.
The Daily Bulletin criticizes the Vidette and Defender in a dispute over board of equalization actions and tax collections. The column accuses biased publishing and questions the political motives and the impact on delinquent tax lists totaling nearly $40,000 while defending the Defender’s role.
Senator Platt of New York marks his seventieth birthday and recalls looming temptations to quit politics. He recalls a long list of opponents buried in his career and hints at potential reminders toward the White House.
The Brooklyn Eagle links a land ring to Harrison and alleges evidence reaches back to his administration. It questions why the Cleveland era, succeeding Harrison, did not destroy the ring and notes continuing concerns about fraud in the interior department.
Universal Peace Union denounces a Maine coast war game for points as farcical and costly, likening it to European war games and noting it offers little military value. The piece recalls Elihu Root and Nelson Miles resignations and President Roosevelt praising soldiers’ service.
The New York Sun notes Senator Quarles of Wisconsin traded formal wear for overalls and jumper, entering sixty acres of grass where the field soon shifted to shock. It suggests Quarles may be Roosevelt's running mate, a cowboy and ploughboy pairing amid political chatter.
The New York Tribune notes the US constitution grants citizenship to all born or naturalized in the United States and under its jurisdiction, including negroes. It argues Porto Ricans and Filipinos are under US jurisdiction yet labeled as citizens of Puerto Rico or the Philippines, not as US citizens.
In a New York letter dated August 22 Henry Clews notes signs of powerful control lowering prices to avert disaster during the decline. He compares this year’s securities shrinkage of 2 650 million on a 6 034 million capitalization with 1 300 million of shrinkage on 4 668 million in 1893.
In a Boston interview for the Chicago Record Herald Lord Brassey, naval authority and London chamber president, said the United States is destined to be the world’s first naval power. He notes Europe favors partial disarmament and calls armaments Europe’s curse, with France, Germany, and Russia at their breaking point.
In England a man named White has gone to prison for commenting on the case of Whitaker Wright, the swindler. Wright remains on bail and free to move as he wishes. Between Wright and White, Wright appears to have the stronger position, with opinion crime deemed worse than theft.
The remark notes Secretary Taft’s limited grasp of war, claiming he would deny knowing war if he truly understood it, and contrasts his awareness with Secretary Root’s. It implies Taft’s self-perception in military matters and questions his competence in wartime context.
Olympia letter to The Ledger debunks Hoquiam’s claim that they won the Southwest League pennant. It details standings May 10 to Sept 7 with Hoquiam and Aberdeen tied and three games required to decide the title.
A Tacoma Woodmen of the World banquet concluded the campaign with a unique wooden ax souvenir for each neighbor. Mayor Campbell served as toastmaster, Congressman Cushman spoke last, and plans for a Grave Harbor town initiation and banquet close the campaign on October 3 with anticipated presence of Governor Teate and General Organizer Krom.
The notice advertises a seven year advance offer for the Best publication, priced at $1.50.
Judge Richardson grants habeas relief for Louis Deathridge, ruling a section making it a felony for a man to live with an immoral woman unconstitutional as it exceeds the act’s title. Deputy Barnhart laments weak title, noting few convictions under the broader statute. Deathridge, arrested in Wilbur for living with his wife allegedly running a house of ill fame, faced re-arrest on vagrancy charges.
Several schooners are listed loading at local mills for San Pedro including A. F. Coats W. J. Patterson A. J. West Robert J. Wind WH D. Bendixon and Wind Bowden. Sophia Christianson arrived and nears San Francisco aboard Aberdeen Lunder Shingle mills. Send the Semi Weekly Herald to friends in the east.
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