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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1911
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald announces semi weekly publication from 309 East Wishkah Street with J. Carney as editor and manager. Subscriptions rely on timely notices for missed issues and advertising contracts hinge on claimed circulation.
Hoquiam to mark the formal start of transcontinental rail service linking Grays Harbor to major markets. Aberdeen had proposed the celebration, but Hoquiam took the lead with local commercial groups planning events to attract visitors from Seattle Tacoma and Port Yard.
An editorial urges Tre Reres a Tre Reres a to adopt a disciplined retail approach, exposing mail order rivals and stressing advertising, fair pricing, and orderly stock. It calls for consistent practices, customer respect, and avoidance of conflicting shopping habits to protect local merchants.
A speaker emphasizes personal responsibility to settle debts promptly, support local development, aid neighbors, and reform any trade groups into constructive community organizations. The call urges individuals to become factors in their own towns and lead by example.
A Minot dispatch reports the interior department awarded a Bartholdi Indian reservation land allotment by random draw. Ticket holders won prizes of a quarter ton of land valued between 5000 and 16000 dollars. Five winners are said to live in Seattle and are pleased, while noting the federal government runs such games as unusual.
The failed bid to recall Mayor Dilling in Seattle undermines opponents claims that the recall law is easily invoked by enemies. Well financed and aimed at discrediting the law, the bid was the last gasp of the old group to regain city control. Its defeat pleases supporters of clean government and the recall provision.
In San Francisco the general office and advisory committees of five shop craft unions met to seek recognition by Harriman for a federation they have organized. After hours of talk, they adjourned to meet tomorrow. strike talk grew stronger, with reports of a shelve proposal to pause recognition while pursuing other demands.
The port trade reports multiple vessels sailing or loading for San Francisco or San Pedro. The Newst ing, Newburg, Carmel, Svea, Daisy Freeman, Kohala, Wawona, Helene, G C Lindauer, Coronado, Expansion among ships listed with loading or sailing from Slade mill Wilson mill Aberdeen mill Union mill Donovan mill for West Coast or San Francisco.
Over two years 240 cities established 1024 playgrounds in 201 towns Massachusetts law urged towns with 10000 or more to vote on playgrounds. Major cities including Chicago New York Boston Los Angeles Baltimore St Louis Darton Pittsburg Rochester have expanded hours lights and leadership for year round play. Public funds and private donors support maintenance with New York and Chicago spending millions.
A London trend highlights pet mourning with deep black borders on envelopes and even full mourning cards. Women report sending sympathy notes after a dog's death and dressing in black, signaling a shift from human to canine mourning as a social fad.
The piece describes manatees along the Gulf of Mexico coast as rare, noting they resemble sea lions in shape yet are gentle and do not threaten boats. It mentions their habitat and reliance on coastal vegetation, with some garbled text about numbers and locations.
A London Globe report describes a Parisian inventor who designed a foldable water craft as light as a case. The hull forms when assembled, using ribbed framework and winged floats with a folding seat, inflated with air for marine travel.
British medical officers Sirs Sand and Lang report insects such as Anopheles and tsetse flies may carry leprosy. The theory suggests insects can transmit infection for sixteen days and prompts questions about nursing staff immunity in leprosy hospitals tied to cleanliness.
Visitors in Lucerne report a rare lake phenomenon as the water turns deep red named the Lake of Blood. The color is caused by a red Alpine plant overgrowing the lake bed, with observers noting it appeared after a long interval.
Matteo Blasich aged 48, a native of Austria, died Saturday morning at Hoquiam General Hospital. He leaves a wife and three children of 1016 West Market Street. Funeral services will be held at 2:34 PM from the Polish Catholic church in Aberdeen, with interment in Aberdeen cemetery.
A visitor from Huntington West Virginia Missouri and Oklahoma returns Friday after a ten week stay. Mr Wilson writes letters to the Herald on taxation and forms of government and these observations are read with interest.
A historical note describes the butcher bird or shrike and its grisly habit of impaling prey on thorns. It explains the bird’s size, color, diet, and wide range in the southern United States, with alarm calls from other birds when the predator appears.
The article cites Northwestern University as the college located along the shores of Lake Michigan. It also mentions Leland Stanford University and Williams College in a list of colleges tied to historical or educational prompts. It discusses playground plans and then shifts to a technical note on modern seacoast fortifications, their masonry, magazines, and targeting instructions amid talks of naval warfare history.
A novelty demonstration uses a glass beaker with water and a surface reaction. Aniline ink forms a visible drop that detaches and sinks then unexpectedly rises back to the surface and reattaches, appearing to sustain motion while the water stays at a constant temperature above seventy degrees.
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