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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
7
Householders face higher costs this canning season as tariffs on sugar tin and glass raise fruit and vegetable preservation prices. The piece notes sugar duties and a sugar trust markup, with canning materials taxed at 40 to 69 percent for jars tin plates at 45.61 and cans at 45 percent, urging removal of differentials to boost consumption and farm value.
The article argues the Fort William and Mary assault marked the first actual victory of the American Revolution as the royal standard fell and gunpowder was burned at Bunker Hill. It contrasts earlier demonstrations and the Boston massacre with this decisive touchstone acknowledged by Army and Navy Life.
A grocer scolds a boy for overcounting potatoes as he explains measurements. The boy asks what one potato makes, and the grocer demonstrates that a quarter peck equals one potato, a peck holds four, a bushel sixteen and a hundred bushels contain many potatoes, warning of ruin if his counting continues.
An unusual advert says to avoid hesitation and win by paying for ads. It promises savings if you advertise and notes rates are furnished on request. The text emphasizes self preservation through promotional placements.
The War Department erects Omaha’s first steel balloon house, a 325 ton 200 by 90 by 75 foot fort with 75 foot doors weighing 14 tons each. Built by a Minneapolis company, it is fireproof and anchored to concrete piers ready for balloon experiments starting September under Captain Chandler.
A jeweler notes that wristbands for watches are becoming common among women. He cites bicycle girls and equestriennes as early adapters and predicts rapid adoption for everyday use due to comfort and reduced theft or damage.
A typhoid fever survey will study transmission via daily water supplies and domestic sources in Pittsburg. The survey is funded by the Russell Sage Foundation.
A Berlin Radical cites national adages on women in Russia to argue beating wives is presented as a wholesome pastime. The piece also explores the sea serpent myth, noting enormous southern algae can form sea cables washing ashore, potentially inspiring legends.
An English newspaper advertisement seeks a short man to demonstrate an old English rack by being stretched slightly to show how the rack worked. The notice specifies the subject should be of short stature to begin with.
A brief exchange from the New York Journal features a timid new girl asking if the mistress is a fine cook, receiving a firm denial, then both discover they share inexperience and agree to get along.
Sam A. Garber recounts aiding a woman ill with cramps on an eastbound O R and N R R train from Pendleton to LeGrande Oregon. He used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, gave doses to the woman and later to the husband, and the passenger recovered by LeGrande. Evans Drug Co. sells the remedy.
F. E. Jones files suit against W. Snellman and unknown claimants in Chehalis County Washington to foreclose a lien on real property described as the sw4 of nw4 in section 34 township 18 north range 9 west W M for taxes due 1903 1904 plus penalties interest and costs totaling 2.35 dollars with 1905 1906 tax paid and a 15 percent per annum interest. Defendants are summoned to appear within sixty days of the August 13 1908 first publication or risk judgment by the Superior Court.
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