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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
2
Judge Alton B. Parker extols a perfect Sunday featuring rest prayer sermon family bonds and duties to God neighbor state and civic acts. He laments Sunday desecration by sports amusements pleasure and excess as sources of sorrow and harm.
A Tacoma newspaper hypes a trivial quarrel over local mountain naming while citizens face wartime anxieties. The piece admonishes Aberdeen residents to abandon gloom, shed indecision, and take a firm, constructive stance for a better future.
A noisy rant claims U S auto use costs 1.08 billion dollars yearly and cites state counts of cars in New York and nationwide. It notes daily trips, gasoline use, tire production, and farmer ownership while riffing on rubber and road noise with a playful call to continue the game.
A city columnist laments weary merchants in Aberdeen showing loss of vim and pimps with few ads and shoes scarce. The piece argues false economy and dependence on outside purchases as local stores fail to promote goods or alert customers.
The text argues that repeated newspaper advertising is essential for sustained publicity and business growth. It urges facing the advertiser to discuss plans, claims daily ads in the Herald are the best medium, and warns against useless piffle.
In Seattle former President Taft urged Progressives to rejoin the Republican party as Republicans and not as Progressives, warning they must support Republican principles. The piece notes political strategy, tax debates in Grays Harbor, county tax control limits, and introduces Oregon style agricultural credit plans and 20 year loan terms to aid settlers with decreasing interest emphasis.
G H Mumaw of Mumaw Bros Hiram Ohio brother of Aberdeen Chamber president visits the city this week. The firm shipped 30 Holstein cattle from Ohio awaiting Grays Harbor county farmers. The lot includes three registered bulls three registered heifers and 24 grade cows all from the Western Reserve Breeders association Ohio and due to be fresh before November 1.
Local displays from North River farms at Northern Pacific Railway offices feature fruits and vegetables praising the North River fair admired by Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor visitors. Additional samples in a nearby realty office window draw attention to regional agriculture.
The women of the Congregational church host their annual porch party at the parsonage 406 East First Street on Friday afternoon. Now in its tenth year the event moves outdoors when possible and indoors when cool. A general invitation is extended and profits fund the missionary cause.
Crab fishing begins October 1 on Grays Harbor and shipments will start statewide. The move marks the start of the succulent shellfish season with coastwise deliveries to finishers and retailers across the state.
Teachers and parents will gather in the Aberdeen high school auditorium for an evening program led by Mrs. W Y Croxall. State Senator E E Boner and H E Holmquist will give addresses, with additional features organized by City School Superintendent George B Miller.
Seattle vocalist Theo Karl Johnston who appeared at Aberdeen’s Orpheus club concert returns September 22 for a recital at the First Presbyterian church. Johnston plans further study for the grand opera stage after his current concert tour attracting local music lovers who heard him before.
The Aberdeen Moose football team begins work for the coming season with promising material. Its first game likely will be against Aberdeen High School.
Mrs. Margaret Ross presses for Earl Ross pardon now in Pacific county jail for assault on A A Bradley. She also presents acquittals of Claude Vanderpool and Homer Blaine from the North River night rider cases to the federal grand jury. The panel will probe her charge that the Pacific county jury was tampered with at its September 28 Tacoma meeting.
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