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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1914
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald discusses Europe's continental conception and balance of power within wartime context. A separate column notes Governor-elect Curtis gaining votes in 1916 and Wilson administration endorsement as reported by the Tacoma Tribune.
The Maine election marks a political barometer result with Democrat Oakley Curtis defeating Republican Governor Haines by a solid margin. Four Republicans were re-elected to Congress as Curtis gains contrast Taft and Roosevelt in prior races. Maine backed Wilson in 1912.
A passage collection cites Dawson Fuller Richter Sheridan and Shakespeare to reflect on memory as the treasure house of the mind and the limits of recollection. It contrasts memory with imagination and notes the enduring role of monuments and jests in human history.
The father questions if his daughter truly loves the suitor and contemplates entrusting her to his care for life. The young man counters that his perspective may come from different advantages in observing people.
Former French Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Pichon predicts a long war with enormous casualties in analysis from Paris. He cautions that military and diplomatic struggles will extend beyond immediate battles and affect global powers and economies.
A forceful editorial argues the ongoing struggle is a war to the death for Germany and France, warning of enormous losses and a formidable, unreduced German army ahead, and urging resolve to face the stubborn foe head on.
Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton, a New York physician, earns fame for inventing medical instruments. In Britain, the Isle of Wight’s Bembridge features the only woman coachman named Mrs. John Bull. Miss M. A. Czaplicka, Somerville fellow, sails from England with the Oxford School of Anthropology for St. Petersburg toward Siberia to study Yenisei valley tribes anthropologically and linguistically.
The piece explains royal marriages require crown consent for those not in direct line. It mentions Persia's newly crowned Shah Ahmed Mirza, sixteen, who became shah in 1909 after his father's abdication, with crowning delayed to his sixteenth birthday. It also cites Austria's Archduke Charles Francis Joseph, born 1887, with his wife born May 9, 1892, and notes their democratic leanings and dislike of imperial red tape.
The report lists several new patents including a gasoline driven revolving plow with a cutting wheel, a coffee pot with a vertical perforated partition to keep grounds from the spout, a raised ring to locate a keyhole in the dark, and tubing shelves for refrigerators to catch and circulate melting ice water.
A collection of 1914 era editorials warns that European conflict may threaten America. Witty lines from Buffalo Courier Memphis Commercial Appeal Pittsburgh Post Richmond Times-Dispatch reflect on war's moral burden and risk of mobilization reaching U S shores.
Comments from the Springfield Republican note winter duties for travel clubs. The Philadelphia Inquirer mentions army worm larvae of a nocturnal moth Leucania unipuncta and a playful remark. The Washington Star discusses hydro airplane experiments and Atlantic crossing difficulties beyond weather conditions.
The Northern Pacific marks fifty years as trains of 700 tons roll at 75 mph on level track using a new German locomotive. A French railway introduces a giant eighteen wheel engine with no tender capable of eight tons of coal and twelve cubic yards of water and a speed of 70 mph.
The Philadelphia Record notes fans have cooled on the sport while the Burlington Free Press warns rising pitcher salaries threaten baseball’s status. Washington star highlights praise for top players and criticism of some umpires this season.
A day to day study of weather reports helped an Iowa man grow a large wholesale fruit business. By shifting orders to avoid buying from rain damaged sections he reduced spoilage of berries and established a reputation for high quality stock.
A pantry friendly menu features peach desserts and egg dishes with simple methods. Recipes include Peach Pie with cream sauce, Peach Pudding, Rice with Peaches, Peach Mousse, Eggs on Cocotte, Deviled Eggs, and Italian Poached Eggs with Spaghetti. Tomato salads using firm ripe fruit accompany diverse dishes in this home table of favors.
A frail older woman leans on her husband as a brisk crowd streams by Fifth Avenue. A young woman bumps her, prompting the aggrieved remark Excuse me. The old man, hearing impaired, asks What did you do until the scene ends with a courteous response from him. Also contains a financial report for Chehalis County Bank Aberdeen Washington dated September 12 1914 showing assets liabilities and sworn statement by cashier G W Ripley with notary N P Bryan approving.
Dan Pearsall announces his bid for Representative in the 29th District with a call to voters to decide in the general election on November 3, 1914.
Subscribers served by city carriers who fail to receive the Herald on Tuesday and Friday by 6 pm should call the City Messenger Co. at phone 73. The firm will deliver copy immediately.
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