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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
7
The Town Monthly emphasizes that modern lighting is crucial for city development. It notes lighting improves streets and sidewalks, dispels gloom around buildings, and enhances public safety and appearance for municipalities.
A historical note extols decorative street lighting as a crime prevention tool and economic booster. It cites cities in the United States that electrified streets, improving safety, health, and property values, with officials praising lamps as a cost effective substitute for policing.
Vladivostok, Russia’s chief Pacific port, rushes vast war supplies to support the armies. Ships arrive faster than docks can handle, prompting temporary port expansions and the use of pontoons and lighters. American freight cars and locomotives, cotton, barbed wire, and coastal guns from Japan bolster the effort to sustain Russia’s war needs.
The Halifax Civic Improvement League plans a public bulletin for pupils and teachers from age six, urging short talks on town beautification. It asks watchers to foster pride in the city’s appearance and involve families in home grounds improvements while listing thirteen prizes for winning window boxes yards gardens and displays.
Carol Aronovici argues in Town Development Magazine that rapid urban population growth without foresight or comprehensive planning threatens cities. He warns against spending millions on curing sickness while neglecting disease prevention and urban health.
The passage argues that the emblem of peace is weak next to warlike symbols and that true peace must be militant, not gentle. It cites St George Raphael and Noah’s ark as stronger images guiding nations away from conflict, attributed to Percy Mackaye in North American Review.
General Hugh L Scott, chief of staff of the U S Army, is described as a peacemaker who settles disputes through conferences. He met General Villa at El Paso on a Mexican border mission and secured a return of seized foreign merchandise to rightful owners. The piece notes his history as an Indian fighter and mediator. It also hints that Americans anticipate invention and enterprise amid wartime imagery.
A practical tip advises wearing loose chamois gloves for dirty tasks and occasionally sprinkling flour inside to prevent heat damage to the skin. This guidance emphasizes simple protective measures and everyday work safety.
A narrator recalls Uncle Jerry in a passenger coach from Red Bank who jokes and accosts fellow riders. He teases a woman with misremembered names, pokes a bald man, and mingles light humor with odd boasts while other passengers react with surprise and warning. The piece ends with stray reflections on weather and travel savings.
The guide explains readying silos and machinery, cleaning them thoroughly, repairing leaks, and applying protective coatings. It describes cement washes for walls and painting wood silos with boiled linseed oil or hot creosote, noting coverage rates and safety for heating creosote.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance explains how August and September rains influence whether to plow in fall or spring in the Great Plains. Moisture, snow retention, weed growth, and labor affect yields, with heavy rains favoring fall plowing and light rains favoring spring plowing.
Bert W. Verne of San Diego explains a tin attachment for a garden rake to mark seed rows with V shaped projections across the rake edge. The metal edge fits between rake teeth to guide uniform width and depth, then can be reversed to hoe and fill the rows after planting.
Denmark is described as a paradise for small proprietors with two thirds of the population earning a good living from the land. Half of agriculturists own their farms. The secret is technical education and strong co operation through large associations guiding land and cattle care and fair disposal of produce, boosting national wealth.
Recipe notes describe washing and tendering asparagus with oil and a French dressing, chilling on ice, serving on lettuce with mayonnaise. The text also mentions Ella-He and Stella-He as versatile individuals with a brief anecdote about rowing and swimming lessons from a London source.
Farmers weigh spring versus fall sowing for alfalfa with attention to soil humus texture drainage and moisture. spring sowing suits dry cold regions and fall sowing risks winterkill. proper soil prep and a nurse crop like oats improve stands and early growth.
The last federal census reports 6 361 502 farms totaling 878 798 325 acres. Farm land equals 462 percent of the U S area, with 478 451 750 acres improved and the rest woodland or unimproved. Average farm size is 138.1 acres, with 75.2 improved and 62.9 unimproved.
September offers hope for beekeepers as fall honey flow may exceed spring. Some keepers remove honey from supers and brood nest, feeding clear sugar syrup instead to improve colony health and reduce winter dysentery risk while saving costs.
A short home baking note describes a sugar cookie mix with baking powder, soda, flour, sugar and sour milk. The process: roll thin, sprinkle sugar, roll again, cut out and bake in a hot oven. The buyer expresses a light dialogue from a Houston poet.
A practical guide on maintaining files by using finer ones for delicate work and rougher for heavy tasks. Emphasizes keeping files separate from hammers and wrenches, stored properly with partitions or cloth wrapping. Notes special files for specific jobs are costly and deserve careful handling.
Popular Mechanics describes a process to bronze yellow brass castings. Equal parts sulphuric and nitric acids with water are prepared, nitric acid mixed with water first then sulphuric acid added slowly. Castings are boiled, dipped in acid, returned to boiling water, rinsed, dried in sawdust and kept clean. A lacquer coating preserves the bronze-like finish.
A practical guide explains laying a pine board on a bench, clamping it, and spreading fine plastering sand to create a flat oilstone surface. Rub the stone across the sand in straight lines to avoid warp, finishing with a finer sand for a smoother surface.
Eastbound trains from Aberdeen dispatch times to Tacoma Seattle Portland with Nos 466 424 422 via Dupont and 421 465 428 via Point Defiance. Westbound trains 421 465 and 428 with U.S. times noted plus gasoline motor car 651 552 routes.
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