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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
3
Fragmentary text references various local items including schools, reunions, a marine event, land and road notes, and possible disease mentions. Names, places, dates, and specifics are largely illegible, yielding a low-detail snapshot of scattered notices and civic items without a cohesive coherent story.
The case reviews whether a foreclosure act applies retroactively to existing contracts and mortgages, upholding a decision that the act affects property sales under execution. It discusses contract rights, the inviolability of contracts, and how new laws interact with obligations formed before passage.
Port Townsend reports a Skaguay area landslide near Sheep Camp blamed on heavy rains with up to eighteen packers missing and presumed dead after the Chilkoot pass region slide. Only one body recovered, that of Choynski, as Pioneer crew notes bridges washed out and snow six inches at Lake Bennett with more on the summit. Captain Neilson corroborates the incident and W W Sprague confirms arrival from Skaguay with further details of the disaster and losses.
New Orleans officials report efficient Fire Department action saved most of the Beaupreard school, attacked by rioters opposing its conversion to a yellow fever hospital. The annex burned, flames fed by incendiaries. police and Chief Gaster halted the mob as Sisters and hospital staff evacuated.
Washington reports a final decision on the fifth arbitrator for the British Venezuela boundary dispute. The chosen umpire is an European. names of contenders like Baron Courcel and King Oscar of Sweden are ruled out. Venezuelan arbitrators include Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer.
Lieutenant R B E Peary arrived in Philadelphia and said the key find was relics of the Greely expedition at Cape Sabin. He noted the party had established a base of supplies in Greenland and headquarters for a new expedition next spring.
The market ends the week with a weak tone for wheat due to diminished speculation, large stocks, and reduced export demand. Corn falls sharply from high receipts and weak cash demand, while crop damage and a large potato shortfall hint at continued export pressure. Despite near term softness, experts anticipate higher values as fundamentals tighten.
A wide list of current prices for grains, animal feed, dairy, meat, and produce across regions. Wheat, oats, barley, and millstuffs show varied per bushel or ton rates. eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, and beef options listed with multiple grades and regional sources. fresh vegetables, fruits, hops, and wool quoted with per unit or per ton figures.
A humorous note reports Massachusetts convicts petitioning for custard pie each Sunday in addition to their daily Boston baked beans. It also notes the Haine monastery in Tibet as the loftiest inhabited place at 17,000 feet above sea level.
Billy Capstan and Teddy Luff plot to scare Captain Joe Rattlin into sobriety by rigging a fake Spithead fleet illusion during a stormy voyage. A London visitor’s tale of the fleet sparks the plan and the crew's wake up call ends in a drunken misjudgment as the dawn reveals the truth. The scene unfolds on Hastings shore with The Sober Jade riding at sea and the crew facing a dangerous, comic ruse.
The passage notes a 36 inch Sumatra elephant in Berlin at age three, a pigmy Persian camel of 25 inches and 50 pounds, the tiny humming bird egg, Guadalajara’s EL Telegrafo as the world’s smallest newspaper, and France’s 2 foot 4 inch conscript Louis Bernadat drawn in 1893 with a gendarme lifting him to draw his number.
Berlin University hygiene lecturer Prof Max Rubner argues starched linen traps heat and slows drying air, making cooling harder in summer and heat retention worse in winter. He urges abandoning starched shirts though customs may resist.
A Ram's Horn correspondent tells of Jacob, an Oregon farmer, lassoing a sea-lion on Tillamook beach. He placed the rope over the sea-lion and tried to haul it toward his wagon but the sea-lion pulled free as Jacob dashed to ground and cut the line with a jackknife.
A widower and a widow marry, bringing their children together in one home. Though the parents reconcile, the children clash amid growing tensions. A neighbor reports a violent dispute as the wife cries to the husband, accusing their blended brood of tormenting their own offspring.
The organ of sight is highly developed in birds. Naturalists claim the kestrel can detect a mouse from heights where it is invisible to the human eye, highlighting remarkable visual power in birds.
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