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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1909
Page
2
An Outing Magazine piece explores dream studies and rapid life spans in dreams. It cites Dr. Clarke Count Lavalette and Cornell psychologist Professor Titchener detailing dream duration, underwater escape, and a failed dream note experiment.
A New York Press item recounts Mrs. McCarthy learning her husband Pat left her twenty thousand dollars. The tale notes Pat could neither read nor swim, and that he went out alone in a boat, which overturned and caused his death, prompting a friend to remark on his fortune.
A collection of humorous quotes and epigrams from period papers including a quip about a woman not thanking a man for his seat and a punning exchange on nautical versus marine. Also quotes on dignity by Massinger and a Malaprop exchange about synonyms.
Amateur star Matt Maloney, having turned professional, bets 2500 to 5000 against Tom Longboat for a full marathon race. Maloney proved endurance in Madison Square Garden indoor race and set a world record for his Eau de distance at Rye to New York, signaling strong confidence against the Canadian Indian champion.
South African authorities rejected R. E. Walker's New Year sprint record of 10 2-5 seconds for the 100 meters on grounds he started before the pistol. The official mark remains 10 4-5 seconds, with Walker as a joint holder. A separate claim of 100 yards in 9.2-5 seconds sparked questions about gun-shot advantage.
The Missouri club of St. Louis plans its annual Marathon on May 1 with top western long distance runners. They hope to draw eastern entrants led by Tom Morrissey of New York, winner of the 1908 Boston Marathon, and others like Sidney Nacht, Alex Thiebeau of Chicago, and Joseph Forshaw of St. Louis. The committee aims for a large field.
Battling Nelson, after months restand, plans a forty five round match with Fighting Dick Hyland at Jimmy Coffroth's open air club in Colma California in late March. Hyland accepts to weigh 188 pounds at ringside and has defeats over Young Corbett and Eddie Hanlon among others as a prominent lightweight contender.
A French statistician analyzes three centuries of height data to chart a gradual decline from 1610 to the present and projects future diminutions. He claims giants once walked earth, but by the year 4000 A D average height will be only fifteen inches, leading to humanity’s disappearance.
In 1805 at Windsor, King George III secretly informed Dr. Manners-Sutton he would become Archbishop of Canterbury after a late dinner visit. Pitt learned Moore had died. the king insisted Manners-Sutton had already accepted, keeping his word and angering Pitt. Manners-Sutton then held the primacy for twenty three eventful years.
A reporter recalls a famed dispatch from a telegraph operator during the San Francisco earthquake. The note offered a grim scene of a building rocking and bricks falling but ended with an oddly cheerful line. The dispatch spread through newspapers, lifting spirits amid disaster.
A writer in a French review cites three causes of cannibalism: necessity, pleasure, or fashion. Nineteen percent eat great warriors for courage, twenty-nine percent punish enemies, and eighty-two percent do so because it is fashionable or tasty. The Ti betans are cited as sentimental anthropophagy.
A medical writer in Comoedia argues that famous singers owe bulk to abnormal development of hinges. He notes the mass does not reflect health and hints at broader calamities in the profession.
The article outlines a government recipe for salt pork involving salt and saltpeter brining, including quantities and steps to cure meat. It also reports tests grading oats into three classes by berry size and yields, noting first grade oats averaged 98.5 bushels per acre, outperforming the others by 45 bushels.
Florida tests show green forage yields led by Pendant Gooseneck Erect Gooseneck Planter Friend No. 87 Collier Orange and Planter Friend No. 36. Grain head yields were highest with Shallu Red Ambeg Orange and Red Kaftir, measured in pounds per acre.
Attorney F C Entriken of Moline Illinois says he was cured of thirty two years of eczema in a month using oil of wintergreen compound with camphor and glycerine as in D D D Prescription. He reports complete relief with no itch and scales gone after thirty days and urges others to try the cure. Red Cross Pharmacy promotes the remedy.
A compiled directory of fire alarm box locations including Box numbers 4 5 7 8 9 12 15 17 21 28 25 27 31 32 35 87 88 42 45 and 47 with street corners mills schools and depots noted such as Young and Thomas North Aberdeen Terrace avenue D street High School Burrows Dock Hume K streets Northern Pacific Depot Boone King Market F streets Franklin School Jefferson M Broadway Hart Wood Lumber Co Western Cooperage and Anderson Middleton Mill.
Trained draft horses from Trrante hand are now available at the Wm. L. McNair barn in East Hoquiam. The sale lasts ten days only, so buyers should call early to choose. J. O. Shannon notes the ten day window.
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