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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
6
Unclear text fragment mentions figures and names in a political or committee context. It references Francis, San Francisco, and a chairperson, with scattered words about a school and November. Context insufficient to determine event, date, or outcome.
A Hartford Times poem honors Bill as a plain, constant worker who faced life with a steady whistle and stoic acceptance. He lived simply, avoided strife, and faded from the world without fanfare as the paper notes his quiet, enduring presence.
In a London to Cambridge journey tale, Dave Blackshaw schemes to capture a famed robber known as the Black Mask. Adopting a gallant disguise, he travels with the outlaw, reveals the concealed weapon, and defeats the robber in a dramatic confrontation. The body is hidden before being taken to London where Blackshaw earns a hundred pounds and a royal welcome for future fortunes.
A long travel note from Athens describes Greek attire blending ballet and Highland styles with white kilts, leather belts, and gold embroidered jackets. The piece then shifts to Civil War recollections, detailing Slaughter and Barret’s actions at Palo Alto, Confederate signals from French troops, and a last accidental death as the war ended.
It Is Correct to Say Good Health. If health means bodily soundness, how is it possible to speak of good health. Health also means the general condition of the body, compared with a standard, and in this sense health is qualified as good, bad, weak, delicate, robust. Fortune favors a man for the purpose of destroying him.
Capt Barton of Del Rio Texas is cited as firing the last shot of the Civil War during the Brazos Santiago action on May 13 1865. The Confederates under Gen J E Slaughter retired as Federal Gen Egbert Brown reported the war’s end and invited surrender.
The Chin ese legation at Q and 18th streets stands as a showplace in Washington. Its white Indiana stone exterior, red tile roof, oak hall, and the onyx room ornamented with Chinese furnishings reflect rich oriental character. The vast ballroom features carved stone finishes and a musicians balcony.
A survey of rulings includes a public nuisance fence across a navigable stream not abatable by private suit unless interest exceeds community stake, a piloted vessel liable to port entry rules, a Sunday meat sale restriction upheld as constitutional, conspiracy to depress stock value as injurious to trade, a gentle dog escape from liability absent fault, arrest rules for officers, and municipal notice requirements before abating nuisances. Key cases cited across multiple jurisdictions include Griffith vs Holman, Newton vs Carrie L Tyler, People vs Hagan, People vs Goslin, Martinez vs Bernhard, People vs Hochstein, and Western & A R Co v Atlanta.
George F Averill of Arverne S 1 announces a new fire proof mortar made 90 percent from coal ashes and 10 percent double hydraulic cement. Tests supervised by Manhattan department of buildings show high insulating properties for blocks built to the specification.
An Atlanta Constitution anecdote features a color preacher claiming after death the soul goes to the moon. A well informed member retorts the moon is cold and fireless, while the preacher replies if you want fire keep walking the path and you won’t miss it.
W. J. McGee of the Bureau of Ethnology has coined Amerind to designate the American Indian and the term has been officially adopted by the bureau. The article notes that five U S Presidents have Scotch Irish descent.
A report notes Boer prisoners on Bermuda claim limited liberty while others evade guards by clever ruses. One man hid in a packing crate launched at sea and drifted toward a gunboat before being spotted. The piece also contrasts language gaps in expressing actions like stealing and love across French Portuguese Algonkin and English.
A favorite East African instrument is a crude violin made from a wood bar attached to a large gourd. It uses a single string of vegetable fiber and varying tones come from lengthening or shortening the string.
London records reveal 50 percent of the 1,470,000 males over 21 are on the electoral roll. The note hints at broader voter participation questions and implied gaps in registration.
Washington officials and others report strong improvements after using Peruna as a spring tonic and catarrh remedy. Deputy editor Dan Grosvenor and Hal P. Denton describe recovery and renewed vitality, praising the tonic's nerve and blood benefits. A Lynchburg letter asserts Peruna aids nerves after work, with a request for a free book on chronic catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co.
Mrs Styles John questions thrift as Mr Styles confirms keeping spendthrift money in a safe, noting millinery bills. The exchange hints at household accounting practices and frugality within a domestic setting.
The note recalls the Baroness Burdett Cavendish who would witness three coronations if she lives to next June. It cites her presence at George IV's coronation at 16 and at the coronation of Queen Victoria.
A compact excerpt debates national character and human nature. It suggests republics breed ingratitude and the populace may relapse into debt and error, with a rough dialogue illustrating skepticism about political virtue and enduring trust in government.
A garbled item mentions a pro-Boer publication connected to Paris and Pretoria with derisive remarks about a person named Dibbs and references to a wife and marriage. The fragmentary text lacks clear events, dates, or cohesive reporting.
Fragmentary OCR note questions the fate of a man who never learned the old ways. It mentions a former resident and asks who is left, hinting at nostalgia for a hero and the idea of dollars earned from a past life in America.
A stray exchange questions a marriage ceremony as one speaker asserts doubt while another interjects with a delaying response. The brief fragment hints at a domestic scene with hesitation and attempting clarification.
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