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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
7
The article ponders why farming, the earliest learned and fundamental craft, remained underdeveloped for millennia. It notes ancient tools found in a tomb show farming was practiced 3,000 years ago while Egypt boasted governments and arts, yet farm work kept serfdom and mere peasant status for long periods.
Short excerpts recounting Lord Kelvin’s slips in arithmetic and a cautionary tale on explosive water followed by a humorous Jersey joke. The material includes a Kelvin anecdote about two and two five and a miscalculated seven times nine, a water explosion note from Popular Mechanics, and a Broadway Jersey anecdote from the New York Globe.
A fragmented collection of quips and notices recounts tea tastes from New York to Japan, a grocer’s refund on a failed purchase, a self portrait by Miss Elderly, and playful exchanges between a organist and a clergyman. The passages reflect light literary jingles and Shakespearean irony.
A wary performer receives two management offers and weighs how to act. A practical coach advises not to neglect boot care and to shine at one end if not the other, implying signaling readiness and balance.
Alexander Cruden famed compiler of the Bible Concordance served as bookseller to Queen Caroline and later to George III. Despite eccentricity and thrice confinement as a lunatic, his laborious concordance earned him £800 from later editions. He died November 1, 1770 in Islington.
A New York Press voice argues sea travel trains discipline and time management better than any lecture. It claims shipshape routine, planned days, and steady rhythms alter ignorant and time-wasting individuals, while acknowledging some are inherently disorderly.
In Paris two rival papers, the Razor and the Scorpion, feud weekly. A philanthropist invites both editors to dine hoping to mend the rift. One guest arrives, and the host asks if he edits the Razor or the Scorpion. The man replies, "Both."
The text presents Whitman style praise of personal freedom and power, followed by a comic anecdote where a young man apologizes for kissing a daughter, explaining kisses are all he can offer at the moment. The Detroit Tribune quote adds humor to a parental confrontation.
The Philadelphia Record notes a critic commenting on a book where the heroine is described as unmanned. The Chicago Records Herald quips that a man who seeks success must take himself seriously, even in launching seriousness.
Aberdeen readers report backache and kidney troubles eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs H Henriksen of Montesa no Washington lauded prompt relief and full recovery after use. Red Cross Drug Store sells the product with FosterMilburn Co. as sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
A London Standard account traces the mince pie from early England where it symbolized gifts of the wise men. Puritans condemned it as idolatrous, Parliament banned Christmas customs, then wiser reasoning revived the baking and eating of mince pies.
An old Civil War tale shows a Confederate soldier in Richmond hospital refusing socks as a joke because his feet were later found to be shot away. A separate discussion muses on how flowers lose scent after life ends, while a London Fun joke notes a jeweler making faces for clocks.
Arthur Salmon issues notice that listed saw logs lying on his lands Lot 3 Section 11 North Range 9 West. Owners must remove logs and pay damages within 80 days or the logs will be sold to cover damages. Branded log identifiers include F with two dots, 35, N O, U, Diamond B N 2, 25, Barefoot O K, A with seven dots, circle K, W with two dots, L, M, B ARTHUR SALMON. First publication April 6 1908. publication May 11 1908.
Warrant issued by W F Lyons listing saw logs left on Lot 1 Aberdeen Gardens Chehalis county Washington. Owners must remove logs and pay damages within 20 days or logs will be sold to satisfy debts. Branded logs include O K MB U 22 35 SBW TF Diamond B W V with 7 dots. First published March 19 1908 last published April 16 1908.
The notice lists Lot 4 Section 11 north rangs 9 west and all per same with damages due within 30 days. It itemizes logs branded with symbols such as U O WBS 35 V seven dots circle K and many others plus various single logs like QO K circle T 25 M 114 21 Box B and W.
On lands known as Lots 7 12 13 and 14 Aberdeen Gardens Wishkah river Chehalis county Washington owners of logs must remove them or pay damages within 30 days or the logs will be sold to cover damages. Branded logs include 35 8 W 7 Bear Foot OK 17 U 2 Diamond SBW% Box B 4 1 E 1 2 22 2 15 2 26 Circle F 3 Circle K 8 A 2 N O 1 O X 2 xxx2 H E HULET dates March 26 1908 to April 23 1908.
Henry Lentz issues a public notice on lands Lot 7 8 9 Aberdeen Gardens Wishkah River Chehalis County Washington requiring owners of logs branded 35 25 Horseshoe L O K J B H to remove logs and pay damages or logs will be sold to cover costs. First publication March 26 1908 last publication April 23 1908.
The Gray's Harbor area reports a land lot case on Lot 2 Section 1 with multiple logs branded identifiers including A N OK Barefoot OK W 35 8 stars and others. CHAS HULET appears in the listing with first publication March 26 1908 and last publication April 28 1908 in The Abe deen Semi-Weekly Herald noting a $2.00 price in advance.
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