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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1903
Page
6
A broadened portrait shows 5000 women in New York peddling on streets from the Battery to Harlem, with many Jewish families combining merchant work and home life. The piece urges appreciation of wives who manage both households and trades, urging affection over costly gifts.
A reflection on gender roles and the belief that a woman should naturally know how to keep a home well. The text argues many men treat housework as simple and routine, like digging a ditch or milking a cow, underestimating the skill involved.
A school board officer visits a pupil's home after a week of absence. The mother, smiling, notes the boy is past thirteen and claims schooling enough, recalling her own education until age 23, then adds that the boy has brains.
Directors of the Halle theater distinguish shows suitable for youths with red and white posters causing amusement as they separate age appropriate performances from unsuitable ones.
The Springfield Republican cites a Connecticut source on Indian names and meanings tied to river terms. The piece references quonne long tuk tidal river and quonne tuckput meaning at the long tidal river, while a tangential remark contrasts annoyance at hearty laughter from someone disliked and a person and his valet stealing all the heroism.
An elderly speaker seated by the fire recalls distant, vivid sounds from memory. He describes the brook in the orchard, singing birds, his mother's voice calling, and a wife’s lullaby as clear, comforting echoes that linger despite fading hearing. A final note reflects on a common speech and imagined reunion in heaven.
A village rummage sale becomes a comic romance as Betty recounts how Miss Clarice Alwyn’s lavender gown, sent by mistake from Mrs Hargreaves, changes hands. Mr Bartram pays two sovereigns, the governess confesses love to Robert, and a half sovereign reward ends the tale with a tea invitation.
Hurleigh questions Burleigh about his clothing in a humorous courtroom exchange. Burleigh replies he picked the suit at random, the judge noting the deafness of the speaker.
A historical note states that of the twenty five men who have held the presidency ten have no living descendants today.
A New York Times excerpt depicts a landlady accusing a popular third floor guest of subletting a back room to a sewing assistant who paid rent via a front. The short scarred woman allegedly sewed clothes on the third floor using the resident’s machine, draining services but not compensating for wear.
W B Waudby discusses in Leslie's the extensive use of child labor in factories mines and shops noting thousands below legal and natural age. He cites census estimates of about 1.75 million youths aged 10 to 15 in the mainland United States. The piece also reflects on urban reformers and maternal attitudes toward children.
The notice proclaims a season for medicines to counter impurity and weakness. It links pimples eruptions loss of appetite and low vitality to a poor blood condition and promises remedies and tonics to restore strength and vigor.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills claiming they purify blood, improve appetite, restore energy, and cure eruptions. It cites Mrs Bruham Boycy of Stowe Vermont as a testimonial, noting prior use and repeated benefits for a run down condition.
Conversation notes Fred asks about love and Joe answers that love has become his life study. Joe claims he has reduced ignorance of love to a science through years of observation and reflection.
Mrs. Corn quotes a friend’s note about his son John stopping at the best hotels but clarifies he drives a parcel delivery van as a commercial traveler. The remark from Cassell's Journal frames the humorous dichotomy between glamour and ordinary work.
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