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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
9
A lyrical piece titled The South Wind speaks of the spring winds and their gentle blessings. It evokes wind as a bringer of light, bloom, and blessing over fields, gardens, and lilacs, praising the warm season's renewal and the wind’s vigor.
A convicted thief recounts a past attempt to rob a bank in a small town. He feigns a helper role and encounters the bank president who tests his pretended credentials while discussing a faulty lock and oiling schedule. The exchange reveals cautious suspicion and a tense moral moment.
Michael G Mulhall, famed Irish statistician and pioneer of English language press in South America, born Killiney near Dublin, died aged sixty four. He edited the Standard in Buenos Aires 1858 and later wrote The Progress of the World and The History of Prices and Dictionary of Statistics. He married a traveler whose work Between the Amazon and the Andes gained acclaim.
A thief posing as an accomplice gains access to a bank vault and removes bonds worth ten thousand dollars after an overnight ruse. He and an associate depart on the 12:30 express as a watchman is kept nearby, with no immediate papers reporting the crime. Separately a zoo incident involves a man flashing a mirror at lions, causing a scare and temporary panic.
Big Ben, the Philadelphia Zoo's largest lion, became agitated upon seeing himself in a mirror yesterday. Keepers feared self harm as he paced his cage and roared at passersby while a curious boy laughed and watched the scene unfold from the bars.
The article notes American manufacture of artificial legs with large exports to Europe. It traces a Civil War driven boom, ongoing accidents, antiseptics reducing mortality, and a shift from peg legs to modern designs focused on fit. Models cost about 100 dollars with annual upkeep 5 to 25 dollars, and children are fitted early for symmetrical development.
San Francisco faces a severe servant shortage as maids and cooks drop from the market. Wages rise with twenty five dollar positions now paying thirty, thirty dollar cooks forty, while twenty dollar maids are scarce. Some households hire Japanese labor at a dollar and a half daily. The article urges Western migration as a remedy.
The text notes ravens rarely reach beyond seventy years while parrots can live a century. It cites eagles living to 118, 104 in Vienna, and towers of London keeping a bird ninety years. It adds geese and swans show long lifespans and Buffon cites 80 to 100 years. It ends with a social quip about brides delaying wedding gift acknowledgments to avoid donor invitations.
Boston's John Burns journeyed to Juan Fernandez, Robinson Crusoe's famed island. He toured caves once linked to Selkirk, observed a small German-Chilean colony, and noted lobsters, yellowtail, goats, and simple cannery operations. The 18 by 6 mile island rises to 3,000 feet with blue water, clear skies, and endemic wildlife.
The Duchess of Chartres revered American liberty and called Paul Jones the Untitled Knight of the Sea. She was a royal princess and a renowned figure, while Captain Jones was a celebrated naval champion marked by affection and esteem.
A retelling from Buell’s biography describes Paul Jones at a Paris banquet with Mme de Chartres. She gifts him her grandfather’s watch after a lively discussion of naval exploits. Jones later notes the watch to fix the Serapis victory moment and promises to lay an English frigate at her feet.
The Knight of the Sea explains the impossibility of keeping his promise as the English frigate proves to be a forty four on two decks and now flies French colors at Lorient. He offers Captain Pearson’s sword from the Serapis to a deserving recipient.
London whispers link Mrs. Adolf Landenburg widow of a New York banker to Alfred Beit the diamond king who controls De Beers and Kimberley mines. Beit, 47, reputedly worth about 1 billion, built the De Beers empire and dominates South Africa’s diamond fields while keeping a plain exterior and vast stock holdings.
In Manchester New Hampshire a local testimonial praises Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for rheumatism. Mrs S D Loveland recounts severe knee pain after a fall in 1897 and describes relief within days after three boxes. The notice assigns notary validation and lists price details and distributor information.
A dialogue on an Atlantic liner features a passenger mistake about eggs real meaning hens vs ostriches. A California lecturer’s audience member misreads a jungle trip as a hunt and rushes to join, while a remark on work ethic contrasts with efforts to please after securing a new job.
A popular attorney was asked for an opinion on a legal point. He replied that he is paid for what he knows. The inquiring lawyer then paid him a half dollar and asked him to tell all he knows and give the change.
A man explains his wife, recently joining a church, is disturbed not by theology but by a neighbor who failed to invite her to a Dutch lunch. The exchange is recorded from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In Harlem Life a landlady and a new boarder clash as meals fail to arrive on time with the landlady insisting payment in advance before service. The brief exchange shows tension over food timing and prepaid arrangements.
A Cleveland Leader quip notes a man dubbed unusually lucky, claiming he can always light his pipe with his last match, illustrating a wry aside about persistent luck in daily life.
Quoted remark mockingly questions why Grump was barred from speaking at the citizens franchise meeting. The reply cites a frail condition stating his liver was out of order, reflecting tension and humor in the exchange.
A stage dialogue shows Ethel in a kitchen scene watching cherry pie preparation and teasingly asks where her mother is, with a playful line about unbuttoning a pile of cherries.
A lively exchange unfolds as Mr Hopkins insists he will not give up on Miss Perkins while she challenges his stubborn resolve and vows fearlessness in marriage. The dialog hints at a romantic tension and flirtatious battle of wills between two named characters.
A traveler in the Grand Duchy of Baden can have a telegram sent from a moving train by writing a message on a postcard, affixing a stamp, and dropping it in the train’s letter box. At the next station the box is cleared and the telegram is transmitted.
The Man marvels at avoiding the Microbe as it travels in unboiled water drinkers. The Microbe replies it mostly inhabited the guys who did not boil drinking water. Hygienic science is destined to change all this.
Senator Sorghum defines a hypercritical person as someone who subjects ideas to excessive testing. He cites a speaker who delivers a successful speech and then calmly analyzes it to find fault.
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