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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
7
Excerpt shows a school principal discussing Jerry Kidder with Mr. Wipedunks. The exchange includes money trouble at home and a humorous misinterpretation of ambidexterity as a medical condition, reflecting quirky newspaper humor from Chicago Tribune.
Philadelphia records report a doctor’s greeting to Mr Hart as twins are born two boys. The other item highlights Sidney Gulick’s book The White Peril in the Far East, urging a protectorate of eastern Siberia or Manchuria as a peace buffer, a controversial solution.
A magazine article outlines two paths for advancement: entering the Senate or gaining appointment to a Federal commission. It also includes a simple fritter recipe describing batter and frying steps for cold poultry served with mayonnaise or tartar sauce.
A birdseye view of Moscow from a Great Museum display highlights the Moskva River, the triangular hill with the kremlin, its white battlemented wall, gilded domes, and minarets. The piece notes tortuous streets and the presence of grand churches and public buildings.
A six year period from 1897 to 1903 saw breadstuffs up 65 percent and meats 23.1 percent while dairy garden products rose 50.1 percent and clothing 24.1 percent. Rail freight fell 4.4 percent though railroad pay climbed about 8.5 percent. A magazine titled Now to Make Money failed and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup marketed for teething pain. Rockefeller is noted for enjoying automobiling as oil powered wealth growth.
Advertisements tout Oregon Blood Purifier and Wiso's Cure as cures for blood purifying tonic and coughs with prices noted. The column mentions a Corsican reputedly damaged, a reference to an assassin, and a line about Mad Mullah over 60 still seen as not absolutely useless by the English.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as mercury free and effective when taken internally for mucous system ailments. It notes the product is manufactured in Toledo Ohio by J J Cheney & Co. and sold by druggists for 75 cents per bottle. The piece also includes a cooking instruction for onion scallop with butter flour milk and cracker crumb topping baked until tender.
One hundred years ago a French reform ended pull dating amusement. Aaron Burr began his westward journey to Louisiana Blennerhassett Island. Nine American seamen were freed from a British brig in New York harbor. The British Parliament debated a US commercial treaty. Two hundred fifty letters of marque authorized privateers against Spanish ports. Congress ordered clearance of armed merchant vessels.
The article notes seven navy yards existed in the United States. It also mentions Denmark settling American indemnity claims, a prize fight in Manchester England with a fatality, Turkey paying a second installment of 5000000 for indemnity of Russia subjects, steam navigation starting weekly between Venice and Genoa, and a peace settlement at Buenos Aires among Buenos Aires Santa Fe Entre Rios and Corrientes.
The State prison at Nashville, Tennessee, burned, causing twenty three deaths. The disaster follows the fire at the prison, with officials reporting fatalities and investigations underway.
Wisconsin residents near Edgarton and Stroughton report a petroleum find said to be promising. Union monitors attacked Mobile Bay, reported via alro NL. A bank robbery in Louisville, Missouri yields $45,000. Fort Sedgin fell to Confederates, retaken by Union troops with 2700 prisoners captured. North Carolina lawmakers say they will take the oath, ratify abolition amendment.
The Cuban Minister to the United States Senor Quesada spoke at the Esteban Theatre in Matanzas Cuba where George Kennan reported in The Outlook July 1599 that his eulogy of the dead patriot Marti moved audiences deeply. Quesada also sent a letter from Washington to Peruna Medicine Co.
A Washington letter quotes Congressman J H Bankhead of Alabama praising Peruna as a strengthening tonic and catarrh cure. The ad states Peruna as a radical specific for catarrh with a half century test and thousands cured. Readers are invited to write Dr Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio for free advice with confidential correspondence.
The Hungarian diet race saw Kossuth defeated in a contest for a seat. In American news Gen Spinner announced to be succeeded as National Treasurer by John from Indianapolis. Cook County Commissioners engaged architects for the courthouse in disrepair. Ohio Senate approves bill barring railroad officials or employees from involvement with fast freight transportation firms.
In Germany the Reichstag backed a measure to subsidize steamship companies. In Chicago real estate men warned flats were losing appeal and rents would fall. France faced panic from reports of Chinese victories, while Ottawa received news of Louis Riel rebellion bloodshed. A fast freight train system linked Chicago and New England.
In Chicago the temperature hovered near zero and rose to several degrees above zero across Illinois. Li Tung Chang, a Chinese envoy to Japan, was shot in the face and seriously wounded by a Japanese at Shimonoseki.
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