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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1902
Page
6
A reflective admonition from the Chicago Inter Ocean urging readers to ignore past troubles and focus on the present. It argues wealth and fortune lie in living today, trimming one’s sail, and facing what is ahead with a candid face rather than dwelling on what has been.
Maria Roupell, widow of George Roupell after the Ramadan sinking, falls for Martin Arthur while Dorinda confesses an engagement and a foiled lover. Maria counsels Dorinda, writes to Egbert Trevanion, and confronts her husband when he returns. The gods are good to fools.
A Country Life in America piece recounts a hunter in southern California who photographs rattlesnakes for study. The feature details fang structure, venom glands, and how fangs refresh themselves as worn teeth shed.
Rev Dr Joseph Parker of City Temple London condemned King Edward VII for attending a Sunday concert arguing it damages the English Sabbath. Parker, famed preacher since 1848, noted for City Temple ministry and a twenty five volume People’s Bible.
The article surveys the Texas oil boom centered on Beaumont, noting rapid development, vast exports, and many speculative ventures. It compares fields in Pennsylvania and Ohio, details spouting wells, shifting fuel from coal to oil, and traces U S oil history from early finds to 1859s first well.
Popular Mechanics explains dynamite composition and safety, noting nitro glycerine absorbs into a wood meal nitrate mix to form sticks shaped like waxed paper. It clarifies that heat must reach extreme temperatures before detonation and that dynamite can burn quietly like wood under ordinary conditions.
The article recounts Beaumont Texas oil fever with land prices soaring and fortunes made fast. It notes "Old Man" Higgins driving a Spindle Top boom, investor gambles, and quicksand halting early wells, then Lucas's deeper bore near Pittsburgh and a dramatic gusher bringing 25 000 barrels daily.
A Chicago promoter envisions a tabloid restaurant where meals arrive as tablets resembling candy and are carried in a vest pocket. Nutrition would come in homeopathic doses via tubes to the table, with only the guest visible as hunger vanishes.
In a reflection attributed to Andrew Carnegie, the speaker notes that great managers rarely toil themselves but instead guide others. He argues effective leaders enable others to work while they find joy, claiming success follows when work is enjoyable and laughter accompanies effort.
The main wheel completes 1 460 revolutions per year while the central wheel turns 8 760 times. The third wheel logs 70 080 revolutions, the fourth 525 600, and the scape wheel 4 751 860.
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