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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
6
A poem narrates wakefulness at night and the claustrophobic darkness surrounding a lone child. The speaker hears the heartbeat as the night grows alive with imagined sounds and growing things while the world sleeps. A reflective piece from Lendon Spectator.
In a Chicago Tribune story set at a boarding house, Mrs. Basset faces a new female guest, Miss Jean Wallace, provoking tension with landlady and owner Alexander Freer. Freer misjudges Jean as a housemaid and plans to leave, but romance blooms when Miss Wallace reveals herself and Freer stays.
France annual mushroom harvest valued at two million dollars with sixty Paris wholesale firms selling them. In the Seine department about 38,000 caves cultivate mushrooms and some 300 workers are employed, rarely leaving the caves.
The Mormons settle in Northern Sonora and Chihuahua with nearly 5,000 members across eight colonies including Colonia Juarez Diaz Dublan Oaxaca Pacheo Garcia Chulchupa and Morelos. They prosper through irrigation aided farming and communal labor while facing apache raids and reliance on Mexican concessions.
The article describes Mormon colonies at Dublan and Colonia Juarez with large farms, a temple, a school, and a tithing store. It notes 10 percent church contributions, an 8 percent self imposed income tax for the academy, and a system where labor replaces money in most dealings. It also mentions a desert of land values and a Bermondsey price example, illustrating varied economic conditions.
A Harper's Bazar discussion notes that audiences often dislike married authors. It contrasts Richard Harding Davis and Paul Leicester Ford with Rudyard Kipling, who remains popular among male readers when married and with children.
A detailed description explains how to roll a handkerchief into a compact hard ball by folding, plucking, pushing, and kneading to trap the contents inside. The method produces a whirlpool like structure and can be reversed only by a specific sequence. The passage notes larger items can be rolled similarly and shares a hotel anecdote of guests rolling bedclothes as a prank.
The article notes land values showing a phenomenal rise with claims every inch between King William's statue and Trinity averaging vast sums. It emphasizes land priced at record levels and cites the Southeastern Railway Company being questioned in relation to as yet unclear details.
A vivid note describes natives astonished by a railroad’s arrival with its snorting locomotive and rattling cars easing into a wild region. The passage invokes ancient Egyptian and Arab antiqhities to frame the moment.
A Colorado Springs scene shows a panic over mining stock with most residents invested. A mine owner and stock manipulator dies suddenly, and the local press faced with the doomed headline shifts from Death Loves a Shiny Mark to Death Loves a Mining Scheme.
In a colorful New York World extract Gabriel and the prompt to "blow my last trump" leads to a scene where he places the ace on spades to save the sick for himself and St Peter. Angels are noted as playing small wit games in time.
A disjointed OCR snippet references a Washington Star piece about a terrible experience and a conversation about reading and reactions. The text mentions a novelist, a blug friend, and a wife catching a kiss, with unclear context and no coherent plot or outcome.
The article notes a German made Il Trovatore wheel with a handle bar contrivance driven by the front wheel that plays over 500 tunes and can be stopped and reset for long periods until worn out. It also describes Werda in Dahomey with a temple of serpents housing over 1,000 snakes kept by priests and fed with offerings from the natives.
Since 1842 the population of England, Scotland and Wales has risen by 75 percent while Ireland shows a decline of about 45 percent.
The world’s sheep population is estimated at 550 million. A thoughtful man reflecting on the past shows charity toward younger fools.
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