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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
5
A composite page of trivia covers fugitive slave aid under law before emancipation, Philippine official salaries, origins of a proverb, California electoral results, diamond testing, banking offices, Lincoln’s assassin capture, Alta California meaning, and U S cocaine sale laws.
In Bakersville a vacationing city girl Bessie Foster clashes with a cheeky stranger while fishing. After a dramatic hooked fish prompts her to leave, the town learns the man was a believed college student and the neighbors rally when a fever prompts care and communal aid.
Practical advice emphasizes pure clean milk scald nursing bottles and keeping water cool. Encourage open air light clothing frequent baths and prompt physician consults. warns improper food and heat cause most infant deaths.
A lighthearted schoolroom quip from the Pittsburgh Press features Joe explaining his head scratching as the result of knowing where it itches. The brief joke centers on a boy’s humorous self awareness in class.
A witty exchange in the Chicago Daily News pits two historians against each other over Diogenes and the lantern oil. The joke centers on whether the ancient sage truly paid for the oil as he carried his lantern.
A brief New Orleans Times Democrat snippet notes a girl seen at the Plano when her mother washes dishes. The dialogue emphasizes fondness for music and regular practice moments.
The article describes the Panama Canal locks as immense and awe inspiring, noting no vessel may enter or pass under its own power. It explains that canal authorities will control all movement via bridges, engine rooms, and electric mules to tow ships safely into Gatun or Miraflores locks.
A New York World note recalls Woodrow Wilson quipping on biographies after his nomination. He joked there are three kinds: plain biographies, autobiographies, and ought-not-to-biographies, and he preferred the last.
The administrator of the estate of George L. Hilton deceased will sell for cash at 10:00 AM on August 25, 1913 the real property Lot 11 Block 1 Weatherwax and Benns Addition to Aberdeen Chehalis County Washington by order of the Superior Court of Washington for Chehalis County dated August 6 1913.
First publication dated August 4 1913 and final entry dated August 26 1913 outline the duration of a local notice. The records indicate a defined window for public action and official observation within the city.
Notice by administrator Alonzo Sphar to creditors and claimants to present their claims within twelve months from August 12 1913 at his Aberdeen office. Also summons in suit for absolute divorce between Mary A. Michel and Emil Michel, requiring defense within sixty days of July 1913 first publication. Local notices list attorney Austin M Wade and Wishkah Block address.
Public notice of a sheriff sale under execution No. 10829 in Chehalis County Washington. Huotari & Company plaintiffs seek to recover $110.35 plus costs from Hannah Rautiainen and John Doe Rautiainen with interest and costs, Lot 15 Block 54 Northern Pacific Addition Aberdeen. Sale at Montesano courthouse steps August 28, 1913 at 11 a.m. by Sheriff Schelle Mathews. TAGGART & PHILLIPS represent plaintiffs.
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