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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
4
A county fair scene in the grand stand ends with a broken heart and a lost bet. The narrator and Jennie watch Jake Douglas' boss flirt with another man, then a rival swipes the narrator's goldene watch as rain pours down. The moment proves that not all pleasures at the fair are sweet.
A narrator recalls a river outing with old Balliol friends including Fry in London, a meeting with Eve under an apple tree, a sudden romance, a wedding three months later, and the creation of Ruskin Hall at Oxford guiding labour education in Britain and America.
A compact reflection on gendered vengeance noting men act swiftly to retaliate while women wait and plot, with the claim that a woman may be the most effective hater when wronged and seize the moment at life’s end.
A humorous social observation notes that a man with a forgiving nature wins a woman's favor while a wealthy widow quickly attracts suitors regardless of debt, implying norms about marriage prospects and material security.
London correspondence notes plans for Ruskin Hall conceived as a working men’s college to be operated at home. The Oxford Ruskin Hall uses a bare four story building near St. John’s College with $2.50 weekly board and $0.60 weekly tuition. Students work two hours daily in cooking and cleaning since no servants are employed, keeping costs low and fostering self sufficiency.
A trim energetic smooth faced young man speaks for the movement abroad, claiming to be American in spirit though he has never visited the United States. He frames his stance with confidence and outlines his vision for the group’s goals.
The article tells of Col George Manning and his descendants as a family path of elopements. It notes Manning fled with Wheeler’s daughter, later becoming wealthy and a war veteran. Multiple daughters reportedly eloped with workers, doctors, and others, suggesting inherited disposition toward elopement across generations.
A publisher receives a rambling plea from a person claiming a criminal past and multiple arrests. The writer seeks a public life by sharing life story details including escapes, convictions, and misdeeds to gain a literary start. The letter references violence and personal upheaval in a bid for fame.
Constantino Maes, a noted Italian archaeologist, reports that 3,000 bronze tablets recording Rome from its founding to Vespasian are buried in the Ostia marsh near Rome. He asks the government to drain the marsh to recover the tablets and a commission will study the matter.
The article traces a southward shift of coast trade from Quebec through Salem Boston to New York, with New York merchants already lamenting competition from Norfolk Charleston Savannah Pensacola New Orleans and Galveston. It notes the Mississippi drawing more traffic as routes turn southward and ends with a series of stinging aphorisms about imagination, gold mines, door locks, and social behavior.
Fort Wayne designers Franz Burger and Trenry M Williams unveil a versatile egg shaped street car. The ribbed sides form runways for curved sections that close the car, while a double thick roof with pockets aligns with the ribs for weather adaptability.
The article describes street cars with curved sides and a central foot area containing pulleys. Cables attached to sliding sections wind on a shaft, enabling the conductor to open or close the car by turning a crank. When unwound, the sides slide downward until connected with the car, and the curvature allows passengers to sit close to the ends without hindering the mechanism.
A New York Sun excerpt from the Bhumensu district in southern Brazil portrays a primitive yet prosperous German community of about 50 000. Life centers on self sufficiency and mutual trust with scarce violence and little external contact. Facilities like gas electricity and telephones are limited. news comes from foreign papers and local hotels rarely pad locks.
The late Grant Allen, famed for scientific work, wrote an article on ghosts that unintentionally became fiction. He crafted Our Scientific Observations on a Ghost as recreation, then wrote a mummy tale under the pen name J Arbuthnot Wilson. The alias drew many orders, leading to fame as Grant Allen.
The article explains how many garden vegetables arose from long cultivation of wild species. It notes wild cabbage near the sea, its transformation by humans, and claims Scotland’s cabbage traces to Cromwell's soldiers. It describes cauliflower as a cultivated cabbage, perfected in Cyprus, and mentions the parsnip as a native hedgerow plant with bitter wild taste.
A playful critique of reading lessons and gender norms. The tale contrasts a child’s literal misinterpretation of a sentence about a cat and a rat with a sharp point about widowhood and social rules. It notes how widows frame actions as a late husband’s request and likens widowly affection to a young romance.
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