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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
7
20 MULE TEAM BORAX SOAP claims to be harmless to fine fabrics and free of discoloration while keeping clothes snowy white and hands soft. Advertises a free sample from Coast Borax Co in Oakland California with a 7x14 inch souvenir picture and stamps for rates and dealer address.
The article recounts the Isaac Pinckney anecdote linked to the phrase Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute. It notes Pinckney’s alleged reply Was not a flourish simply Not a penny Not a penny and contrasts seaweed samples to land plants, explaining seaweeds derive sustenance from water and some attach to rocks.
The New York Tribune cites a surge in imports and giant capital outlays as Japanese firms plan water power and electric ventures, spinning mills, mining, railway and shipbuilding projects. Kobe imports climb with machine lathes leading gains, surpassing 1904 by over $1.2 million and broad increases across metal, woodwork, locomotives, and motors.
Deep sea weeds form vast groves beneath the waves with vivid colors and intricate arches. A lesson on analogy shows pronunciation quirks like the silent t in often. The moon and sun appear half a degree in diameter at the horizon, and cameras reveal lightning’s true curves. January machinery values rise to $518,800, with Kobe steamer cargoes aiding Japanese industry.
Fine opportunity opened to manufacturers in this country. The industrial enterprise in which Japan is engaging involves the employment of a great quantity of machinery and related equipment for production and development.
In Success Magazine the author contrasts old sea romance with contemporary life aboard the liner America. He laments lost brigand chases and clipper ships, then argues a deeper, modern romance arises from a waking world seeking self discovery and strength.
Miss Carrie Wood could caracole and prance but balked at carrying wood when mother asked. The Philadelphia Press presents a whimsical vignette highlighting Carrie’s stubborn mood and playful refusal, preserving local cadence and humor.
In a witty exchange at the theater Mrs. de Flirte tells her husband that a man in the box keeps staring at her for a half hour. De Flirte quips about a fool’s reputation should he uncover a country full of old jokes and warns to work hard for the boss or face dismissal.
The article describes lead wool packing for water pipe joints and summarizes early 20th century road tests showing a twelve horsepower car achieving eighty seven miles on two gallons of gasoline. It also notes the mud skipper fish of India, asbestos porcelain, and Prof. Wood’s underwater photography experiments imagining fish eyes and camera views from multiple angles.
When Hiram Bassett visits Cape friends fill his days with fish variety for five days. On return he is teased about Hannah cooking a real good mess of codfish and potato hash, a Massachusetts staple, upon reaching home.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger writer records Pete a colored youth who nervously decides to propose to Miss Johnson. He calls her employer's house and asks, Is dat you, Miss Johnson? She replies Yas and asks who is calling before he reveals his marriage question.
A quip from the New York Press ponders why two men are labeled cause and effect. One is a doctor and the other an undertaker, framing a darkly humorous contrast in the era's press.
This excerpt mixes a dramatic moral note about a Baltimore boy who killed himself to spare his mother from disgrace with medical advertising. It touts ear disease causes from nasal catarrh to Eustachian tube inflammation, promising a hundred dollar reward for deafness cure claims and endorsing Halls Pills by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo.
A garbled ad fills lines with claims of a cure by Dr R H Kline at 931 Arch St Philadelphia. The text also mentions a Mrs Winslow soothing syrup and a Kansas City switchman who died after learning he inherited $20 000. The item blends medical promotion with miscellaneous household notes and a recipe.
A delegation of small shopkeepers from across the empire visited Vienna to present grievances to Parliament. Police intervention sparked a rush toward the Chamber of Deputies with doors smashed as crowds pushed to enter. The piece portrays the department store as a ubiquitous, all purpose market serving varied goods under one roof.
J A Haywood of Lufkin Texas reports wrenched back from sawmill work, six weeks laid up, then backache recurred with urine trouble and gravel attacks. After using Doan's Kidney Pills the gravel passed and he recovered, noting no back or bladder issues since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The passage weighs faith against theory and formalism, urging living virtue over creedal posturing. It contrasts confined religion with universal love, notes the role of suffering like Patmos prisoners, and warns against proxy praise while stressing direct guidance toward salvation.
The narrator praises John Reed and a maternal grandfather who managed a thousand acre plantation without an overseer. He details efficient practices including diverse peach orchards for hog fattening, careful seed saving, and constant cash crops. The text notes frugality before and after marriage and implies valuable business acumen.
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