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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
6
A collage of editorial quips and global observations from the Aberdeen Herald spans opinions on dentistry, wives of missing soldiers, dollar salaries for Sultan of Sulu, and a praise of Finnish self-government. It notes American innovation, international satire, and calls for practical female instruction alongside concerns over national prodigalities and exile of ex presidents.
A critique of Emperor William II as a ruler who claims omnipotent power. The piece imagines him becoming a farmer with one or more farms and argues that nature and pests will humble his authority. It mocks grand proclamations and asserts rain and crops cannot be commanded.
The article notes Czar Nicholas aims to end Siberia's penal colonies as a humane reform and a boost to industrial and agricultural development. It argues the move aligns with rail expansion and new markets, while acknowledging political and humanitarian motives. The piece credits the czar with humanitarian aims and pragmatic business incentives.
A compilation notes regiments sailing for Manila, pension claims from Oregon volunteers, a fatal mill boiler explosion in Appleton, Dreyfus defense updates, and unrest in the Philippines. It mentions a trampling killing near Marshalltown, salmon prospects in Puget Sound, Honolulu police clash, Dawson City trusts, and a Toledo banks warehouse plan with Belton Mills to build a large cotton mill.
In Toledo a grocery clerk who favored biting string to tie bundles loses his false teeth when a self-coiling string holder snaps tight. He tied five pounds of sugar for a secret admirer, bent to cut with his teeth, and his plate was hoisted on the end of the cord. A comic mishap ends with the denture aloft.
Summary of varied 19th century news items noting events from the national farmers congress meeting in Boston in October to U S and international affairs including yellow fever fears in Mexico Cuba anti malarial eucalyptus trials in Cuba and battles in Africa and Asia with mentions of Manila Seabright and Kap Cape Town civilians and military movements amid global tensions.
Nyack New York August 29 a lamp explosion set fire to the St Anne's Sisters of Mercy orphan asylum at Sparkhill Rockland county. The three story frame building housed about 1000 children and many were burned or suffocated before escape. Fire departments arrived too late.
At Hankow near the Yangtze, owners backed by British consul Hurst fenced a tract willed to Jardine Matheson. Russian consulate guards appeared and ejected workers. The British gunboats Woodlark and Esk moved into position, bluejackets guarding the property as Britain upholds its rights.
Manila reports rebel recruitment in San Pedro Macati and Baliuag withmayor arrests under US advisory oversight. Vengeance in New Mexico leaves cattleman Spralding dead and housekeeper Nellie McKinstry injured while Pleasant Plain, Arkansas, is wiped out by a storm with few details available.
New York August 28 The Tribune Baye reports yachting experts say the Shamrock shows a midship twist and hull strain from towing. They note the vessel sits higher in the water and suggest a possible leak from an earlier dent after a grounding with the Prince of Wales.
The readable text sketches a parade mood with a salute and crowd reactions. Mentions a fleet, a shore fort, and marching toward a pier while observers watch. Specific names and locations are obscured, but a ceremonial entrance and military display appear central to the scene.
A reported plan to organize a $30,000,000 goods corporation in New York aims to control 1,000 to 2,000 dry goods and meat stores across large cities. Former shopkeepers would manage stores as holders in the new company, with output and purchases centralized through the organization. The move signals a broader trend of giant retail consolidations.
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