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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
6
A discussion on romantic baby names and the rise of plain names for professional women, warning against fanciful choices like Ninetta. It then offers craft ideas for affordable frames, describes lace and radium silk fashion, and advises on proper skirt fit and modest domestic duties.
An assortment of fashion notes discusses thin woolen skirts and featherbone ruffles for drop skirts, plus social excerpts promoting ambition for married women. It notes Wordsworth’s usefulness in balancing household income and suggests avoiding complete settling down. It ends with a wedding gown description in white chiffon satin with lace bertha.
The thimble evolved from the thumb bell to thumbler before its present name. A Dutch invention, it reached England by 1695. Early thimbles were iron and brass. later versions include gold, silver, steel, horn, ivory, glass, and pearl. Chinese carved pearl thimbles bound in gold appear in tradition. Siam's first thimble, a bridal gift, is cactus bud shaped in gold inlaid with diamonds spelling the queen's name.
Advice warns parents to oppose teachers in student disputes to create a rebellious, trouble-prone youth. It cautions that constant parental defense encourages dependence and possible delinquency, urging balanced guidance and accountability instead.
A devotional exhortation decries sin and materialism, urging faithfulness, virtue, and service. It emphasizes the primacy of character over wealth, the providence in troubles, and the duty to give and invest in spiritual growth. It employs biblical imagery and moral maxims about selflessness and humility.
A Pittsburg Dispatch editorial argues that physicians must balance patient confidentiality with public safety. It cites a railway signalman with heart disease and notes law already obliges reporting contagious diseases to protect the public, urging ethics to align with broader public duty.
A Detroit Free Press note captures a girl lamenting that her diploma day undermines her joy as her graduation dress no longer fits. Her friend asks what troubles her and she reveals the bitter hour of the moment.
An 19th century overview notes yellow fever outbreaks in West Indies Africa Central America and the Americas. It details transmission by mosquitoes fever onset and duration, rash bleeding black vomit delirium and high mortality rates, plus prevention through mosquito control and rest with supportive care.
Ottawa maps show Alberta and Saskatchewan as new provinces joining Quebec Ontario Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Manitoba and British Columbia. Report notes vast, unoccupied farming lands with 19 million acres in Assiniboia 17 million in Saskatchewan and 16 million in Alberta awaiting settlement.
The article traces Canada’s westward expansion from Rupert’s Land to the creation of Manitoba and the ongoing restructuring of the Northwest Territories into Saskatchewan and Alberta. It notes population growth, land policy, annual provincial payments, and projected wheat and grain yields alongside future provincial division and capital locations. It ends with a Washington Post quip about lawyers.
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