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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
5
Aberdeen items record Evans Drug Co advertising Lowney’s candies and Rough Dry service plus local events. Card party at Mrs. Mack’s home sets a social pace with laundry and moving plans, basketball season opens November results and school games teased, natatorium funding and club meetings noted.
Mrs. Mary Daniels of Palisades Nebraska received a telegram announcing her son’s serious illness. Daniels had been in Aberdeen visiting Mrs. Roy Young and Mrs. Harry Coles for eight months and left Sunday by train to return home.
A historical price list from the Aberdeen Steam Laundry shows rough dry service rates. The document enumerates charges per garment category and notes any minimum fees or additional handling costs.
Matt Nesnick was fined $50 after a Monday arrest for beating his wife. Judge Phillips heard that Nesnick is a loafer who abused his wife, who runs a hand laundry, and that she supports herself while he spends her earnings on alcohol. He remains under court jurisdiction to keep the peace.
Edward Olsen fought Police Officer Harvey after a Tuesday arrest. Harvey did not use a billy or call for aid, instead he pulled Olsen to the city jail where Olsen was booked for a DUI and resisting an officer. Judge Philips sentenced him the next day for his antics.
A French study by M. de Chardonnet presented to the French Physical Society identifies a bird eye organ called the parasol or comb. The thin membrane guards the retina from excessive light, including ultraviolet rays, suggesting a protective adaptation beyond the nictitating membrane.
Frances Kennedy and Elizabeth Brice are joined by TL and Brassers Shart with A. Revo of Brittany in a forthcoming work. Matty Mannering declines to use Phe Watcher while Cora Maynard authors it. News hints Charles Richman may appear as a star.
On rugs curl tendencies can be countered by applying a thick starch and gelatin paste to the rug backing. Work the mixture in, cover as it dries and press with a hot iron to set the corners firmly.
A compact snippet notes a jest about Mr Jones losing £200 and a friend’s playful irony. It contrasts playful banter with a self referential quip on imperfection and knowledge between lovers, reflecting era humor and social witticisms.
London shops display greeting cards with calendars and themes like aviation and north pole scenes. An ultra modern Santa in an airship distributes gifts to Eskimo children, while another card shows a Teddy bear bearing a tiny 1910 calendar.
English and American organizers have held meetings along the New York Jersey City and Hoboken waterfronts to unite seamen of both nations. A convention was called to begin in New York City on November 28 to form an international union of seamen led by labor member J Havelock Wilson of Britain.
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair awarded the most beautiful woman prize to Columbia an Eskimo girl from Labrador coast. Judges picked from visitors across races as contestants in the beauty contest after visitors showed in their best attire.
A testimonial from M. H. Pettit of Monte sano Washington touts Doan's Kidney Pills for curing backache and kidney disorders. Pettit details severe kidney pain, back pain, frequent painful urination, and subsequent recovery after using the pills, praising their effectiveness and health improvement. Sold by dealers at 50 cents. Vorter Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole United States agents.
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