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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1903
Page
6
A poetic lament from Boston Transcript on ships that disappear at sea. It contrasts wanderers at polar and tropical waters with wraiths of faded pride, describing vessels beaten by tempest and sea without a harbor or name.
Evangeline West arrives at a remote Acadian farm to visit her sick Aunt Maggie. She disrupts a roomful of neighbors and a traveling preacher, reveals her nurse training, moves Aunt Maggie to fresher air, and defies the doctor’s prognosis by tending the fever case herself. The scene blends romance and regional color as Elangeline encounters Peter Grant and a momentary reawakening of old feelings.
A Century magazine piece argues that constant public visibility of elites from presidents to millionaires erodes traditional awe toward royalty and the church. It warns that the familiarity of public life may reshape affection into a more human yet less mysterious relationship with power, demanding reason.
Burroughs likens spring warmth to inspiration and October November Indian summer to expiration. He notes Indian summer often peaks in November, a truce where heat and cold mingle on the field, in a St Nicholas essay excerpt.
Five hundred sixty thousand people in the United States depend on street cars for support. Nearly half of the world’s 17,761 steamships and 12,182 sailing vessels are British. If you would have lasting fame don’t give the world a chance to forget you.
The text surveys several judicial decisions. It cites German Insurance Co. vs. Shader on premium payment waiving prepayment protection, Davis & Co. vs. Morgan on fixed-term employment contracts, Nelson vs. McLellan on dynamite negligence, National Telegraph News Co. vs. Western Union on news equity, Holmes vs. Cathcart Minny on agent duties, and Williams vs. South Penn Oil Co. on surface rights and underground minerals.
The Boston Advertiser urges importance of party calls and bread and butter letters after social visits. It cites a hostess who hosted fifty guests five weeks ago yet only one delivered a party call, noting such courtesies extend to thanking and checking on the guest and the bride's parents.
A girl asks her brother what an octogenarian is after reading that another octogenarian has died. He speculates they are sickly beings who are rarely heard of but always dying. The exchange reflects a child’s blunt, puzzled reaction to aging.
A manager plans a traveling comedy company and lacks a script schedule yet. He mentions a good joke heard today from the Philadelphia Press as potential material for the road act.
A Belgian manufacturer will ship the world’s largest gas engine, rated at 3000 horsepower, to supply motive power for the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair. The statement on practical action underscores doing what is right.
A Boston Journal excerpt recalls a patchwork quilt held son Tom’s memory, with faces of kin and old friends stitching hope into night. It then shifts to Cooking School advising canary care, urging proper diet, cool air, regular baths, clean cages, light, and minimal housekeeping to preserve the birds and home spirit.
Discussion on home life arguing the goal is a welcoming center for family happiness over strict cleanliness. Critics warn against obsessively spotless, waxy neatness that drains home warmth and spurs constant frenzied cleaning.
A discussion on smart capable girls who master tasks from millinery to scrubbing. It notes the risk of being overworked by others but argues for teaching girls practical life skills while preserving self care and the ability to say no when needed.
A Homemaker column advises making fabric slips to cover comforters and mattresses. Cut a calico or sateen slip sized like the item, sew open end, add two inches, slip over the comforter, baste edges, and attach three sides. When soiled, remove, launder, and replace quickly to keep items clean and long lasting.
Miss Gordon-Cumming moves through China Tibet and Fiji tracing adventurous routes. She is cited as the first white woman to enter Tibet and has climbed the Himalayas. Her journeys span Hawaii California Samoa New Zealand and India with brushes with death in the Pamirs and encounters with Samoan rebels.
Twenty years after women gained admission to the Massachusetts bar in 1882, about forty practice actively statewide. They excel in office and probate work and have earned high regard among clients and colleagues, with their growing influence noted despite limited courtroom pleading. Also notes a German cold remedy: yolk in water with butter sugar and whisky, heated and whisked, then sipped every half hour.
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