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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1903
Page
6
A playful scene unfolds as Polly the Witch Ponté and a companion hang holly and mistletoe. The wind sighs, shadows weave, and Polly’s gleam hints at frolic and flirtation. The verse brims with merry mischief and jolly wit.
Mrs. Shaw and her husband plan a frugal Christmas after selling the melodeon for $15. Hidden inside the instrument are papers that prove the sister Lucy is alive, heir to Mme Bronson, and returns to their home with a generous reunion.
A reflective call to uphold the Christmas spirit by acts of kindness. It urges readers to share happiness with others, even small gestures can brighten someone’s day, and to keep the Christmas tradition alive by fanning the inner fire God placed in everyone.
The Osage Nation and U. S. Senate history frame a tale of Quay and West. Quay a Republican from the North and Union veteran faced a contested seat while West, a Southern Democrat and Confederate veteran, voted No to recognize Quay’s credentials. Years later Quay’s triumph was marked by a West reunion dinner, confirming a long friendship. The second feature notes Oklahoma’s Osage welfare, where under government trust, infants receive quarterly payments, the latest twin’s heirs earning $28000 before age eighteen.
A student of railroad accidents proposes an automatic brake system using a rail fastened shoe. When placed near a stop point it activates levers on each truck as the train passes, ensuring the entire train is halted and cannot move beyond the target. This aims to replace flagmen lanterns and torpedoes with a self acting safety device.
River Jordan water exported for baptism. horses, sheep, and tobacco trials in Ireland. Europe’s population growth, Turkey’s carpets from Britain, Berlin servant shortage, Kansas wheat shipping to Liverpool. A fast penman writes 30 wpm. watch wheels and yearly beats. Norway’s wooden churches endure tar protection. Bremen hotel wine cellar facts—$2,000,000 per bottle, $270,000 per glass. Mexico cargador strength. India mica deposits and muscovite crystals ten feet wide.
The Shaw family faces financial strain from debt and a lost investment as Christmas approaches. A hopeful turn comes with a Beebe house visit by a pretty young lady, signaling a positive change and a renewed Christmas spirit despite past hardships.
The Christmas mince pie began as a blend of select spices and oriental edibles. It symbolized the gifts of the three wise men frankincense myrrh and spices brought to the infant Christ in the manger.
The speaker recalls kissing under mistletoe and mentions a father’s potential disapproval. A quirky misread of “mistletoe” as “mizzle-toe” adds a humorous twist. The fragment centers on romance and social awkwardness during a holiday moment.
The world’s youngest bank president is Carl R. Schultz of Equitable National Bank of New York at age 27, a Yale graduate six years prior. He credits discretion and coolness, and recalls a Scotch orchard anecdote illustrating restraint without naming himself.
Seventy parasites are listed as human hosts with fourteen flukes eighteen tapeworms and thirty eight round worms. Of these thirty five have been found in the United States.
In Paris female wigmakers have organized a federation to defend their trade. The craftspeople endure long hours eleven per day and suffer eye strain from their dye and combing work.
A visiting lady praised prisoners at the jail for politeness. The warden doubted fine manners after recalls a smooth inmate who escaped with a note asking pardon for the liberty taken. A tramp’s blunt response to a question about the tramp trade adds dry humor to the exchange.
The instructions describe using two lemons for lemon pie filling. Boil rind in water, mix with sugar milk cornstarch butter and egg yolks then bake in paste. Beat egg whites with sugar and cover the pies, browning slightly to finish.
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