Grays Harbor Herald Ad Rates and Water Project Debate
The Aberdeen Washington Herald details subscription rates and delivery notices. It discusses a proposed free water right for Grays Harbor cities and Seattle’s push to secure watershed access, noting potential scope, timing, and regional trade implications while reflecting on American citizenship and national sentiment.
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Seattle
Chehalis County
Herald
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Cosmopolis
McKinley Sees 1914 Republican Gains Fueled by Nerve
The New York World argues William B. McKinley of Illinois tops old guard in predicting that the GOP victory stemmed from courage to challenge the president and tariff. It warns against a Mark Hanna style faction, noting future minority Republicans should favor decency over obstruction.
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McKinley
Republcan
Limong
Mark Hanna
Congress
United States
Buchanan
New York World
End of Year Outlook From The Times
The piece notes cost of living easing from August peaks and better business due to the postwar shift. It cites a stable outlook, reduced political rancor after November elections, and renewed confidence in trade and civil society amid unsettled debate.
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Vnlien
Carranza Aims for Bright Future in Neutral Role
The speaker views Gen. Carranza as a man with a glowing future and potential to mediate the Mexican crisis. He suggests Europe could welcome a neutral power to separate warring sides, noting Carranza’s bold stance on Mexico brings him closer to Boise Penrose.
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Gen. Carranza
Europe's galleries might have been saved by moving pictures
A historical note suggests that had European art galleries been converted into film showings before hostilities began, their preservation might have been possible. The remark frames silent era cinema as a protective cultural strategy amid conflict.
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Europe
Marriage Plans Emphasize Early Ceremonies
The notice asserts no war tax on marriage licenses or certificates and encourages couples to marry early.
No Fort Is Impregnable In This War
The remark notes that even well defended forts fail if the enemy remains beyond range, preventing the fort from delivering effective fire and protecting its garrison. It emphasizes range as the key factor in fortitude of fortifications.
Early swap push by duplicate present shops prompts buyers
Readers note a trend where duplicate present shops push for early swapping as the next impulse for shoppers. The item suggests a rush approach and marketing pressure aimed at current customers.
Man and the Ground Reflections on Dirt and Ground Ownership
Charles Dudley Warner muses that the love of dirt is a deep human instinct. He argues that owning land and tending it gives lasting satisfaction, surpassing travel or wealth.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Knitting's Early Origins and Invention Timeline
The text traces knitting to Scotland in the fifteenth century with a stocking guild under St. Sacre as patron. It notes early machine aid appearing by 1589 when William Lee devised the knitting frame.
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St. Sacre
William Lee
New Girl Wins Candy Request By Raising Hand
A school scene shows a teacher telling children to raise a hand for requests. The new girl follows, and when asked what she wants, she politely asks for candy with a simple request.
A Modern Myth about a Teacher Johnny
Johnny fears a mythical creature, and the exchange centers on a goat that symbolically haunts the narrator. The brief reads as a playful dialogue about superstition and fear in a school setting.
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Johnny
Goethe Quotation About Perseverance Amid Adversity
In a brief excerpt, Goethe underscores resilience during hardship. The line expresses hope that persistence can endure misfortune and sustain effort despite obstacles.
Not Accommodating in Exchange Over a Stamp Request
A Kansas City Journal snippet recalls a quarrel over a two cent stamp. A girl describes the other party as unaccommodating after she says she phoned to have a stamp sent around and he refused.
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Adu
Yiu
Kansas City Journal
Lucky Mermaid and Her Hidden Flaws Mentioned
In Galveston News a note on the mermaid character suggests she has feminine weaknesses but avoids wearing tight shoes, adding a playful local observation about maritime folklore.
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Galveston News
Pick Your Company and Its Consequences
A clipped aphorism warns to choose associates with care. It contrasts joy with profit and suggests that pleasing superiors may harm growth, while caution in company reflects broader moral guidance from classical quotation.
Christmas Eve in the Abbey Town and the Grubb Legend
Gabriel Grubb the gravedigger confronts a goblin in a churchyard on Christmas Eve, while a girl named Flip finds a silver sixpence and, after a shopkeeper exposes it as counterfeit, a kind country man exchanges it for a real half sovereign turning a grim moment into a joyful Christmas tale.
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Gabriel Grubb
Gabriel
Amilton’s
Min
Flip
East End
Lassie
Thoughts on Youth Echoes Across Ages
A compact meditation on youth and aging cites Carlyle Chateau Briand Cicero Froude Hazlitt and others. It muses how youth blends hope with attainments and how age can retain youth in mind. It contrasts dawnlike purity with enduring memory.
The House of Threes at Rushton
A London Telegraph description of a remarkable three story triangular house at Rushton Northamptonshire. The building features three sides three windows per side with trefoil panes and twelve pane windows in other positions. Three gables per side and a three sided chimney surmounted by a triangular pyramid. Three Latin inscriptions and angels on the door surround. Each floor has three three sided rooms and outer walls measure thirty three feet four inches.
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United Kingdom
Rushton
Northamptonshire
London Telegraph
Castle Torture Chair in Nuremberg Relics Sold to Shrewsbury Talbot
The Nuremberg castle once housed a torture chair and prison in its two towers. A museum of horrors stood within until sold to the Triarl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, whose holdings include the torture chair. The device bound victims and used wedges and thumb screws causing bleeding and growing pain.
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Nuremburg
Triarl of
Shrewsbury and
Talbot
A Joint Concern about Sheridan and His Wife
A reminiscence recalls Richard Brinsley Sheridan in his early distress drafting fugitive publications with aid from his wife. He quips that had he stuck to the law he might have matched Tom Erskine, yet he lacked time for such studies. A friend replies that it was clearly a joint concern.
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Tom Erskine
Triumph of Womanly Nature Novel Excerpt Cited
A Boston editor received a manuscript fragment describing a heroine reacting to her rival’s marriage. The scene shows initial distress followed by a deliberate flirtation with another man, illustrating the narrator’s claim of a budding novelist’s departure from hackneyed expression.
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Boston
New York Post
Miller Mystery At The Dinner Table
A waiter asks about a friend named Miller and learns the man has paid his bill and left. A shopper notes the implication that the person seen was not Miller, prompting a lighthearted exchange about mistaken identity.
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Miller—Miller
Lacht
Witty In Wit Refines Appeal: Singing Husbands
Comic quip from Mrs Muggins about her husband who appeals to her as a vocalist. Mrs Bug Gins responds the opposite, noting she appeals to him when he starts to sing. Humorous exchange appears in the Philadelphia Record.
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Muggins
Hands Cleanliness Prevents Typhoid Spread
The article warns that clean bands and nails prevent poisonous germs from entering the mouth during meals. It notes nurses tending typhoid cases risk infection from unclean hands and that shared towels can transfer germs, potentially causing eye infections or blindness.
Periscope declares self as naval observer and fate’s herald
A self introduction frames Periscope as a modest, retiring figure who enlarges on his role to reveal enemies, influence outcomes, and command danger within a blue horizon where death hovers. He calls himself the last triumph of mind over matter and asserts his mirror reflects the enemy, stirs strategy, and targets dreadnoughts.
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Periscope
Fire risks rise in Philippine towns from thatch homes
Dry season fires threaten cities and pueblos in the Philippines as nipa palm leaf roofs and bamboo structures burn rapidly. Thatch districts lack reliable alarm systems and fire departments, allowing flames to raze hundreds of houses before control.
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Philippine
Sage and Sulphur Hair Tonic Restores Color and Vitality
Folklore remedy promises to darken gray hair naturally using Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound. A ready to use tonic costs about fifty cents a bottle and claims to remove dandruff stop itching and prevent hair loss while making hair glossy and thick with repeated applications.
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Wyeth
Publisher's Notice on Missed Home Delivery
Subscribers served by city carrier failing to receive the Herald on Tuesday and Friday by 6 pm should call City Messenger Co. at 72 to arrange delivery. The publisher requests prompt reports to fix missed issues.
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Herald
City Messenger Co
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