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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1906
Page
8
A London Tribune correspondent in San Sebastian praises Spaniards for courteous behavior and cheerful demeanor. He contrasts French politeness with Spaniards who offer polite help, walk directions, and respectful treatment of women and elders, noting refined manners among Spain’s upper classes.
A London Tele- gram item describes a charity stall where a scented gray kid glove on satin invites buyers of sixpenny tickets to kiss its owner at 7:30 PM. Pork butcher Old Om Porson, weighing twenty stone, steps forward but no one volunteers to kiss him, creating a humorous scene.
A Pennsylvania farm woman laments water scarcity as she hauled water from a deep well for fifteen years. Baths were rare in winter and limited in summer, with hourly preparations for a needed wash. The piece notes a bucket’s load and the heavy lifting of water, contrasting with poetic phrases about iron bound and moss covered buckets.
Johnson dismisses actors as dancing dogs while Boswell prods him to distinguish talent. He elevates ballad singers over leading players and argues some people perform better than others.
The article notes that most trading steamers paint their main mast black to study economy and appearance. It argues that painted masts would become sullied by smoke from funnels carried aft by the vessel’s exhaust and would look dirty if another color were used.
A London Bible Society gathering heard a minister state that St Peter refused entry to a marquis as peer or officer, but granted passage once he learned the man was a Bible Society resident. The Marquis of Anglesey served as president of the society.
An old Scotch drillmaster coaches thrusting to compel parry learning. A domestic bargaining scene follows with wife and husband debating hat prices and credit terms. A stray line from Filegende Blatter notes a chameleon turns blind when anger fails to change color.
A summary of strange marine life including the heteropod and salpn that emit light, their transparent bodies and clinging to seaweed, with notes on Californian waters and the Santa Catalina channel. It also mentions their appeal to whales and variations in light colors.
The visitor asks if the portrait is the old master, but the servant replies it is the auld missus. The exchange appears in the London Magazine as a wry domestic moment.
An Irishman defines the human head in a humorous list of uses and meanings from a hat peg to a target for helmeted mockery, highlighting the many roles the head plays in daily life and perception.
A nature student extols snails in wedlock as tranquil and affectionate. He notes their eyes at horn tips and how they draw close heads for a tender look, with a snail husband bringing green offerings and couples hiding when a third snail approaches.
A fragment describes Roman epicures paying lavish prices for rare dishes. It notes peacocks dusted with diamonds, parrots tongues that could speak, and the prized pheneceptrix likely a ptarmigan from Scotland and Norway. It mentions ostriches, bizards, and peacocks, with tongues and brains prepared as hors d oeuvres.
A London Tribune quip captures a bachelor reflecting on life’s joys after the jeweler returns an engagement ring and grants collar studs instead. The exchange underscores irony in romantic milestones and social expectations.
The lid bears the cigar name while the front lists shape and size such as conchas and reina. Back shows quality like su perfina fin a buena, end color on the right side with terms desde claro to negra describing shade.
The Herald has wide circulation in Aberdeen and Chehalis County. More than half the families reading papers in Aberdeen read the Herald and advertising pays because all readers see every item from news to ads.
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