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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1904
Page
6
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press describes a seven year old girl writing a make believe Valentine to herself. She imagines a message praising good behavior and neatness while noting Aunt Susie mentioned Valentine Day. The piece ends with the line Detroit Free Pressa.
A collage of lyrical reminiscence and a short story excerpt traces longing for bygone songs and a father son dilemma. It follows Jack Munroe and his father as fortunes shift, a missive to Miss Brown, and a dramatic reveal of a new mother figure amid a Boston move.
A young boy named Jack causes mischief in school by releasing adders during a superintendent's visit. Miss Brown, the new teacher, is involved with the family after school hours, while Mr. Munroe and his daughter discuss Jack's welfare in private. Jack misreads trust as he blames Miss Brown for guidance.
The piece notes geishas are indispensable social substitutes in noble Japanese households and tea houses. It argues refined men tire of geisha's falsetto and dance yet recognize her value in entertaining a guest with superior tact and conversation.
A New York Herald feature cites college expenses and wealth among Yale and Harvard graduates. It notes Yale’s 1909 class included many millionaires while Harvard sent fewer wealthy students, and Yale reports over 380000 dollars yearly aid via the Yale Bureau of Self Help. Per year costs ranged from 350 to 800 dollars with many students working through.
In Washington on Lincoln's Birthday a crippled veteran, his two sick children Madge and Bennie, run a small sandwich basket near Pennsylvania Avenue. Madge serves clerks and messengers, receives kindness from Congressman Chambers, and narrowly avoids danger before a near sighting of Lincoln. Bennie ill, Madge faces the day with courage amid war news and bustling crowds.
A Brooklyn Engle account recalls President Lincoln lifting a hurt girl named Madge on Pennsylvania Avenue and personally arranging care. He comforted her, promised to check on her, and later spoke warmly of the child, never wishing harm upon any. The piece ends noting his assassination the following night and the nation’s grief.
Curtis recounts a Lincoln anecdote in which the president invited a famous medium to show alleged supernatural powers at the White House with several cabinet members present. The tale opens with the medium’s display and the ensuing minutes.
The piece notes how political valentines to presidents reveal public views of their traits. Chester A Arthur was mocked as a fop with exaggerated dandy images, Benjamin Harrison’s cards often teased about grandfathers hats, and Grover Cleveland’s era favored jokes about rotund figures.
A McClure's writer recounts Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood self education in Gentryville Indiana. He read the Louisville paper with neighbors at Mr Jones’s store and developed as a debater and backwoods orator. Lincoln memorized poems and speeches and could mimic preachers and deliver stirring political orations to crowds.
An 1860 campaign scene portrays Lincoln listening to a spiritualist medium invoke figures like Henry Knox Napoleon Lafayette and Franklin. The President treats these voices as cabinet debate, while farmers tire of politicians' sermons and a Baptist preacher and lawyer publish Lincoln essays in Ohio papers.
The article notes the yearly flood of valentines sent to the President by citizens across the nation. Most are opened by clerks and discarded, with a few kept as curiosities. few are malicious, though some come from disgruntled office seekers or those recently fired.
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