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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
2
The speaker recalls moth damage on last winter's overcoat and the ritual of cleaning scraps and mothballs. They measure thrift against pride, noting envy for those with no wardrobe worry. The verse blends humor with humble reflection on aging garments and status.
Noemi Verdier, a Valenciennes lacemaker, cares for her brother Louis until war separates them. Louis rises to sergeant, then falls into battle. A convoy reveals Louis alive, wounded as Lieutenant Verdier, and Noemi rushes to him, finally embracing at his bedside as doctors warn against emotional strain.
The piece compares the signatures of Lieut. William McKinley Jr. and William McKinley, President, noting similarities while highlighting changes with age and career. It blends this note with a short fiction excerpt about Noemi and Louis during wartime, concluding with medical liniment recipes from the New York Tribune.
A retrospective of 1900 highlights global conflicts, disasters, and political shocks. It notes the Pekin legation siege, Philippine and Transvaal wars, Italian monarchy’s assassination, Goebel’s Kentucky shooting, race riots, Hoboken and Galveston disasters, and major scientific milestones. It lists January events including battles, fires, abbots, and political shifts, with numerous deaths and inaugurations.
The Brauer brothers of St Louis have patented a new ankle brace that uses leather plates and a strap system to hold the ankle in place. It aims to prevent turning and keeps the sole from tilting, benefiting skating as well as football baseball and golf players.
Home made camphorated oil liniment is valued for throat and chest application as a stimulant and for chronic rheumatism. It can be bought from a druggist or made by dissolving camphor in olive oil, with warming of the chest for severe colds providing relief.
A report shows over 17 percent of waiters and 21 percent of waitresses in Germany earned no wages, relying entirely on tips. Many voters skipped the election, citing smoking during the polls.
A Baltimore American reader notes a humorous bet on the election about a bonnet. The speaker recalls making the wager with his wife and says he had to pay the bet despite not remembering the other party.
A old party gown from Bishop Millspaugh's wife was donated to a Topeka rummage sale where a clerk discovered a valuable pearl ornament lost ten years ago inside the dress. The find ties to a judge's remark about life and a light exchange about a policeman.
Mrs Helen Grenfell fusion candidate for Colorado superintendent of schools ran far ahead in election results winning renomination after a term of two years. Educators including the state university president signed a petition asking her to accept a renomination highlighting her valued service to Colorado education.
Juvenile smoking appears tolerated in Australia with discussions already under way about attaching smoking rooms to schools. The idea, while unexpected, reflects local attitudes toward youth smoking and institutional roles in regulation.
Puck parodies a dialogue about race in Mexico with quotes from Jack Bachelor and Ned Newlywed. The mock discussion treats marriage as a series of steps and a humorous obstacle course.
A visitor at the Paris exposition suffered the loss of vision in one eye after a calcium flash from a photographer's device exploded in brightness. The incident highlights risks from powerful studio flashes at public showcases.
The Parisian fad of stamping a loved one’s likeness on the skin spreads to Thies country and New York stage circles. Russian chemist Dinkerescu’s method uses a light sensitive coating and a flexible film to imprint a photo on the arm or shoulder in ten minutes, then a triple chemical bath makes the image permanent.
Knowledge of an impending fifty year end would mainly affect society and morals before business. The young would grow resigned to universal death, while capital would stay invested but enterprise would slacken as the last year neared. Education and family work would falter, and industry crumble amid religious frenzy and apathy.
A naval officer seeks a beef shipboard and the boatswain tests a bullock by inspecting its shanks. The officer objects that shanks don’t reveal quality, but the boatswain quips that they are the only parts ever obtained. The try ends with a moral about honesty.
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