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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1915
Page
3
A familiar remedy promises natural darkening of hair with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. The advertisement claims it stops dandruff and itching, restores gloss, and makes hair appear fuller after several applications.
The khedive Abbas Hilmi, in Constantinople since the war began, is placed in command of Turkish operations against Egypt. He remains loyal to the sultan and is seen by natives as the lawful Egypt ruler under Turkish suzerainty, with British approval still influential. Mortality in war reportedly declines, but morality stays unchanged.
Chicago marketmaster Kathryn V Kelley leads the municipal market. Massachusetts lawyer Catherine Dolan is the fourth in her family to join the bar. Cincinnati inventor Katherine Nichols patents a double receiving tube telephony device. Mrs Fischer the widow of Professor Fischer is the world’s sole female art director in a museum. Mrs Vanderbilt aids a Senegalese infantryman, is invited to Senegal to become a tribal chieftainess.
Princess Margaret has entered the University of Copenhagen. Dowager Queen Alexandra of England pawns gold and silver to meet obligations. King Ferdinand of Roumania, named prince and heir, is frail with a tuberculosis threat, more inclined to science and study, described as shy and reserved.
The Louisville Post critic Margaret Anderson is described as a poet and art lecturer. Florence Barclay is identified as the wife of an English vicar and a devout church worker. Herbert Putnam, honored with a Doctor of Literature by Brown University, has led the Library of Congress since 1889 and holds fellowships with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, with many publications in reviews and journals.
The article notes 25343 miles of trunk line railroad in France on December 13 1913. It describes a Los Angeles school of electric railway employees using moving pictures to show accident causes and preventive measures. Pittsburgh still ran a horse car on the Sarah Street line to protect the railway company’s right to the tracks. The car often operated with few or no passengers.
The Sydney Bulletin quotes a cadgerUsing a rough exchange about begging a big strong man must endure rough treatment while asking for a trifle. The passage captures streetwise banter on hardship and survival in the urban fray.
Captain Benton C. Decker, commanding the US steamship Tennessee in Turkish waters, is praised for an excellent Naval Academy career begun in Illinois in 1883. He previously led the Chester during the Italy Turkey war, spent time in Tripolitan waters, and was promoted to captain on July 1, 1913.
A collection of quips on money virtue and war, noting a man’s emphasis on wealth, time locks on pocketbooks, the 1915 world war budget, truth telling, a European father guiding sons to medicine or architecture, and the difficulty of distinguishing dignity from a grouch. It also jokes that war news has many sides.
Thomas Grant Springer argues that street car conduct reveals deliberate politeness rather than rudeness. He notes passengers share space by exiting trains efficiently, choosing cross seats to separate companions, and even the act of reading aloud or observing others as social harmony. He contends little habits, from seating to clothing display, elevate travel into art.
The term magnet derives from Magnesia in Asia Minor where the lodestone was first noted. Some claim the name comes from Magnes, a shepherd who felt magnetic power on Mount Ida in Greece as nails in his shoes were drawn by the stone.
A Westminster Gazette item recounts Dr Abernethy proposing to a lady by letter during a busy career. He notes his annual receipts and offers to settle £ on his future wife, praising the daughter as a nurse and gentle family member. The plan ends in a swift, happy union.
An article from the New York Journal calls the ferret a bloodthirsty creature, a polecat relative with albino appearance and pink eyes. It portrays the animal as coldly methodical, untrustworthy, and prone to attacking small animals and even children, driven by a brutal instinct to kill rather than to eat.
John Ruskin, once a candidate for Glasgow University rector, enraged a student deputation by denying interest in Disraeli or Gladstone. He declared he despised all Liberalism and stood with Carlyle for God and the Queen, dismissing political alignments as irrelevant to students.
A reader notes a quirky essay asserting that a woman's character is revealed by the noses of women she encounters. The exchange suggests observers can judge virtue or vice by facial features and expressions in social meetings.
A brief reflection on steady work and the quiet gains it yields. The author cites Sir Joshua Reynolds to illustrate how progress, though slow, accumulates toward meaningful outcomes, much like clock hands moving toward a distant point unseen in the moment.
Count Okuma, Japan’s prime minister, told a government party meeting that national defense requires enlarging both army and navy. The cabinet backs two additional divisions and a stronger fleet, noting diplomacy and finance demand timely action despite Russia and alliance concerns.
The Opposition interrupts to accuse the opponent of inciting perjury during a courtroom exchange. The moment centers on the judge and witness as the debate spirals into contested credibility and legal ethics.
In a domestic exchange, a wife notes her husband’s frequent temper when heated. The husband questions the claim, and she asserts that his exasperation reveals a pattern in his behavior.
A proverb notes that a person who cannot forgive others ends up breaking the bridge they must cross. It underscores that all people need forgiveness.
Cream balm sold at drug stores promises immediate relief from head colds and catarrh. Apply a small amount in the nostrils to soothe swollen mucous membranes and clear nasal passages, reducing headaches and breathing difficulty.
Funeral office and residence contact details appear with phone numbers 136 and B46.
Subscribers who do not receive the Herald on Tuesday and Friday by 6 o’clock p m should call City Messenger Co at phone 73 to have a copy delivered immediately.
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