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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
7
In this game players act as weathercocks in a room with four compass corners. The wind points to a corner and players facing the opposite point. When shouted Variable they sway to a new cardinal. Storm or Tempest makes them whirl three times. Failing to obey costs a small forfeit to be redeemed by a stunt.
A natural history note explains the white fur of the ermine in winter and the brownish stoat form in summer. It notes the fur's value for court robes and describes a traditional method to trap the elusive animal by mud in its path.
A simple kitchen table game for rainy days where children race to sort objects by alphabet. Mother offers a chocolate drop or hug as prizes, clearing the room in five minutes and fostering order before bedtime.
A circle hosts the mouse who can enter or exit while the cat outside tries to catch her. Two cats add excitement by chasing the mouse from both sides, with the mouse aiming to evade the slower cats as they tighten their grip. The mouse should be quick to escape and enter the circle to avoid capture.
A short puzzle note lists letter riddles such as What changes a lad into a lady and What turns a word into a sword, attributed to the Philadelphia Ledger. The items pose wordplay questions with initials L and F and others suggesting playful cryptic transformations.
Small Florence visits the country and, hearing a mule bray, declares with wonder that the horse has the whooping cough. The remark reflects a child’s fresh encounter with rural life and a light moment in a family scene.
A verse about two dolls named Wollies. One doll is naughty and outdoors on rainy days while its wig slips and mischief follows. The other doll is well behaved, indoors at dinner and careful with her wig nose and toes.
General Li Yuan Hung, commander in chief of the rebel forces, speaks of a popular uprising against the Manchus. He rails against tyranny, vows to seize Peking, establish a republican government, and protect foreign interests while pursuing equal opportunity for all in China.
A playful verse about a gum wad on a window sill as a mystery love sign and a pirate owner puzzled by a fictitious Great Jeopardy on a map. The pieces blend light romance with maritime humor and quips from Puck.
A newly arrived lieutenant at a garrison ball refuses an introduction to a well connected young woman. She overhears and vows revenge. Later he learns she is the colonel’s daughter and retracts his earlier refusal. She then declines his request for a dance and quips she is too much a cart for any donkey to draw.
A satirical scene depicts Kirby as fearless and unconcerned with others' opinions. He walks into a chic Broadway haberdasher and asks to be shown shirts with detached cuffs, illustrating his latest bold declaration of independence.
A humorous exchange shows two sections of a traveling crowd and a slightly intoxicated passenger remarking on the conductor and a judge noting the duplicated people. The dialogue highlights playful confusion and self awareness aboard the journey.
A Washington Herald blurb notes a shopper asking if wedding gifts must be exchanged at the original department. The floorwalker replies no and the customer seeks to swap a rose jar for a frying pan.
A heated exchange in Baltimore centers on a tangled dispute between a homeowner and a plumber who accuses the company of laziness in bathroom repairs while reminding the client of an ice-supply contract from last summer. The banter hints at tensions between service quality and business relationships.
A traveler on a railroad to New York asks why glass cases with an ax hammer crowbar and similar items adorn the cars. The facetious answer claims they are placed in a cage for anyone who wants a window open.
A dialogue scene from Fliegende Blatter features a playful exchange about kissing in sleep. He claims he took one kiss while she insists there were seven counted while she slept in the ham mock this morning.
A brief witty exchange from the Boston Transcript about hosting dinner. An old man declines a dinner invitation citing a day’s engagement and mentions a cook change. The banter plays on timing and tomorrow's plans.
A humorous Punch style note mocks a German governess and the famed poet Schiller, with quips about genius and a spectator’s memory of their works. Reginald-Charybdis is referenced in a satirical tone.
The dialogue voices growing confidence in real estate investment as a belief gaining traction among Americans, with cautious agreement that confidence is spreading.
The maker Winslow Fairchild, after years of work and a failed patent race, is betrayed by a thief who steals his model pictures. His wife helps uncover the plot, a police raid finds the culprit with photographs and a camera, and all patents are transferred to Fairchild, making him enormously wealthy.
A Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst statement notes militant suffragists have secured a government pledge for a full hearing of a woman suffrage bill in parliament. They obtained equal footing for women in old age pensions, partial benefits under government insurance, a minimum wage board for women, a woman prison inspector, better provisions for female prisoners, more women factory inspectors, space in the London Standard for the woman’s platform, a campaign fund exceeding half a million dollars, and prompt government attention to the suffrage question.
Yellowstone Park measures fifty four miles from east to west and sixty two miles from north to south as described in a park survey.
J G Becker a wholesale dry goods dealer at 134 Van Buren St Chicago declares after thirty years of catarrh and failed remedies that Peruna cured him permanently and his wife also recovered. He urges readers to ask their druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1912.
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