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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
4
An old-time banking notice touts capital at $800000.08 and foreign and domestic exchange services. It states the bank transacts general banking business, sells and buys exchange, pays taxes for non real estate, and remains ready to discount good paper.
Telegram style notice reports an office systems installation at 618 East Wishkah with contact numbers including telephone 288 and a listed office phone 136 and residence 346 for inquiries.
Victor Erickson manages Day and Night Service on E Wishkah Street offering crab cocktails fresh daily. Vater and Fisher advertising services list Aberdeen Printing Co for modern printing at moderate prices.
Sevan Book details Charley Van Loan in Los Angeles who pretends to tip himself after a cafeteria breakfast scheme. He eats a few items, pays thirty cents, and pockets a quarter, claiming he tipped himself. The anecdote contrasts social expectation with a sly gotcha.
Poem excerpt urges daily dedication in any setting to claim work as blessing not doom. Emphasizes self as the one best suited to perform tasks rightly with steadfast focus.
On Long Island a widow cashing bills for men in distress draws gossip at Asbury Park. Citizens speculate about her rank, then reveal she is a discountess. The tale ties to New York writers Richard Harding Davis and Gouverneur Morris as the chatter spreads.
A humorous West Point anecdote recalls a congressman-like cadet courting a young lady and inviting a hand full of sowers. The tale evolves through a comic amendment and a ballroom memory lapse featuring Cadet Algernon Leroy Jones and Elizabeth Randolph.
The piece advises salt meat is ill suited for nervous systems while fish aids nerves. Well cooked eggs digest better than raw eggs. Good bread sweet butter and lean meat suit the nerves, with milk as a calming regimen. An adult may drink a pint per meal across four meals daily. Water intake should be higher for weakened nerves to aid digestion and provide a tonic effect.
A Dijon chemist Bernard Courtois is credited with discovering iodine. He presented the discovery to the academy about a century ago, a fact noted by the London Telegraph.
A quotation noting that admiration goes to those who excel at doing well what many others do well rather than attempting the unprecedented. It emphasizes excellence in common endeavors.
A traveler describes unusual cradle customs from different cultures. He notes the Lapland cradle shaped like a mother’s shoe or snowshoe, the Indian cradle in a head-hung basket with a nose ring and veil, and the New Guinea method of burying infants in sand up to the waist to keep them safe from mischief.
Official publication of the January 18 1914 financial condition for Chehalis County Bank Aberdeen Washington. Summary shows assets total 247044.44 and liabilities including 25000.00 capital stock and 222044.44 deposits. G W Ripley cashier and notary N P Bryan attest to truthfulness.
The State of Washington issues a summons in Chehalis County for Katherina Szczepanski to answer a divorce petition filed by Stephen Szczepanski. The suit seeks an absolute divorce on abandonment grounds and asks for division of real and personal property and custody of a minor child. Wade, attorney for the plaintiff, lists Aberdeen as his office address.
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