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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1912
Page
6
Robert Shackleton recalls a brutal battle seen in Harper's Weekly. Helmets and spikes loom as firing surges from all directions. Smoke envelops the ground as cavalry charges shake the earth and comrades fall.
A legend from Bulgaria tells of nine master masons building a citadel who swear to immure the first arriving woman with their breakfast if their work collapses anew. Manol’s wife Flora of the Fields is murdered and her blood mixed into the wall as a curse. Bulgarian masonry also uses a reed shadow ritual to seal foundations.
A story from the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society narrates a farmer who joins a gypsy in sowing money with promises of rubles. Small sums reaped returns, then a large sum yielded nothing. The gypsy cites an early frost as the reason for the failure.
Mrs. J. L. Story shares a tale of a dying relative who feared damp bed clothes. In her room the fireplace held a cache of linen as the winding sheet was warmed. The old woman whispered that she would not sleep in damp sheets after death.
The summer maneuvers of 1912 will feature a big war game with New York City as the prize. Attacking forces come from the Tenth Cavalry Fifth Infantry and Second Battalion of the Third Field Artillery, plus New England militia. Defenders include the First Squadron Fifteenth Cavalry Third Battalion Twenty-ninth Infantry and New York New Jersey militia. Major General F D Grant in New York will organize both sides there is about a division per side.
A bedtime Polar Bear story follows Chubb the cub who defies safe coasting on an ice hill. He crashes into a sea cake of ice, is rescued by shipmen and sent to a park menagerie where he lives happily. The tale closes with the family's cozy ice cave and a parent’s caution.
An analysis contrasts the effect of silent restraint in a painting of Iphigenia with the political theatre at a Virginia convention. John Randolph’s facial reactions to Alexander Campbell’s speech shift the momentum, as Campbell falters and yields without a single spoken word.
The Identification Album of the National Bureau of Criminal Identification lists top criminals with two photographs and full details on each page. It is compiled from police reports across 100 cities, including 75,000 ID cards with gender and race breakdowns.
The article notes that despite a bee’s bustling labor the maximum honey yield for a single bee in a year is about a tablespoon. It highlights the inefficiency of tiny pollinators and contrasts their effort with larger agricultural outputs.
A garbled OCR fragment records a dinner remark attributed to Senator Fryer about his dog and a quip directed at another guest. The passage appears incomplete and lacks clear attribution or context.
A Modern Girl quotes a suitor in a witty exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal. The woman asks why he paused on marriage and he touts frugal living while predicting money flying after wedlock.
Sea post offices aboard liners sort and sack foreign mail before port arrival. About 800 to 900 sacks are opened per trip, handling 500 000 ordinary letters and 4 000 registered letters plus 250 000 parcels. Two New York mail boats assist, with 128 US and international divisions, costing under $3 million yearly.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip frames a man’s marriage proposal as a joke on finances. He tells a friend he asked the girl to marry him and she said yes. When asked about happiness without money she replies she prefers buying on credit.
A marble profile on the Palazzo Vecchio facade in Florence is attributed to Michelangelo. The tale says he and a friend bet on drawing a head with their backs to the wall, Michelangelo winning with a flawless profile drawn with a nail. Both drawings are preserved.
The Boston Journal notes an odd detail on Thomas Ball's statue of Governor Andrew at the statehouse in Boston Public Garden finding the torso lacks a tongue. The piece cites the sculptor's site and the statue's famed equestrian pose as a notable marvel.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs. Benham and Benham joking about family ties and a fruit dealer. The punchline suggests a man who can unload six lemons is a good husband, reflecting playful newspaper banter from the era.
A farmer tells a horse dealer he bears him no malice and wishes him safe when pursued by wolves, a quip noted by London Tit-Bits as a sharp, wry remark reflecting comic misunderstanding.
Quoted dialogue notes a person saying they have been rejected as a juror six times in succession. The Chicago Tribune source frames the remark as a candid look at juror selection experiences and potential biases in the system.
Quote attributed to Mencius on maintaining childhood innocence and a compassionate mindset.
A vintage ad promoting Red Cross Ball Blue. It describes using a large bottle and small amount of blue with water to whiten clothes. Claims the blue is pure and effective and urges buying from grocers, with price noted as six cents for a large package.
Major General William TH Carter told the committee that the United States must enlarge the army to defend insular possessions in the Pacific. He warned 18 million people in the far east are under 14,000 soldiers and that many Japanese troops remain in the Philippines, posing a risk to American authority. He cited difficulties filling the Fifteenth Infantry to war strength amid limited regiments for service.
A Virginia woman sent a marriage proposal letter in 1906 to Cecil Morris in Rivesville. The postmark shows it arrived two days after mailing, six years late, by which time both had remarried. Morris married another man believing the rejection. the woman also wed another, thinking his answer had not arrived.
A playful exchange shows Mamma asking what the quarrel is about and Little Dick replying nothing. Dot left a box of candy and returned to find it empty, sparking the brief dispute.
Shortleigh describes Uncle Frank as a Klondike of wealth yet emotionally distant. The tale contrasts fortune with warmth, hinting at a complex family dynamic in a feature from Smart Set Magazine.
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