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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
4
In Lost In the Arctic Captain Einar Mikkelsen recounts a brutal trek with Iversen as their sledge dogs die and food runs out. They chase a distant Naesset cache, endure freezing cold and mocked hope, finally finding fuel and soup tins at 17 Kilometer Naesset.
The notice states there are no substitutes for Royal Baking Powder, urging buyers to return substitutes sent for Royal. It emphasizes Royal as a pure cream of tartar baking powder and warns substitutes using alum are offered.
A court story recounts Rolland Molland, an eminent electrician, claiming a $25 000 bill after offering a $10 000 charge. Joseph Choate questions his grounds as Rolland insists his claim. He defends his boast by saying he is the greatest electrician in the world under oath.
Brian, new to society, is sent by his lord to ask if the lady is at home. She replies she is not today. The exchange shows the pair of masters acting oddly as Brian retreats from the drawing room.
The blind Rev Henry N Couden, longtime House chaplain at Washington, sought Cannon’s support to move to the Senate. The speaker burst out that the House is a tower garden and the Senate a graveyard. Couden calmly noted one stays longer in a graveyard than a flower garden.
A suburban resident describes ongoing parental disputes that are frequent and loud enough for neighbors to hear, illustrating domestic tension shaping community life and daily routine.
A north country vicar married an elderly couple in the morning then visited the cemetery at 3 in the afternoon where the couple sat on a bench. The husband explained their union and hinted at shared pleasures as they planned to enjoy the day and look toward the fall.
A Saturday Evening Post description outlines a pioneering surgical method to restore swallowing by creating a tube esophagus from a stomach flap. The chest tube connects to the skin for feeding, with a potential second operation to link the new tube to the mouth side of the esophagus.
A play in its intensity bewilders the audience as the go-out-between-the-acts youth sighs its power while the lady in the next seat expresses a laments the lack of a stronger resolve.
Special precautions surround Sir Thomas Lipton's new Shamrock yacht built to challenge for the America's Cup in Wid. A glass-roofed shed guards every detail and entry is restricted under lock and key, as the basid er of the yacht notes no one reveals their band to adversaries.
The French government forbids celluloid moving pictures and orders only non inflammable films. Edison notes there is no known outlet material for producing safe film, leaving the industry in uncertain air about replacements.
A Brazil politico incident recounts English sailors raising a Union Jack on a Rio de Janeiro mountain. Brazilian authorities tried to shoot it down but failed, leaving the flag to rot at the summit. The passage shifts to remarks on opera singers and their odd culinary foibles and scents.
Clara Louise Kellogg recalls performing Violetta in Traviata and dressing in rose pink and primrose. She shares a quarrel with a dirty hands tenor, offering him soap to wash between shows to avoid ruining light gowns. The anecdote ends noting tenor eccentricities.
London’s last farmhouse near Charing Cross is to be torn down, erasing a historic landmark. Built around 1770 with earlier ties to Capper and the Dukes of Bedford, the property traded hands to the Capper sisters in the 1700s. The house, once marked by cattle clauses and farm life, has since hidden behind shops as tradesmen moved into the area.
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript features a husband and wife by a piano. She likens her difficulty to conquering the air as she tests a new piece, while he remarks on the aviator comparison.
A pithy exchange from a Cincinnati Enquirer item quotes a book and a wise guy. The dialogue ponders whether inquisitiveness defines a questionable character and prompts reflection on character and inquiry.
First street near Broadway lists Sunday school at 10 oclock and church service at 11. Wednesday evening service at 8. Reading room at 3381 Finch building. Open daily 1:30 to 5, except Sundays. Subscribers who miss Herald delivery by 6 pm on Tuesday and Friday should call City Messenger Co. at phone 72 for immediate copy.
Over the site of Memphis once a world city, now buried by Nile mud, stately palms stand yielding a luscious fruit. Peasant Egyptians work the land as the palms provide much of the peasants' food for a large portion of the year.
A Washington Star quip quotes Senator Sorghum after remarks provoke friends and foes. The consoling friend notes he carried his point, while Sorghum likens the personal cost to sitting on a tack. The exchange highlights political bravado and public friction in a pointed, humorous line.
Partial elderly lady seeks a companion who has traveled or can tell good ghost stories as a preferred skill. Advertisement placed in the London Times.
The fragment quotes Cicero noting those who take the sun from the world by withdrawing friendship from life, implying a critique of cold disengagement and isolation.
A cross examining lawyer questions a young prisoner about her role in prison life asking if she was a criminal suffragette or reform investigator. The Buffalo Express quotes the exchange underscoring the trial atmosphere and the risk of bias in courtroom procedure.
A fragmentary exchange shows a man promising five million to obtain a duke while a judge notes overcapitalization. The dialogue hints at a contested transaction and fiscal questions raised in court. The setup contrasts eagerness to buy a title with cautions about value and legitimacy.
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