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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
6
A Baltimore American piece recalls a beloved figure known for greeting all with Good mornin and a cheerful twinkle. The obituary-like tribute notes how his morning phrase clung to others and kept them cheerful even as he died, with angels said to emphasize the goodwill.
A veteran politician recalls a Michigan political clash as a romance and factional war reshaped a community. He notes decline in political vigor and reflects on how past campaigns altered careers and local divisions.
A rural contest for a federal post blends courtship and power as Tom Harter and rival suitors chase a minor office. A gate scene sparks a daring midnight trip to secure a post, aided by Senator Chandler and the Postmaster General, ending with a marriage proposal and a political pledge.
A French bride receives a silver globe bowl as a wedding gift from a relative geographer. The upper hemisphere forms the cover and the exterior bears an elaborately engraved map. A line of lapis lazuli marks the couple’s route with enamel names of visited towns.
A brief comic exchange recounts how a man’s affectionate letter led to trouble and explains how one match of sentiment sparked a marriage, illustrating a lighthearted misadventure in social life.
An older widow faces hardship finding work as traditional female roles vanish. The piece cites cases where women failed to qualify for nursing or housework, then argues women must seize opportunity and asserts male support for suffrage as progress, quoting Carrie Chapman Catt on liberty and justice.
The piece offers home remedies for tender and swollen feet including cold water dips and olive oil for blisters, then moves to a sewing and fashion vignette featuring a home-made negligee gown with flowered muslin and silk, plus styling tips for white silk waists and steel ornaments in powdered starch.
In South Germany a classroom experiment tested attention to appearance versus features among girls and boys. The health notes advise salt footbaths, orange peel in bathwater, washing veils, alcohol for muscle stiffness, caution with acids in medicine, calcium magnesia paste for vitriol burns, and guidance on candy consumption for young girls. It also covers wrinkle prevention, a hair wash recipe, bran water for complexion, and hand care with glycerine and lemon pulp.
A sermon collection urges service before sainthood and warns against vanity in faith. It emphasizes living the gospel through action, enduring adversity, and the need for true Christian effort over outward display.
A Washington Post reprint recounts an aged Maryland woman's will after the Civil War. She divided property among her three daughters and left each a servant, Aunt Minnie Aunt Jennie and Aunt Sallie, to be cared for by the daughters until the servants died, illustrating lingering ties between enslaved people and their former owners.
A postal expert outlines a hypothetical global circuit for a one ounce letter from St. Thomas to New York and across the Pacific back to Manila, with a total potential distance of about 29 431 miles for 2 cents under an expanded U S postal system after the Danish West Indies become American.
A rural New England woman visits an art museum and hears that vases were excavated from Herculanum. She questions the claim, insisting she cannot believe pottery was dug up ready made, sparking disbelief among onlookers.
A traveling drummer asks a station agent if he smokes and if he carries an extra cigar hidden on his person. The agent replies "Yes, occasionally," and the drummer comments that this is good before asking about concealed cigars.
A collection of anecdotes describes a 100 plus year old peacock at Lady Warwick's estate, a fifty year friendship with peacocks, a lawn rolling incident with a hawk and starling, a tiger hunt in India with a fatal shot, and a quip about gendered scars.
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