Aberdeen sifts through town notes and travel
Local brief highlights include Miss Marie Gleason of Montesano visiting Aberdeen, couples wedding trips to British Columbia, and residents traveling to Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. New businesses open, including a taxi chemist shop, while ongoing river bridge work and power changes affect city operations and the Herald’s publication schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans’ Drug Co
Marie Gleason
Montesano
B. F. Burgess
West Sixth Street
E. J. Paynter
Northern Pacific
Philadelphia
Fred Zentner
Clellum
Aberdeen
L. L. Ostrander
Perry
Iowa
Washington
Watson Eastman
Portland
George McDougall
British Columbia
Kimba
Hatch
Veneta
West Wishkah Street
Seattle
P. O’connor
West Third Street
Helen Quinen
Terrace Avenue
Frank Becker
F. C. Wilcox
A. S. Kinnison
Philo Gray
California
Tacoma
Beckenhauers and Moyers
Nebraska
Evans Drug Co
J. G. Sorenson
West Heron Street
Frank Dalton
Angus McQuaigh
West Market Street
Vancouver
B. C
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Grand
E. C. Club
E. W. Hunter
Alexander Reid
Grays Harbor
Rockies
Carl Beckenhauer
Lions
Pennsylvania
Smith
G. F. Simons
Francis McLean
Aberdeen General Hospital
R. S. C. Club
J. M. Birmingham
West Fifth Street
W. H. Totten
Arthur
B. P. Moore
North Alder Street
Lew Clark
Gerald Ostrander
Montevideo
Minn
FE. Arthur
C. F. Staggar
Carl S. Weatherwax
J. S. Coxey
McClean
Webb
Canada
J. R. Evans
Williams
Hoquiam
Pittenger
Heron Street
Curious Swiss wedding rite and Amsterdam slippers tale
A Swiss cantonal custom has the groom visiting his bride with many attendants, facing locked doors and a search through rooms before the bride appears. An Amsterdam funeral monument features slippers carved on a tomb after a rich bon vivant predicted his life and fortune would end with his years. A British Medical Journal correspondent reports tea drinking causes a distressing, rapid sequence of symptoms and faintness with no relief found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ticino
Switzerland
Amsterdam
Effen Nyt
British Medical Journal
Peanut Sprouts as Beauties in Indoor Pots
A florist notes that a peanut plant grown indoors in a warm room or by a stove in a loose loam pot is a striking beauty. The single plant germinates from a planted peanut kernel, grows with branches over the pot, and its leaves fold like a book when night or rain approaches, with tiny yellow flowers.
Farinelli Sings to Restore King in Madrid Contract
The opera star Farinelli took a Spain contract with King Philip V fixed at a $10,000 salary. He remained in Madrid ten years, singing the same four songs to the royal couple each night to lift the monarch's spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farinelli
Spain
Philip V
Madrid
A 1700 Register Notes Toa d Cure For Smallpox
An antiquated Leytonstone England register from 1700 describes a primitive smallpox remedy. It calls for burning thirty to forty live toads to ash in a new pot and grinding the result into a fine black powder. The dosage listed is three ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leytonstone
England
Leaf sugar sparks domestic exchange in cafe banter
He complains his coffee is not sweet enough and she retorts you will have to lump it as she passes him leaf sugar with a smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Hawkes
Aberdeen
C. D. Haines
C. Albert Erickson
C. C. Somerville
Cosmopolis
Sadie Nelson
Not Many Secrets in Engagement Ring Payment
A fragment notes a private remark about a husband’s unknown ring cost. The exchange contrasts secrecy with a light jab about parliamentary style dismissals and appropriations in a humorous, strictly business tone.
The Smitten Man and The Virtue of Moderation
Fragmentary quip notes two sentiments about love and life. A playful line asks affection before declaring a sought after good time. A separate thought cites Aristotle on justice and moderation guided by wisdom.
The Way of a Woman and When the Shoe Pinches
A dialogue from the Detroit Free Press and a New York Sun item describe social snubs over clothing and a shoe fitting remedy. The piece contrasts feelings of pride with practical fixes for discomfort, noting a woman’s stance on being spoke to while dressed down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafael
Rehearsal Retort Boosts Small Role Salary
At a long dress rehearsal at His Majesty's theatre Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree quips as a veteran actor, exhausted after nights, is pressed to deliver lines. The weary actor retorts he never saves anything under Tree's management, prompting the director to raise his pay for the minor part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty's Theater
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Mr. Z
Sir Herbert
Landon M. A. P
Death of William II and a Queenly Question
The account recalls William II slain in the New Forest by an arrow possibly accidental or foul play. His body, stripped and found by a charcoal burner, was carted to Winchester and buried in the cathedral. A tower collapse and later looting by Puritans follow the grave’s long, storied fate. A separate vignette presents a witty exchange about marriage and curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rufus
New Forest
Winchester
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Chehalis County Bank
P. H. Pike
Broadway
Aberdeen, Wash
Amacy
Kansas City Journal
Knicker
Becker
New York Times
Barkleys
Cate
A. W. Barkley
Detroit Free Press
New York
Eer
Chickering
America
Sohmer
Hazelton
Kimball
Decker
Lester
Story & Clark
Marshall & Wendell
Hallett & Davis
Smith & Barnes
Eilers
Filers Music House
Aberdeen Store
Heron
S.J. Stieglitz
L. L. Maley Telephone
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