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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
6
A New Orleans Picayune poem celebrating motherhood. A mother fondly holds her newborn, notes frail innocence and imagined eye color, and sings a familiar tune. She reflects on pain and bliss, calling motherhood a grander sweeter gift from God.
A 19 year old law student Bob feigns a marriage to delay a will dispute in a chancery case. When Lucy accepts the ruse, the judge settles the claim and Bob discovers he is Lucy's half brother, later revealed by their father. The legal ruse results in a real marriage that proves happy.
Al Adams known as New York policy king is described as a felon in Sing Sing with a wealth of about 2,500,000 including real estate and a brewery. He rose from brakeman to policy runner and monopoly, delaying drawings to reduce prizes. His family social ambitions failed as social doors closed. he now makes doormats in prison seeking mercy to end his term.
An elderly country couple at a Thomas Preston Brooke concert reacts with growing delight as the renowned band performs a stirring march and the Il Trovatore anvil chorus. The man extols the musicians, comparing them favorably to Seth Tibbitts, while the wife keeps him in his seat amid enthusiastic cheers.
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt describes a rustic man reacting to sixteen electric cannon discharges at intervals. He grows nervous and flees with his wife after the third volley, shouting that he has had enough of such music since Shiloh.
Corn breeding applies plant and animal selection to the corn plant. Through seed selection, traits like shank length and stalk height have markedly increased in five years. The method mirrors sugar beet improvements and can fix valuable attributes across crops.
H P Keller of Ripley Tennessee owns a hundred acre squirrel park two miles west of Ripley. The park features oaks hickories beech pecan and chestnut trees with gray black fox and white varieties of squirrels. Squirrels roam the cribs and charmmyards and are generally gentle though some may wander into adjacent woods and return.
A student kissed a girl twice after taking her home from an evening entertainment. The incident led to the student losing a $75 scholarship. The commentator bets the girl will attend future entertainments alone.
An overview notes appendicitis is ancient but rare until recent centuries. Reports show 38 cases in 1800 and almost 400 operations by 1900 with most patients recovering. Diet and refined flour linked to rising cases. corn bread rural diets once spared some groups.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt notes broad expert effort to resolve labor disputes on fair terms. It cites rising living costs, wage needs, and labor’s demand for education for children, savings, and security in old age amid persistent capital and labor tensions.
The article outlines Jewish immigration to Palestine under the Alliance Israélite, noting its heavy funding and aims to revive a Jewish state by purchasing land from Turkey. It discusses mixed opinions, emphasizes its growing practicality, and cites Sultan Abdul Hamid II's cautious but favorable moves toward Jews as evidence of potential negotiations succeeding for both sides.
The World argues American politics favors determined persistent leaders who rise through business and profession while Britain leans toward young, wealthy men forged by party backing. The Springfield Republican notes two of 670 British MPs were over 40 on election, contrasted with three quarters of American representatives.
The Cape of Good Hope reached 23.05 knots on full power. Increasing speed from 22 to 23 knots required about 8,261 extra horsepower, with coal burn at full speed about 26 tons per hour and 1.5 tons per hour at 19 knots. The article notes the tradeoff between speed and fuel cost for merchant fleets and cites New York Times commentary.
A FOREIGN writer discusses aging, spotting parallels with wealth and health. He asks if youthliness or wealth are easily mastered, yet praises a placid, amiable old age. The piece lauds an elder who loves humanity, admires youth, and embodies a Stradivarius-like soulfulness. Boston Herald quotes approvingly.
The piece notes the Victoria Cross was instituted by Queen Victoria on January 20 1856, as a testament to conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. It recounts the first recipient, midshipman Charles Davis Lucas, who hurled a live shell overboard at Bomarsund in 1854, and explains the award’s terms, ordnance, and annuities for holders.
A Philadelphia Telegraph tale tells of a young clerk who faked illness to skip work after a championship pennant game. His employer shows him a newspaper image of bleachers with a tie like portrait of the clerk, exposing his ruse after the Boston Athletic game.
Mrs Newrich Marie returns from overseas with a stash of French phrases provoking light banter from Mr Newrich who mocks the chatter and jokes about the sputtering. The judge remarks on the exchange.
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