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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1909
Page
2
The piece weighs Detroit and Pittsburgh prospects in Major League play, praising Stanage as Tiger catcher, Barbeau and Miller as key Pirates figures, and notes the Alaska governor appointment. It highlights talent, positions, and predicted impact on the pennant race.
Walter Clark, long time correspondent at the national capital, urged by Governor Walter Clark, aims to resign from Alaska service. Roosevelt once offered him the post three years ago, but he chose to stay in journalism. The president may seek a replacement with Alaska experience, and Mr Clark has strong ties to the territory.
The report notes Senator Gallinger’s humorous remark during a gathering with Aldrich and Hale about New Hampshire. It also introduces E Kanaburand as the new Census Bureau head, an expert statistician and former assistant commissioner of corporations in the commerce department.
Director Durand a Michigan native in his thirty ninth year has a varied career. From 1895 to 1897 he was legislative librarian of the New York state library and later taught economics at Stanford and Harvard. He joined the census bureau in 1972 as an expert on street railways and electric lighting and remained until 1907 before becoming assistant commissioner of corporations.
A garbled dialogue describes youths chasing a rumored new phone unit nicknamed the megaphone in town. They discuss using it at a party, with one warning not to break it as the radio caller will be alerted. The scene depicts a chaotic, comic street interaction with a shopper and a caretaker.
A short Cleveland plain dealer quip captures a humorous scene of a young man boasting endurance during a fatherly inspection. The old man questions his health while the youth defends his strength and jokes about playing golf in a wet shower.
A father offers Anne bread and butter and intends to eat it himself. Anne hesitates then watches eagerly. She asks if it tickles when Papa reveals a long hair was on the bread.
A weary farmer tells a doorwoman he seeks lunch, claiming medicine ruined his career. He explains hair tonic caused baldness and led to job loss on an ostrich farm, ending with a comic, clipped exchange from the Chicago Post.
A man talks about fishing and the appeal of open country with room to craft stories. Another man rejects fishing for its costs and memories. The scene shifts to a humorous moment where Johnnyle attempts to read minds and laughter ensues at the confrontation.
A passenger with a skull-shaped can asserts all success is due to heredity and environment. A second passenger with a loud necktie asks about the traveling firm. The exchange appears in the Chicago Tribune.
A garbled snippet mentions a prince confined with an explosion and gradual escape. Colonel Humbe uses a simple horn while Maxim’s gyroscope-based cells arrange differently. Humble silencer and heavier roach elements appear in the fragment.
The Panama method of locust extermination digs a fifty foot trench two feet wide and one foot deep through measta fields. Locusts are driven in by beating grass and trees, then destroyed with strong lye soap. The trench is refilled to conceal the odor.
A catalog of fire alarm box locations listing numbers and intersections across Aberdeen and surrounding streets including City Hall High School Mill Market F Street Broadway Heron West and Curtis streets. Several entries Note boxes marked with an imaginary symbol.
Ad copy for The Cigar In the Green Box 7-48 promoting a product with a playful line urging readers to spread word if satisfied and to tell the printer if not. Published by Herald Printery at 408 East Wishkab Street.
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