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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1899
Page
2
An Aberdeen, Washington weekly page presents a mosaic of reflections and quips. Topics range from investments in airship bonds and Mars signaling to royal fashion and Dewey family exploits. It cites U.S. wealth growth, missionary casualties, and a peculiar note on dog cremation and steam coal equivalence.
Dr. Talmage endorses a campaign of education and missionary work in the Philippines. He calls for volunteers and compares recruiting to marching under the banner of Immanuel. The piece also discusses French political volatility with frequent ministry changes despite republican support.
The storm at New Richmond blew southwest to northeast overturning the cellar defense as a twister crushed and killed people both underground and above ground. The tragedy raises questions about science mitigating severe weather and the limits of human mastery over nature.
A long speculative essay discusses the idea of Eurasia linking Europe and Asia into one political and geographic unit. It references Marconi and Hertz on wireless, explores charity work, sociology, and the role of organized relief in addressing social problems through practical field study and engagement.
A reader challenges the veracity of Twain and Sherman stories. Twain claims Francis Joseph offered to translate his English speech into German after Twain apologized for forgetting the German oration. Sherman’s diary recounts Francis Joseph apologizing for not speaking English during the 1872 Austrian trip.
Miss E. P. Bagley, one of the few St. Helena residents who recalled Napoleon's exile, has died at age 90. The St. Helena Guardian notes her memory preserved many Napoleonic days on the island and she retained full faculties until shortly before death.
Troops ashore at Mantilupa after shelling rebels entrenched along the southern lake shore. Cavalry under Captain McGraw and Napidan under Lieutenant Larsen push insurgents to hills with 185 men repelled. report claims 35 enemy casualties. Two cavalrymen wounded. 10 insurgents found dead.
A Newport report says on July 14 about 7 am George Bureh Prank Priest and Sea Lion Charley rode out for deep sea fishing. A breaker capsized their boat near Yoqutua Bar Priest and Charley clung to the hull while Bureh vanished. Life-saving crews arrived within half an hour rescuing the two exhausted men. Bureh was single.
Eight deaths from lockjaw were reported in and near New York today, bringing total to 21 since the Fourth of July. All but one of the fatalities stemmed from Fourth of July pistol wounds.
The United States circuit court of appeals decides Ashland is the terminus of the Northern Pacific Railway land grant, voiding part of the grant and confirming the company’s position. The decision affects over 1,000,000 acres in the eastern government land.
Washington dispatch says President McKinley will take necessary steps to protect Americans in China but will not coop erate with Britain or advocate any single American firm. W. H. Parsons leads a railroad venture unlikely to receive special favor from Pekin.
Reports from San Francisco indicate the Second Oregon guards say Manila hostilities exposed American troops to near annihilation. A captured letter from inside American lines outlined a scheme to open gates, sack the city, murder guards, and permit insurgents to overrun camps. General Otis reviewed the plan and only a portion of the plot led to arson, with troops remain vigilant all night.
The steamer Alliance arrives from St Michaels with the first Yukon voyage news. Prospects in the Cape Nome gold fields look wet with pans worth 2 to 4 dollars and a single $46,000 cleanup by Gabe Price and Lewis Lane on Anvil Creek Claim No 8. The Alliance carries passengers and a small gold dust haul from Dawson. the next expected steamer is the Roanoke.
The Times reports an official notice will confirm John S. Kennedy's election to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company board. Kennedy, a major holder of Great Northern securities with over 80,000 Northern Pacific shares, is seen as closing the rate war between the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. He is a close associate of James J. Hill and a top business ally.
Washington reports secretary Long received a cable from Dewey stating Olympia is involuntarily quarantined at Port Said. The admiral plans a quick trip to Trieste for pratique and recuperation before continuing to the Mediterranean and on to New York. Dewey wishes to shorten the trip, declining Constantinople hospitality to reach home sooner.
Large crowds welcomed the Oregon volunteers and California signal corps upon their San Francisco march from the Presidio, with cheers from Governor Geer and General Summers. Bands, cannons, and bells accompanied the parade to the Presidio where two weeks of camp life precede final muster and return home.
An American flag display at the Orpheum hotel led to the removal of the German flag after a dispute with J. H. West. West gathered soldiers, torn down the German flag, and replaced it with red white and blue bunting. West was fined $100 for malicious mischief. Also reported: three tramps killed and five injured in a Kansas City wreck near Glendale. Perry Curtis of Atlanta identified among the dead.
The text mixes misquoted dialogues and stray phrases with a discussion on nervous prostration and alum in bread. It mentions a variety of figures and evidences, then shifts to a British Medical News style note warning about alum in baking powders and its link to nervous system effects.
The report ridicules a hoax about fare being thrown at a man in Philadelphia and describes a German expert on lightning for electric cars. It notes the yacht Columbia defeating Shamrock, an English photographer misreading a church image, royal rings of Queen Victoria era, and a postal scheme to ship second class business mail via Mexico with stamps exchanged for U S funds, highlighting potential savings and legislative needs.
An unreadable OCR fragment references figures like Captain Wat and figures related to the Boer War, with scattered mentions of New York, Iowa, Havana, and various names and places. It hints at a military or political context but is highly garbled and difficult to parse into a coherent event.
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