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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1903
Page
6
The essay contrasts luxury framed as comfort with its Latin roots, arguing that modern abundance draws people to cities, fuels disease risk, and weakens vitality. It champions rural and outdoor living as healthier, praising the barefoot boy and stressing that country life mitigates excess. The piece notes modern travel, hunting, and sport as ways to reclaim vitality and moral strength.
Salem in North Carolina, 187 years old, has never had a fire with losses over 50 dollars and only one dwelling burned in a century. The key is a strict fire ordinance with building inspections, faulty appliance removals, and cooperative residents, proving prevention reduces risk.
The Great Lakes and St Lawrence Transportation Company based in Duluth launches ten steamers to move grain from lake ports through Canadian canals to Montreal and Quebec. Cargoes will transfer to larger vessels for transatlantic shipment, signaling major Northwest grain trade growth.
A senior jurist is tricked by tissue paper on his spectacles, blinding him briefly in court. He discovers the ruse, grows red with anger, and the room remains silent as the deception is revealed and condemned.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger praises the season’s smart set for staging extravagant diversions. It notes dining a monkey on a Newport ferry, horseback banquets at Sherry’s, M Santos-Dumont mid air dinners, and a barnyard themed ballroom, all highlighting inventive folly against ordinary toil.
A St Paul Pioneer Press quotation urges youth to value time as the years fly by. The piece contrasts youthful optimism with middle age and warns against wasting days on idle recreation, stressing that even in serious study and work one should avoid aimless idling.
A jokey remark from a bystander shifts to grave news as Jimmy Turner, a well known jockey and trainer on Western tracks, is reported dead after being struck by a passenger train. Friends recount a longstanding decline and forewarned fate, with a grim punchline from the incident.
A Chicago Tribune item quotes a retired millionaire, president of a major corporation, denying any truth to morning paper rumors about him. The exchange ends with a sharp remark that no facts were presented. The column later ponders whether women in heaven would be introduced after a long separation.
Scots dialect verse from New York News about a woman warning Jamie not to betray her love. She urges him not to look at other bonnie lasses in town, lest he forget her and cause her heartache if he proves false.
Margaret Ashton faces a crossroads between love for Charley and wealth offered by a wealthy suitor. She initially accepts Charley’s flowers as a token of true love but is enticed by a wealthier proposal from Mr. Lorrimer. She decides to marry for money, discards Charley, and spares him heartbreak as she drives away with the wrong flowers and plans a life of luxury.
A report on Germany's colonial effort to exploit and develop African resources outlines ongoing work in administration mines and agriculture. The article also notes prominent American influence through married women like Lady Curzon as examples of transcontinental ties in empire affairs.
The article discusses avoiding underexposed negatives by increasing exposure and re-developing in diluted metal-hydrogen peroxide solutions. It advises creating a reflector and screen to reduce shadows in outdoor portraits and recommends moderate-strength developers with exact quantities. It also shares a reduction formula using fixing soda, iodide potassium, and timing to reduce fogging.
Berlin reports detail Count von Goetzen’s view of German East Africa as a land of vast size and mineral wealth. He outlines plans for a Kiwa to Lake Nyassa railway, land grants for settlers, Boers in the colony, cattle and slave trade trends, and a growing capital at Dares Salaam with a planned hill station and biological station in Usambara.
The Old Haviland Inn in Rye Westchester County New York, famed for visits by Washington Lafayette and John Adams, is saved from demolition and will become a historical museum after buyers paid 15000 dollars for the property owned by William Raymond. The inn sits in the village square.
Residents of Bennington and Windham counties chase a California dream as claims are bought and samples sent to Prof Mason at Rensselaer. He warns there is little pay dirt east of the Mississippi and urges caution, yet thousands have been spent on mining ventures in Readsboro, Wilmington and nearby areas.
A retold anecdote about Alexander Dumas famed for ignoring money. He once invited guests with no cash and borrowed two souls from a friend. After dinner he received two louis as change from a pickle seller, illustrating his paradox of wealth without control of funds.
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