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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
7
A terse public warning and taunting exchange notes threats and insults. The speaker warns against leaving at once and calls on a husband, an old Harvard football player, to intervene. A dismissive jab claims a past playing tie to Yale.
Prepare the apples as for preserves. Make a syrup of one pint of vinegar to three and a half pints of sugar. Pour over the fruit and let stand over high. Boil the fruit a little at a time in the syrup till tender. Pack the fruit. Boil mixed spices in the vinegar to salt the taste, boil down to just cover the fruit, pour over it and seal. Crabapples can be stored after harvest. formulas suit cultivated varieties too.
Edward Payson Weston, famed long distance walker, achieved a Philadelphia to New York trek in twenty three hours and forty nine minutes in 1868. Now at 68, he notes a later, shorter route of May 23 last would still exceed ninety miles on foot. Walking is good exercise though few youths travel nearly a hundred miles in a day.
Mercury containing ointments should be avoided as they damage the sense of smell and mucous systems. Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo provides an internal remedy without mercury, advertised by F J Cheney Co. Price listed at 75 cents per bottle with free testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills as best. An Eastern newspaper item reports on Jack London stating his musical life saved him during a flood when his father floated on a bed to safety, while London accompanied him on the piano.
A collage ad and jokes mix promoting Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer and Allen’s Foot Ease with free samples and addresses. Also advertising Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and light local humor quotes from Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut says kidney dis ease left her 80 weak and bedridden with constant pain back aches headaches and dizzy spells. She attributes improvement to Dean's Kidney Pills noting relief from the first box and cure after five boxes. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A chronological roll of historical events from 1099 siege of Jerusalem to 1889 Seattle fire listing sieges coronations declarations treaties and disasters. Notable items include 1689 William III and Mary II coronation 1776Declaration of Independence framing 1840 Frederick William IV accession 1889 Seattle fire and 1881 Tilden nomination decline showing global shifts and localized catastrophes.
Toronto papers report Canada’s banks are stopping American silver coins, shipping them to New York, reducing alien currency in circulation. The move avoids losses from bullion value vs face value, preserving Dominion revenue and limiting American paper money inflow.
American shippers must declare exact net and gross weights in kilos and specify if contents are inflamable or dangerous. Fines range up to 2.85 dollars per kilo for incorrect declarations, with possible public sale of goods to cover penalties. Descriptions of Aztec descendants and a joke about parents arranging marriages are included as unrelated excerpts.
A humorous piece traces ice shortages raising costs from bricks and beef to kindling and corner lots, noting higher ice related expenses, salary freezes, and a reflection on aging by Dr Osler as a contrast to workers over 60. It mixes satire with social commentary and quotes from various wit lines.
The article notes a Plainfield New Jersey merchant who stamps his thumb impression over the dollar figures on a check after writing it. The idea prevents altering amounts and allows bank clerks to detect any forgery by comparing the thumb mark with the bank's records.
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