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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
5
Photographs from Westbury New York capture the final polo match for the cup. Devereux Milburn of the American team is shown striking the ball, with a wide view of the second period game. The British team is led by Lord Wimborne and Major Barrett.
A young woman recounts a belated brush with a detective who shadowed her after a prior belt robbery. She notes the awkward memory lapse and uneasy encounter on Broadway and at her doorway, reflecting on dangers of acquaintances with detectives. The piece also recalls Lee’s war impressions at Vera Cruz and his engineers’ role.
Richard Mansfield's comic misread his own fear when a rainstorm pelted a tin roof during a performance. He cried out for the noise to stop after a stagehand replied rain, sir, and the Globe notes the moment as a sharp temper flare under pressure.
A benevolent employer asks his stenographer if she has a rainy day reserve, and the earnest young woman replies that she plans to marry a man named Mackintosh.
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a popular author saying he has only one plot which he stole from Romeo and Juliet, suggesting you only need to change the scenery and dialect to fit any story.
In a terse exchange the lawyer questions a servant about leaving a house on fire. Mrs. Burns testifies the servant refused to depart without a month's notice, insisting on her rights before vacating.
A sharp exchange from a Puck vignette shows a precise gentleman hoping for spats while a new floorwalker hints the saleswomen are constantly selling them. The humor contrasts restraint with bustling store chatter.
A brief exchange features Mrs Hiram Offen and Maid in a clipped dialogue. The Boston Transcript is cited as a source of the recommendations being questioned and critiqued.
A historical note describes a vast sterile stretch two thousand miles long along the western coast of South America above Valparaiso. The barren zone runs forty to sixty miles wide and remains devoid of vegetation.
The Washington Democratic platform proclaims allegiance to Jeffersonian ideals and supports the national administration's policies including tariff reform anti trust and banking measures and relief for Alaska and the Northwest. It calls for federal child labor laws rural credit limits on public service corporations and non partisan county officers with a presidential primary and secret ballot. The platform urges recall of judges initiative referendum and irrigation project surveys plus tax reform and reduced election frequency. It lauds Governor Lister for fiscal restraint and Wilson as national leader while pledging support for reforms reducing taxation and corruption in elections.
Spontaneous combustion is explained as rapid oxidation with heat buildup, noting dangers from powdered substances and damp materials. A Western business club splits over its steward, who suddenly leaves to “get something good to eat,” sparking a heated dispute about his competence.
A compact meditation on destiny with quotes from Emerson Hippocrates and Goethe. The passage muses on art power time space and the futility of overvaluing control over tomorrow’s fate. It contrasts seriousness with joy and questions the purpose of daily acts.
The suit in Chehalis County seeks dissolution of marriage on grounds of cruel treatment and indignities. Plaintiff Arthur E Moorhouse seeks custody of minor children and general relief. Attorney F R Conway of Aberdeen represents the plaintiff with filings from July 10 to August 14, 1914.
The regular annual meeting of the Aberdeen Printing Co. will be held on Thesday evening August 25 1911 for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. MO J CARNEY President First publication July 14 1914 Last publication August 25 1914.
The County Board of Equalization will meet on the first Monday in August to examine the assessment and equalize the 1914 Tax Rolls. Sessions extend three weeks. Taxpayers are urged to appear early in the first week for better consideration.
A witty array of sayings on diligence and caution. The text notes the fussy person sleeping on flowery beds of e and the hunter recognizing trouble when found. It also remarks that experience is a post graduate school for many, and that red wallpaper in a small room strains the eyes and temper.
New York World notes Thomas Willett as the citys first mayor inducted in June 1665. Appointed by Governor Richard Nicolls, Willett was a wealthy merchant with a New York townhouse and Rhode Island estate where he lay buried in 1674. He served a second term in 1667 leading a five alderman government and policing duties.
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