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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
6
Poetic reflection from the Los Angeles Times describes nightfall as shadows cradle the valley and emerald Kass, with roseate light fading from the heights. Stars appear to watch the path of the day and guide souls toward a deeper sense of God.
Theodora confronts a green ring claimed to grant luck and guard a home. A narrator explains the pledge to give and keep while reading the inscription. Theodora's tears fade as she places the talisman, suggesting its immediate effect on her mood and future.
An Agricultural Department official notes from Wisconsin and other states that measured irrigation raises crop yields even where rainfall is ample. In Wisconsin clover hay rose 2.5 tons per acre, corn 26.06 bushels, potatoes 83.9 bushels. net profits ranged up to 73 dollars per acre. Experiments on sandy soils in Indiana Michigan and Minnesota show water plus manure yields best returns, with potatoes 30 dollars, corn 1, watermelons 58, muskmelons 45 per acre. Pumping costs vary by method but tables detailing water needs and pump sizing are provided.
Bob White of the Mexico Ledger criticizes American tourists in Havana for loud behavior in sacred spaces. He denounces intrusions into churches, photographing artifacts, and disrespect for privacy, calling the conduct hoggish and unbecoming of visitors. He warns that such grossness could erode goodwill as travel grows.
A historic note laments city churches closing to visitors and argues that if Cu bans traveled to the States they would face swift punishment, reflecting broader tensions with Americans and calls for restraint amid forbearance shown to a controversial group.
A New York Times anecdote tells of a middle aged man who daily sits in the women’s cabin on a North river ferry. He offers his seat to each arriving woman, only to be rained on and finally shamed when rainwater marks his newspaper and he stops offering the seat.
The article notes Chicago slang carried through to St Louis as the Louisiana Purchase exhibition looms. It compares terms like dead one or sleeper to crape, crown guy, gitney, and mug's landing at Union station. It discusses regional slang shifts and the South west’s rising influence on American slang. It ends with a reflection on men’s vanity and duty.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland argues for immediate action to improve the condition of African Americans. He urges manual training and industrial schools, broader education, and capable leadership to ensure self respect, lawful conduct, and civic duty. He links schooling to future peace and religious practicality.
President of Stanford argues the coming century will be strenuous democratic and merit based. He claims democracy means responsibility and equality before law with opportunity, rejects universal equality, and foresees skilled labor replacing unskilled work under strong leadership. He predicts lawyers become lawmakers and judges fade.
Bishop Potter of New York argues in favor of strikes as a conservative tool. He says unions push capitalists to grant concessions, noting the working man’s condition improves only when labor demands are met or mediated by non capitalist interests.
Jacob Schurman argues public schools surpass private and church schools in mental training and knowledge. He contends public schools reflect democracy and breed fewer social divisions, urging society to blame church and offenders for youths’ sins rather than schools.
A government statistics report notes hundreds of millions spent on pest control for crops while describing a Wentuckian insect trap that uses light and fumes to lure and kill pests. The text shifts to a West End shopkeeper who urges birching or legal action for female shoplifters, reporting 20 women and 2 foreign nationals subjected to corporal punishment, though accuracy is uncertain.
Report profiles David Rankin of Tarkio Missouri a millionaire farmer with 238000 acres under cultivation and 200 workers earning large profits by feeding steers and selling crops. Also highlights Kansas rancher Forsha who focuses on alfalfa and livestock and John Stewart who built wealth starting from homesteader rights and land grabs in Sumner County Kansas.
The writer hints at using fear to curb shoplifting by women of dis honest proclivities shopping in Selby. He jokes about a muscular manageress and a formidable weapon, proposing shopkeepers try a castigatory cure for kleptomania to influence behavior.
The Army and Navy Journal reports Mexico plans to mobilize and train an army of 200000 within two years. It notes 800000 youths receive daily military instruction in 11000 public schools and that two ships are under construction at Crescent shipyard in Elizabethtown New Jersey to expand the navy. The program follows a policy of strengthening national defense amid potential internal disorder after President Diaz's retirement.
Government board releases four year report ending March 1902 detailing 299 corporations and their principal undertakings including markets waterworks cemeteries baths electricity gas works tramways harbors. Aggregate net profits reach 23 417 522 dollars. Fresh men usually tell stale stories.
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