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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
2
A speaker recalls a past romance during a quiet August evening. Aeolian music from fir trees stirs memories of youth and a beloved gone to the grave. Tears fall as the speaker laments living’s dull sameness and wishes for reunion after death.
Evelyn Dudley comes to the rectory as Constance Dacre eagerly awaits a companion and discovers a shy, confident suitor instead. The exchange reveals a playful romance beginning as Evelyn and Constance confront expectations and desire.
Ancient feats and oddities fill this column: a one legged knife grinder in Philadelphia trains a Newfoundland to turn his grindstone. It also notes Sweden exports a billion boxes of matches yearly and a vast Chinese meadow land with lakes and canals.
A peculiar craft on the Alabama River at the foot of Commerce Street in Montgomery serves as a mobile job printing office. It has no name or known tonnage, carries presses and supplies in the rear, and the proprietor with his family occupy the front. The craft reportedly does little business, pays no taxes or rent, and is rarely disturbed, except by occasional night fishermen.
The aspen leaves tremble because the leaf stalk is flat and thin, so even a light wind makes the leaves wag horizontally. A single leaf, held between thumb and forefinger, illustrates the peculiarity of the aspen and its delicate movement.
New York fashion column surveys spring attire focused on affordable prettiness. It describes grass colored textures, pink ribbons, ivory and gray lace, open jacket effects, yokes trimmed with lace and ribbons, and the princess silhouette with varied bodice and skirt combinations.
A brief piece argues small hen flocks help control vermin and disease, promoting movable newhouses as a method to keep poultry healthier. The text emphasizes practical flock management and sanitation.
A rural column covers cow comfort at home on the farm, low manure wagons, and beekeeping. It adds farm tips on calf rearing, manure handling with a built low wagon, and careful note of the San Jose scale on trees. Also included are houseplant fertilizing formulas and potato beetle control using land plaster. Antique vegetables mention asparagus used as a coffee substitute in some areas.
Incomplete text hints at a Vermont related event or squad mention. Specific names places or dates are unclear, leaving only scattered terms like fort, Missis, wheele and Sini. The piece appears to reference a sports or military context without readable details.
The readable fragments mention places, events and names in a garbled way. No clear subjects or outcomes are present, but references to locations and people hint at a local news brief or notice.
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