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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1902
Page
6
Poem fragment invokes a dove entering a doorway after threatening clouds. The speaker senses relief as sunshine appears, linking love to a transformative moment and hopeful emotion. The lines blend imagery of darkness and light with a plea for mercy.
Ramona Grey pages through Grace Avery wedding dress as a crisis looms. Long-suffering Ramona recalls her past devotion to Roger Graham and a missed marriage. She confronts his marriage to Bessie Sherwood while Ramona toils on alone in the family home.
In a tale from Waverley Magazine Dr. Gordon notes Ramona Grey’s lonely struggle and need for human affection. Elliott Tremaine reveals enduring love, proposing to Ramona who accepts, ending her wait with a rekindled hope and a healing romance.
The narrative describes President Roosevelt on a 109 fall campaign tour where rough riders mounted on unruly horses joined eminent citizens for country rides. The episodes end in speed trials across open plains, proving Roosevelt’s calm amid spirited chases and a testing crowd. It also notes camels in Siberia tolerating extreme cold and heat, as explored by travelers and Prejevalski in the Gobi Desert.
A London naturalist Nelson Wood studies bird language noting ground birds warn more, while turkeys and chickens use simple calls for danger hunger and pleasure. The piece then recites the poem Lazy Lad who discovers every land is busy and concludes no land of idleness exists. It ends by noting the enduring American rail fence and dug-out canoe in country life.
Instructions describe cutting out and assembling a cardboard figure of Mr Brown to make him bow to friends. Step by step guide covers cutting the square under his feet the waistcoat marked A the arm pieces BB and bending a stand to keep him erect then moving the arm to bow while pasting on light cardboard for stability.
An item details a new milking device using a vacuum can and teat cups to extract milk, with glass cup lower portions for viewing. It discusses protein-rich forage crops like alfalfa and soybeans to balance cow rations, plus Poultry Pointers on keeping hens productive, and notes on calf rearing, dry poultry houses, and cabbage growing tips from Kansas Experiment Station and Exchange.
A peculiar report describes how birds communicate with varied signals. Chickens use calls for hiding and alerting, roosters hiss with a low taunt during fights, and hens sing different notes to nest, mate, or feed. Parrots are noted as highly responsive, often greeting with good morning and crood night. Crows are said to enjoy differing cow cues expressing warning and affection.
A boy in an Iowa town uses sunlit shadows on the floor to tell time. A long chalk line marks noon and hours to six, updated biweekly as the sun’s height changes with seasons. This quiet, practical timekeeping shows resourcefulness without a watch.
A tale about Lazy-Lad who hates lessons and tasks and chooses to sail away on a summer day across the ocean. Badgered by duties he seeks escape, the voyage unfolds as a moral journey about responsibility and effort.
In settled parts of New England and New York the rail fence marks progress while shad fishermen on the Potomac and James Rivers and Chesapeake Bay continue to use the dugout canoe. The primitive log boat, hollowed with an adze, remains common, notably on the Potomac where the craft preserves its Powhatan era form with high sides and a centered seat.
A cafe remark in Holland House parodies George Westinghouse, claiming his fortune of 40 million dollars comes from slowing progress. The writer quotes the New York Press and notes irony in an American growing wealthy by hindering advancement. It ends with assorted witticisms on love and beauty.
Iowa Home stead correspondent explains making a fence stretcher from wagon wheels and 2x8s with tumbling rod holes, a wheel hub alignment, and top-frame brace to act as a four ton stretcher. Also a White Leghorn pullet pictured scored 95 and 96 at poultry shows and praised for rapid growth and high egg production by a Pennsylvania owner.
Advice to growers within reach of large cities to sort fruit, pack small half pecks of the finest fruit in city shaped packages to fetch higher prices. Second grade fruit can be packaged in larger lots for market, increasing profits for growers over middlemen. Also notes potential use of corn fodder stover to save on feed.
A recipe describes making mashed potato puffs with butter eggs cream and seasonings baked in popover pans and served hot. The text also notes Etna is the largest volcano with a ninety mile bass and an 11 000 foot height, and a moral aside about a child disobeying a mother.
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