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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
3
A flurry of local moves and visits including Mrs Ruth Norin in Satsop and Miss Margaret Keenan in Pacific Beach. Many residents travel to Boston Valdez Montreal Iowa and Kentucky while community groups meet for alumni events and a playground league.
In Albania the blood feud dominates life with many imprisoned at home for years. Fortified houses with loopholes guard inhabitants as strangers fear to approach. A man bound by custom to avenge cannot wed until his enemy is dead, and marriage ties are stalled for his children until vengeance is fulfilled.
The Saxon term burh means castle. towns built near castles were named burghs for protection and their garrisoned soldiers were called burghers. Inhabitants of these towns formed a community with a governing constitution known as the borough laws.
An elder colleague questions a young clerk about a girl seen with him at a movie. He asks if she is a fi ancee or sister, and the clerk gloomily replies she says she'll be a sister.
The article traces baseball origins to rounders and town ball with American development. It cites early clubs, rule codes, and associations from 1843 to 1867. It contrasts old English games with the modern game and notes generous royal parenting with a moral lesson.
The Rochester Sentinel argues salary is a basic life instrument but not every man suits self employment. It warns against insufficient capital or experience and urges saving money to avoid being stuck in others’ businesses.
An archaeologist notes two ancient practices. First, giving precious metals or other commodities of agreed value in exchange for life’s necessaries. Second, promising to hand over the precious metal or other commodity next week.
A German peasant grieves for a lost cow and his wife dies of heartbreak. Barely buried, neighbors offer brides a daughter and a sister, sparking the farmer to remark that losing a wife yields many options, but losing a cow brings none. A Youth's Companion anecdote.
A London solicitor sought Sir John, a Midlands industry leader, to secure a special edition page for a trade paper. After a staged entrance and careful flattery, Sir John agreed to place an advertisement, spurring other major traders to follow.
An essay advocates placing the spirit of learning before drills in language study and notes a humorous alleyway heckle about self defense. The piece contrasts Renaissance zeal with modern pedagogy and ends with a Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation about a fight witnessed near Payne Avenue.
Benvenuto Cellini recalls a daring 16th century eye injury. A chipped steel fragment lodged in his pupil risking blindness until a surgeon used pigeons to deliver medicinal blood, binding two wing veins to relieve pressure. Within two days the steel fragment emerged and his sight improved significantly.
Alanson Skinner of the American Museum of Natural History outlines field work among Cree Ojibway and Menominee in the northwest. He details windigokan cannibal dance wetigokan ceremony and other rites with masks staffs bone whistles and ceremonial dances including the sacred pipe stem peace making and round dances.
The congress of women's achievements runs June 13 to 20 at the Chicago Coliseum during the General Federation of Women's Clubs twelfth biennial convention. Separate days highlight women’s activities with sessions by noted businesswomen on business women and their interests.
The Dallas News commentary jokes about frugal living and money, debating whether marriage is affordable on $1,800 a year. A playful exchange questions if a husband could supply life’s needs versus luxuries, leaving the decision undecided.
A compact quotation attributes to Napoleon that a given force applied for a given time upon a given point will lead to victory. The rule of persistence and timing is emphasized as a pathway to success.
Governor Ernest Sister reflects on a motors of effort by 500 men in Pierce County while telegraphic reports cross state lines. He notes that large numbers can be undone by the actions of a few, acknowledging a misstep and sending gratitude for support.
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