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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
8
In Lodoun parish a vicar receives a case of two couples and two men wrongly paired at the register. He plans to rectify, but the groom couples decide to remain as they are, leaving the situation unresolved.
The article describes sailors breaking out flags at port with silken bundles unrolling to reveal national and company banners. A large flag at the stern signals the ship’s nationality, salutes when passing other steamers in the sea.
A London Spiritualist Alliance member recalls a woman who shivers at hyacinths. At a party the hostess hid the flowers, but the visitor fainted on entering the room. The Princess of Lamballe and painter Vincent are noted to react violently to flowers and scents.
A compiler notes a test passage challenging even skilled spellers. The excerpt describes Antinous the deranged physicist with absurd diction and extravagant items, illustrating the oddities of wordplay and ornate vocabulary in a New York Mail fragment.
The passage argues worry is not a social vice but a focus on the self. It contends concern over personal outcomes drains action, and preventive thinking should replace fear. The author cites Elliott Park Frost in Atlantic to frame worry as selfish and hindering progress.
Terse reminiscence about Sir Walter Scott and his amanuensis Willy Laidlaw. Scott often dictated rapidly while Laidlaw struggled to keep pace. Scott urged speed with Get on while Laidlaw noted the effort required to spin every word.
Dr. Strickland Goodall notes exertion increases heart work, with the heart lifting two pounds per beat for each contraction. He cites nominal workouts like running for a train and climbing stairs, and reports a bicycle ascent totaling over a foot ton of extra heart work in minutes. A daily half hour rest could save substantial heart work annually. London Chronicle.
In a London court Dr C W Cooke claims measurements show no two people share equal leg length. He asserts the body is inherently asymmetrical with right limbs generally larger, heads uneven, and eyes and ears differing in shape and tilt, often due to daily use and ill fitting footwear.
A compact quotation urging the study of celebrated ancient lives as essential to mature scholarship and wisdom.
A draft outlines a senate of forty and a house of fourteen, with limited powers over peace, war, navy, and foreign relations. It bars religious establishment or discrimination, sets land and pension provisions, and keeps executive authority with the sovereign. Forty two Irish MPs would sit in the Commons. the Privy Council judicial committee would rule on validity. costs are split between exchequers with staged imperial subsidies.
The article discusses the elusive definition of insanity, citing Sir William Hamwilton’s view that it is the paralysis of the regulating faculties of the mind. It notes insanity as a mystery like sleep, dreams, and life, remaining beyond complete scientific explanation.
Fragmentary prose describes a pianist accused of cruel acts toward an instrument, with scattered dialogue about listening, variations, and air, mentioning a widow and Cleveland Peale in unclear context.
Two Guns White Calf of Glacier National park Montana led a party of twelve Indians on the first eastern trip in an aeroplane. A wind gust toppled the craft after ten minutes at 1200 feet, but pilot Ralph M. Brown kept the flying boat from disaster. Chief Medicine Owl invoked protection as the group watched, and White Calf spoke of his brave lineage and trust in his white allies amidst a tense moment.
Miss Ella Crowley, Montana superintendent, tests a pupil with a question about cabinet officers. The pupil humorously answers that William McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, "accomplished the marriage of the president's daughter," and now she is his wife.
A Detroit Free Press quote notes a promise to obey in a marriage platform was rescinded after one partner found the other easy to boss, reflecting gender dynamics and expectations.
Fragmentary dialogue suggests social pressure about marriage. The Boston Transcript quotes Marie Berange praising Jack’s attentions while Maud resists, and a separate remark proclaims that joy comes from sacrifice.
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