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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
2
A collage of brief observations and anecdotes on borrowing trouble, Vanderbilt wealth, crime, punishment, cigarette smoking by schoolgirls, and a Wisconsin graduate hero. The piece flits through moral quips, lawsuits, and a wartime style tribute to bravery, closing with a note on grain science.
The Kansas Board of Agriculture promotes forage and fodder research calling grass the empire, citing alfalfa’s spread from Chile to California and urging better care of timothy, clover, and bluegrass to boost hay yields amid rising prices and steady production.
Strikers quiet in St Louis while San Francisco plague holds steady. Diplomatic blame on England for China troubles while S J Clark former UP receiver dies in St Louis. Eight killed by nitro explosion in Marietta Ohio. robberies and fires hit Des Moines and Hoboken.
Dr. B A Gould recounts a witful incident about Argelander as Newcomb notes. Gould, once beardless in Berlin, returns bald with a long beard and reenters Argelander’s study unannounced. The astonished professor exclaims the line about his hair struck through. A closing reflection contrasts a church benefit’s losses with dread of death.
The Seaman's Friend Society placed 1 068 libraries on American naval vessels. Judge Simon E Baldwin of the Connecticut supreme court called for the whipping post for petty offenders. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Milwaukee adopted a resolution opposing any advertising on the American Bug.
Major March and the Thirty third regiment clash near Lagat on May 19. They kill or wound an officer believed to be Aguinaldo and seize his richly saddled horse and the diary and private papers from saddle bags. The pursuit continues toward Aparri without definitive confirmation of Aguinaldo’s fate.
In St Louis on June 5 a small riot occurred as strike sympathizers pelted a Tower line car. A man fired into the crowd, fatally wounding Peter Frank aged 16. An explosion later disrupted the Olive street line. no injuries were reported. Police and deputies increased patrols and protected power houses and car sheds.
Tremendous rains have fallen in the last two days. The Brazos at Waco has risen 28 feet since last night and the river is still rising six inches an hour. It is out of its banks and much alarm is felt. Trackmen on the Central New England railroad in Connecticut and New York struck for $1.50 a day.
In Chalon sur Saone France on June 5 a street clash left one rioter dead and twenty wounded as soldiers responded. Gendarmes and cavalry were attacked with missiles while lamps were darkened and clashes continued, injuring fifteen gendarmes and two cavalrymen.
A long list of baking powders containing alum is compiled from state chemists and food commissioners. Brands include Jaynes, Calumet, Home Elevtro, Crescent, White Lily, Defiance, and others. Many grocers push private labels with alum, often at low prices, and housewives are advised that powders selling for 25 cents or less per pound may contain alum.
A traveler crossing a snowbound Alpine pass battles exhaustion as sleep threatens him. He discovers a frozen, still-beating heart of a preceding traveler. He rubs and revives the man, and in the act his own life is saved by selflessly aiding another.
Dialogue from a Chicago Post feature notes a girl in blue declaring plans to marry a widower. The response from another girl mocks the idea, remarking a woman should tame her own husband. This reflects social commentary on marriage norms.
A Chicago Record reader quotes a witty definition that a library is a man collecting many books he never has time to read, illustrating a humorous view of libraries as repositories for unread volumes.
The call emphasizes passing on glory and example to the next generation. It honors both fathers and forefathers from a Boston Congregationalist perspective, urging unimpaired legacy and moral instruction.
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