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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
6
The Utica Globe decries the Paris Madrid automobile race deaths as tragic proof of danger on open highways. It notes seven or eight killed, many spectators harmed, and argues speed events belong on tracks with strict rules to protect public safety.
A lyrical note from the Baltimore News extols fishing as a freeing pastime away from daily toil. The verses describe sunny shallows, sparkling streams, and speckled trout rolling and tumbling as the author seeks nature and peaceful sport.
Lettice Vyner contemplates two suitors Humphrey Forde and Will Heywood after receiving two letters at once. She writes an invitation to Will and a plea to Humphrey, but by mistake sends the Will note to Humphrey, leading to a dramatic confrontation about love and a deception.
In a tense scene Lettice confesses she meant to choose Heywood but now sees she could not love him. Humphrey vows enduring love, declares his life in Lettice’s hands, and promises a future as husband and wife though the mistake nearly happened.
A merchant and ad agent debate per insertion discounts for repeated newspaper runs. The plan cuts 1 percent per additional insertion, prompting a wary merchant to consider a 101 issue contract. Also notes Windsor Castle Welbeck Abbey Chatsworth revenues from visitors. An exchange ends with a quip about a New Yorker’s long visit to Lonely town.
In a Pennsylvania Ledger joke a physician’s wife asks for ten dollars and the doctor jokes about cashing a draft soon. A Washington Star quip has Senator Sorghum lamenting people tearing from the scroll of fame to cash them at a bank.
Brief exchange from the Philadelphia Bulletin notes a quick pursuit of romance among young men. Elden complains of fast suitors while Youngly retorts that catching one is difficult in the current social tempo.
Roofs are being fitted over the exterior of tram cars at Sheffield in England to shield passengers from rain and improve comfort during journeys. The measure aims to modernize public transit and protect rolling stock in wet weather conditions.
A feature by Lillian W. Betts in The Outlook exposes how New York City clothing workrooms expose workers to squalor and health risks. Inspectors verify licenses, visit tenements, and confront fraudulent card lending as families struggle to survive in filthy, overcrowded spaces.
Inspectors describe overcrowded rooms and squalid conditions in tenement houses where families of up to fifteen lived in three rooms with primitive sanitation. They report licensed men using space for living and sewing work, while women and children toil on sweatshop garments amid dirt and disease risks. The second sighting reveals a two-person family with a four-week-old baby in a rear room, lacking work and license, with the mother stating no boss would hire her.
The speaker bitterly confirms the man was a bigamist and had been married to his business at the time of their marriage. The crowd reacts with alarm as the woman explains that the first wife remains deemed more important, while noting the will of the people disinherits many candidates.
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