Editorials and Observations From The Aberdeen Herald
A compilation of commentaries on money power journalism and social trends. The piece critiques taxation and capitalists, notes cyclones in Texas, and discusses Russian interest in American capital. It highlights Butler’s defense of small colleges and regional attendance patterns, arguing local colleges sustain communities and Michigan’s example supports that view.
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United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
North Atlantic
Massachusetts
Oregon
Pacific Coast
University of Michigan
Butler
Michigan
Honesty as Best Policy Reverberates Through Public Life
The piece argues honesty is vital in public affairs and personal conduct. It contrasts dishonest losses in banks and businesses with happiness tied to Christian moral living, noting how truthfulness sustains trust, reduces sorrow, and shapes genuine well being across social classes.
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Its
Father Accepts Daughter’s Choice In Family Dinner Scene
A Detroit Free Press account describes a piety hill family where a daughter pursues a favored admirer. After a dinner misstep with a propitious gift, the father signals strong approval of her chosen match and vows no interference in her marriage decision.
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Hill
Parvenu
Detroit Free Press
George
Popsy
Beneght
Boers surrender and fires spread in western towns
A digest of global dispatches notes 1500 Boers surrender to General Brabant and major fires destroying half of Frances Washington. Other items include China quarantine relief, legal cases in San Francisco, and military movements in Africa and the Philippines alongside talks of reciprocity with Portugal.
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Brabant
Frances
Wash
San Francisco
France
Russia
Germany
China
Laing
Nek
Buller
Joulert
Second-class naval station planned at San Diego
The report notes a second-class naval station to be established in San Diego California. It also lists various international events from the era including fires in China, deaths in Europe, and political shifts in the Americas. The entry covers multiple fragile incidents and government actions, reflecting broad global unrest and policy concerns.
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San Diego
Cal
Tien Tsin
China
Leadville
Colo
Francis of Orleans
Prince of
Joinville
Louis Philippe
London
England
G. P. Rummelin
Portland
New York City
Gambia
West Africa
Sannkandi
Gambia River
Sannkanndi
Irritation of the Lip May Cause Cancer
A city physician cites lip cancer as often caused by aggressive tooth brushing. He tells of John Blank who wore down a lip patch with a stiff brush, prompting a sore that recurred and worsened into cancer over a year, linking irritation to malignancy.
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John Blank
Blank
Philadelphia Record
People Walk With Miserable Expressions
A wry reflection notes that some individuals move through life with faces that imply regret for starting any endeavor. The remark casts a humorous light on those who seem define by remorse rather than effort.
Gold Dusted Cape Nome Riches From Alpha Voyage
The steamer Alpha brings glowing reports from Cape Nome noting a single 20-man claim yielding 15000 in one week and 56000 in a month. Passengers include Jack Gill J C Mongahan Frank Green and Glen Tinsley as gold dust totaling 250000 while Nome miners report widespread washing of 15 to 25 cents per pan and Topcock Creek yielding large cleanups.
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B. C
Cape Nome
Alpha
Jack Brady
Jack Gill
Seattle
J.C. Mongahan
Denver
Frank Green
Kansas City
Glen Tinsley
Dawson
Nome
St. Michael
Sviing
Siberian
Nunivak Island
San Francisco
Alexander
Jeanette
Pribyloff Islands
Golden Gate
Mascot Creek
Topcock
Topcock Creek
Rebels Claim Victory Near Panama as Government Troops Die
The Royal mail steamer Don reports an important battle Friday ten miles from Panama. Insurgent forces are victorious with about 200 government troops killed. Rebels fortified at San Joaquin near Santa Marta. Baranquilla troops sent to Santa Marta.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Davis
Colon
Panama
San Joaquin
Santa Marta
Baranquilla
Ninth Regiment Ordered to Manila for China
From Manila June 19 report the Ninth regiment is ordered to proceed from Manila to China. The gunboat Concord with marines aboard has sailed under sealed orders presumably for China. The British cruiser Buenaventura has sailed to Hong Kong with troops and supplies for Hong Kong and Tien Tsin.
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Manila
China
Concord
Buenaventura
Hong Kong
Iong Kong
Tien Tsin
Is It Malaria or Alam Baking Powder Claim
A Popular Science Month piece warns that alum in baking powders may cause symptoms like languor and feverishness similar to malaria. It urges housewives to avoid alum, recommend pure cream of tartar powder, and notes higher costs imply quality.
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Boards of
University of Pennsylvania
Barker
Portland Plans Three Day Fourth of July Festivities
Portland announces three days of celebration with a grand illuminated parade at night and rocket displays. The event, under the guidance of Gen Owen Summers Julius L Meier and Dan McAllen, offers state wide one fare round trips to attract visitors and showcases music and torch bearing fire floats.
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Portland
Owen Summers
Julius L. Meier
Dan McAllen
Beaten by Reporter Moral in a Georgia Campaign Tale
A Southern writer relates a Georgia campaign tale where a vain candidate snubs a journalist. The reporter quietly reports facts with restrained praise, undermining the candidate and helping ensure defeat, while the statesman remains unaware his behavior harmed him.
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New York Mail and Express
Georgia
Statesman
Opportunity of Trouble and the Tests of Life
A reflective piece quoting a Times column on how life’s tests shape character. It argues that external blows can ruin wealth but strengthen inner virtue, and that divine permit may test what one stands to lose if they resist.
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Bacatete
Torres
Six-Ten Workers Strike at Oswego Delaware & Western Trestle
Sixty workmen on the Delaware & Western coal trestle at Oswego New York struck for higher pay. The item notes labor unrest tied to prosperity and the moral challenges it brings, quoting lines about bearing prosperity upright and avoiding spiritual weakness.
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New York
Honduras
Chicago
Kansas City
Edna G. Terry
Methodist Episcopal Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Tsung Hua
China
Thomas Lewis
Tucson
Ariz
Catelina
Lewis
Southwest
Delaware & Western
Oswego
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