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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
2
A string of quirky items from Aberdeen Washington includes a pedestrian gongs debate, a deceased epicure sharing fifty soup recipes, and the Methodist minister’s wife becoming a less moving story. Texas cowboys avoid arrest while the coroner handles their case.
An Italian scientist claims dreams are inherited, suggesting those with nightmares may trace ancestry to hostlers or jockeys. The passage also muses on horses, Venus, and sea power shaping gender roles and world rule while linking motifs to past riders and modern contrasts with automobiles and bicycles.
The New York Supreme Court appellate division rejects six cents as the value of a life or a boy killed by a trolley. Dr Edward Everett Hale an alumnus of Harvard notes Harvard’s focus on facts in a Boston lecture. Philippine officers once favored for political pull admit those with less influence might be luckier after all. Two men fired pistols at Ward ULE. Innocent bystanders fled as the shooting began.
Citizens push a subscription drive to fund a home for sick and indigent actors and actresses. The plan seeks a location near the country’s geographic center to equalize walking distances from all sides.
The text argues against the inflated British myth of stoic calm in victory and hardship. It contends that patriotism is human and shared across classes, criticizing journalists for praising an elusive stoicism as if it were unique to Britain.
The excerpt notes a large arriving labor force on the Pacific coast during April and thereafter at a high annual rate. It discusses contract laborers subject to deportation, others possibly seeking to return, and speculates on motives tied to fears of war between Japan and Russia, referencing a historic Chinese labor war.
The Financial Chronicle reports progressive development of passenger cars into armored, collision resistant cars. Increased end resistance minimizes damage in crashes, making cars likely to survive collisions better than locomotives. Telescoping of cars becomes nearly impossible, promising travelers greater security as trains collide.
An Indiana clergy member is at the center of an ongoing dispute with unclarified accusations raised by unnamed parties. No formal charges or specific details are provided in the available text.
A pastor hired in December 1808 seeks his monthly $100 stipend from church trustees who cite affordability. He has preached twice weekly and cared for parishioners yet has gone unpaid for over a year, raising questions about religious obligation versus financial constraint.
The Yale Sheffield Scientific School jubilee address cites five intellectual milestones as the era’s top triumphs: evolution, energy conservation, mathematical science with physics and astronomy, spectrum analysis and light electricity discoveries, and bacterial nature and function affecting living organisms.
The global sugar crop averages 8,000,000 tons yearly. Beets supply about 4,500,000 tons while sugarcane yields about 3,500,000 tons. The West Indies provide the largest share of sugarcane, with a substantial portion also coming from Java.
Observations report the largest waves off Cape Horn reaching 46 feet in height and 765 feet crest to crest. North Atlantic waves reach 48 feet tall, while the German Bight and Mediterranean show lesser heights about 13 and 14 feet respectively.
A small rubber device fits over the umbrella tip forming a cup to catch water, preventing drips on the floor when the umbrella is inverted. The cone shaped accessory slips onto the beak and serves as a simple drip catcher.
Boers give up two thousand stands of arms at Pretoria as tensions rise in the far east. The battleship Oregon leads 5000 American troops to Taku, with no American ships in the Chinese fort bombardment. France plans 4200 troops at Taku, and a broad array of international actions unfold across the region.
The report lists numerous tragedies and incidents: five children die in a Solomonville Arizona house fire. eight killed and 64 injured in a Green Bay train crash. a cyclone devastates Cologne and No Man's Land Oklahoma. miners die in Champion mine. a lynching in New Orleans. ambush deaths of American soldiers in the Philippines. Colombia-Mexador tensions and Varna casualties. a forest fire in Huachuca mountains. and multiple fires, drownings, and accidents reported nationwide.
A virtual boycott is declared by the tobacco trust targeting independent dealers in New England. The claim appears in the article as a new tactic affecting regional commerce and supply channels.
Tremendous rains over two weeks caused a washout a mile and a half north of McDonough on the Macon branch of the Southern railway. A passenger train plunging into the broken track was destroyed by fire with 35 fatalities. All aboard perished except those in the Pullman sleeper.
General MacArthur issues a formal reply to leaders who submitted peace terms. He says personal rights under the U S constitution are guaranteed except trial by jury and bearing arms. The seventh clause on expelling friars is rejected, as Taft commission handles that issue. Reinforcements move from Samar to Leyte with the Twenty-ninth Infantry bolstering the garrison.
Prahau June 26 reports sufficient supplies collected and the final move to open communication with Kumasei. On the Ashantee Kwahou road three villages guard about 7,000 fighters who have practiced Fetish rites and pledged to aid the Ashantees.
Governor Roosevelt writes to President McKinley from New York praising the congratulations and pride in being on the ticket. Birmingham reports storms with heavy rain dominating June, totaling 24.92 inches since April, flooding fields, delaying farm work, and rotting fruit and vegetables.
Dispatch from Rear-Admiral Bruce reports forts at Taku secure and relief to Tien Tsin planned as allies push forward. Army reinforcements from Hong Kong and Wei Hai Wei expected. garrison at Tien Tsin near 8,000. Proclamation vows armed force only against Boxers and foes on the Pekin march. Reports of Pekin massacres, palace sacking, emperor's death, and dowager empress missing circulate from Shanghai.
In Manila a gathering of 200 Filipinos presented seven peace clauses to General MacArthur aiming to halt hostilities with Aguinaldo’s consent. The plan includes amnesty, return of confiscated property, use of revolutionaries in navy militia, and expulsion of friars, with civil governance proposed in Manila and provinces.
The Rev. F. B. Bartlet pastor of St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church in San Francisco was accidentally drowned while bathing in Sonoma creek on June 25.
The death is announced in London of Captain George F. Towle retired U S Army aged 65. He previously served in New York and is noted as having died June 25. Funeral details and exact resting place were not provided in the notice.
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