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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
2
In Montesano the lawsuit by Joe S. Ryan against August Wallin for 2000 to cover injuries to Mrs. Ryan from an auto collision near Hoquiam was completed and sent to the jury. The jurors reported a six to six deadlock and the court dismissed the case, with witnesses offering opposite accounts of the crash.
Mary Wood of Montesano alleges in a 1913 divorce complaint that Elmer Wood has done only a few days work since their marriage. There is no property and no children.
In Hoquiam on Sunday a quiet ceremony united M Underwood and Jessie Hutson at the First Baptist parsonage with Rev W R Jewell officiating. The couple will reside in Hoquiam with their relatives and close friends present.
An open switch in the railroad yards caused a wreck that damaged four freight cars. One car was completely demolished and three others sustained heavy damage Tuesday morning.
Westport June 28. P S Guilford weighs converting his Guilford cannery to whale meat packing. Early shipments to the Sound show the meat tender and nutritious and market price could be low.
The London Mail cites misread or misleading book titles such as Ruskin’s On the Construction of Sheepfolds and Henry James’ The Lesson of the Master. It notes Sir Edward Hamilton’s Conversion and Redemption and Shorthouse’s Disloyala, or The Doubtful Priest later changed to John Inglesant to avoid religious misperception.
London Stray Stories notes Penelope Lieutenant Huggins attends Miss Elder with apparent attentiveness. Captain Jones agrees she pursues skirmishing to spur an engagement.
Deaf beggar asks if rain is coming and a blind beggar notes a customer approaching. The exchange portrays street life and humor through character dialogue from the period.
Philosophical reflection notes that civilization starts in the mind while its true fruits arise from the heart, underscoring inner virtue as civilization’s core.
Dr Henry Smith Williams, renowned author and lecturer, joins the lecturing staff for the 1917 Chautauquas. He has authored numerous authoritative science books and devoted a lifetime to scientific study, standing among the foremost.
The piece highlights Dr. Williams as a premier popularizer of science and describes mirages, especially the fata morgana off Calabria. It explains why such atmospheric illusions fascinate travelers, noting their long historical recognition and dramatic appearances. It closes with a quip on lawmaking and flowerbed placement.
A biblical notice highlights the horse as a tool of war rather than for daily transport or farm work. A separate household tip instructs to inspect a refrigerator daily, clean it, and weekly pour boiling washing soda to remove slime from the water pan.
Fred R. Spear twenty five of Farrington New Hampshire is enlisting with army recruits. His wife Ruth Gordon has resumed her maiden name after a mutual divorce granted in Dover on grounds of willing absence. The couple married briefly before Spear left for training.
Secretary of Labor Wilson told 200 farmers in Dubois Pa that national and state agriculture and labor departments planned a nationwide harvest holiday. He said hundreds of thousands in mills mines and offices would be called out on a locally suitable day to help farmers gather grain.
A New York newspaper man earns extra income by inventing new words for publishers of dictionaries and encyclopedias. He creates terms to fit special needs in business, electricity, and medicine, with publishers willing to pay for plausible coinages.
Indians named Baraboo after Bari beau a young Canadian French trader who founded a post in Wisconsin. Though he sought pelts for Hudson Bay later for American Fur, his name evolved into Baraboo as the town grew, reflecting early white arrivals and linguistic adaptation.
A simple soup combines one cupful rice one pint peas and one pint hot water with an egg yolk and cream. Cook rice until tender then heat peas separately. Combine, whisk in egg yolk with cream, season, and serve over toasted brown bread squares.
Cornell history professor argues the American Revolution depended on European finance. He cites Adams Morris Livingston and Dutch loans totaling near 11 issues between 1781 and 1794 that funded the new nation. Buy liberty bonds so descendants honor financiers who aided independence. A short anecdote from Saturday Evening Post about Pilgrim's Progress ends the piece.
A California merchant sells boots to a Chinese man who insists on boots that squeak and sing. The buyer returns the fine boots claiming they lack a singsong squeak, trading them instead for cheaper squeaking boots, proving the unusual preference for auditory boot features.
The Kansas City Star explains dizziness can stem from the balance organ near the ear. It notes vertigo as the spinning sensation and that spinning in the opposite direction can restore balance. The piece links balance control to upright posture and discusses how illness can disturb this system.
The jury system in the United States traces back to English origins and earlier Frankish inquests translated by Norman rulers. Early inquiries summoned neighbors to answer on oath about facts or law, often to assist the crown in gathering information for tax assessment.
A schoolboy’s humorous essay on the camel misidentifies terms and humorously redefines words. He jokes that the camel is a cannimal a backteria with a hump and that its keeper is an Arab while in towns they are street Arabs.
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