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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
6
A devotional poem speaks of pushing forward past current stress toward rest, joy, and reward. It contrasts fleeting worldly pleasures with a steadfast faith that promises a promised land beyond toil. The verse invites continued effort and hope in a spiritual journey.
In a lakeside contest from Woodhaven to the bluff, Terry Whiting and Randolph Murray win the mixed doubles canoe race after a tense finish. Officials award two silver cups as cheers erupt from spectators, with Terry and Rand sharing the honors.
In a Harlem Life excerpt, Galileo is pressed by the inquisitor to retract his claim that the world moves. He falters and replies yea, then is led away by a police sergeant while muttering that every thing goes. The scene contrasts his defiance with his capture during a tense moment from a school exercise in recess.
In the 1870s Gen Lord Roberts ordered a private soldier shot for insubordination amid rising mutiny in Indian regiments. The tale notes Roberts discipline calmed troops and a lasting rule on bed chum escorts. Also mentioned are the Count and Countess sailing to Constantinople and Berlin, with a million dollar wedding gift to the Countess.
An American woman known for her social rank and romance, Countess Adolf von Bruening, gained public fame through her divorce from Gordon MacKay of Boston and Washington. MacKay funded a lavish life, divorce in 18, alimony of 25000 yearly, two homes and custody of two sons, then she became engaged to a German embassy secretary, Count von Bruening.
A 1910s style health note warns that stiff derby and beaver hats starve scalp nutrition and accelerate hair loss. It contrasts men's hair decline with women’s, likening tight hats to a tree trunk crushed by a rope and tying the crown with eyelets. The piece endorses straw hats in summer and notes a fleeting fashion tilt toward soft hats.
A rhinoceros unloaded from a railroad car in Philadelphia caused a street chase as it escaped into Seventeenth Street and then ran along Market Sixteenth and Filbert. Armed aides fled while an Italian organ grinder, startled by the crowd, watched the beast dance briefly before being recaptured and returned to its cage at the Zoological Garden.
The Irrigation Age reports the Great Salt Lake in Utah has receded a mile in a year with some predicting it could vanish within a century. Lowering waters are blamed on irrigation ditch expansion drawing from streams feeding the lake, creating a salt desert far from the historic shoreline and thick deposits on the lake floor.
A Canton bride was transported in a richly embroidered red sedan chair to her new home. The chair party left, went to an opium den, and slept. They returned to find the chair empty and feared kidnapping. A district officer and villagers hunted for the bride, with no trace found. The judge later identified a man with black whiskers.
An experienced editor can sort through a stack of essays and poems in minutes. A piece’s first page or two often decides its fate, with many submissions dismissed for weak openings or egotism, while promising samples are saved for deeper review.
The famous natural bridge in Rockbridge County Virginia spans the Cedar creek chasm. The arch middle measures forty five feet in thickness rising to sixty feet where it meets the massive abutments.
The bridegroom rushed to the city to verify a strange claim. Coolies explained their role as they climbed to the loft and opened the chair door, revealing the demure bride in her bridal gown. She seemed aware of being moved but could not protest until the marriage ceremony.
Self convicted citizens across Georgia faced a pistol ban with fines and possible imprisonment. Judge Lester, mid trial, suspended proceedings and invited offenders to place a pistol and a dollar on the stand for clemency. Nineteen weapons appeared before the scene paused as two men moved forward.
The rock bridge spans sixty feet with a ninety foot reach and carries a public road atop. For years Washington’s name dominated the abutment until 1818 when Piper a Washington College Virginia student climbed the rock and placed his name above Washington’s.
The embroy Chancellor recalls a quarrel where he warned a disrespectful witness he would eject him from the room. The judge interjected to remind it was a dignified court and that the court itself would perform any ejection if necessary. Bismarck quips that the court will kick the witness out if respect fails.
Prof. Dewar demonstrated two liquid air samples at the Royal Institution. One sample came from washed air and appeared as a pale blue liquid, while the second sample condensed from air in the lecture room appeared opaque and blackish, resembling soup.
An elderly woman questions President Hadley about his teaching. He replies he teaches economics. She comments that in her youth women learned economy only after marriage. The vignette recalls early 20th century campus humor.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch quip notes two common divides among people and communities. The joke contrasts borrowers and lenders, borrowing desire and lending reluctance, reflecting social frictions and neighborly trust.
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