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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1907
Page
7
In Kansas City a stage manager announces Bertie Allendale then a drunken brawl erupts as a red shirted man refuses to leave. The manager reappears with a bloody face and proclaims Bertie Allendale will sing Down In the Valley to applause.
A London Standard report describes savage African medical methods used on a man shot through the leg while carrying Livingstone's body. The thigh bone was buried with mud and plant material then forcibly stretched by two giants after splints were set, claimed to be a cure.
The article traces early search for the Northwest Passage from Cabot in 1497 to Fro ben. It notes John Davis in 1585 to 1588, Henry Hudson in 1612, and William Baffin in 1616 pushing north to 77 45 N. and discovering Jones Smith and Lancaster Sounds.
A blind man explains color as sound. Red yields a high piercing note, blue a delicate high tone, green a soft low tone, yellow lively quick notes, and black as the absence of light, understood through experience rather than vision.
A man borrows money from a widow to loan to friend A. He later introduces A to the widow, who marries him. The widow now demands repayment from the narrator, who is told to charge her a commission equal to the amount for finding a husband and avoid handsome young widows.
A Pushville gathering urged teaching children to use both hands. An audience member taunted, claiming left-handed skill, while a hall voice mocked that the right hand pocket is best avoided. The note ends with a quip about odd Manx laws on theft.
A London Chronicle item recounts a humorous exchange where a lady asks her gardener if he read a Christmas book. He replies in Kentish that he never reads and explains literature as reading a bit thinking a bit and then getting a terrible headache.
A humorous exchange recounts Percy placing a ring on a finger and predicting a mark that matches a prior memory. The dialogue features a friend noting the ring’s beauty and a warning that a funny black mark may appear in about a fortnight.
Quote from Plautus on how coarse behavior harms apparel more than dirt. The remark contrasts social conduct with clothing quality, highlighting decorum as a moral fabric.
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