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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
7
Blanche Walsh surveys a French comic dictionary by Charles Monselet. She notes humorous yet flawed natural history definitions that reveal ignorance of animals, sparking a discussion on accuracy for young readers.
A collection of phrases criticizing blind faith in science and praising skepticism. It includes a quip about not chasing scientific truth and a critique of mahout cruelty, describing an elephant's sore brow used to force obedience as a stark example.
A brief humorous note from Meggendorfer Blatter describes a village barber hung with sacred pictures. Beine explains the decor is to help customers call on all the saints while he shaves them.
A quip exchanges superstition and cynicism about proposing on a Friday. She believes it unlucky while he counters with a tale of a man who proposed and was refused, illustrating contrasting views on fate and romance.
The Wiener Salonwitzblatt reports a grim note urging Herr Huber to return home at once after his wife suffocates herself with gas. The gas bill looms as a dark postscript to a fatal act in the tale.
A Montana mining camp provides a bit of old time American humor. A miner jokes the rock is so hard they used six barrels of drills and barely scratched it. Another quips that nine barrels failed to widen a ledge and a hole still sticks out six inches.
A bright four year old boy named Fritz asks the teacher when the holidays begin after being given a desk and set to work. The scene captures a child’s first school experience with a humorous request.
A poor mother laments her son swallowed a cent while a friend consoles that a cent is not a great sum. The brief parable from Scaccia pensieri uses humor to frame worry over a trivial amount.
A dialog from the Boston Transcript shows a hotel clerk changing terms for a poet asking for a room. The stranger negotiates a down payment while the clerk insists on a dollar upfront.
When stomach problems arise it often means overeating or unsuitable food for age or occupation or constipation. Take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to regulate bowels and improve digestion and see if the trouble disappears. Ask for a free sample. Sold by Evans Drug Co.
Tide chart lists high water times and heights for Willapa Bay area including South Bend Oysterville Grays Harbor Hoquiam Columbia River Bar Clatsop Beach Long Beach and surrounding towns. It covers Friday through Sunday and into the following week with approximate heights from 7.0 to 9.0 feet and multiple daily readings.
The Herald has broad circulation in Aberdeen and Chenlia County. More than half of local newspaper readers, across families, read the Herald, making it attractive to advertisers from small news items to large ads.
Inquiries were made at 408 East Wishkah Street requesting current rates for telephone service and plan options. No further details were provided on the terms or providers involved.
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