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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
3
The piece argues that Taft faces scorn over alleged civil service betrayals and campaign spending, while Roosevelt’s two-term stance and possible motives dominate the GOP scene. It notes Oklahoma Democrats Gore and Owen as rising voices and surveys conventions, delegates, and potential outcomes in the 1900s era political contest.
Beuve des Deux Mondes editor Buloz hosts a Savoy gathering with writer Victor Cherbuliez. After a mushroom fear prompts most guests to abstain, Cherbuliez finishes his serialized Revue story while readers worry about a possible toxin. The mushrooms prove harmless, and the tale is completed.
Heinrich Conried recounts an anecdote from his Chicago opera tenure. A young newspaper man pressed for an interview, so Conried offered one during his bath at the Auditorium. The man asked how to begin, and Conried replied I open with Tristan and Isolde, asking if it had been performed there before.
A carpet layer recalls swallowing tacks with humor, noting that professionals swallow many tacks daily without issue. His veteran mate jokes that swallowing countless tacks is normal, and the speaker theatrically pretends a new tack has just been swallowed. The exchange ends with a comic outburst.
The column quotes a Mardi Gras misadventure where a couple in New Orleans debates a restaurant entree and learns an entry is a race horse. It then pivots to a quip about too many weddings with a jail visitor remarking his trouble began at weddings.
A London cabman declines a ride to Trafalgar Square and quips that onions would cause issues, saying he would not take the passenger and would even bile her next time she eats onions.
A Congregationalist comic exchange recalls a joke about a finger cord tied to remind a man to mail a letter. The husband forgets to mail it, and his wife had tied the cord to help him remember.
A street corner quip from the London Telegraph mocks Smithers with a promise to pull ears while a crowd smiles at the ears. A Puck proverb notes that certainty often comes from slowness, contrasting urban banter with a sly moral.
A Washington Post backed method preserves freshness at about one cent per dozen. Water glass proves best among twenty tests, forming a protective solution with ten quarts of water and one quart of water glass.
Notice announces Chehalis County Democratic Central Committee meeting at Hotel Washington Aberdeen on April 18 1908 to set a county convention in Hoquiam May 9 1908 at 4 pm to elect 26 delegates for the State Convention at Spokane May 18 1908. Delegates allocated by precinct plus votes for C. W. Hodgdon 1906. Mass caucuses urged May 2. Hodgdon chairman Carney secretary.
A twice a week transcript of local happenings at Gray's Harbor reports community items, market notes, and public notices. The snippet indicates pricing and publication details for the Abe Deen Herald edition.
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