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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
6
A mother reflects on missing the baby faces and gentle touches of her grown children. She admits she would endure loss of love to keep the bond with her son and daughter, while acknowledging the enduring closeness of motherhood in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Mildred Reynolds suspects Carl Langlois loves another and visits his mother to test fidelity. Carl denies doubt, and Mildred learns of Marion Reed. Mildred ends the engagement and leaves him. Carl pursues Mildred, but her resolve remains. He fails with Marion, loses Mildred, and wanders away alone.
Excerpts recount Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady describing a baptism in Indian Territory and a little girl’s vivid vernacular explanation of Jesus’ mark on her. The Genoa piece notes affluent families sharing a single coach with multiple door coats of arms for joint use.
A New York letter in the Philadelphia Press contrasts two scientists, Astor and Campbell, pursuing steamship propulsion breakthroughs. Astor, wealthier and skilled, seeks stormproof boats for smoother seas, while Campbell, a poor but fervent inventor, touts a powder-tube propulsion under a rudder. The piece reflects on motive, recognition, and public reception amid springtime leisure scenes.
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky muses at the Hotel Wellington on spending wealth for refined pleasures. He would have meals with soft orchestral music and cigars costing 50 dollars per hundred, with occasional colored vocal performances and a Mississippi river boat memory involving Hooker of Mississippi and a lively rendition of When the Watermelon Hangs Upon the Vine.
Richard Whitelng contrasts Rotten Row in Hyde Park with the Row in the Bois de Boulogne, noting similar riding lines with the Bois section described as prettier in its surrounds than Hyde Park.
A fearless Afghan woman defies tradition by wearing male attire and living freely in Kabul under the Ameer’s protection. Found as a girl, she rejected arranged marriage, earned the title elder, and serves as the harem’s messenger, unchecked by slander.
During the 1706 siege of Turin French grenadiers concealed in a gallery to seize the citadel. Corporal Micha, a forced Piedmontese miner, sent his comrades away and detonated a mine, blowing up the French force to save the fortress. The King of Sardinia rewarded Micha’s widow and children and granted a pension to his family.
The fragment recalls the Borodino clash as the bloodiest battle of the century with Napoleon facing Russia on September 7 1812 near Borodino. It notes 80000 troops were in action and reflects on the Bible's view of humanity and the value of women.
A humorous dialogue captures a family plotting to move from a current home. They scheme to bluff the landlord into better amenities by listing a long wish list. The exchange mixes comic misreadings with plans for seven rooms and a modern, well equipped house.
A talesman confronts a haughty lawyer after a long court day in Washington Star style. The man questions the attorney with algebraic and geometric puzzles revealing the lawyer’s pretensions. He delivers a blunt warning to avoid arrogance in future court appearances.
Patrons admire a novel theater chair accessory described as a Bat box mounted on the chair back. The invention presents a compact appurtenance claimed to provide storage space while seated. Details remain sparse in the brief item highlighting the device.
In a New England parish Bible class the group agrees on Given to hospitality for entertaining strangers. One 15 year old, the minister's daughter who ran the household, disagrees and argues that Patient in tribulation better guides Christian living.
Quip in Philadelphia Record notes two men nicknamed Tooth and Nail are quarrelsome. One is a dentist and the other a chiropodist, yet both are described as likely good soldiers despite constant bickering.
Florence Nightingale argues war creates heroes and saves men from uselessness to their country. The text also hints that the Colt’s revolver traces back to ancient bore designs, suggesting a lineage of firearms from earlier styles.
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