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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1914
Page
3
Wayne Little visits from Copalis and families greet old friends as Attorney Glen Snider travels to Prosser on legal business. Various clubs meet at homes across Aberdeen with gatherings hosted by Mrs. Anson Hills and others. community notices include travels, hospital plans, and local society events.
Mr and Mrs Alf Abrams visited friends in Winlock over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Louis Brinkley visited friends at Satsop. Mrs H E Holmquint and sons left Friday for a month with relatives in Eugene Oregon. Russell Mack of the World staff is visiting old friends at the state university Seattle this week.
The Kansas City Times outlines Japanese native inns with a roofed vestibule, earthen floor, raised platform, shoe line and umbrella cupboard. Guests remove footwear in the vestibule as servants welcome them with calls of O Kyakusan while maids bow. Foot coverings help guests keep shoes on in rooms.
James Montgomery Flagg humorously compares the American business husband to a money obsessed, affectionate creature in white or other colors, while noting the English husband as a stout hunter who eats any food except properly cooked rent, and ends with a quip about arnica for bruises.
A London Opinion letter argues real coffee quality rests on strong brew and quantity rather than method. It praises German, Austrian, American, and South American coffees and criticizes French chicory and weak English tea-like brews.
Aunt Lindy brings three grandchildren for inspection. The mistress asks their names as flowers, with Gladiola the eldest, Heliotrope the next, and ArthUfical the youngest, in a scene from the New York Post.
Mrs Alden has five children and asks if seven more exist how many she would have. Anna answers with a single word enough. The exchange is noted in the New York Post.
A group of physicians aboard a train discuss cleanliness when the porter uses a broom to brush them off. The doctors argue that brushing spreads germs, while the porter playfully insists no harm will come, highlighting the humor in risk and public health beliefs.
Ivory nut trees once deemed useless now fuel Ecuador’s export trade with about 90,000 tons shipped annually worth roughly 1.7 million dollars. Colombia and Panama are expanding their output. Tagua nuts mature slowly, from blossom to ripe fruit taking a year, with gathering from wild trees restricted by law and collected by natives called taguaros who float them down rivers to markets and exporters.
A brief comedic exchange features Kustum questioning Van Swain about Miss De Kay and an assumed engagement, ending with a humorous interruption by a judge. The dialogue hints at social ties and a misunderstanding among the narrator and participants.
In December 1852 Thackeray wrote from New York describing the upper ten as polished yet hollow with lavish furnishings and new walls bare of wallpaper. Two months later from Baltimore he compared Boston, New York, and Philadelphia to London, Manchester, and Liverpool noting Toryism, sociability, and social displays.
An old advertisement urges parents to treat a sick child showing feverish, fretful behavior with Kickapoo Worm Killer. It claims the candy confection expels worms believed to cause stomach pains diarrhea and sleep disturbances in children. Priced at 25 cents at druggists.
An American housewife learns the casserole is a simple brown pottery dish for oven or stove. It takes leftovers and cheap meats to become delicious meals. A typical mix includes cold meat or fish, pasta, carrot, peas or corn, stock and seasoning.
A practical housewife describes using muslin sugar sacks to cover cooked foods when refrigeration or cellar storage isn’t available to protect from flies and insects. The note suggests usefulness for country homes lacking modern amenities.
In the Boston Transcript excerpt, Willie jokes about a surprise sent to his sister asking if it was cheap. Cholly responds that she did not expect any gift at all, highlighting a playful exchange about the present.
In Boston a transcript notes a demand for an apology, but the response says the supply wasn’t equal to the demand, leaving the issue unresolved.
A brief comic quip features Mr Henpeck insisting on having the last word in a marital exchange. He jokes his wife should hurry up to deliver it, capturing a light mood of domestic banter.
A short aphorism about the lasting value of conduct and personal character. The quote emphasizes manners shaping perception beyond fleeting moments and highlights timeless virtue.
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