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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1914
Page
5
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt portrays a tense moment as a young man lays cigars on a plano and opens his arms, while the young girl coldly declares that he has loved before, signaling a past romance.
The speaker discusses hesitation about requiring an operation and asks whether the price justifies proceeding. The exchange centers on weighing medical necessity against potential costs and risks in a cautious tone.
In a brief exchange, Binks notices a thread tied around Jinks finger and infers a reminder. Jinks clarifies the thread is to remind his wife to ask if he forgot something she asked him to remember.
A critic claimed Whistler's Portrait of Carlyle was not the required size. the artist replied that few men are. The remark highlights a tension between scale and stature in the famed painting.
A Chicago Record-Herald essay by A L Hodges imagines unseen waves beyond human perception. It details heat light ultraviolet X rays and radio waves and ponders how broader senses could reveal a richer universe of colors sounds and textures.
The battleship Michigan of 16,000 tons and 16,500 horsepower leads in the Second division of the Atlantic fleet with eight ten inch guns. Commanded by Captain Albert Niblack, she sails alongside her sister ship South Carolina and uses twin screws for propulsion.
A scientist from the Imperial University of St. Petersburg reports stick insects enter cataleptic trances during the day. While rigid in these poses they endure hours without fatigue and awaken only after extended nervous stimulation to resume nocturnal feeding on surrounding plant foliage.
The article describes fluorine as a highly reactive gas discovered by Moissan. It explains fluorine bonds with many metals causing heat or ignition, dissolves glass, and forms hydrofluoric acid with hydrogen, while leaving platinum and lead unaffected.
The New York Sun recounts the last British decapitation in Stirling Scotland for Bennymuir rising treason. The masked axeman wore a serge gown and failed until the third stroke. crowds shouted murder, and later the culprit was revealed as a young Glasgow medical student. The ax and mask were preserved.
In a London Express snippet a farmer notes he advised his son to study electrical engineering amid quips that few know much about electricity, reflecting everyday skepticism about the field.
A Baltimore American quip likens a woman’s complexion to Dresden china and warns it would crack if not careful. The Cer vantes line adds a sharp aside about not dulling wit by overdoing it.
Maude's parents discuss a late call from a suitor who they fear is too far gone. The exchange, set at night, reveals concern over propriety and the man's intentions as Maude's family weighs the situation.
A witty exchange suggests that wealth invites both competent and dishonest servants. Julia notes they are rich enough to hire either, while Pretty Rich asserts the sufficiency of funds for such hires.
A village lawyer famed for drawing wills is asked about a wealthy man's estate. After a brief exchange the lawyer reveals the deceased left everything he had to his heirs, confirming a total disposition of assets.
A lecturer proclaims that no one in the audience has acted to stop forest destruction. A timid man from the back adds a remark about shooting woodpeckers, provoking a quiet ripple among the listeners.
The Philadelphia North American notes that wet coal yields significantly more heat than dry coal. For immediate heat in stoves or furnaces damp coal can provide about one fourth more heat, and in sealed, long burning setups over one third more. Soaking large coal lumps in water can boost heat by about half.
A brief verse from Ladies' Home Journal frames a playful exchange about romance. The girl calls her partner ideal and his sister calls their bond an idyl while a father labels the fiancé as idle.
A Breeder's Gazette item extols saving dimes by equating ten cents to land value per acre and square rod. It argues small savings build wealth, noting a dime could buy space for a flower bed or a peach tree and urging boys to learn value and thrift.
A segment from John A. Todd's tale shows an English inspector asking about cotton worms and an Egyptian sheik explaining that without enforced labor and fines no one will pick cotton. The sheik attributes the situation to Allah and refuses outside coercion, insisting it is how they were made.
A courtroom exchange captures a judge and a witness bantering about a doorway goodnight moment with a witty back and forth over lateness. The dialogue highlights a light tone within a legal setting.
A concise reflection attributed to Franklin links thrift to steady labor and prudent habits as the basis of lasting wealth. It emphasizes frugality, diligence, and self control as the keys to securing a solid estate.
J R Foster sues Mike Zebeck doing business as Mecca Case for 22.88 plus costs for goods furnished. Hearing set at J M Phillips court in Aberdeen Chehalis County on June Sunday 1914 at 10 A M. First published May 12 1914 last May 26 1914.
Justice court in Aberdeen Washington issued a summons to L M Roser in a case brought by Frye Company for an unpaid debt of 64 79 plus interest and costs for meats sold. Complaint filed April 11 1914 with Bridges and Bruener as attorneys. first publication May 8 1914 and last publication May (year omitted).
Executrix Ethel Cummings Jaquith asks Chehalis County Superior Court to settle the final account and hear a petition for distribution in the Ellen F. Cummings estate. A hearing is set for June 6, 1914 at 10:00 A.M. in Montesano.
Dr Weir Mitchell studies a curious fear of cats noting some people can sense unseen cats by smell yet cannot detect them when unseen He suggests cat emanations may affect the nervous system through the nasal membrane and acknowledges he cannot explain the terror of cats.
An Evanston woman recalls a lugubrious aunt who sees gloom through blue spectacles and praises funerals. Her sister, aging but healthy, celebrates a birthday and receives a morbid missive wishing many happy returns of the day.
Public notice of a foreclosure sale in Chehalis County Washington under order of sale 11446. The Finch Investment Company sues Fred Taylor and Ella F. Taylor with judgment 6950.22 plus fees and costs. Sale of Lots 1 2 5 6 Block 1 and Lots 3 4 5 Block 2 Dole's Addition Aberdeen at 10 am June 6 1914 at the Mon transp courthouse door Montesano. Sheriff Schelle Mathews. attorney F R Conway Aberdeen Herald.
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