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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1903
Page
6
In London a merchant's daughter Dina sixteen with a vast fortune faces an arranged marriage. Dina refuses and vows delay. Willikins poisons her. they are buried together as a warning to girls and suitors. Uncle Ned and Stephen C, posters reflect traditional ballads and moralizing verses.
Feature profiles George Wyndham secretary for Ireland and a great grandson of Irish rebel Lord Edward Fitzgerald. The piece links his land bill aims to settle the Irish question, notes his potential rise to premiership, and traces his aristocratic lineage through Pamela Campbell to Wyndham’s own public stature.
The passage notes Mr. Wyndham as chief secretary for Ireland with a cabinet seat and real influence, while the lord lieutenant, Earl Dudley, lacks a cabinet seat and acts only as a titular executive. It contrasts Wyndham’s greater responsibility with the nominal head in Dublin.
A woman argues men waste money on head aches, clothes, shaving, and social gifts while advocating bulk buying and Do It Yourself habits. A man reluctantly concedes in parts. The piece cites a Philadelphia Ledger note on frugal living and a New York Times jab at duty on imported cigars.
In a Baltimore Herald snippet a fishmonger questions why bystanders laugh at a stall sign claiming utmost quality. The crowd’s jokes hinge on the sign's claim that nothing in the market rivals their fish, with jokes centered on odor.
Advertised remedies include cream of tartar for smallpox and earache treatments with camphorated chloral and glycerin. Cocaine is noted as a profitable drug with hazards, biliousness treated by a liver flush, neuralgia aided by iron tonic, and La Grippe relief using carbonate creosote with honey.
A pair of women’s shoes produced in Lynn Massachusetts set a record for rapid shoemaking by performing fifty seven operations with forty two machines and 100 parts. The assembled shoes were completed and ready to wear in thirteen minutes.
The United States entomologist estimates annual fruit loss from tnscets at 3.8 billion dollars, signaling large agricultural damage and economic impact nationwide.
The Delmonico dining car, built in 1868 for the Chicago and Alton Railway between Chicago and St. Louis, was sixty feet long and featured a walnut dining room for six tables, candles for lighting, and a center kitchen. Passengers paid 75 cents for table de hote meals served in a layout mixing dining and parlor spaces.
A Philadelphia wedding was performed entirely in sign language for Lewis Ash of Phoenixville and Miss Bella Remmey, daughter of Edward Remmey, with Rev. Koebler of All Souls Church for the Deaf officiating. Guests celebrated with rapid finger signs and gesturing after the ceremony.
Samuel Gibbons of Hodgenville Kentucky retires after a 67 year service as a mail carrier. Appointed as a boy in 1836 during Andrew Jackson’s presidency he has served under every administration and never missed a day. The piece notes his meeting with Jackson and his lifelong route work across Kentucky. It also includes a brief historical finance estimate of US wealth in 1895 with per capita figures and sector breakdowns.
Gunton's Magazine cites treasury statistics showing total wealth of the United States around 94.3 billion dollars in 1900, up from about 65.0 billion in 1890, with per capita wealth about 1235.86 in 1900 and debt per person roughly 14.52 at mid-1900, noting the United States had one of the smallest debts per capita among major nations.
A New York World summary contrasts the German Emperor’s and J Pierpont Morgan’s daily routines. It asserts Morgan works swiftly yet spends hours socially and at his club, while the Kaiser maintains a grueling schedule from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., with meetings, riding, and official duties.
A brief Newark News cartoon style line contrasts reactions to a show with a seasonal banter. A joking exchange notes varied opinions and a playful take on love and winter.
A Tennessee contemporary notes a baby girl born with three hands and arms. The infant may, at long dresses age, wield an umbrella in one hand lift skirts with a second and steady her hat against wind with the third.
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