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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1902
Page
6
Poem paying tribute to fallen soldiers. Refrain urges covering graves with flowers and garlands. Describes silent graves, memories of friendship and courage, and honors to those who died for the nation. Ends with invocation to cover all with flowers.
In November 1863 Neil Weidman learns he is drafted while Kit Weidman fears for Mark and asks how to keep him safe. Neil flees toward home then returns worn and silent as the family debates enlistment and duty in a tough Michigan setting.
In a Civil War tale, Neil Weidman offers to take Mark Weidman's draft, sacrificing his chance to live for his brother and the family. Mark, torn, accepts, while Kit and Mollie witness a brotherly act of courage. Neil goes to war, is wounded, and dies, leaving Mark to honor his sacrifice and memory.
The article tallies Civil War losses around Fredericksburg including Fredericksburg Chancellorsville the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House with total casualties 129 838. It lists Union and Confederate losses for each engagement and names general officers killed from both sides.
A ping pong enthusiast proposes rescuing damaged celluloid balls by dipping only the bulged portion in very hot water. The bulge supposedly disappears and the ball returns to playable condition without scalding fingers.
The article memorializes Sol Smith Russell a renowned American actor born 1848 in Brunswick Missouri. It highlights his distinctive gentle comic style, major successes in Edgewood Folks A Poor Relation Peaceful Valley April Weather An American and A Bachelor's Romance and notes a fortune over two million dollars built on performances and real estate.
A London Daily Telegraph note recalls Turkish divorce ease via three spoken words. A gardener husband moves rain drenched chrysanthemums indoors to protect blooms, prompting his wife to accuse him of defiling the house and seeking a divorce. The tale illustrates marital tensions over flowers and perceived priorities.
The Bastian siblings totaling six members from Galena Illinois include four brothers John 95 Stephen 90 Thomas 88 Henry 77 and two sisters Jane Trevarthan 85 Phillipa Fiddick 80. The six live within two miles and all attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
A Genoese milkman rides to town with a slow moving burro loaded with milk. The scene shows well dressed workers, a cheerful exchange in a third class carriage, and a light joke about an unpaid debt as they travel to a morning delivery. The farmer’s spade punchline closes the vignette.
A Tit Bits writer chronicles cases where X ray and magnified photography revealed hidden evidence. From Calcutta smugglers swallowing gems to a Rochester butter theft, Rio de Janeiro harbor mystery, and the Cooper murder in Lancashire, cameras prove a powerful ally in solving crime and saving revenue.
River police in Paris deploy twenty Newfoundlands to save swimmers on the Seine. Giraffes in zoos eschew plain leaves for premium hay while you kenningly spilling it, and a sheep survives twenty two days buried by snow before walking home.
A defender argues most mosquitoes avoid feeding on humans or animals and instead live on vegetable juices and decaying matter, performing a natural scavenger role in their habitats.
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