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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
6
New fashions emphasize thin gowns with varied lace and embroidery. Features include Trish lace with cream Alencon, circular flounces, and gored skirts trimmed in white silk braid. Notable outfits show blue chiffon veils, white linen shirts, and a black taffeta Louis coat with green lace medallions.
A young girl Eleanor watches for Grandpa who is due to stay for a week. The tale blends a lesson about "watched pots" with homely family scenes, supper preparations, and a reunion after Grandpa arrives amid hugs and laughter.
A New Optical Illusion by Pr J Glauz describes a cross shaped illusion with a horizontal line about one sixth longer than the vertical. The Laughalot Boy portrays a cheerful lad whose charm brings joy to all who meet him and earns only good regard from the surrounding world.
Quotes from English schoolboys collected by the St James Gazette reveal humorous misreadings and exaggerated beliefs about royal names, Henry VIII eight wives, Edward II as potential French king, Alexander the Great’s birth, Beckett murder fallout, Kent products, Magna Carta clauses, coronation places, feudal dues, and Dryden.
The late Henry B. Hyde founder of Equitable Life urged using best skill regardless of time. An early life anecdote shows him persuading the postmaster and stamp clerk to obtain stamps at night so circulars could be mailed before daybreak.
In Youth's Companion, Miss Abby Frazer prepares to travel to Denver to visit her sister. Friends present thoughtful gifts including food treats a travel book knit slippers a work-bag and a comprehensive travel kit with bandages linen vaseline and other emergency items. Abby hides the bundle, uncertain she will use it, while relatives note lessons from past railway accidents.
Lincoln uses a courtroom fable to show that precedent cannot override law. Old Squire Bagly, from Menard, seeks Lincoln’s view on marriage licensing authority, bets a verdict on his opinion, and storms at the implied outcome. An Irish soldier in Cuba asserts ranking but insists he found the hole first.
An English town records no municipal tax levy this year, a first for the area. An elderly resident comments that punishing an enemy by forcing idleness could be endured, reflecting on the unusual outcome and public sentiment.
A touching tale of a boy and a yellow dog connected to Leland Stanford Jr. is followed by a detailed survey of early 20th century labor issues. The piece notes wages, hours, and union activity across U.S. industries, plus a cautionary anecdote about a German emperor and a reporter.
The printed regulations outline a fire drill with two options. Three bells send students to the sidewalk and back with clothing while four bells send them to the yard and back without clothing, though the clothing means outer wraps and hats.
In Kettering England the Urban council and school board settled their building site dispute by a golf match. The council emerged victorious over the board.
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