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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
2
A collection of humorous observations and quips on life, politics, and society. Includes comments on a good roads movement in South Africa, employment checks by finger stains, genealogical name projects, and playful jests about royalty, whisky bets, and Oxford words.
Swiss scientist Prof Pictet discovers a method to extract oxygen from air at 500 HP yielding 500 000 cubic feet. Commercial use could raise furnace temperatures but convert oxygen to carbonic oxide, a poisonous gas. Some worry invention may threaten life by depleting atmospheric oxygen, though not imminent for generations. A Philadelphia judge denounces the habit of women carrying their
A Philadelphia judge sentenced a thief to two years after a pocket snatch. He criticized women for carrying purses in hand, urging reform in fashion and urging men to withhold Millinery purchases. The piece also notes English teaching reforms and Mrs May Wright Sewall’s remarks on composition in schools.
The Corunna lighthouse in Spain is noted as possibly the oldest, dating to Trajan’s era with a 1534 reconstruction. Britain and France claim Roman era lighthouses including the Cordovan Tower of France on the Gironde estuary, completed in Henry IV’s reign and extended after 287 years. The Pharos of Alexandria predates these, built around 250 B C, though it is not always classified as a lighthouse.
A Detroit Free Press item notes two boys keeping money differently. One boy hides funds in a coffee pot as taught by his father, while another boy stores money in a jackpot. The brief mocks parental guidance and child thrift.
A remark on men seeking fame notes many look discontented like a kitchen servant girl and suggests the path to notoriety involves effort and persistence. The author uses a sharp epigram to critique public craving for recognition.
General Buller occupies Dundee. Senator Clark resigns and Steyn’s brother is captured. Dawson rushes to gold diggings. Nicaragua canal bill seen as unlikely this session. Germany seizes Congo Free State territory about 3,000 square miles. Nevada Senator Jones bills against railroad employee blacklisting. U S appeals court deems boycotts as malicious interference with business. London papers seek Croker ostracism over Boer War. Democrats critique Kansas City hotel pricing. J J Hill buys Spokane flour mill to gain Great Northern access. Porto Rico and Hawaii to send six delegates each to the Democratic convention. Clifton N J race track losses total 100000 in a fire started by arsonists. Assistant AG Boyd rules express companies not liable for broker taxes. Gasoline tank explodes at Raritan NY. second tank fire-fatally burns two men. Mrs Leland Stanford transfers Stanford Mansion to Bishop Grace for a Children’s Home with 75000 endowment. Congress expected to adjourn around June 20. Post office and store burglary in Jefferson. Buller seizes Biggarsberg. British welcomed at Pretoria. Minority report against ship subsidy. Missouri governor aids St Louis strike police. Paris municipal government gains two thirds of seats. Chicago & Rock Island to Portland. surveyors active. Dreyfus in Paris. fears of demonstrations. Manila landing privileges controlled by monopoly. Bubonic plague in Sydney reports 216 cases with 76 deaths. Chicago and Mississippi valley forewarned of hot May. four prostrations in Chicago. Joe Barker convicted of manslaughter in Seattle. 15 years. Globe Bank ex-president Cole sentenced to eight years in Greenfield. Alec Whitney shot on Augusta streetcar. bystander lynching of suspect near Harlem, 25 miles from Augusta.
London cheers for Mafeking relief as British forces push toward Laing's Nek. Reports note fire at St Marys School Belmont with $200000 loss, and a flood of US and international items from strikes to coups, floods, earthquakes, and political maneuvers across continents.
An American laundry plant has been exported to China with over five million dollars invested in China for playing card manufacture. Coal is mined in Shansi at 13 cents per ton, illustrating low extraction costs. David T. Haraden, who died recently in Roxbury Massachusetts, served seventy six years with a single piano maker firm.
London reports in the Daily Express claim Kruger sent a peace terms telegram to the British premier. Rioting followers celebrate Mafeking relief with attacks on shops and homes, injuries to clerks, and police restoring order amid arrests in London and other cities.
Astoria officials impose a port quarantine on vessels from San Francisco to deter potential plague. The O R N Columbia is held for inspection. two Chinese passengers are moved to a government quarantine station for about ten days while baggage is fumigated. The report also notes filings for Nome Railroad Company and Wild Goose Railway with $100,000 capital.
The cruiser Philadelphia arrived in Philadelphia today from San Juan del Sur after a cruise through South and Central American waters.
A damaged reminiscence compiles disparate clippings on drinking violence and domestic troubles. It mentions a wife scarred by a drunken husband, a divorce motive in Damascus Ohio, a Buffalo milk case with earthworms, Guam governor jokes on tariffs, and social quips about marriages and mothers.
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