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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1903
Page
6
A verse from London Vanity Fair imagines a private dream world named Fanceys Realm where lovers roam free at night. It speaks of escaping daytime dullness and creating own laws and joys while night grants imaginative escape and lasting solace.
Vanders, a songwriter in Elmira, amid a failed early performance of his song, meets Miss Alice Merton. A renewed composition, inspired by love, finally rises to acclaim as the audience reverently applauds the completed work.
Laxey in the Isle of Man serves as the headquarters of the island’s lead mines, producing more than half the ore. It is famed for its great wheel erected in 1854, with a seventy two foot diameter and steadfast operation since installation.
A playful vignette shows Ernie dominating conversation, chatting for an hour with no interruption. The speaker quips that she spoke at length, then asked why he allowed her to tell the tale, while noting the saying that few faults are lost but many are found.
Paul du Chaillly, famed African explorer credited with first bringing the gorilla to global attention, died at 65 in St Petersburg while preparing for a Siberian expedition. Born in New Orleans, he traveled 8000 miles with native companions and wrote The Land of the Midnight Sun. His death leaves no known living relatives.
A Census Bureau study shows geographic death patterns across twenty one districts. Pacific coast Washington reports gunshot deaths and heart disease dominates several regions while lung, typhoid, and malaria prevail elsewhere. Rural areas face rheumatism amid weather shifts and limited medical access.
Henry Labouchere cites a Moscow periodical noting the Czar ordered roads in Finland to connect with St Petersburg. The order travels through Public Works to the Archangel governor, then to Finance under De Witte, who has no funds. After three and a half years no road has been started.
A Copenhagen tale shows a king on an early walk with Prince Waldemar when a ragged beggar asks for a portrait as a keepsake. The amused monarch lacks a portrait but finds a clever answer in the beggar’s purse joke. The item ends with satirical blasts from Boston Transcript and others.
A historical bread recipe explains dissolving salten in hot water, mixing with flour to form a dough, and two rising stages in warm places. It then guides mixing with milk and more flour, forming loaves, rising again, and baking. A moral about budgeting follows, contrasting men and women in expense thinking.
A young man faces a firm refusal from a slender girl, revealing a brief personal rebuff and the social moment surrounding an awkward traditional encounter.
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