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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1902
Page
6
A commemorative poem honors fallen soldiers who wore the blue, noting their graves, lasting memory, and sacrifice. It salutes heroes with lines about victory, duty, and celestial rest, promising no neglect of each grave and a lasting national gratitude.
A worksite scene turns dramatic as a team of horses pulling a carriage with a frightened 10 year old girl careens toward a pit. Bill Braddock leaps from a window, rescues the child, and endures injuries while workers hail him a hero and reward him.
A wartime hero fallen from drink returns in memory on Memorial Day as a veteran named Bill Braddock, once praised for saving lives, confronts his past. A wreath on his brother’s grave reveals the hidden truth and grants him peace as bells toll.
A four year old boy draws bears camels and rulers with pencils and paper. He imagines brave missions as a soldier with a paper cap sword and stick gun. After battles end he returns to his cozy trundle bed and continues creating.
All enlisted men wore the blouse for fatigue dress. It is described in the regulations as a sack coat of dark blue flannel extending halfway down the body.
In a memory soaked scene, Bill Braddock, shaken but tender, recalls a saved life and vows a sober Memorial Day. He parts from companions, dons Grand Army uniform, carries a wreath, and rides toward Belleview to honor the fallen, choosing restraint over liquor for twenty four hours.
A quotation extols army nurses as surpassing saints in compassion and service, noting brave wartime nurses who aided the wounded and offered comfort in hospitals. The passage emphasizes friendship and universal agreement on their usefulness.
A survey of young prodigies highlights John Ericsson Charles Brush and Thomas Edison as child inventors. It notes Ericsson's 12 year old leadership on a Swedish canal project, Brush's early electric motor work and lamp controls, and Edison's 12 and 14 year old experiments including a toy telegraph line and a clock-notched signal.
A New York Times tale ends with twin brothers asking a lawyer to divide seven dollars as their inherited share. The lawyer charges seven dollars and the men depart relieved, while Mrs Tarbell and Miss Porter discuss a friction over a sugar bowl, showing stubborn family dynamics and the daily grind of small conflicts.
The Peninsular Railway station in Bombay is described as the most expensive and roomiest in the world, surpassing critics with its grandeur.
A Pennsylvania housewife outwits a forgetful husband by sending him a sealed note to be opened at work. The letter reveals the need to bring home a bag of potatoes, and the trick succeeds as the potatoes are sent home that morning.
The Reichsanzeiger issues a decree on slavery in the Cameroons and Togoland. Children born to domestic slaves are granted half freedom, and children of half free men become free. The sale of slaves is allowed only voluntarily, while slave exchange is forbidden.
A critic notes Miss Bilkins has written a tale with genuine New England flavor. The work blends old maid elements with culture and Browning, while praising compliments that puff up dull people and overlook true credit.
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