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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1897
Page
3
In a small town Ruth Adams plans with Ernest Wilson as he grows from shadowed brother of a gentleman into a respected suitor. He confronts Will's charm and emptiness, urging Ruth toward a steadier, truer partnership while navigating family expectations and heartache.
A wall of water from Asotin creek swept through the valley late this afternoon, drowning stock, washing out five bridges, and wrecking houses. Losses about 100000 dollars, with orchards and gardens most destroyed. no lives reported, bridges and park damaged in Asotin town. torrent noted as unprecedented in the valley’s history.
In Madrid and New York dispatches May 24 report Spain hesitates to intervene as the United States Senate debates recognition of Cuban belligerency. Premier Canovas and Senor Morelly Prendergast frame the issue as a test for McKinley and Sherman, with Spain avoiding mediation. Also cited are alleged Cuban cruelty cases and other unrelated news items from across the United States and Europe.
In Oregon City the body of William Ladd was recovered after being removed from Riverview cemetery. D. Magone and three others were jailed for the crime. Montgomery’s confession implicated the group. Separately, a bold robbery on the Steilacoom electric line near Tacoma ended with the robber dead after a shootout with officers. In Philadelphia, a legislative inquiry into penitentiary management revealed brutal treatment and inflated inmate counts, with a death tied to a prior beating and a prisoner repeatedly tied to steam pipes.
Representative Thomas H. Tongue of Oregon was struck by a cable car at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street in Washington. He sustained cuts and bruises and was hospitalized at Providence with wounds on the left cheek and left eye. No serious outcomes expected.
Jasper Nesesloid, an elderly resident of New Whatcom, was shot in the abdomen and likely fatally wounded around 10 PM at the Dock and Hollister streets corner by Harry W. Stewart who came from Carson City Nevada to visit. Stewart is connected to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
A dialect reminiscence describes a boastful mockingbird that mocks others and sings on a high perch. Birds listening admire the bird while fearing human envy. Eventually the mocker is captured and placed in a cage.
A Union soldier recalls a near miss after a Confederate prisoner proved to be his double. Posing as the captive, he learned Wakefield family and local details, slipped to the Confederate lines, and confronted Mahone’s headquarters while impersonating a captain to regain trust.
In 1864 the narrator impersonates John Wakefield to gather intelligence for Grant. He is challenged by Gen Mahone and Wakefield’s cousin John Winslow, nearly exposed, but ultimately convinces officers of his identity. After two days, Mahone relents and returns him to the Union lines. The tale ends with a reflection on the near-miss and the implied penalty for deception.
The speaker lists Montgomery Alabama streets and many local families, describes the State House Exchange Hotel and police station, and recalls his regiment’s actions in battles and skirmishes. A humorous anecdote about enlistment is shared, with Captain Thorn recalling details, and General Mahone mentioned with a single pivotal reference.
A historic science-rich meditation explains electricity as the earth’s hidden life force coursing through soil and water. It likens electrical activity to ocean waves and wildfire, predicting a future ignition of the globe by accumulated charge.
On a railroad siding above Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania thirty two Pullman palace cars stand guarded as they decay under litigation between the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Pullman Company. The cars worth about four hundred thousand dollars have been left exposed for more than five years awaiting court action.
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