Local notices and society highlights in Aberdeen
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y M C A met last evening and the Elks plan a ladies social. Clarke's cash and racket store at 57 H street advertises bargains while go goods and prices are promoted. A baby was born to Mr and Mrs Chas R Green on Monday May 25. The West A J schooner loads at Wishkah dock for Mexico. Various hospital updates note discharges and treatments at Aberdeen General, and local events include the Junior Y M C A diners, school and theatre notices.
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Clarke
H Street
Chas. R. Green
L. L. Maley
Dabney Heights
A. J. West
Wishkah
Mexico
Frank C. Cushman
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Henry Spon
Aberdeen General Hospital
Hepfinger
Tf Timber Crusier
Heravp
Wishkah Street
Gertie Coombs
Elma
Mortimer Martini
Portland
Carlson
Oriental Tea Co
Hilah L. Allen
Herr Home
Michigan
W. E. Wyatt
Rayville
Tae Vee Market
Wilson and Gastro
Avedeen
Montesano Creamery Lutte
O J. W. Murray
The
Paine Drug Co
Ninemire Morgan
Heron and
G Streets
Market Street
Nellie Redinger
Business Rustlers
Messrs
C DP. L. Roberts
J.C. Pearson
C. White
Measure of Success in Labor and Harvest
A Ruskin quote on labor and success describes how the distance between sowing and harvest affects the fruits of effort. The farther the aim and the less we witness the work, the greater the imagined measure of achievement.
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John Ruskin
A Symphony of Colors and a Ghost Walk in Verse
The New York Tribune recalls Gray’s Elegy In a Country Churchyard and notes he wrote it to make the ghost walk. The piece is framed with colors like duns and blues reflecting Gray’s mood and the era.
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Gray
New York Tribune
Breach of Etiquette Quoted in Army Discharge
An amused Philadelphia Record anecdote recounts Colonel Blupher admitting he was discharged from the army for turning his back to the enemy. An interested friend questions the severity of a mere breach of etiquette.
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Blupher
Philadelphia
White's Cream Vermifuge Credited World Wide
The medicine is praised as a top wort destroyer with toning effects on weak children. It claims to neutralize stomach acidity, aid digestion and food assimilation, strengthen the nervous system, and restore vigor and cheerful spirits in childhood. An advertisement offers agents and commissions for selling engines and related goods.
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W. K. Paine & Co
Ballard's Snow Liniment Endorsed By Farmer Readers
Dr. Bergin of Pana Illinois praises Ballard's Snow Liniment as the best for burns and minor injuries. The ad urges farm families to keep it on hand for emergencies and lists prices 25c 50c and 1 at W B Paine Co.
Standard Furniture Co Catalogue Offer Seeks Aberdeen Readers
Local advert invites every Aberdeen resident and nearby reader to request free Catalogue Z from Standard Furniture Co Mail Order Dept Seattle. It promises interest to those considering buying furniture or stores and emphasizes free availability.
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Aberdeen
Vicinity
Standard Furniture CO
Seattle
Hidden Canterbury Murder Scene Beneath Donkey Fresco
The 16th century destruction of Becket imagery under Henry VIII left few honest depictions. At South Newington near Banbury England a crude Christ entering Jerusalem fresco reveals beneath a concealed murder scene of Thomas a Becket. Age and damp threaten its dissolution yet the concealed martyrdom figure may emerge as the fresco degrades.
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Henry VIII
Thomas A Becket
St. Thomas
South Newington
Banbury
England
Christ
Jerusalem
Lord
Canterbury
Not of our killin story on coachman and crape scene
Senator Gallinger's New Hampshire practice days included a flamboyant coachman. When a passerby saw black crape on a neighboring residence and asked about the death, the rider snapped I don't know it's not of our killin' and kept his horse halted to shield the doctor.
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Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Dr. Gallinger
Washington Star
Trollope Dozes Through London Club Debate On South Africa
Anthony Trollope, recently returned from South Africa, nodded off during a Cosmopolitan club discussion with Lord Carna von Lord Derby Froude Lord Wolseley and other notables. He woke, roused himself, and declared he utterly disagreed with every one of them asking what had been said.
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Anthony Trollope
London
South Africa
Cosmopolitan Club
Lord Carnavon
Lord Derby
Froude
Lord Wolseley
Trollope
Rain and Plants Explain Rain’s Superior Plant Nourishment
A correspondent notes that rain surpasses sprinklers for plant growth because rain carries carbonic acid and nitrogenous particles washed from the air. Sprinklers from height could be marginally more effective than surface ground watering due to this atmospheric delivery.
Nursery duties and childhood wisdom in a Tatler tale
A London Tatler anecdote recalls a seventeen year old candidate for an under nurse post who boasts cleaver child experience by claiming she used to be a child herself. The light humorous exchange highlights common sense and charm in hiring amid servants and officials.
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London
Tatler
Typewriter Blundered Exchange Laughs Over Letter Mix Up
In a humorous exchange a restaurant owner asks about a new typewriter while a misaddressed note to the Ilop Growers' association reveals a comical mix up. The dialogue features a French churchgoer and Gotham banter about what to write and the price of frogs legs.
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Church
Gotham
Ilop Growers’ Association
On Principle Floggings and a Doctor's View
In a London Tit Bits exchange Bert frets about flogging on principle after prayers while Billy jokes about its location. Old Dr Grimshaw tells a medical student humanity splits into the poor he treats and the rich he doctors.
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Bert
Billy
London
Dr. Grimshaw
Grimshaw
The Mournful Parlour Conversation
A mother asks Penelope if Charles kissed her last night. Penelope responds with a coy, ceremonial description of a brief, momentary labial juxtaposition as Charles departs, framing it as innocuous.
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Penelope
Charles
Thwarted Them Reasoning About Inheritance
A brief quirky note from Newa News recalls Rollingold feared adjudication of incapacity and thus gave away his money to avoid relatives claiming guardianship. The item emphasizes caution in handling large inheritances amid family disputes.
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Rollingold
Newa
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the Order
N. D. Warwick
American Mill
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W. Weatherwax
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Pearson
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W. B. Paine & Co
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Lpew
Sthits Drug
Tine
Laughlin
Yonr
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Aberdeen Grocery Co
Indian Creek
Andrews Creek
MacGillicuddy
Secion
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