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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1905
Page
7
Parents of schoolchildren object to smallpox vaccination by a public vaccinator with humorous reasoning. Comments include changing a child’s name to avoid vaccination and a girl’s misunderstanding of religious rites. A goose farm in the Midwest uses a staged incubator to hatch ten thousand eggs daily for feather supply.
An early October drive through Little Cottonwood Canyon toward the Alta Mine amid crystal air and golden aspen glow. The article notes glacier streams, snow peaks, and the beauty of autumn as miners toil underground and nature shines above. It also references education in Japan, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and coal-like burning peach and apricot stones in California.
A mixed burst of notes includes a claim about a flower called the botanical clock changing color by the day, plus advertisements for Dr. Kline's nerve restorer and Piso's Cure cough remedy. Also mentions a Newcastle butcher fined for carrying a pig by ears and tail, and a Chicago area Hall's Catarrh Cure offer with testimonials.
The article touts Pillsbury's Vitos as a fully machine produced breakfast cereal. It describes the white heart of the wheat kernel being processed by steel rolls and sterilizers into two pound air tight packages with no handling, cooking, coloring, or adulteration. It claims healthful nourishment and economy with a 15 cent Rocky Mountain Territory price.
The American Real Estate & Guaranty Co advertises Lincoln County holdings including a 91 acre dairy ranch with stock and furniture for 3500 dollars a 410 acre dairy ranch and fruit for 5000 dollars an 80 acre fruit farm for 1500 dollars a large acreage farm for 3000 dollars a 10 acre farm for 1000 dollars a hotel and livery barn in a small town for 1200 dollars a general merchandise store at St Johns with full information at the Portland office listed as 12714 Seventh St Room 5 Portland Oregon agents everywhere
A New York Sun summary notes that open fields are safest from lightning, while oaks and elms are frequent targets. It cites Prospect Park incidents, Lippe-Detmold records, and international data showing elms and oaks as common strikes, with beeches safest among forest trees.
A London dealer received from India six thousand bird of paradise skins and about half a million hummingbird skins along with similar counts of other tropical birds. An auction room in London recently sold nearly a million skins in a three month period, sourced mainly from the East and West Indies and Brazil.
In a witty exchange, Father-Well questions whether Smitherers will work if he marries Julia. Julia replies he will focus on her, promising to do nothing but think of her.
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