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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1902
Page
7
A lullaby tale of a giant who swallows seas and moons, ending with a child’s bedtime. Also instructions for a camphor powered toy boat and a light zoo anecdote about Tracy the panther cub and Jack the Japanese monkey. A short note on choosing first class over second class.
A collection of short anecdotes and morals from readers and children. It includes a lesson on honesty with a berry seller, a toddler asking how caves hold darkness, misheard words about a switch, a pig versus chicken mix up, and a child’s playful take on heat expressions.
The New York Sun notes Baltimore may be nicknamed the Can City due to oyster canning making up 60 percent of U.S. activity and a growing variety of packed foods. It contrasts monuments with industry, citing Baltimore’s early Washington monument and Battle Monument, and mentions other city nicknames for steel and textiles as context.
The piece references securing the North Pole for exhibition at the St Louis World’s Fair. It notes exclusive access and hints at broader themes of education, exploration, memory, and cultural shifts. It also mentions naval crisis reports tied to insanity after war.
A fragmentary page notes a horse named Death winning a race and features older ads for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Piso's Cure for Consumption. It mentions Doukhobors dying from grass, a bottle price, and Minister Wu preparing impressions of America.
The piece notes the long settlement of Inventor Morse's estate and that the wealth to settle has diminished. It comments on bold Yankee women wearing United States made Paris gowns and jokes about the fashion invasion impacting dressmakers. It mentions Dean Alice Young urging Iowa University women to avoid wasting time on calls from men and references a club paper on The Dignity of Household Labor.
Report notes average British temperatures have climbed about 1.13 degrees in fifty years with January showing nearly three degrees warmer than in the past.
The notice references New York case 46-1902 and requests advertisers to cite the paper in their notices, indicating formal publication and acknowledgment requirements.
A letter from Alma L. Cox, assistant postmistress of Orum South Carolina, details chronic illness and dyspepsia cured by Peruna and Manalin after failing with eight doctors. The testimonial claims systemic catarrh caused widespread symptoms and that its removal restored health, urging other women to try the remedies.
A conversation reveals a student who dislikes the game but admires a pitcher. The Smallest University at Foura Bay, Sierra Leone, is claimed to be the world’s smallest, once hosting 12 students and five professors.
In a cryptic exchange, Mies Purling asks Mr. Spitkins if he saw sharks crossing the ocean. Spitkins replies yes and adds he played cards with a couple of them during the voyage.
Arnold Scott of Bernardsboro Massachusetts has been blind for half a century yet served as town letter carrier with notable efficiency in collecting and delivering mail.
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