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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
6
A poem from Leslie's Weekly urges children to confide in their mother, seek guidance, and share joys and sorrows. It emphasizes maternal devotion, forgiveness, and lifelong support, urging openness and trust between child and parent. The piece frames motherhood as a source of comfort, counsel, and protection.
Elsie guards a heart shaped frame showing the hero she adores Jack Stewart returns from South Africa and confronts her about the lost trust. Elsie insists the beloved soldier is the brave best man though Jack fears losing her affections as the king of hearts remains an enigma.
Miss Tookah Turner, a highly accomplished quarter breed Cherokee from Muskogee, is hailed as the swellest Indian girl in the West by photographers. Her white merchant father and Cherokee mother frame a life of Paris-made wardrobes and a diamond collection, yet her features reveal little Indian heritage.
A rustic column parodies social habits and foibles in Atchison, noting how people believe and scheme, the vaunted roles of women and virtues, and how rumor swirls around courtship, manners, and daily life with wry humor and local flavor.
Fort Hays Kansas grew from Fort Fletcher at the junction of North Fork and Big Creek. Gen Sheridan and Major Gills built a new fort named Hays after Civil War general Alexander Hays. Custer, Hancock, Sheridan, and others served there. later the post was abandoned and Pays City emerged as a rival hub with many saloons and cowboy activity. The surrounding lands may become a public park and the old fort armory and quarters are shown in recent photographs.
Hay farming at Hayling has transformed over fifty years from labor intensive hand work by large crews to modern methods. Two men now harvest as much as six could then, finishing faster. The process is less picturesque but easier and better controlled, with hay stored in about two weeks versus a month or more in the past.
The text notes various animal feeding habits in captivity such as fish for marine mammals and milk for young mammals. It also mentions bears eating bread and monkeys preferring fruit. A writer muses that humans often mirror animal traits, claiming women’s romances render other ideals obsolete.
A report details distinct innovations including shade attachment improving roll roller longevity, a Guatemalan patent for ship flooding prevention with folded air reservoirs, an automatic watering trough valve system, a telescopic sample display stand with linked trays, and a fireproof refuse receptacle made of corrugated iron to boost draft and reduce fire risk.
The article notes that French Chamber members enjoy universal railway travel with identification medals. It compares MPs pay to other nations, mentions Norway’s wooden churches surviving harsh winters, and cites early Egyptian artificial limbs dating to B C 700 made by priests. An old bachelor humorously critiques marital attire.
The article recounts the Jungfrau Railway progress toward Rothstock, Gletscher Station, and future Grindelwald Gallery. It notes rock-cut tunnels, electric boring machines, dynamite blasting, and a high elevation path toward the Monch and Aletsch Guggi Glacier area with planned stations and dramatic valley views.
The narrative recounts Wild Bill Hickock’s 1869 election as marshal and a deadly run of violence including killings, jailhouse deaths, and a courthouse fire. It notes Pony Donovan’s 1872 imprisonment and murder, the Boot Hill graves, Lookout station raids, and later growth of Ways City and Hays City into western towns.
A historical item notes that much of Queen Victoria's collection came from Indian princes including the famed Soh-i-Noor acquired after Punjab's annexation in 1849. It mentions three crowns, a green diamond, and pearls. It also cites curious Zululand graves decorated with medicine bottles indicating illness duration.
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