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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
3
A modern lady dies and meets a regal host who offers an earthly style of life in heaven. She asks for establishments, servants, dinners, summers abroad, operas, and society coverage. The host explains no papers or society columns exist, prompting her grim remark, This is indeed hell.
A hotel keeper and politician becomes collector of internal revenue and receives a postmarked free gift with the note Conscience money. The piece includes Thoreau reflections on a delicate flower, a comic voyage miscue about a porthole, and humorous vignettes like Lionel Brough at a northern asylum, Kirsty McDougall and her nieces in Lochaber, and a sermon moment about white angels.
A translated London scoop claims a scientist offers a skin changing serum using injections of staphylococcus and acne bacilli to erase wrinkles and restore beauty within hours. The piece notes skepticism yet envisions a boon for men and a tariff revenue angle, with social implications and comedic caution.
Augustus Conant funds and guides the reshaping of a hill near Acton Center Mass to create a premier road foundation. The project relocates earth and piles field stones and boulders weighing tons to form a multi foot thick solid base, aiming for unmatched durability.
A magistrate appeals to Abe the boy's father about repeated chicken stealing charges. The father responds that he has shown him the right way but the boy still gets caught with the chickens. The exchange ends with a pointed retort about repeated offenses.
A highborn English girl defies friends who warn of misery and vows to marry Tom, a tradesman. She quips that social death would be her fate if she refused, noting they weighed pros and cons and found only advantages, including access to visits after marriage.
A young probationer delivers a trin sermon in an inland Scotland church and prays silently. The beadle taps him and kindly says not to take it to heart, suggesting he may do better next time.
A group of bachelor maids hosted a unique farewell tea for a friend about to marry. Guests shared photos of rejected suitors and narrated stories, enjoyed by a tea themed table with tiny teakettles and blossoms. A guessing contest followed along with crafts for the bride to be.
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