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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
7
A partial OCR digest mentions digging as of a certain date with high costs and uncertain details. It references a location and figures but lacks clear names or events. The readable fragment hints at a technical or financial task but no concrete outcome or participants are identifiable.
A former Pennsylvanian bank cashier recalls plotting to steal about 90000 dollars, entering the unlocked vault with a manager and president present, only to abort the plan as they rather faced the funds and debated whether to act. The narrative contrasts the criminal resolve with the bank officials’ stunned reaction.
Describes Union Pacific train robbery near Wilcox Wyoming on June 2. Notes increase in violence as death penalty looms for captured bandits. While most robbers avoided killing, desperate criminals now employ dynamite and harsher methods to steal from railway and express companies.
The robbers blew the Wilcox express car to pieces and escaped with about 30,000 dollars. A long pursuit by railroad officials, soldiers, and scouts lasted a month. Sheriff Hazen of Douglas County Wyoming was killed in a battle with the outlaws. A reward of 3000 dollars per robber remains, with 2000 from Union Pacific and Pacific Express, plus 1000 from the U S government per head, dead or alive.
A Montana region of the Rockies hosts Grasshopper Glacier near Granite Peak. Geologist Kimball notes vast grasshopper masses entombed in ice, carried by ice rivers to the glacier’s lower edge where millions of dried remains accumulate.
A London Tit-Bits quip frames a mock lawyer exchange about suing a property owner after a street grate injury. The speaker suggests damages of £20, with an estimate that double might be possible, only to reveal the defendant’s residence at No 80 Blank Street and the joke that verdicts rarely come.
The article explains that musicians tune instruments in public to account for temperature changes at the performance venue. It notes that tuning in a cold room would not stay accurate once the room heats up, causing instruments to go out of tune.
In Russia rabbit hair and other animal fibers are processed into bowls dishes and plates valued for strength and lightness. The finished items resemble varnished leather in appearance and offer a sturdy alternative to traditional ceramics.
The article praises the Tzigares of Hungary as Europe’s finest looking people. It describes them as splendid in appearance, rarely ill, and possessing blood so pure that wounds heal quickly without medicine.
A collage of familiar ads and snippets appears with remedies for catarrh and nerve conditions, travel promotions for the Great Rock Island route, and local notices. Also featured are a surgeon’s cure claim, a European travel tally, a tide interval fact, a lung recovery anecdote, a St Louis sprinkler strike report, a teething syrup recommendation, and a Dublin municipal election result mention.
An Irish mistress scatters a sharp brief quarrel with her husband and sends Bridget to town for a plaice. Bridget replies with sly humor, offering to fetch one for herself as well, claiming she cannot stand the master any longer.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt a store owner laments the vanity of window museums while a Dewey era tonic Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is praised for digestion relief amid a busy praise culture. A curiosity exhibit attracts crowds and a Samoa bird in a cave draws attention as a science card elicits laughter. The 180 year old Hampton Court vine remains vigorous though fruit production has declined.
The ad proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as a highly concentrated blood purifier and tonic offering unique curative power. It notes a September 1890 coal pit miner and a June 1896 London University M A as part of a record tied to Thomas Reese M A who was named to Brecon college. It also cites Chicago life expectancy doubling over 80 years with 42,050 lives saved.
The California Fig Syrup Co markets Syrup of Fies as a pleasant liquid laxative made from figs and senna to cleanse the system. It claims to strengthen the body, dispel colds and fevers, and aid kidneys, liver, and bowels without irritation. Sold everywhere by druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
Public travel information extols the Granda Western Railway with Denver Rio Grande and Colorado Midland connections. It highlights direct Salt Lake City passage, six Eastbound routes, through Pullman cars, reclining chairs, dining service, and famed Utah sights. Contact J D Mansfield in Portland for pamphlets. Also notes aluminium corsets used by medical men for spinal treatment.
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