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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
6
A Denver Post verse laments the historical blame of women in wrongdoing. It argues the constant gender bias persists across ages as men accuse women, while condemning all for sin at judgment day.
A brief dialogue recalls a playful quarrel about childhood ages and memories between two adults. One narrator claims to have been a very bad child, while the other insists they were an angel, hinting at a past that shaped their current relationship. Their teasing exchange ends with a charged glance.
A scene unfolds with Netta and a suitor at a Regent era home. He confesses past love and attempts a sly plan to win Netta with the vicar’s advice guiding their dialogue. Netta’s restraint gives way to tender emotion as truth and forgiveness emerge.
A collage of vintage song lines and poetic fragments. It blends minstrel era refrains John Brown's Body and Glory, glory with references to Maid of Athens and Byron style lines including Zoe mou sas agapo and Istambol. The piece repeats melodious urges and longing across diverse sources.
The piece extols Washington summers: reveling in lights near the Capitol and crowds thronging to Cabins John’s Bridge Glen Echo and Chevy Chase Lake. It recalls seasonal sights and sounds from a portable band of four to a Senegambian reciter and an elderly crab vendor, portraying a city vibrant with music and travel in the heat.
A restless scene outdoors describes crabs invading a walkway while an elderly man is preoccupied. The text notes a disturbing attempt to pull a child away, echoing a recently severe remark by a figure referred to as Uncle Tom.
A Washington diamond merchant recounts how a one and a half carat diamond was stolen from a ring pawned for 40. The gem passed through several buyers from pawnshops to a New York drummer and a local dealer, finally ending in an engagement ring worth 500. The tale shows how scarcity and desire drive value. Only a few people profited while the gem changed hands multiple times.
A veteran actor explains the origin of the term when a touring English company in Suffolk tired of arrears in pay. During Hamlet in Lavenham the ghost’s line “Perchance ’twill walk again” was followed by a spectral voice declaring the ghost would walk no more until salary was paid.
A neighbor intervenes in a quarrel over a crying infant, noting that crying is claimed to benefit lungs. The piece also cites Newfoundland’s 100,000 men, about half fishermen, consuming 150 million pounds of cod annually, with a $4,450,000 export balance and a warning that health in youth affects old age.
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece explains sunstroke stems from overexertion and heat, not just sun. It notes calm temperament helps, and warns of headaches, dizziness, and weakness as danger signs. It contrasts sunstroke with heat exhaustion including skin moisture and body temperature changes.
The Countess of Shaftsbury and her husband sailed to the United States to observe the Shamrock III versus Reliance yacht races. As a leading society figure, she named Shamrock III at the launch for Sir Thomas Lipton, while Lord Shaftsbury presides over the Royal Ulster Yacht Club colors. She was born Lady Constance Grosvenor in 1899 and is a Westminster granddaughter.
J M Longyear former Marquette mayor owns the Michigan mansion once the state’s finest with a $250000 outlay. After a new lakefront railroad right of way appeared near the house he ordered its demolition and shipment to Brookline Massachusetts to be re erected for family use. The move is presented as the only profitable option for such a valuable property.
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