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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1912
Page
3
On a transatlantic steamer a young college man balked at a planned boxing match after learning his opponent was a rough local. He refused to fight, citing fear and a clash over a menu term demitasse hinting at the opponent’s experience.
A fragment discusses famous drinkers from ancient to modern times and notes Marie Antoinette’s prison bill for meals and hygiene items. It then shifts to colonial shipbuilding in Maine and New Hampshire, which produced about half of early American tonnage prior to the Revolution.
Pompeii and Herculaneum excavations reveal masons tools close to modern use. Stonework ties with iron, large tile handling, and a unique concrete mix with broken brick as binder. The Pantheon's dome endures from the first century era, showing concrete’s lasting strength despite time.
A homesteader received dwarf mile maize seed from the department of agriculture and reported planting it. He noted the crop grew well but was eaten by jack rabbits, and requested another seed lot along with a pair of dwarf rabbits to match the maize.
A terse exchange captures Baron questioning a candidate about a porter job. The applicant confirms no man with a particular item is present in the anteroom, causing the conversation to pause as details are clarified.
A fragment describes Mont Primitive behavior in New Guinea as natives rush a fallen tree trunk in flood to extract large white beetle larvae with stone axes and sharp tools, comparing their actions to ancestral practices observed by Wollaston. The strange foal and insect food form part of the article note.
Mrs Stephen B Ayres serves as corresponding secretary at 1123 Broadway as the League founded by Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Thomas R Marshall expands nationwide. The group aims to mobilize women beyond campaign moments and to build democratic support including tariff reform concerns for household goods.
The Boston Globe describes shipwrights venturing into timber uplands to build 100 ton ships, placing them on timber sledges and hauling with 200 oxen. The process, called raising them, required a coordinated start by a major general and continued until the vessel rested on frozen navigable water.
A spy before Marshal Bassompiere faces death with the marshal’s usual line that either of them must be hanged. The spy asks for a last interview to reveal supreme importance. The jailers plead, the marshal asks what business he has, and the spy asks if the marshal truly means for one to be hanged. The marshal is amused and orders the spy released.
The Kelasa heights boulder in Burma balances on a cliff edge and trembles with wind. Locals crown the summit with a twenty five foot pagoda, believing a Buddha hair holds the rock in place and awaiting divine wrath if it topples.
An indignant citizen asks why taxes are high this year while a county treasurer's clerk in Chicago answers confidentially. The exchange hints at fiscal concern and budget pressures in the city.
In a playful exchange Ethel asserts a guess about what Good Guess said about you. Gussie claims no idea and Ethel confirms the guess mirrors what was said.
Albert Schooley of Chehalis is a leading Democratic candidate for commissioner of public lands. Born in Pennsylvania he studied at Bucknell College taught school entered commerce and served in the territorial legislature before moving to Washington. He held Lewis county auditor four terms and served as Chehalis mayor. He runs on a platform of businesslike administration for the state lands office.
Dr J T Curtiss of Dwight Kansas asserts Electric Bitters cured his eczema and even the disease in himself. The tonic is described as a blood purifier effective against eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores. It is claimed to boost strength and is sold for 60 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by all agents.
Modern Job Printing offered by Aberdeen Printing Co with contact Pheso 5401. The terse snippet promotes printing services and suggests equipment or catalog details are available locally.
A fragment discusses the idea that purchasing a purse is cheaper than losing something, mentioning the Drug Co and a new lot of the kind that sell.
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