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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
8
The essay urges that morning courtesy should start at home with breakfast and daily routines. It argues laziness and habit drive cross moods, stresses teaching children daily politeness, and notes how a courteous mother influences daughters and sons, linking dress and behavior at home to public image.
The text extols punctuality as politeness and a rule for considerate behavior at dinners and dances. It advises arriving early, greeting hosts, and offering strong excuses for lateness. It also urges prompt replies to letters, starting the day early if needed, and forming punctual habits. It ends with a light anecdote about misunderstandings at a luncheon.
In Korea marriages happen very young typically between ages twelve and fifteen. Parents arrange matches for economic reasons and the couple often meet only on wedding day. The groom’s pigtail knot signals manhood and entry into public life, while lack of funds left him a child with few rights.
In Paris the owners of houses overlooking executions profit by renting windows to spectators. Typical seats fetch about $4, while exceptionally notorious crimes can command up to $30 per viewing.
A Washington Star exchange quotes Mr Meekton praising his wife as competent for any office while Miss Caynne derides the remark as vanity. She argues he believes her governance of him qualifies her to govern the nation.
A collage of wry quips and oddities touches on flattery as best insult, gender cloth myth, and social fads. It notes robbers pressuring victims with an indorsed draft, a catfish wearing found spectacles, limits on talcum in chop suey, and a Mount Popocatepetl weather joke amid Mexican political sharpness.
A poem laments love and faith, contrasting worldly gain with divine light. It speaks of unrequited affection, moths to glare, and Mammon versus seraphs, ending with a line on a beloved as life and ocean to a man’s thoughts, an eternal breach.
The ideal ration keeps a 1500 pound horse in thrifty condition at low cost. Do not feed heavy working rations on idle days. For hard work feed ten pounds corn eight oats two bran and twelve mixed hay. Bran acts as a laxative and corrector. if pasture is allowed at night, remove bran entirely.
A New Yorker recalls a London horse show featuring Arab chiefs famed for riding. They hosted an Arab dinner where the first course, kous kous, was eaten with fingers. An Englishman asks for a fork, sparking a quip about cleanliness of fingers versus the fork. The Arab chief claims his fingers are clean and questions the fork's cleanliness.
A vivid portrait extols Germany's sea power and air superiority with the claim that its giant ships and airships will lead the world undeterred by storms or wrecks. The passage emphasizes national prowess and frontier spirit in exploration and dominance.
Amid many so called cures cancer continues to increase. Occasionally an aviator breaks a record only to suffer a fatal crash, illustrating risks in pursuit of fame and progress.
A 1920s-era column claims Moscow plans to crush dissent by spreading unrest while taxing widows heavily. It notes poor bachelors ready to relieve rich widows of hardship, highlighting social tension and tax policy as tools of control.
Shinto festival features ornate decorated cars kept at the Ueno shrine in Iga province. Hundreds of worshipers haul the vehicles in a procession through the festive streets to honor the shrine gods. The cars display rich gilding and lacquer work as fine examples of Japanese decorative art.
The Swiss military prefers ground based Alpine patrols over airplanes and airships. It emphasizes staying near peaks while gaining the high elevation experience with feet on solid ground.
The removal of the polite salutation "Dear sir" and the closing "Yours very truly" is unlikely to affect letters from a debtor to a creditor asking for more time. The core issue remains the debtor’s request for an extension and the creditor’s willingness to grant it.
The text notes new ancient ruins near the City of Mexico alongside some modern ruins in the area. It references a range of disparate topics from soul weight to diamonds and potatoes, interlacing cultural observations with period commentary and hints at Edison and Dr. Wiley in a flurried, opinionated mood.
A French paper claims laughter reveals character. Ha ha marks frankness in men and secrecy issues in women. Heh heh signals neurasthenia melancholy and skepticism. Ho ho indicates generosity and good nature in both sexes. Hee hoos warn against as hypo
A cheeky quip notes the odd old danger of choking on beefsteak and jokes that the art of eating beefsteak is a lost one as readers ponder common dining mishaps.
Ambassador Page identifies a residence in a respectable London area affordable at roughly two thirds of his salary. The discovery is praised as a clever move to ready his countrymen for upcoming missions.
A New York woman triumphed after a three-decade struggle for alimony against her husband. The piece notes her determination and reflects on how such resolve could have improved her home life.
A remark notes that German girls are forming a society whose members commit to marrying homely men, a path many would likely take regardless.
A Pittsburgh bear reportedly uses smoking and drinking by humans as it chews and wiggles, believed to be the first signs of animal intelligence observed.
The inaugural enforcement under Wisconsin’s antigossip law targeted a man in a barroom, not a woman at a sewing circle, illustrating the statute’s unexpected application in social settings.
The article traces Mem as the Hebrew name for M and notes its ancient form linked to water. It cites philologists linking Phoenician M to a human-face pictograph, with strokes depicting facial features, and mentions a comical resemblance in the old Phoenician form. It also highlights Philippine embroidery by children under ten, praising drawnwork and the high skill of Filipino workers. The piece ends with a corrected quip about learning to play cards.
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