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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1902
Page
6
Reading through a noisy jumble of era claims and ad lines, the piece notes bones found in Kansas suggesting human life dating back at least 35,000 years. It weaves in jokes about trusts, pamphlets from agriculture, teething remedies, and various quips on fame and industry.
An odd mix of patent medicine pitches and civic observations fills the page. Allen’s Foot Ease promotes a cheap powder with claims of curing foot issues while a church in New York features a whistle during collection and ponders a trapeze stunt in the church dome. Also discussed is the long tenure of officeholders versus their financial gain, noting that repeated campaigns consume profits.
A collage of jokes and quips from various newspapers reveals playful takes on love work manners and everyday life. Throughout the snippets several names like Philadelphia Bulletin Puck and Washington Star appear alongside light banter about marriage luck and family.
The passage lists varied figures: 22 German shipyards employing 60,000, coal mining with 140,000 workers, Victoria sending 8 million dollars of butter to London annually, a beer bottle cork innovation, 6,059 U S flower and ornamental plant establishments across 46,647 acres, shorthand origins in 1774, and California industries with sugar and slaughtering around 15 million dollars and lumber, flour, and fruits around 13 million each.
An Indianapolis reader credits Peruna for relief from years of pain and renewed life. The piece claims many invalid women are becoming healthy via Dr. Hartman’s home treatment and offers free guidance from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
George Gwinn, 102, of Carroll County Tennessee, has forty seven children by six wives. Born in 1800, he recalls events from four-score years ago as he moves about with a cane and avoids liquor and tobacco. He lives on Jason Gibbs farm and has over 140 grandchildren along with three great great grandchildren.
The piece notes the restoration of the term midshipman after twenty years of naval usage, contrasts irrigation prospects with arid lands in the West, and recalls a magnetic corned beef hash made by Senator Hanna's cook that attracted Roosevelt and other officials to breakfast in Washington.
The article details steps toward a Panama Canal, including possible use of the Nicaraguan route if Panama proves impracticable, negotiations for a perpetual U S right of way across Panama with Colombia, and the need for Senate ratification. A seven member commission would oversee contracts, with later 20000 workers on site and a $40 million payment to the French company plus bond issuance. first transit expected around 1910.
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