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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
6
Dr. Andrew Wilson explains geologists ignore everyday time and rely on epochs. A hypothetical weather committee could regulate rainfall and seasons, smoothing climate to reduce disasters and disease, claiming moral weather could usher in a golden age.
Essay argues weather control could be entrusted to a committee of learned citizens to restrain storms and reduce disasters. Mangasarian notes humanity already controls nature in other spheres and suggests extending this to weather to curb anarchic conditions in American meteorology.
T P O Connor argues evening dress marks a truce with existence and decorum. He lists classes who scorn dress and praises dressing to one’s means, wealth, and taste, asserting care in clothing reflects care in other endeavors.
A white quartz bowlder five feet high with an inscription was dedicated at Prince's Hill Cemetery Barrington RI to honor slaves who fought in the Revolution. Rhode Island abolished slavery in 1784 after a long slave history. about 50 slaves lie buried at Prince's Hill and many served in the American army, aiding passage of emancipation.
London writer Townley declares American seafood superior to European fare after touring U.S. markets. He cites Baltimore and Washington oysters as especially flavorful and affordable, praising lobsters, crabs, shrimp, terrapin, and fish as superior to European offerings.
A witty Chelsea Gazette quip on a patient told by a physician that smoking or losing his girl will save his heart. The patient replies with a sharp request for his pipe, lampooning pretentious bon mot talk.
Ted and his grandpa mend a fence in the woods when a partridge mother alarms them with her brood. They find an unhatched egg and warm it under a sunlit handkerchief, then return to look for the chick to no avail, wondering if the mother found him.
A 10-year-old boy from Arvada Colorado Cranston Rader risked his life to save his younger brother Miles from a passing electric railway car. He stood on the track waving and shouting as the car neared, prompting the motorman to stop within inches of the boy. The motorman freed Miles after removing the shoe.
The article notes Merriam census pin usage reaching over a million in 1900 and describes pin papering machines run by two children. It then shifts to health advice advocating internal hot remedies, bowel care, and strict cleanliness to prevent disease, arguing cleanliness should be taught in schools as a core value and health measure.
A historical sketch cites early cases of juvenile capital punishment in Britain and mentions specific youths from ten to twelve years old, including a Lancaster execution for arson tied to economic distress. It notes judges and observers like Blackstone and Greville, then shifts to a remark on jury difficulty and moral instruction.
Mrs Joseph Button found a rattlesnake two feet from her in a Taneyville Pennsylvania home after checking her child. The mother dropped milk and struck with a broom to save the baby and kill the reptile, ending a frightening encounter.
Cholly Borem exclaims it is the lawst day of June with Miss Patience replying humorously that if it were the lawst day of September it would be her birthday. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Press.
A garbled passage mentions a tire in a brush by a swamp and a tiger, monkey, and lightning bug with a tapir. The text trails into nonsensical lines about a married man, laughter, and a messy ending.
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