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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1909
Page
7
Judge W. Jeff Pollard of St. Louis rose to prominence at Stockholm's anti alcohol congress. He introduced a pledge system for reforming drinkers, with over 600 signers and a high reform rate. The plan offers pledge signing or workhouse, drawing worldwide attention.
A recent explorer recounts opposition from nomadic groups as he travels from Tripoli across the Sahara. He highlights the Touaregs with their veil customs, notes on identity, and a proverb about theft, linking the tribe to Timbuktu’s origin.
A dean recalls a Maine man named Thomas who raised horses and once sent a colt to pasture to swim across a stream for water. The London language piece notes the Daily Mail’s nickname and readers’ misreadings. A vacation rail tale ends with a wife’s joke about letters from home.
Inspirational note urging resilience despite bruises and failure. Emphasizes getting up and continuing the struggle with courage. Reflects Charles Kingsley’s voice on perseverance and refusal to stay down after a setback.
A girl watches men band tar around fruit trees in her grandfather's orchard and later asks her mother why a gentleman in the city wears a mourning band on his sleeve. The anecdote shows a child's curious interpretation of signs of grief.
The passage recalls Jerrold’s wit about first nights and nervous adapters who boast of success. He quips that those plays were already tried, and defends his judgment of a friend’s disliked book by clarifying his negative remark. He also mocks a mistaken philanthropist as overly benevolent and rain sheltering a duck with an umbrella.
An austere quotation from Bulwer urging personal resolve. The line emphasizes thinking alone, a fixed gaze, and a firm declaration of being resolved. It frames resolve as a disciplined, solitary act shaping action and character.
A ship captain recalls a persistent passenger aboard an Atlantic liner who pined for a whale sighting. The Indesite traveler repeatedly urged the crew to call her a white blubber and pressed for a dramatic capture, insisting on the legendary creature’s appearance.
Rates quoted for this oceanfront lodging include 2.50 to 3.50 per day and 12.50 to 18.00 per week with special family rates. The property features 970 outside rooms, is 160 feet from the N. P. depot and 12 feet from the beach, plus a 2,000 foot 10-foot veranda with a full Pacific view.
A described stage in which married women face nerves and adjustment issues. Minor quarrels arise, followed by remorse, and the wife fears tiring her husband. The narrator notes how these tendencies begin subtly, with humor helping them endure, and suggests many women traverse this phase.
The New York Sun describes vaudeville as a laugh trust and lists common jokes and stage bits that reliably elicit audience laughter. Examples include falsetto speech, green waistcoats, repeated acrobat falls, married men lines, chicken jokes, wardrobe rips via cords, drums during songs, and discordant trombone notes.
A poor foreign musician outside a village inn wrestles with his trombone in search of The Lost Chord. The innkeeper offers sixpence and promises the musician a tune, but a quick reversal shows the man has just completed a month in jail for stealing a clothesline, ending the humorous anecdote on a somber note.
A Herald Printery showcase highlights its range from milk tickets to full sheet posters. The ad invites local customers to consider their printing needs and emphasizes affordability and service.
Two English farm laborers Jones and Smith spent a day on a beach. Jones swam ahead while Smith called himself a duck and nearly drowned before being rescued. Smith joked he could swim like a duck but lost his footing and needed help.
An English critic praises a bishop for biting wit in a sharp remark about a minister's Jeremiah commentary. The bishop returns the volume and quips that his only regret is Jeremiah is not alive to write new lamentations about the critic's work.
In the Superior Court Chehalis County Adolph Carlson sues W C Lucore and Mabel J Lucore to foreclose a mortgage on the undivided one half interest in the northwest quarter of section 7 township 17 north range west of the Willamette Meridian to satisfy a 250 debt with 10 interest from April 14 1908 The notice summons W C Lucore and Mabel J Lucore to appear within 60 days after August 12 1909 and defend the action or a judgment will be entered against them.
Will Lanning is the plaintiff's attorney with a post office address at 116 South G street Aberdeen Washington Chehalis County Washington. Date of last publication September 28 1909.
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