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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1910
Page
6
The article recalls Whistler's habit of sleeping anywhere and any time. At a dinner party a neighbor woke him for speaking, and Whistler refused to engage. He napped through a hotel dinner theater and the cab ride, later asking what Abbey had said the night before.
The article recounts Thomas Q. Couch fifty years ago noting charms in Cornwall where children pass through earth holes or an ash sapling during dawn to cure hernia. The ash tree is credited with virtues and protection against venomous reptiles with a single blow killing adders.
A French scientist asserts Halleys comet was known to Talmud authors before Halley’s era. He cites Palistine sages Gambiel and Joshua and their voyage with bread and flour, attributing their preparedness to a bright star sighting every seventy years that could mislead mariners.
An advertisement touts Dr. Fierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as the cure for biliousness torpid liver and dyspepsia. It promotes it as a liver invigoration stomach tonic and nerve strengthener, claims no alcohol or habit-forming drugs, and notes ingredients listed on the bottle wrapper. The product is from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association based in Buffalo New York.
Street Cleaning Commissioner William H. Edwards notes two convicts were shot dead escaping a penitentiary. He adds a quip that the only sure getaway is in writing poetry.
A Boston Transcript note reveals Bella rejects Jack who then proposes to Maud. He also gave Maud an order on Bella for the engagement ring, signaling a bold, acrimonious twist in relationship matters.
The document lists numbered fire alarm boxes with intersecting streets including North Aberdeen Cleveland Market I streets High School Terrace F River Burrow s dock K Hume Benn Heron Wilson s Mill ad Heron Slade s ill Second Stanton Market F American Mill Wishkah G Heron F Fourth G Broadway Heron Division Heron Michigan River Western Cooperage Co Michi gan Ave River Hume Washington Market Washington Curtis Clark South Aberdeen Curtis Evans Curtis Front South.
The article describes Gabriele d Annunzio threatening a deep sea tragedy with mermaids tritons and sea creatures as a rival to barnyard drama. It details stage lighting experiments in Paris using a hemispheric surface to create sea depths and atmospheric effects for future theater works.
The article extols Mme Curie as the premier intellectual woman of her race for isolating radium with her late husband Becquerel, and for discovering polonium, a rare radioactive element. It portrays her as modest, reserved, and a devoted lecturer at the Sorbonne, tracing her Warsaw origins and Russian-era struggles.
In Peking a high official in the civil service lists department was dismissed and degraded after tampering with appointment lists and selling offices. The graft, said to be widespread, implicates many officials and may lead to abolition of the civil service board and transfer of appointments to a regency council. A new era in Chinese government affairs appears to have begun.
Japan hosts more toyshops than any nation with bustling children bazaars in towns and villages. Temples border stalls selling amusements and religious festivals leave even the poor with toy bundles. Hundreds rely on traveling street shows featuring heroes, storytellers, singers, and conjurers.
In the Superior Court of Washington Chehalis County N W Bush plaintiff sues J T Thornton and unknown owners to foreclose a lien for delinquent local improvement assessments totaling 28 63 plus penalties interest and costs on Lot 24 Block 7 Tacoma Addition South Aberdeen urging judgment after sixty days from September 1 1910 and naming Aberdeen Washington as the filing location and plaintiff's counsel.
Notice to stockholders of Aberdeen Printing Co announces a meeting at the principal place of business in Aberdeen Washington at 10 a m on September 16 1910 to vote on increasing capital stock from 5000 to 15000 dollars. Officers JO J Carney President B L Beall Vice President J E Hutchinson Secretary sign. First publication July 28 1910 last publication September 165 1910.
A call goes out to send the Herald to eastern readers to strengthen ties and promote Aberdeen. The appeal emphasizes expanding readership and boosting civic pride through wider distribution.
The Royal Arch holds sessions on the second and fourth Thursday each month at 3 p.m. in A D AW Hall. Visiting Sir Knights are welcome.
Public notice summons in Washington state court Chehalis County. A. J. West sues J. G. Be Lewis to collect a promissory note for 100 dollars plus interest. Respond within sixty days after September 5 1910 or face default judgment. N W Bush attorney Aberdeen Washington. First publication September 5 1910 last publication October 17 1910.
Albert Gehring files for absolute divorce from May Gehring in Chehalis County Washington alleging desertion and cruel and inhuman treatment. Summons requires May Gehring to answer within sixty days of August 8 1910 with service to Conway and Snider Aberdeen office. Dates show first publication August 8 1910 and last publication September 12 1910.
State of Washington summons Ralph A Heaton in Chehalis County to appear within sixty days after August 8 1910 and defend the action to dissolve the bonds of matrimony and obtain a Paige divorce. Plaintiff Wilson Buttner attorney Aberdeen Washington. Last publication September 12.
Maggie M. Smith sues Elmore E. Smith in Chehalis County for divorce and asks the court to compel a defense within 60 days from September 1, 1910. The filing lists the attorney and office address and notes last publication October 13, 1910.
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