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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
6
A child praises her parents for their playful fairness and nightly bedtime routines. The piece celebrates family games from Blind Man’s Bluff to Hide and Seek and shows Sand Man arriving as dreams begin. Elizabeth Jamison signs the sentimental vignette.
A discussion on the rise of summer vacation as a physical necessity in America over the last twenty five years. It explains how the break serves the young who still value play and the strong who retain childhood interests, while noting others who lack access or fail to recognize this need.
Fort Leavenworth reports on officers who married Filipino women after meeting in the islands and later abandoned them. The piece recalls similar morganatic unions from the Northwest frontier era with Indian wives, noting how some officers acknowledged or supported their mixed families while maintaining separate households.
The Northwestern Christian Advocate urges girls to cultivate virtue over vanity, avoid envy and irritability, support family members, and pursue labor and focus. It contrasts luck with hard work, noting luck rests while labor builds character and competence, leading to independence.
The article explains brain and nerve tissue as similar in material, differing mainly in structure and water phosphorus content. It notes brain water about 90 to 95 percent, higher phosphorus in brain cells, and estimates brain mass around three pounds with cells extending along the body. It discusses countless small neurons, some meters long, and speculative brain cell counts from 60 million to 1.6 billion, suggesting a population vast beyond Earth’s human population.
A humorous Puck quote remarks on a sportsman who guides and shoots then lets others claim the credit. It shifts to a wry aside about women eating corn on the cob as a sly nod to Edward Bok.
Instructions describe crafting a pump from thick bamboo eight inches long with a jointless bore, a spout made from a smaller bamboo piece, a rubber seal, and a piston rod of wood and bamboo. A small amount of water in the upper barrel starts the pump, ensuring smooth operation.
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports on bitter rot of apples prepared by Professor Hermann von Schreck and Perley Spaulding. The disease has caused heavy losses for four to five years, with estimated U S damage around ten million dollars in 1900. The study traces history, fungus life cycle, and recent findings, noting cooperative trials with Illinois and Missouri stations and plans for continued work with growers.
A Lisbon visit years ago featured Prince George struggling with an unruly horse until an English student in Lisbon English College offered to abuse the horse in Portuguese. The method calmed the animal and relieved the prince’s discomfort. Births and food tips follow, noting Massachusetts birth rates and a thrifty household tip about chicken pieces.
The 19th century escape attempt from Folsom penitentiary near Sacramento is recalled. Warden Charles Aull built a famed guard system with shooting tests and no wall, while convicts prepared a bold gully escape aided by a hidden ice house door and Gatling gun fire.
Warden Aull transformed Folsom into a fortress of 486 acres built around a rocky amphitheater near the American River. He rejected walls, installed ten Gatling-towered perimeters, and trained guards to monitor and discipline through stark routines. Convicts were lectured on arrival, subjected to strict control, yet the warden earned their respect by improving food, clothing, and humane treatment.
A magazine summary estimates total world wealth at about 400 billion dollars. U S wealth is near 100 billion, roughly a quarter of the total. United Kingdom wealth around 60 billion dollars, followed by France at 48 billion, Germany about 40 billion, and Russia about 32 billion.
A fragment notes a shooting during an escape attempt on July 30 1901 in a graveyard area where Bull halted in a corner and pointed to seven. The terse text preserves a pivotal moment without graphic detail.
Bureau of Forestry agents will study forest fires as they occur to determine causes, burn rate, and conditions that help or hinder them, and to assess damage to soil and tree growth.
Mrs. Laura L. Bremer of Crown Point Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing years of pain and weakness. She reports renewed energy as the medicine cleared toxins and blood flow improved and urges other women to seek her advice.
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