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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
8
A well dressed man brought a chicken to Bayonne city physician Dr. John T. Connelly claiming paralysis sickness. The doctor, exhausted by fighting a paralysis scare, watched as the man fled with the bird after a puzzled reaction.
Washington report notes 2,445,664 motor vehicles registered in 1915 with 18,245,713 in fees. Public Roads office says 80 percent of fees, about 16,213,887, went to county and state road work. The era shows growth from 1914 with 734,325 more vehicles and 3,863,760 more fees. Iowa leads with one vehicle per sixteen people and Alabama trails at one per 200.
Countess Jeanne Luckmeyer von Bernstorff, once a New York social figure, will sail to America on the Frederick VIII in September to reunite with German ambassador Count von Bernstorff in Washington. She is noted as American-born and previously popular in London’s diplomatic circle.
A. Grimley of Kildare Oklahoma earns a living guiding six trained ferrets to farms to exterminate rats at five cents per head. The ferrets reportedly killed 118 rats in forty minutes and dispose of the prey outside the building. Grimley plans nationwide trips to continue farming rat control services.
Philipsburg Pennsylvania Otto Huffman meat market manager bought a car and after a trial trip and instructions tried to stop it. He leapt from the vehicle, seized the lever, and with brute strength halted the auto, turning a tense moment into a comic emergency.
President Wilson recently named Marjorie J. Bloom as postmaster of Devils Lake North Dakota amid a year long Post Office controversy. Bloom's husband was nominated twice and rejected by the Senate. In May H S Devies was nominated but quit the race.
Elizabeth Bowers aged 104 dies at a San Francisco relief home. Born in Ireland in 1812 she came to California in 1883 with her husband a sea captain. She never received a visitor in eighteen years at the institution.
In a playful vignette Doctor tells his cook he can only give a bare character, while Sarah requests it be written like prescriptions. The exchange preserves a humorously curt tone in a domestic scene from Stray Stories.
Rose-May attends painting lessons described as taking place in a beauty shop studio with Marie and Rose-No present, while a judge is referenced in the dialogue.
A reader asks about European warfare gases used since 1915 and about gas delivery, butter production records, presidential missions, the Texas Rangers, US flag standards, and South American populations. The column provides concise historical notes and pronunciations, including Juana.
The twenty one gun salute is fired to honor the flag and visiting heads of state including the president and presidents of foreign republics or sovereigns visiting the United States.
Peter the Great eyed Finland and seized Kexholm and Villmanstrand by 1710, with all Finland under Russia by 1716. The 1721 Nystad peace ceded Viborg to Russia, while 1742 after the Abo treaty, Villmanstrand and Fredrikshamn fell. 1788 failed recovery, 1809 peace ceded all Finland and Åland to Russia. The text also notes language usage for Russia and Germany.
The 1896 race pitted William McKinley of Ohio against William Jennings Bryan with McKinley winning 271 electoral votes to 176. Garret Hobart was elected vice president. The era saw Prohibition and Socialist parties rising. McKinley won again in 1900, Roosevelt became vice president, and McKinley was assassinated months after his second inauguration.
A summer visitor to Sweden notes near total daylight in Stockholm. In June the sun sets before 10 and rises again four hours later. Refraction near the pole makes midnight brightness, allowing reading without artificial light throughout the night.
In a Pittsburgh Post article, residents exchange snappy bickering over social boundaries. One neighbor dismisses another as uppish while both express a wary desire to avoid formal acquaintance, reflecting everyday friction in urban life.
A four year old balks at picking up his sister’s rattle after she keeps dropping it. The mother gently scolds him, but the boy retorts that he is her only big brother and she will wear him out. The exchange is reported from the New York Post.
Irish inventor Richard Pockrich created musical glasses by tuning ordinary drinking glasses and playing them with wet fingers. He debuted the device in Dublin and brought it to London around 1750.
A doctor writes he will not present his bill immediately due to poor circumstances, while an artist quips luck that their own is no better, suggesting they might otherwise be forced to pay at once.
A brief humor note recalls a reporter asking a woman her age and being told she did not look twenty five. Tess comments on the exchange while Bess admits confusion over the straight answer, as captured by the Herald’s telling of the tale.
The New York Sun notes Lord Kitchener had a foreshadowed death at sea. A lifelong sailor he wore a specially made life belt from Egypt for crossings and disliked sea travel. He also feared sea vision problems and avoided purchasing items aboard ships.
A fragment notes a belief that women always seek the last pure fire when reading a book and a man asserts no reason to doubt it. The Denver News quotes the exchange about the nature of the fair sex and desire for the last word.
The electric light at Navesink on the highlands outside New York harbor is claimed as the most powerful in the United States. It emits a flash every five seconds lasting a tenth of a second with an estimated output of 25 000 candle power.
Sloan's Liniment provides quick relief from neuralgia and muscle pain. It penetrates without rubbing, soothes sore muscles, and is promoted as cleaner and faster than plasters. Also relieves inflammation from bites and minor injuries. bottle often sold by druggists.
A British columnist notes London’s chaotic street naming with King Street confusion due to nineteen King streets plus thirty four Queen streets, illustrating why the city’s layout perplexes locals. The piece contrasts London’s system with New York’s, citing Greenwich Village as an example of comparable confusion.
The Royal Yacht Falcon under Lord Yarborough included flogging as a permissible punishment. Crew members received extra wages and signed a paper endorsing flogging as useful in extremity to preserve good order during cruises.
London Chronicle notes various hare superstitions across periods. Believers claim hare brains affect children's teeth, hare flesh sweetens for a week, and hare skin wards or shapes bodies. Even now some see a hare crossing as an omen despite its innocence.
Mr Slowgall prepares to propose at 11 p m to Miss Chillington who, stifling a yawn, guesses he is about to say good night. The dialogue from Stray Stories captures a sleepy moment as eyes meet and emotions loom.
A witty remark from Mme de Maintenon and Lord Stair discusses governance in France and England. The English ambassador quips that under a king women rule him, while under a queen she is ruled by men, highlighting gender influence in leadership.
A reflective essay-style meditation on sorrow, life meaning, and the divine significance of suffering attributed to F. W. Robertson. The text explores sorrow as inseparable from existence and urges recognizing its spiritual value.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a girl engaged to George blaming him for breaking plans. Her mother vows to confront him while the father offers a wry take on domestic life as a sample of marriage.
An advertisement touts a permanent male specialist on Grays Harbor promising cure for long standing conditions. It urges men with mental cloud, ruptures, piles, blood poisons, gland enlargements or nerve loss to visit for free consultation. Office hours abound day and evening with strict office practice and credentials listed.
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