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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1914
Page
7
Local dairy conflict erupts as a rival vendor allegedly swaps milk at the station. Accusations say the rival claims direct farm sourcing while a man narrates seeing the rival loading cans into his cart each morning. A separate exchange mocks public gullibility in beliefs and food trust.
A collage of quoted maxims from Matthew Henry Tacitus Bacon Sprague Joubert Ruskin and Shakespeare on hypocrisy necessity knowledge prudence peace truth and vows. The items present moral reflections and critiques drawn from diverse authors across eras.
The piece warns that geese and ducks have almost no crop and cramming feed harms young fowls. It notes feather values, benefits of paint for poultry buildings, and compares housing systems for eggs and breeding stock. It cautions against feeding turkeys with chickens and ground-spread feed due to blackhead risk.
A Manchester Guardian correspondent notes a Conservative platform remark at a Colne Valley meeting where an open window behind the speaker was joked about as a way out for a past candidate. The item also discusses standard time versus local sun time across the United States and cites differences in time between cities such as New York Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Kansas City and San Francisco Philadelphia.
J G Phelps Stokes speaks in New York on overcrowding in society. He recounts a tale of three fourteen or fifteen year old girls imagining what a million dollars would buy. The first would buy a Coney house, the second cars and diamonds, while the third would simply sleep alone.
A London visitor recalls Thiers nearly dying in 1870 as Lord Granville checks his pulse before continuing. A county court episode shows a sleepy usher snoring during proceedings, met with stern court discipline and humor.
A fragment recounts a captain repeatedly ordering port at the wheel while a quartermaster and female passenger react with surprise. The passage notes this as the second occurrence in a short span and hints at growing tension over excessive drinking aboard.
In a terse exchange from the Boston Transcript a caddie chides golfers for “carry de sticks around” while a player mutters that there is only one good thing about playing golf. The sparring highlights a clash of attitudes on the course.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther of Washington DC testifies that Peruna improved her chronic stomach trouble and catarrh after months of use and she continues to take it during colds. She says she would not be without Peruna even ten years after first recommending it and urges neighbors to try it.
The London Mail describes a turbot yawning with its mouth twisted to one side. The process starts at the tips and opens to suck in water, then distends the jaws and skull plates before the gills flare, showing the red interior as the fish fattens again.
Ruined columns of the great temple of Zeus lie about 150 yards from the Acropolis. The Corinthian structure, once the second largest Greek temple, stood sixty feet high with sixteen diameter columns. Legends tie its foundation to Deucalion and the flood. Nearby, an obelisk from Thothmes II marks a 3,300-year-old relic in Central Park.
A humorous tale recalls Prosper Merimee as guest at an imperial hunting party. While others bagged hares and pheasants, he displayed no trophy, explaining that true merit lies in hitting nothing, a reply given with grave courtesy as game swirled around the birds.
A collection of aphorisms on natural resentment as defense of justice and innocence, the irresolute man’s restless shifting, and how curiosity arises once needs are met. The quotes attribute insight to Adam Smith Feltham and Johnson on human behavior.
A parson objects to a working class mother's long name for her child Laura Winifred Gwendolyn Genevieve and performs the baptism after a brief protest. A Chinese cabbage variety introduced by the Agriculture Department proves successful in Washington experimental gardens, growing rapidly with heavy fertilization and heads at ten inches.
A collection of witty quips contrasts humor with hardship noting laughter for digestion and a Canadian preacher predicting era of honesty. An aviation joke mocks marketing lies while obituaries grow shorter as truth widens.
A quirky quip from the Atlanta Constitution mocks the editor’s taste for jokes about actors and onstage mishaps. The remark jokes that an actor is broke because he is often seen in pieces.
A collection of short late 19th or early 20th century quotations on women. Includes lines attributed to Pope George Eliot Voltaire Samuel Tuke Menander praising and lamenting female strength and influence.
The quote notes meditation can be practiced anywhere and by any person of genius. It envisions forming an artificial solitude within a crowd, remaining calm amid distraction and wise amid folly.
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