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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1907
Page
3
A collage of light verse and anecdotes explores playful vanity and social banter. A overdressed Mabel dislikes water despite a blue bathing suit, while other quips joke about happiness, responsibility, and quirky professions. The items mix humor with brief observational vignettes.
A fragment from Thomas R. Ybarra portrays a summer boarder as untutored and unsympathetic, disdainful of farm life and pie, with repeated lines about “three times” and vivid phrases like “wot eyes.” The excerpt from the New York Times reflects a rustic glare on femininity and labor.
A Punch cartoon caption shows Pat and Thomas in a tense exchange. Pat boasts of carrying nitroglycerin in his pocket and warns of retaliation, suggesting a volatile confrontation.
Two short anecdotes from Harper’s Weekly and Judge’s Library feature curious moral tales. A boy invites a rival after pressure and dares him to attend a party that ends in chaos, while a passing Irishman intervenes in a timber yard dispute and defers punishment to the meek worker.
In a French court a defense lawyer asks the judge to keep his acquitted client in custody until tomorrow. The lawyer cites danger to him due to a lonely road near his home and the lawyer’s expected payment. The judge agrees, seeking the reason for the request.
A Washington Star item notes managers claim discovery of great actors and plays while Stormington Barnes says actors and plays are always in evidence, but seeks someone reliable for discovering audiences.
A light exchange at a railroad station features a maligned scale and a witty reply from a chewing gum machine. The dialogue plays on weight and punishment, delivering a humorous quip in the Catholic Standard and Times.
Harper's Weekly cartoon remarks that no major overhaul in men's bat styles will occur unless a bat design emerges to cover bald spots on the back of the head. The quip highlights fashion stagnation and a playful search for practical innovation in baseball gear.
A coy widow and a fussy oil bachelor banter about marriage as a parlor trick. The Chicago News line mocks pairing hopes with aside remarks while a doctor asks about a wife’s dress and sea trip in a satirical Me ggendorfer Blatter strip.
The note mentions customs are greatly increasing and comments on married life habits in Kansas City. It presents a casual exchange about daily routines and societal customs within a domestic context.
A catalog of fire alarm box locations includes Box No. 4 at Young and Thomas in North Aberdeen and Box No. 5 at B and Cleveland streets in Highland Home plus a sequence covering mills schools docks depots and streets from Box No. 7 Terrace avenue and D street to Box No. 47 Hume and Washington streets with various intersections and landmarks.
Orange Mich man Luke LaGrange reports Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave prompt and permanent relief after three weeks of ineffective plasters. He bought a bottle and two applications cured his back. Evans Drug Co sells it.
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