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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
3
A newlywed couple, Mary and Peter, stop at a Adirondack lake hotel after a Montreal Quebec trip. Mary cries over a casual compliment about another woman's hair triggering jealousy and a clash over whether admiring beauty can be impersonal. Peter grapples with her tearful reaction and their communication breakdown.
Dyea now houses seven residents, down from a Klondike era peak of twenty thousand. Only two residents are white, with three homesteaders repurposing the townsite as farming land. One is an Indian woman, another a young man starting a fox ranch. The post office opened in 1896, Dyea once thrived amid gold rush lawlessness before the White Pass and Yukon railroad tied Skagway as sea terminus and sealed Dyea’s fate.
An unusual, fragmentary text presents anxious musings about trouble ahead for a man. The note suggests a willingness to pay storage or others’ costs, with garbled phrasing and no clear event or identifiable names.
A simple glass globe yields a colorful chemical garden using copper sulfate aluminum iron nails and water glass. Layer sand and minerals then pour the water glass solution, wait a week, and gently rinse to reveal fragile silicate growths in vivid colors. The effect lasts with careful handling.
A description of a youthful gown featuring a striped ratine fabric, a satin corsage, and a belt accented by a satin ribbon and heavy chenille tassels.
A Philadelphia Press item notes embroidered clocks on stockings suit both organdy dresses and white lingerie gowns. White embroidery works when colored ribbon is omitted. A Southern girl in blue and white organdy wore white silk stockings with forget me not clocks embroidered along the sides.
Ultra fashionables adopt rich red hues like currant and flame red wood tones. A blue vermilion shade appears, resembling a half ripe plum, offering a cooler contrast in color palettes.
In Felix Duquesnel recounts a humorous breakfast with Henri Murger, the Vie de Boheme poet, as Theodore Barriere visits on Rue Gregoire de Tours. Murger, still in bed due to missing trousers, improvises a meal with a brick signal, a five franc coin, and a havelock, then shares breakfast of pork cutlets and cucumbers.
A Life column warning readers that uncomplimentary talk about them exists. It suggests self reflection, fear of slander, and neighbor disapproval despite good virtue or effort. The tone advises mending ways while acknowledging persistent gossip and social scrutiny.
The Oregon state board of health urges saving a dog that bites a person rather than killing it. The dog’s rabies status can be observed in a week to ten days, guiding whether further treatment for the bitten person is needed. If the dog remains clear, no further action is required. If rabid, remedies remain possible.
A Cheshire correspondent recalls a moodily fishing boy by a muddy canal. The child shows dogged perseverance yet remains unhappy and unmoved by questions about his goal, replying that he has never caught any yet.
The Paris Natural History Museum notes several whale species, including 80 foot blue rorquals, are at risk of extinction. About thirty Norwegian fleets seek whales on African coasts, with Englab hunters posing a grave danger. the Paris Academy urges French and international protection actions.
Thomas B. Harned recalls Walt Whitman balancing radical ideals with a respect for law and government. Whitman praised Victoria for Civil War aid, defended Cleveland to a pope envoy, and urged police and order until humanity advances beyond violence. Sculptor Sidney Morse, with anarchist leanings, found Whitman unsympathetic to revolution, urging restraint and legality.
A study shows a cubic foot of air weighs 564 grains more than a collapsed balloon, proving air has substantial weight. A 15 by 15 by 10 foot room with 2 250 cubic feet of air would weigh about 183.7 pounds. Pressurized air in tires weighs more, and liquefied air becomes 1 600 times heavier than gas and approaches the density of water.
Deacon Pegram and Widow Mary Moreton flirted for a year before marriage plans collided with fiddles and circuses. The deacon feared secular amusements while the widow pursued music and outings, leading to a humorous clash and a late proposal after a pastor confirms lighthearted tolerance.
At a Natural Gas association meeting it was announced that complete gas refrigeration outfits will soon replace ice chests. The system uses ammonia in liquid form inside a tank. when heated, ammonia vaporizes and is circulated via coils to cool the appliance. The ammonia is recycled indefinitely.
A brief thoughtful reflection on the power of concise guidance. The author cites the value of a single honest word over lengthy exhortations and recalls Sir Walter Scott’s dying counsel to his son in law to be a good man.
The article explores how nation names reflect obscure origins. It notes France as Franks the free men and Austria as the eastern empire, while Russians may derive from a Swedish term for rowers, Britons from an old word about skin color, and Germans from Celtic roots meaning the shouters.
An Indianapolis Star report on a Philadelphia Friends meeting notes regret over the rapid decline of Quaker plain language and attire. Speakers warn the traditional thee and thou style and costume help define Quaker influence, though some favor modern dress.
The article traces the origin of the bank check to fogbound London streets a century ago. Thieves attacked messengers and traders, prompting bankers and merchants to devise a check system to facilitate payments and avoid cash robberies, a method that spread worldwide.
An old New England tale recounts a Westfield resident with four marriages who plans a fifth. A neighbor jokes about Richard’s habit and Parson Begg’s European trip, while Mary chooses a new, younger minister, leaving ominous hints about the wedding.
The British privy council urged thrift in 1796 by limiting family meals to fish meat vegetables and rye bread. Each person should have one quarty loaf weekly and serve themselves to avoid waste. The rich were told to skip soups and gravies and keep only prime cuts for the sake of the poor. The text also notes teaching the poor to make soup and introducing rice as a new staple.
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