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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
9
M Viimorin of Paris reports a new diet article from the plant Crambe Tataria resembling vea kale. It is described as a winter vegetable with potential food value.
A large oil tank in Fresno County California was struck by lightning causing a fire. A cannon ball was launched into the tank and oil escaped through trenches dug for this purpose. No injuries are reported.
A family debates caring for the only child of the couple, from jam at breakfast to porridge sugar and a stroller in cold air. The grandmother advocates fruit and sugar while the dyspeptic uncle and shocked grandfather fear illness leading to a nursery admission.
Twenty domestic workers receive prizes for long service celebrating Austria's emperor. A valet served forty six years for one employer, a maid near eighty years old spent about thirty nine years at an orphanage, and a 74 year old scullery maid remained with her family after forty three years. All winners had at least thirty years in service.
In a West Madison streetcar a small man attached to a strap falls into a tall fat woman’s lap when the car jerks. He bows, apologizes, and explains he would not have caused the accident. The woman ignores him and turns away after her sharp remark.
In some English villages a five minute bell ring at 8 am signals a sermon at 11 am. If the bell does not ring the housewife expects a shorter service and adjusts her dinner hour accordingly.
In Japan dishonored checks are publicly gazetted, resulting in very few. Tokyo with a population cited as 1 500 600 reports only forty six such cases per month in the year ending May last.
Dr William Rowland of Pasadena while quail shooting at Middle Ranch flushed a covey. He shot one quail with the left barrel then another with the right. A fox seized the first bird but Rowland knocked the fox out. An osprey swooped in for the wounded quail and a hawk aimed for the quarry. Rowland fired again and saved his birds.
John Fornier of Molunkus Lake Maine trains his steer John Henry to be driven like a horse. The friendly steer with reins is driven around Mattawamkeag for a dime per ride, attracting local ladies as loyal customers. The pair appear in a photographed scene with admirers.
J. P. Carter recounts a London embassy party where a famed Englishman and an American woman traded quips after the orchestra fell silent. The Englishman’s remark about loving one another sparked explanations and hearty laughter from the stylish crowd.
The London Lancet received a letter from Dr. Osler asking repudiation of remarks attributed to him in his Johns Hopkins farewell to students. He says he spoke only of a humorous suggestion in a novel and gave no views on chloroforming those aged sixty.
There is a strong demand today for practical education and the lack of it leads many pupils to drop out each year. Domestic science and manual training are helping to keep children in school.
A brief exchange hints at a lively Newport gathering described as a jungle dinner. The dialogue implies guests aimed for wild style and atmosphere, with light humor over their level of wildness.
A playful note from the Somerville Journal about a missing five dollar bill hidden in a dictionary and a humorous aside on social missteps as a man’s hat tumbles into the dust, provoking a lighthearted response from a passerby.
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