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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
11
Washington Special discusses planned forest management to boost productivity. It notes cutting 280 million board feet across about 360000 acres last year, using selective harvesting to protect stands and cultivate new growth. Foresters warn against overcutting and stress long term planning for national forests.
Gen O Howard recounts a White House gathering where Lincoln quietly asserted that his faith surpassed a senator's belief in divine aid. The scene centers on a remark about doing right as a people to secure victory in the Civil War. Lincoln's reply, My faith is greater than yours, underscored his resolve.
A World To Day piece argues against summer school closures citing youth welfare and education. It advocates nine months of schooling with a summer program offering trades or play to keep children off the streets and reduce social costs. The piece notes teacher wages in Strassburg and compares provincial pay scales to the needs of proper schooling.
A historic photo shows the Wright brothers aeroplane in midair near Manteo North Carolina during a near five mile attempt that stretched to eight miles. The craft flew about 45 miles per hour with a light coast breeze and hovered a foot or so above the ground as photographers finally captured the elusive image.
Berlin reports a secret engagement between Countess Hertha von Bismarck and her family’s private tutor, a theologian of humble origin, who was to deliver his inaugural sermon at Schoenhausen parish before church officials halted the plan over rumor of a betrothal. The Countess Hertha confirmed the engagement to her mother and sisters.
The Boston Transcript reports the Dick law amendment creating a federalized militia, available to the president in war or insurrection. Militiamen would serve the United States for their enlistment term, with the governor as intermediary, raising questions about possible foreign deployment and its impact on current and future enlistments.
A garbled set of lines appears as a fragmented poetic entry. The text shows scattered phrases like sounds and visions, mentions of Eden, a lover, and a cryptic procession of personal and musical images. The fragmentary quality suggests an unfinished poem or experimental writing.
A Christian Scientist wife in Asheville claims her husband N H Carpenter is not dead after he died May 12 at Biltmore. Embalmed and kept for a week in a vault at a Georgia cemetery, he shows color returning. Doctors are puzzled as Mrs Carpenter and several Christian Scientists observe nightly resurrection attempts and refuse to permit burial.
A ship clears the harbor and encounters a rough half plunge and roll as twenty four diners join the captain’s table. The captain addresses the 25 passengers, joking about forming a family, praising chosen table companions and urging the steward to serve amid choppy seas.
From a London Lancet excerpt, the text argues injury to commerce and life amenity justify bounties and penalties to raise the air standard. It cites an average annual cost for household education in Germany and outlines broad fiscal measures tied to improving public health and air quality.
Dr A Ernest Gallant of New York stated corsets are beneficial when well made and that pads can provide balanced proportion. He showed diagrams on proper shaping and said corsets can hold organs in place while improving appearance. Officers were elected and Atlantic City chosen for next meeting.
Local observers report four straw hats in city streets on a hot May 12 day. Hats observed include a new Broadway Pearl Street passer, a Broadway 145th Street wearer, a Brooklyn Bridge walker, and an unremembered downtown sighting. One hat may have been carried over from prior wear. The season normally opens May 20 with Decoration Day, but locals increasingly wear hats earlier when weather demands.
A New York Special discusses Csere Lombroso’s view on Mia Gunness and the Laporte murder farm. It argues women can be more ferocious criminals with male accomplices, driven by eroticism and hysteria, and cites comparisons to Weber and other cases.
The piece recalls Tom Corwin as a witty yet dignified figure whose political career spanned jurist statesman and senator. It notes a fatal apoplexy after years in service and reflects on dignity in American leadership. Four Lawrence University scholarships awarded to four students mark a separate note of achievement.
An overview of Atwater's experiments and methods measuring human energy use. The rider on a dynamo bicycle inside a sealed box eats, breathes, and excretes while heat and work are quantified. The human machine delivers about 21 percent of fuel energy as work, with heat and digestion consuming ~20 percent. Rene Bache compares the machine’s efficiency to engines, noting longer endurance and greater output per fuel unit.
Poem nostalgic piece recalling a tiny town with simple farms, old pump, school bell, and spires. The speaker imagines how life and dreams change if one stayed a boy in that place, contrasting humble routine with ambitions and grown responsibilities. The narrator muses on childhood memories, community tales, and the pull of youth.
The speech by Craig Wadsworth at a New York dinner claims men are colder and more mercenary than women. He recalls a boy named Willie trading kisses for apples, illustrating his point with a crude anecdote about a girl and a street barter, highlighting undeveloped morals in boys.
A church in Ireland prepares for an anniversary as a minister jokes about stepping on tacks during a sermon. A buxom Irish girl decorates the pulpit and retorts, while the tale winds through country papers.
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