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Newspaper
The Watertown Weekly Leader
Location
Watertown, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
4
The Weekly Leader denounces rising state printing costs and waste. It cites figures from 1903 to 1908, notes over 10 tons of books were sold for little money, and argues the constitution should let the state print at the lowest bidder regardless of location to save money.
Washington debates consolidating navy yards to four, two per coast, arguing savings for taxpayers and curbing public extravagance. No need for multiple yards at Portsmouth New York Washington and New Orleans. Calls for radical action to curb rising expenditures as taxes rise.
A writer urges investigations by the legislature into campaign funds used before the September 3 primary of 1908. The piece names senatorial candidates Cook, Hatton, and McGovern and argues spending regardless of amount is equally corrupt. It calls for a thorough probe from 1900 to 1908 to expose political debauchery and accountability.
The piece jokes that adjournment comes easier to Congress than explaining the unexplainable as trust magnates loom in future court battles involving Rockefeller and Archbold. It notes Fairbanks will practice law after his current role and hints at possible odd jobs for Senator Foraker. Haiti’s peace dove, the army in the customs house, and a critique of Christmas trees are touched on in a satirical, period voice.
The prose surveys political maneuvering as Roosevelt taunts editors and Morgan enjoys lunch while Taft campaigns in the South. Critics warn Congress may lack time for frugality, and figures like Admiral Evans resist gifts or the presidency, with sharp quips about power and wealth.
A Milwaukee Journal reader comments on the Roosevelt Farm Commission urging better intellectual understanding for Wisconsin farmers. The writer mocks the phrase destitute of theory and mocks politicians, noting distrust of espionage and corruption. The piece ends by criticizing editors and progressives for apparent hypocrisy.
The passage attacks a proposed legislature led probe into politicians' failings between 1900 and 1908. It derides the plan as tommy-ret and argues that honest men would welcome an inquiry rather than resist it, preferring court to opposition.
Sunday school at 7 00 a m The Review of the Quarter. Public worship at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m Rev J Reynolds of Janesville district superintendent Epworth League 6 30 p m The Song of the New Kingdom Christmas exercises Thursday 7 30 p m by Sunday school children All friends invited Pipersville M E Church service time changed to 1 p m public worship 1 p m echoed 2 p m Epworth League 7 30 p m twice monthly First Church of Christ Scientist services 10 30 a m reading room Hertel Huffman block open 2 00 5 00 p m except Sunday
Sunday services include Holy Eucharist at 7 30 a m Sunday school 9 30 a m midday service 10 30 a m and evening prayer 7 30 p m Weekday services note St Thomas Apostle 9 30 a m Monday Christmas Tree exercises 7 30 p m Friday Christmas Day Holy Eucharist 7 00 a m and 10 00 a m Saturday St Stephen Martyr 9 30 a m
A sequence of church notices including German Evangelical, Aliceton Salem, Advent Christian, St John Lutheran, St Henry, Evangelical Lutheran, St Mark Lutheran, St Bernard, Evangelical Protestant, and Reformed Church. Each shows Sunday school times, sermon or service times, and occasional prayer or vespers, inviting all parishioners to attend.
A press dispatch notes Fort Atkinson’s municipal water and light plant facing an estimated loss of five to six thousand dollars. An editor from a Union paper mocked a Christian journal for opposing municipal ownership of electric light gas and water. The former mayor who read the piece should have known whether the plant was profitable and admitted that municipal ownership is a snare and delusion rather than support for its advocates.
Wisconsin inventors receive several patents this week as reported by D Swift & Co patent lawyers Washington DC and L Anderson Columbus. Patents include tobacco lath holder corn harvester vouting machine furnace regulator casket and more. Copies available to readers for ten cents from D Swift & Co Washington DC via their patent correspondents.
The Nott Fire Engine company of Minneapolis sold a second size engine to Buffalo New York for five thousand five hundred dollars. Oconomowoc residents express satisfaction with their steamer after a new Nott boiler was installed in Minneapolis last fall.
A compilation of humorous Irish stories and anecdotes about soldiers and piqueing sailors, followed by local court notes. Included are two insanity cases tried by Judge Rogers, obituaries of Mrs Hannah Skalitzky and Mr Frederick Buss, and notices of death and funeral services for Fort Atkinson residents.
A performer’s delivery of Desdemona’s handkerchief scene in Othello is interrupted by a loud patron in the top gallery who shouts a racial slur. The exchange highlights a tense moment as actors bicker over the iconic prop while the audience reaction underscores the troubling behavior it provoked.
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