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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
7
Marshall Michigan report notes a rural Lee township school needing a capable teacher named Clarence Schamehorn son of a Methodist preacher from Battle Creek. He resigned after a violent incident with unruly farm boys. the district has exhausted three teachers in eighteen months and seeks a diploma holder willing to relocate with farm meals offered.
Washington report notes 154 U S cities exceed 30 000 residents in 1905. Fifteen exceed 300 000, 25 range 100 000 to 300 000, 47 between 50 000 and 100 000, and 67 under 50 000 but over 80 000. New York has the largest land area, followed by New Orleans and Chicago. per capita indebtedness averaged 51 dollars.
The piece reports bullfights growing in popularity in Bordeaux Nimes and Bayonne with eight bulls killed at Bayonne meetings and a Spanish amateur bullfighter Leopold de la Maza praised for his skill against a second sword stroke. It notes strong spectator enthusiasm among fashionably present crowds. The report also mentions an electric sleep claim in Paris and odd local incidents including elopement and a man planning to hang himself.
A household guide advises washable cotton gowns with short skirts and simple blouses for kitchen work. It promotes neatness, updated aprons, and replacing worn clothes, plus simple Dutch necks or Peter Pan collars for hot weather. Also describes matting cleaning, book-illustration crafts for invalids, a chicken hash recipe, and a cake recipe, then local fire and robbery notes with regional misfortunes.
A compact quotation from Lippincott's notes a student asks how one attains college presidency, answered with the line "0, by degrees" indicating gradual achievement through study and advancement.
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