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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
3
A frail witness in a Pearson's Weekly inspired case swears an important paper was signed on a specific day. When asked how she knew it, the woman reveals the date tied to her baby's death, underscoring the emotional weight behind the testimony and the trial's core issue.
An old Greek city once housed a statue named Opportunity. A preserved epigram presents a traveler asking the statue questions about its fleeting nature, Lysippus the creator, and why it stands on toes with wings to show rapid passage. The dialogue highlights that once opportunity passes, it cannot be caught.
In a London Mail vignette a poised woman rejects Mr Slowan's marriage proposal, saying a brave man must be fearless. She notes his delay in confessing love and exits with a final curtain after a brief piano performance.
Speculative insurances on public figures and notorious criminals flourished in 18th century England. Warren Hastings, the pretender, rebel lords, and Admiral Byng drew quotes. Walpole was insured during unrest, and George II’s Dettingen return paid 25 percent. The practice waned after the Gambling Act of 1774 requiring insurable interest for validity.
A Junction City man recalls a remark by a woman hosting campaign supper guests. The woman, mother of seven, answered a campaigner’s quip with weary dignity that all the children were hers and that the gathering was not a picnic.
A timid young woman asks if the vessel costs a lot. The steward replies the vessel aims to set a good example for passengers, framing frugality as proper conduct on the journey.
In a church memory, Mrs Gillet is remembered with a tablet in the transept. Mrs Perry notes she wore a new hat every Sunday for three years and drew attendees with her fashion.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a terse dialogue about a woman's response to a proposal. She did not vocalize a clear no, only laughter, leaving the impression of a rebuff without explicit denial. The exchange highlights ambiguity in courtship dialogue as reported.
A characterization by Sydney Sith contrasts preachers who claim sin can be removed from a man as Eve was taken from Adam with a wary line about Wade in unfamiliar waters, invoking a German proverb.
A New Jersey man pursued a process to manufacture eggs using milk fibrin phosphorus and other components. He heated a copper kettle, blew with a flame, and caused a large explosion that sent neighbors fleeing. Congressman Gardner quipped the missing item was a common hen.
An Edinburgh hostess asks to introduce a guest to a young lady. The man evasively suggests “Trot her out.” The intended partner, noting his remark, replies with wit, surveying him and saying “Thank you. Now trot him back, please.”
A tale claims the windiest stretch in North America is in Washington from F Street to the Capitol. It notes hats blown across the street as a daily sight in blustery winter days. Kansas Rep Murdock jokes that windiness means people fetch new hats rather than chase the old.
A philosophical note urges embracing a grand ideal and fighting for it. It states the value lies in effort over outcomes, claiming failure in noble work is nobler than petty success and one should do their best and find comfort in that fact.
A fair young debutante is surrounded by officers at the colonel's ball, with her mother nearby approvingly. The crowd discusses the prior quarrel between two brother officers, prompting the debutante to ask about the casus belli, before the mother chides her to say stomach.
An English actress famed for charm arrives early at a theatre and converses with a call boy. She quips that it takes a long time to make herself beautiful, and the boy replies gravely that it must indeed. The anecdote highlights wit and self awareness in a light backstage moment.
An elderly woman orders a coffin for her late husband at the undertaker. She requests a yellow pine coffin for fourteen dollars and refuses trim mings, lamenting that it was the trimming that caused the poor lad’s death, in a sharp exchange with the undertaker.
A Forest and Stream note describes tarantulas centipedes and scorpions as most feared insects in tropical regions. It warns of severe bites and stings causing swelling burns and possible death especially in individuals with poor health. It notes big centipedes in jungles and the tarantula's venom can be deadly.
Grenfell notes Eskimo belief that all possessions hold souls and graves store cherished items to aid spirits in the afterlife. In Labrador, graves are stone markers, upright with flat slabs, preventing wolves and allowing spirits passage in and out.
In Washington the doors need a dedicated man to operate them while in other cities doors swing on springs. Veteran African Americans have long served this duty for the government with a formal, dignified style, giving doors an official and unofficial swing as they open and close.
A humorous exchange in Lippincott's features Farmer Hayseed explaining his daughter has gone to Europe. He notes colleges for women influence young women and that he and her man never understood her decision.
Mrs Beck derides Mr Peck asking if he is a man or a mouse. Peck retorts he is a man and jokes that being a mouse would push him to cry out for dear life on the table. This exchange reveals tense domestic banter.
A visitor asks for copies of the paper for a week while a facetious clerk suggests a porous plaster. The text also features a Chicago classified-style notice seeking an assistant manager in the county and adjacent territory, with age 21 plus expenses paid, no experience required, and self addressed envelope.
The Rural New Yorker and botanists debate whether the wonderberry is the black nightshade Solanum nigrum or a distinct fruit. Mr Burbank offers 10000 to prove identity or difference while trials on edibility and growth continue, with experts split on classification.
In Bayfield County Wisconsin the County Court in Probate will receive examine and adjust claims against Christ Smith deceased of Lincoln town. Claims must be presented within six months from July 27 1909 for examination and allowance. Court sessions at Washburn commence February First 1910. Dated July 27 1909.
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