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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
8
A humorous Spooner Advocate piece recounts a Moon story where everyone waits for others to holler. Only one African man and one Oshkosh woman scream, while the Moon laughs, illustrating how people avoid effort hoping others will act. It urges a communal Big Holler to boost local progress.
The Willow River Lumber Co at Grand View Wisconsin advertises openings for 100 woods men 35 men for extra gang and section work. Wages listed include swampers 30 dollars, lawyers and teamsters 35 dollars and board per month. Extra gang and section work pays 1.75 per day and 3.50 per week for board.
A historical note records the steamer Mary Scott and its operations across the summer months of 1909, detailing voyage days and schedules. The item emphasizes transport activity on waterways and local steamship service patterns during that period.
A stern social critique argues that a disciplined, orderly home reflects a wife’s virtue and value. It claims husbands are neater by nature, urges wives to reform, and warns that slovenliness makes matri mony fail and life lack beauty.
The Senate faced opposition from Cummins Clapp Dolliver Nelson Bristow LaPollette and other Progressive Republicans who deem the conference tariff bill harmful. They argue it raises or preserves high duties with no relief for living costs and allege the President was misled. They also fault the House for not allowing pre vote analysis.
Iron known to men for long. Asyrians used iron in tools and weapons, found by Layard at Nineveh. Homer cites iron forging. Greeks used tempering steel. Bellows for forging appears in Egyptian sculpture 1500 B C. Cast iron emerges about 350 B C. Romans spread iron manufacture globally.
A husband and wife maltreat the husband’s mother and are punished publicly. The couple’s crime brings down a harsh chain of penalties: the wife’s mother is bambooed branded and exiled, the offenders’ house is dug up, scholars are barred from exams, and magistrates lose office. The aim is to reaffirm imperial filial virtue.
A Chicago Tribune note recalls a patent lawsuit the speaker found dull yet reveals humor in a trial. The tall lawyer named Short reads a 6,000 word document he calls a brief during proceedings.
A remark on a member of parliament being accused of bad spelling sparks a Disraeli quip that a man must be an idiot to spell a word more than once. The ad promotes Foley's Kidney Pills claiming they strengthen kidneys and purify blood to combat exhaustion and backache.
A collage of brief notes references immigration trends from June 1908 to July 1908, noting 32 000 then 85 000 arrivals and social commentary on labor and prosperity. Jokes on tariffs airships whiskey politics and public figures appear with satirical asides about Wright brothers and Chautauqua offers.
An Austrian prince learns his painter delays by repeatedly rebuilding a smoking chimney. The tale shifts to gossip when a bookseller’s assistant teases a chance acquaintance, revealing he sold a “very interesting history” to a dark handsome lady moments earlier.
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for sick kidneys. It describes two danger signals from urine and back pain, claims elimination of back pain and dropsy risks, and features a testimonial from John Sands of Washburn Wisconsin. Sold by dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York is sole US agent.
The article recounts the founding of Te nochtitlan in 1325 after Aztec wanderings. It describes an eagle on a cactus devouring a serpent as the omen, the building of rafts and terraces, and the Teocalli temple begun in 1216 and completed 1325, marking the city’s official origin. The long, lake-filled rise to a thriving capital is traced to these events.
A Mysore palace elephant and its mahout touched live main line wires testing whether anyone would die. Both were knocked insensible. the elephant recovered briefly and rampaged, wrecking carriages and posts before two other elephants helped capture it.
A Philadelphia boy visiting relatives with Aunt Adelaide crosses a pasture. When they pause before two oxen, the boy recalls his fear and reveals his method to pass safely by crawling beneath the team, calming his aunt.
Four year old Charles quarrels with his sister Louise six. Louise scolds him with a moral ultimatum about heaven. Charles asserts he will go to heaven with his father, not with his mother and sister, revealing a humorous turn in the domestic scene.
A Sunday school superintendent sought to impress visitors by asking pupils what kind of people go to heaven. Tommy answered simply that the “dead ones” go to heaven, reflecting a blunt student reply from the Ladies' Home Journal anecdote.
Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia says she suffered kidney disease and could not rise from bed. She credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with curing her after one dollar bottle and part of a second. Q W Frost confirms the claim and urges others to try it.
The County Court in Washburn will convene on July 17 1909 at 10:00 AM to hear Fred W French’s application to appoint himself administrator of the estate of Nelson Ferguson of Iron River Wisconsin. Dated July 20 1909. By order of the Court Wm H Irish County Judge.
The undersigned offer to refund the money for a 50 cent bottle of Green's Syrup of Tariff if it fails to cure a cough or cold. They also guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded, Wox Bros.
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