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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
3
A newlywed couple faces rapid job losses and repeated failures eighteen months after marriage. The husband cycles through occupations while the wife watches her plans for new gowns fade, prompting a sharp exchange about whether marriage itself is a failure.
A reflective verse sketch traces dreaming by day and love by a fleeting summer morning. It notes suffering, aging, tears, and eventual peace as life’s short drama unfolds with love and death as central themes. The poem ends querying whether that is all to existence.
Miss Ethel Barrymore granted permission for sketches from many artists. A young impressionist crafted a ghastly yellow green portrait and, after showing it, Barrymore signed beside the work with This is not a sunset, it is Ethel Barrymore.
A returning rector asks a cottage mother if her baby has been baptized. She responds that her assistant did what he could, implying the curate performed the rite while the rector was away. The tale contrasts the duties of rector and curate in historic England.
A self satisfied English actor complains to Ellen Terry that she laughs during a key scene. He writes a heart broken letter asking her to change her attitude. Terry replies that she never laughs on stage but waits to laugh at home.
Irishman Mr. Gaynor humorously questions a haddock as if it could speak of news from his friend Captain Murphy who was drowned the previous Monday. He notes the fish is not fresh and jokes that the haddock knows nothing of sea news after not being at sea for three weeks.
The piece states a single eternal rule of life urging relentless self effort to reach the highest possible achievement and then to act on it, citing Mill as the source.
A woman asks about a returned check marked No funds. The teller explains there is a $60 overdraft. She agrees to leave the overdraft and deposit the money elsewhere, praising the teller’s honesty.
Margery’s five year old cousin claims St Cecilia resembles Cecilia who is her cousin. The child notes Cecilia teaches prayers and how to play jackstones and spends hours at the organ, earning the nickname St. Cecilia.
French traveler Jorevin de Rochefort reports in 1671 that English children were taught to smoke from a young age. In Worcester he was asked if French customs mirrored English ones of carrying a tobacco pipe to school and sharing morning tobacco with mothers filling pipes before breakfast.
In a short tale from the family's horse Dobbin is sent to a farmer friend’s pastures for his declining years. Four year old Edna watches the journey with sorrow then asks if the old horse rode on the choo choo cars, imagining him on plush cushions aboard the train.
A quiet man jokes about a life insurance company hiring him as an adjuster of death claims. He notes the firm would pay his salary and never have him work, describing the ideal job as one in which he is needed only for mortality cases.
A Cleveland lawyer, raised in the country, laments the decline of amateur weather prophets. He notes people rely on newspaper forecasts and lose intuitive skill. He recalls asking his father for tomorrow's weather with high confidence and usually being right.
In Hassard's Louis XVI, Joseph comments on a queenly rouged guest saying a little more under the eyes and to lay on the rouge like fury. The scene unfolds as Marie Antoinette prepares to leave, the emperor observing the vivid makeup.
A new clerk requests two weeks off in his first week, arguing that after getting accustomed to the job he could endure longer vacations. The boss questions the request, noting it is only the employee's first week.
Nell says the engagement ended due to a misunderstanding. Belle explains it stemmed from money misinterpretations with both sides blaming the other and the couple calling it off.
A compact aphorism attributed to Franklin highlights value of concise speech. It emphasizes restraint and clarity in communication. The quote is circulated as timeless advice on thoughtful expression.
A western congressman faces a decisive vote while an opponent schemes to distract him with a fake telegram claiming his wife is ill. The man insists on returning to the capitol, revealing he has no wife. In a separate vignette travelers mistake an ear-shaped sign for an oyster restaurant and are served an ear.
A rich village resident who supported the church treated the choir to a Paris trip, guiding them through sights. After returning, he asked a churchwarden if the men enjoyed it. the farmer replied, I ain’t heard no complaints, implying mixed or unvoiced feedback.
Dr. J G Holland argues kindness must be spoken to warm a home. Love without words is as ineffective as uncollected wood left on rocks, leaving a house cold even in summer and inviting envy of a dog treated as “Poor fellow.”
Paul Morphy visited a New Orleans church while a foreign bishop attended. The young rector gave a sermon meant for the bishop, tiring the congregation except the bishop who listened closely. Morphy quipped that the preacher was the first man he met who hadn’t sense to stop when he had nothing left but a bishop.
An Oregon editor recalls a small town tale about a new oyster dealer who paid with a $10 oyster card for advertising. A tramp printer sought work, slept in the composing room, received a meal ticket for oysters, and later asked for ads from a ham and egg shop. A separate school anecdote shows Jimmy asked to wash a blackened cheek after being told by his teacher.
Wanted assistant manager position available in this county and nearby territory. Salary twenty dollars plus expenses paid weekly with advance expense money. Work pleasant and permanent. No investment or experience required. Send self addressed envelope for full details to SOUOPERIN TENDENT 132 Lake St Chicago mh.
Wind waves form where cyclone wind direction meets forward motion. Westerly winds create long swells and steepen existing waves, producing storm waves up to forty feet high and lengths around 1200 feet. Desert sand and prairie snow drift in regular, ghostlike waves driven by wind, with snow waves much less steep and spanning fifty times their height. Chicago Tribune.
A distressed mother rushes a four year old to the hospital claiming danger though the doctor finds no medical issue. The scene shifts to a Hibbert lecture anecdote about superstition with a halfpenny talisman and a quip from the wise widow about women and marriage.
State of Wisconsin Bayfield County Probate notices require creditors to file claims against Christ Smith of Lincoln by February 1, 1910. The Bayfield County Court in Washburn will examine and adjust all claims at regular terms starting on the first Tuesday of February 1910. Creditors must present claims within six months from July 27, 1909.
County Judge W H Irish, Municipal Judge A M Warden, Second Munieige Court, Sauve Sheriff A B Severson, Clerk N M Oscar, Treasurer John Froseth, Register Nels Myhre, Clerk of Circuit Court F A Bell, District Attorney E C Alvord, Superintendent of schools Miss J Smith, Coroner H G Mertens, Surveyor Hugo Nelson. City Officers include Mayor Geo Dibbell, Treasurer Nels Lee, Clerk H P Axelberg, Assessor Nels Westerlund, Chief of Police O Wescott.
Dialogue fragment shows a brief exchange where a woman questions a man about repeatedly being away and he retorts with a quip about luck. The piece reads as a short vignette on miscommunication and everyday irritation in relationships.
In a Scottish church a minister known for loud preaching is annoyed by a dog that starts howling as the sermon heats up. The beadle is ordered to remove the animal, the beadle jokes that the dog only began it.
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