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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
2
A Washburn Times excerpt critiques sensational reporting on the Mexican revolution and Olympic duels involving Frenchmen. The piece questions auto-catcher shootings in suburbs and suggests targeting tires over women in cars, reflecting editorial humor and social commentary.
The steamer Ohio on the Seattle Nome route was held a month in Behring sea ice. This incident suggests Alaska could be promoted as a cool summer destination for Easterners seeking relief from heat.
Authorities pursue a violator after a farmer walked into a set gun placed in a deer run. Set guns are illegal at all times and deer shooting is restricted to a brief fall season.
President Roosevelt pays tribute to Grover Cleveland by renaming the San Jacinto forest reservation after the late statesman. Cleveland signed the 1897 proclamation creating the reserve, which is now named in his honor.
The Cleveland Common Council passes an ordinance prohibiting firearms and fireworks during Independence Day celebrations by an overwhelming vote. The measure aims to promote a safe and sane Fourth of July and could inspire other cities to adopt similar action.
The Chicago and North Western railroad expands passenger options by introducing gasoline car service on the Janesville Fond du Lac route. The move aligns with modern transit trends and aims to avoid conflicts with existing steam schedules.
The Third regiment won the distinction of being the shooting regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard. Other regiments will practice harder at their company ranges to try to reclaim the title next year, making Camp Douglas rifle range rivalry interesting.
Medicine Hat uses natural gas around the clock to light lamps, claiming lower costs than staffing lamps at dawn and dusk. Critics warn that continuous daytime burning wastes gas and may prove costlier in the long term.
The extent and capacity of the new docks the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway is constructing at Tacoma Washington should impress New Yorkers who complain of export trade decline. Port obstructions and charges hinder shipping, which seeks the path of least resistance.
The Interior and Agricultural departments will jointly study how grazing by sheep and goats in national parks affects watershed conservation critical to irrigation. Goats are noted for devouring brush and small trees, risking loss of undergrowth that helps retain moisture.
An aeronaut in New York saw his air ship fail, plunge earthward like a rocket, and alight on insulated feed wires of an electric railroad. He climbed down safely to the ground, avoiding a sensational if the wires had been live.
Nathan Straus of New York backs a Vienna milk pasteurization plant and pledges to install similar systems in other Austrian towns if successful. He provides pure milk at his own expense to babies in great cities, praising his philanthropy and urging contemporary honor from peers and future generations.
Dispatches from New York say the steamer St. Louis struck a school of ten whales off the coast. One whale, about 62 feet long, was cut nearly in two, illustrating how dangerous it is for whales to crowd around steamships.
A Sydney Bulletin excerpt profiles the Bohemian as youthful and driven, living among middle aged limits and mountains of success. It portrays ambition as a narcotic that fuels ideals, though it often leaves the stomach empty and breakfast missing.
President Eliot of Harvard argues that women’s higher education should shape family, civic, and household life. He emphasizes training for professions, arts appreciation, and beauty in daily living as central to national culture and future prosperity.
The essay argues that art must spiritualize thought and reveal inner beauty beyond visible nature. It laments overreliance on objective detail and praises imaginative landscape that conveys cosmic beauty. Art should harmonize the beautiful good and true and elevate humanity.
A reflective piece arguing wealth eases mental burden by freeing the soul from money worries. It claims poverty corrupts taste and dignity, and that riches allow art, beauty, and inner growth despite external surroundings. The essay contends every person, even the most humble, can find beauty if elevated by an heroic heart.
Otis Skinner argues that theater reflects its era and audience tastes. He criticizes sensational vaudeville and lowbrow fare while urging education from home and school to cultivate discernment for finer drama.
Frank G. Carpenter reports on African elephants and ivory, noting sixty five thousand elephants killed last year and over a million and a half pounds of ivory sent to Europe. Most ivory comes from Zanzibar and Portuguese Africa with Cape Colony and Egypt strong sources. tusks reach nine feet and up to two hundred pounds each, though many are broken in trade.
The passage notes four porters are needed to carry it and they earn three to five cents a day, making transportation inexpensive.
Rome reports that Don Enrico Rus Poli owns the waters around Lake Nena known as the Mirror of Diana. The owner is the second husband of American Eugenia Berry Bru tons born in Oak Hill Georgia. The lake area features a Diana temple ruins and a priest who killed his predecessor and kept a sword.
A collection of satirical lines on gender roles touching on marriage, illness, social status, fashion, summer attire, leisure, and family expectations. The remarks contrast male labor with female social pressures and hint at political ambition within traditional family dynamics.
The passage describes tusk use in labor and warfare, how ivory is weighed and defrauded, and the difficulty of removing tusks from dead elephants. It also notes the elephant’s other teeth, tusk hollows, and roots embedded in the skull, with references to treasure and submerged relics in ancient lakes, and a government inquiry into draining a lake to access boats and gardens.
A light exchange between Markley and Borroughs in the Philadelphia Press recalls an outstanding $10 debt from last year. The men tease about letting bygones be bygones, highlighting a humorous, everyday quarrel from the era.
The World Today argues rivers Ohio Tennessee Illinois Mississippi Missouri and Arkansas should be connected by canals and enhanced with levees dams and twenty foot channels to carry goods and farms. It urges constructing harbors on major rivers to broaden national transport from Gulf to Atlantic and Pacific.
The Louisville Courier Journal features a humorous quip about a person who is easily pleased. The brief exchange notes a self satisfied club and asks what commendable trait he possesses.
A poem from the Richmond Times-Dispatch recalls four Springfield girls who wooed a man. He loved them all but could not choose, each doting on him as years passed. Eventually they married others, leaving him a bachelor.
A village tale centers on Yew Trees cottage and William Morley a reputed woman hater. Laura Grant defies gossip by visiting Morley and they form a fragile bond as he proposes marriage despite their age difference and her hesitation.
Laura refuses Mr Morley's offer of marriage for money, choosing to stay with her beloved Jim. Morley confesses he tested women, then decides to give Yew Trees and its furniture to Laura and small cash to Banford. He seeks happiness by helping others as he departs into the busy world.
An Anaconda Standard report quotes a Big Hole leader estimating only six to a dozen wolves in the watershed. Hunters say wolves are wary, avoid poison, and raids occur at night, with local stockmen funding a $25 bounty per scalp alongside the state’s $10 bounty.
Dr A McKay Jordan of Queen Charlotte Island fame killed a large grizzly near Jedway while aiding a mining camp supply run. In a narrow channel the bear charged. after multiple shots from a .32 revolver at close range the animal was killed, carcass towed ashore for skinning.
The piece notes that crossing the Sahara remains arduous yet highlights the rapid pacification of central regions by France over the past five years. It remarks on distance from Moroccan events and the quieting of unrest as French efforts progress.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports French officers establishing a 1000 mile desert chain of posts across the Sahara from Insalah to Gao and Agades. A wireless telegraph line is planned with courier services between the Niger and the Mediterranean. Horses and camels will carry officers between Niger districts and homebound routes.
The Mexican port relies on over 5000 river boats on the Tamesi and Panuco, hauling tropical fruits, earthenware, and interior goods to Tampico. Captains navigate shoals with long poles and bamboo, while haciendas maintain fleets to import and export. Markets fill with green bananas, cocoa, pineapples, citrus, and other tropic products before noon.
Miss Alys Lorraine lists royal and royal-related composers from England and abroad. Henry VIII, Charles I, Victoria, Albert, Princess Henry of Battenberg, German Emperor, Ernst II, Marie Antoinette, Antony the Good, and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia appear in a program tracing royal musical contributions and fame. The piece credits England’s monarchs and European royals for enduring works.
The Georgia Legislature considers a Dill named by George Glean to curb women’s beauty aids. If enacted, the measure would void marriages for women who use cosmetics pads artificial teeth or other enhancements to attract husbands. The bill awaits committee review amid wife pressure for changes.
A Kansas City Story reports a bank president explaining that twenty seven new one dollar bills balance a twenty dollar gold piece while twenty six used bills weigh the same. dirt on circulated notes is cited as the roughly equal factor.
Andrew L Powers, 93, walked from Phippsburg to Bath for dinner then bought a large wheel barrow and wheeled it back saying he was in a hurry. A carpenter by trade, Powers was born in Georgetown in 1815.
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