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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
The Washburn Times notes Honduras may seek conflict, questions on curbing smuggling as aerial navigation rises. It jokes that New York police curb noise while bomb threats loom and Chicago chop suey eateries close, asking if dull times or appetite decline explains the trend.
Rear-Admiral Sperry reports a long distance wireless message from Point Loma. The era's wireless telegraphy is hailed as a marvel and a prep to further surprises in communication.
Incendiary actions destroy three Illinois Central passenger stations after National Guardsmen camped on company property. The attack shifts Kentucky taxpayer burden to cover costs and calls for forceful action against the Ku Klux influence in the tobacco war.
The American Jackies are aboard ship at Honolulu and likely bound for the Philippines. They have stayed on the Sandwich Islands, perhaps feeling they remain under Uncle Sam's sail. If wireless telegraphy works as hoped, the fleet will maintain continuous contact with the United States, the Hawaiian islands, and the Philippines throughout the voyage.
Four yachts competed in a July Fourth race from San Pedro to Honolulu. The Lurline, representing the South Coast Yacht Club of California, captured the victory. The demanding course from the California coast to the Sandwich Islands equals a transatlantic distance, and Pacific coast yachtsmen deserve credit for their courage and seamanship.
The Chicago Board of Local Improvements hears Mrs. Potter Palmer express strong opposition to an elevated boulevard plan amid ongoing debates in New York City about removing elevated railways and moving to underground communication.
Commander Peary sails from Sydney aboard the Roosevelt and will press through ice floes in the straits between Greenland and the continent, facing peril and possible damage until his expected winter quarters at Cape Sheridan in early September.
The event involved 1131 participants and covered 1092 miles in 1250 relays. Average pace stood at 6 minutes 19 seconds per mile. Organizers claimed success comparable to the messengers’ speed and discipline.
Farmers in Winnebago and nearby counties are cautioned against organizing to prop up hay prices against heavy crops. The article urges the wise farmer to sell at prevailing rates and reinvest returns from the last crop for future efforts.
The failure of a major Southern Ohio apple dealer stemmed from weakened prices after low demand last winter. Dealers held large stocks hoping for solid winter profits, but the fall panic reduced consumer demand. Apples became hard to move as speculators attempted to realize, likely reducing speculation next fall and keeping prices lower through the coming winter.
Local newspaper seeks advertisers to publish notices and classified wants. Promote goods, services, and personal messages to the paper’s home audience, with space available for affordable rates and deadlines.
The piece surveys railroad workers and passengers as deeply superstitious, linking fatalism to daily risk. It details omens from left handed engineers to coffin handling, a range of rituals said to avert or forecast accidents, and a comic Pullman chant on sleeper superstition.
Twenty five Islington Drill Brigade Girls Yeomanry from North London Riding School demonstrate mounted nursing skills. They are trained in battlefield first aid and wound care before joining the brigade, with plans to present the concept to the British military department at the next navy and army show.
Army officers discuss a plan to mount nurses for field service noting nurses could aid transport and support on European battlefields. Objections cite scarce horses for fighting and logistics, yet officers see value if properly equipped and maintained, with Islington brigade invited to a future military tournament as potential nucleus.
Alaska coast yields abundant halibut and cod with vast untapped banks. Halibut and cod are shipped to Boston and New York now, but better transport will open U S markets to the Pacific. Salmon supports canning and smoking trade. German buyers already show strong interest in fresh and mild cured salmon. Pacific Coast Monthly reports ongoing expansion.
Philadelphia Ledger quotes a writer describing his novel as a love story about a young naval officer, a cad, and an idiotic chump, with the hero embodying all three roles. The remark highlights the book's multi facet hero and complicated romance.
An old saying compares chances of becoming a professional groomsman with a wedding to a forty year old becoming a professional pallbearer. It humorously notes youth beauty and style can lead to unwanted social gigs.
A Family Doctor piece advises whitening and softening hands with a cleansing routine. Use soap with a pinch of oatmeal twice daily, warm water as needed, weekly lemon slices, and camphor ice or white gloves for cracking. For red hands apply glycerine, lemon juice, and rosewater under gloves nightly, and avoid tight sleeves or rings.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson has sold the Stevenson residence amid a swift deal reported by local real estate observers. The buyer list remains undisclosed as the transaction completes in a quiet, private closing.
The passage reflects on how many men seem virtuous only because their misdeeds remain hidden. It suggests many people would seek better conduct if not confronted by others who overdo the moral act.
Mrs Stevenson sells her Lombard Street residence overlooking the Golden Gate in San Francisco for $25,000 and plans to move to a country home in Santa Barbara. The original design house is richly decorated with Samoan tapestry and weapons and filled with South Sea curios and Stevenson manuscripts. Bohemian Club members saved the house from the fire by carrying water in buckets.
A short verse by Beth Slater Whitson from Ainslee's describes dawn lifting night from a pale sky and the east gate opening. It evokes waking hills and workers beginning their toil as the day arrives.
A wanderer confronts a kidnap plot involving a man who seeks a mother and her child. He argues the mother’s innocence and the child’s well being, revealing the pair reunites with the child, wife, and lover, while the vagabond quietly departs. The scene ends with the trio together and the vagabond fading into the woods.
Joyce Oldfield discovers a found watch triggers a deceptive correspondence with a stranger, leading to a planned Baltimore wedding with Teddy Ansley. A train wreck and moral reckoning force a shocking confession and a pivot in the couple’s fates.
A man declares he wants Joyce and offers Miss Smith a ticket to Halifax, prompting Joyce’s blush and a soft protest. The pair depart on the rescue train with at least one bridal couple aboard, as reported by Nellie Carvey Gillmore in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Achille Fazzari discloses in The Tribuna of Rome a tale of Giuseppe Garibaldi forming a platonic yet passionate bond with Mrs. Collins, widow of an English trader on Caprera. The widow, once veiled at sea and isolated, allegedly kept Garibaldi's letters from 1860, with no stated end to the affair.
Seth Reynard recounts a cattle trek from Fyfe near the German East Africa border to Lomagundi lasting over a year. Lions, fly belts, scarce food, and hidden game pits inflicted losses, with five lion attacks and three cows killed or mauled during the long journey chronicled by the Rhodesia Herald.
A personal visit by King Edward was to be paid on a friend’s home but the hosts were away and the charwoman in charge refused entry without a card. She recalled the king as a pleasant and civil gentleman while noting he had no card on him, and the master later learned the visitor’s identity.
S A Sevier recalls Gen T Estrada Palma living quietly at a Bayamo country estate. Palma avoids politics and spends hours daily teaching local children to read and write while instructing farm laborers at night. Once a prominent leader, he now resumes his old vocation as a schoolteacher.
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