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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
2
The Washburn Times notes the Prince of Wales delays his U.S. trip until after the presidential election. It also mentions potential party nominations closing, American harvest optimism, deteriorating English crops, and a quip about a possible Venezuela-Holland clash.
In the British House of Commons Methodist supporters push a lengthy petition for a licensing bill, surpassing the Australian ballot in a notable early showing across several laps of debate.
Winnipeg predicts Canada will realize an average yield on six million acres of grain, signaling ample breadstuffs for consumers on both continents and increased business for railroads and steamers shipping the crop to market.
A family of eight in Roselle New Jersey required hospital care after ingesting poisonous fungi. The incident serves as a warning as many mushroom foragers will soon stalk woods seeking rare varieties, risking serious illness.
Sven Hedin the Tibetan explorer is reported safe with his caravan in good condition after extended isolation. Observers note explorers’ need for separation from civilization during journeys into uncharted areas. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway plans electric mountain locomotives on the Pacific coast extension, citing success of electric power on other mountainous routes.
Germanys success with wireless tele graphy from balloons prepares the way for serviceability by aeronauts when a real flying machine is devised. In a siege the enemy could read messages but the information remains crucial to the besieged.
The Imperial Yacht Club of Kiel will send three sonderklasse yachts to compete with American vessels in Marblehead next year. International sonderklasse regattas have split honors between America and Germany, fostering friendly ties across the sea.
A protest before the New York board of appraisers questions the duty on hides taken from American cattle abroad and reimported. The argument notes rebates on imported materials sent abroad as exports and argues for free entry of American hides from foreign shambles on the same basis.
The crack Cambridge crew loses to a Belgian eight in the Olympic series regatta. The Belgians, once Henley champions described as farmers at the oars, rely on muscle and wind, which push them to the finish first.
Farman arrives in New York with an airship to stage exhibitions while the Wrights prepare a practical test in France. Americans who witnessed Wright flights dispute parity and seek achievements that could make Farman seem secondary to the American invention.
The American car in the New York to Paris race has reached its destination and the event is now a past affair. The trek proved costly and exhausting and offered no new proof beyond that shown by ordinary endurance races. It is doubtful automobilists will repeat a double transcontinental run due to the vehicle's inability to traverse oceans.
Charles Holt longtime editor of the Kankakee Gazette died at 91 after forty years at the paper. He helped report Wisconsin’s first Constitutional convention with H A Tenny and David Atwood of Madison. All members of that body and officials have since died, but their work remains.
An Ohio roadway disaster last week destroyed an entire family at a grade crossing. A woman and child were killed on Saturday crossing a track in a buggy near Madison. The piece warns such casualties will rise as highways cross railroad lines and cites limited visibility at grade crossings as a daily hazard.
The head detective in large dry goods stores describes organized, cross gender shoplifting squads. Detectives monitor crowds and delivery wagons, arrest outside the premises, and use quiet room interrogations to avoid scenes. A mix of male and female detectives operates with signals and discreet procedures to deter theft.
Bombay pinching bugs swarmed the British freight steamship Strathairly after boarding at Bombay on July 12. The crew fought the pests for nearly two months as the ship sailed to its current port, with visitors bringing bugs ashore and officials collecting samples in Algiers and at quarantine.
Douglas Ogilby reports to the Royal Society of Queensland a shower of fish, identified as Krefft’s gudgeon, that fell with a hailstorm in Brisbane on October 7. Such fish rains occur elsewhere when ponds are drawn into clouds by whirlwinds and then drop with rain.
A curiously phrased admonition urges readers to recall that genuine conflicts are not simply manufactured. The line hints at skepticism toward feigned disputes and emphasizes perception over fabrication.
At breakfast the Adams argue over cherry pie style with Minnie insisting on raw fruit while Frank demands cooked cherries. After a failed dinner, the couple consults Gussie and concocts a new plan, leading to a late night pie experiment and a change in the kitchen routine.
In a curious exchange Mrs. Askitt-Tom asks about the meaning of the phrase I’ll stand put. Mr. Askitt-It notes such a claim has led many men to waste significant sums on investigations.
A Washington Star feature laments the end of summer nuisances like skeeters buzzing at night biting flies caterpillars hornets and humid air. The poem invites children to wake from a dream where the seashore hammock and joy of summer vanish.
The Catholic Standard and Times notes Miss Knox’s steady work before aging, while The Delineator recounts four year old Mary Helen’s bravely lingering bedtime plea for a real person with skin on, after her mother leaves.
A Philadelphia Ledger report quotes a delegation spokesman pressing parishioners to accept reduced church salaries. The suburban pastor agrees that less labor in collecting a smaller salary may be worthwhile in tough times.
A London Globe anecdote recalls a Romford golf match where an Essex caddie, firing a high tee for his employer, quips after a poor drive that Hampshire will win. The caddie then apologizes explaining he thought the opponent was Hampshire.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt features two Summer Maiden sketches. The first questions a bonnet’s purpose while the second jokes about a new arrival claiming to be a sculptor. The old boarder asks his occupation and the man replies sculptor after a playful prompt to carve a fowl.
The narrative recounts a country family with a pet pig and observing neighboring pens. A child arrives breathless with excitement after a pigpen is finished and asks eagerly if they may play in their pig’s pen, highlighting a wholesome domestic moment.
After a pause the narrator agrees as Martha the older girl attempts to help her sister Selene flee. Martha struggles to lift the child then, in a pitiful tone, urges Selene to run outside while she stays behind.
China detects Japanese smuggling into its territory and arrests the offenders. In a terse exchange the Japanese respond with a playful remark and China, after brief consideration, yields to diplomacy.
A clipped exchange from Los Angeles Paris describes a cabman urged to hurry, replying he is bound as a member of the Society for the Protection of Ang Ten. Minutes later a bourgeois passerby asks for another drink, reflecting temperance society tensions.
A dialogue from Harper's Weekly features Binks and another man debating corporal punishment of a boy. One insists on a thorough thrashing, while the other rejects corporal punishment except in self defense, revealing contrasting views on discipline.
A New York clubman famed for big game hunting camps with a Minnesota friend in British Columbia. Waking early in a chilly camp, the New Yorker kicks his sleeping companion to rouse him, only to reveal the prank was echoed minutes earlier. They then rise to build a fire.
A blue uniforms veteran hints Gettysburg as memories surface while the heiress rejects Mr Dalrymple. He exits with a coarse laugh and vanishes into Casey's pool room, leaving tension and memory in the room.
Dialogue fragment shows a playful exchange about engagement, appearances, and origins. A man notes his birth in Pittsburgh and his parents in Chicago and New York, reflecting regional pride and coincidence as the trio contemplates their meeting.
An elderly man expresses disbelief as a deaf and mute man born deaf enters a bicycle shop and speaks in astonishment. His reckless nephew, ready to flee, recalls the moment when the man lifted a wheel and spoke, prompting the amazed reaction.
A cryptic exchange unfolds in a sanctum as a visitor asks how long a man can go without eating while the snake editor points to a poet labeled as the Answer-to-Correspondents editor. The Philadelphia Press frames the moment with wit and curiosity.
A London Express recounts a Burns Day gathering where a guest, after drinking, orders his servant to hail a cab. He warns the visitor to take the first cab outside, joking that a second one will not be there, ending the anecdote with a wry Scottish humor.
Since 1872 Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has proven effective in severe cases and gained wide trust. It is promoted by nine out of ten druggists and sold by leading druggists across the United States and abroad.
The Holcombe hunt in Edgworth holds its twenty first annual show under the Edgworth Agricultural Society. Holcombe is described as England’s oldest hunting center with a pack over 400 years old. King James I granted hunting rights in Quarlton after praising the sport at Houghton tower. A 22 inch huntsman's horn at Helcombe has been in the hunt’s possession for over two centuries.
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