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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
3
J E Jones editor and publisher announces a weekly newspaper published every Thursday. The paper serves Bayfield County including Washburn city and the board of school directors. Subscription is $2.00 yearly.
An interviewer tests Richard Croker's openness while recalling Croker's standoff attitude. The piece recounts Croker and a fellow Tammany figure meeting William J. Bryan in New York during a campaign visit with a tense crowd at Grand Central station.
Advice from the London Mail on lightning safety. Outdoors avoid trees haystacks houses large water bodies and river banks. If no trees or buildings, lying down is safer than standing. In a wood stay there. If near a tall tree stay 30 yards away. Indoors seek Franklin’s plan geometrical center of the room and hang a hammock if possible or sit between chairs with a feather bed beneath. Avoid gas chandeliers and metal masses while remaining patient.
William E. Curtis describes riding on a London bus with a friendly driver who answers inquiries with humor. The conversation includes a joke about entering the old Newgate prison via a secret route and a playful remark about a bobby handling admission, reflecting streetwise charm and city lore.
Rebecca Wampler, reputed to be 100, died in Dublin Indiana after a life marked by numerous accidents. From a broken finger at age six to multiple hip fractures and arm injuries across the years, her long record included a 1900 hip fracture for the second time.
The glass pavement made from crushed glass and heat pressed claims extreme wear resistance and ability to bear over 10,000 psi. A five ton weight tested a slab from three feet to break it. Laid at inventor Mr Gardier's expense in busy streets, with citywide adoption possible after a five year wear check.
Henry Moody reports a spectral encounter on a lonely road with Wilkes Scott, dead since January. Moody says the ghost spoke asking for something to take from purgatory and then vanished, leaving Moody convinced he saw the man he knew in life.
Mrs. C. Newman of Campbell Park, Illinois, faced court action over a bay window four feet over the line. She plans a yellow-painted shanty on the site as a reproach, inviting a noisy family of at least five red haired boys to occupy it.
The London Chronicle notes Mr. Chamberlain is among the House of Commons' youngest men at 65. Despite gray hairs, he appears slim and alert, never exercises regularly yet remains in constant “training.” A touch of gout is the only reminder flesh is mortal.
The article notes partial success in France and Italy with hail protection for vineyards. Experiments hint that large artillery parks with many 16 inch guns may be required for real security, and even then complete protection is uncertain. The bombardment of the heavens is not yet effective.
The Washburn Board of Review announces daily sessions from nine to noon and two to five. Evening meetings are set for Saturday July 27 Monday July 29 and Wednesday July 31 from 7 30 to 9 30. The last meeting day is August 1. By order of
Advertises torn down men and women as customers for Virtuma Improved Tablets claimed to cure nervous diseases and vital weakness. Priced at $2 per package or 3 for $5 with mail order and free medicine if guaranteed results fail. Companies and multiple druggists listed across several cities.
Tickets for the Chetek Lake Assembly go on sale in Omaha from July 18 to July 28 with a round trip fare. Sales will be at the depot in the city.
Omaha to Buffalo round trip tickets offered May 7 14 21 28 from Washburn to Buffalo and return for 26.75 valid one week. Daily sales continue until September 3 at 3435 for sixteen days from sale date.
A plan for a women's college of matrimony in Chelsea, England, proposes a two year course. The curriculum covers housewifery tasks like cooking, serving, and laundry, and adds physiology and medicine to provide mental discipline alongside manual training.
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