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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
2
A simple non opiate cough remedy made from ether two ounces ucerine half ounce Virgin Olive Pine compound and eight ounces pure whisky in a large bottle. It is claimed to break up a cold in twenty four hours and last a family for a year with the Virgin Oil of Pine compound produced in Cincinnati Ohio by Leach Chemical Co.
Bakers Weekly cites health department tests showing wrapping bread in paraffin paper preserves freshness for at least twenty hours. Large bakeries already use the method, arguing it improves palatability and digestibility, while some gluten bread sold to hospitals commands higher prices.
Mrs Charles Baker of Albion Missouri reports two young daughters suffered severe eczema with hair loss and sore arms. After using Cuticura Remedies, the skin for both children became soft and smooth. Testimonial dated September 21 1908 from Potter Drug and Chemical Corp sole proprietors.
Wizard Burbank describes selling a leaf of the Burbank spineless cactus for $1000 to Australian buyer John M Rutland for exclusive southern hemisphere rights. He notes the thornless plant propagates from cuttings, will root easily, and roots even in unlikely places. He envisions diverse cactus fruits and distinct flavors akin to apple varieties.
A reader recalls a physician who treated gastritis with food replacement. After adopting Grape-Nuts gradually, the patient recovered strength, regained appetite, and gained weight. The letter promotes reading The Road to Wellville and suggests such testimonials are genuine human interest stories.
The Washburn Times notes the New York result signals Tammany’s defeat while the naval revolt’s suppression strengthens Greece’s government on land and sea. It praises King George for stabilizing leadership and warns against dethroning him.
The article traces early careers at age 21 for figures such as William Howard Taft Yale graduate and valedictorian, Rear Admiral Evans, William Dean Howells, James J. Hill, Hudson Maxim, William E. Corey, Charles M. Schwab and others. It notes Taft’s Phi Beta Kappa honors and law prize split, and outlines rapid early career steps across law, navy, publishing, business, printing, ship work, and engineering.
The New Orleans deep waterways convention concludes with little change in the situation but appoints a committee of five hundred supporters to lobby Congress next winter for a fourteen foot lake to Gulf of Mexico channel.
The piece argues that the South clings to firearm usage as a personal necessity and notes Breathitt county Kentucky shows a pattern of regular gun support at elections. It frames gun habit as a persistent regional trait and suggests change will take many years.
William Jewell College faculty in Liberty Missouri forbids theology students to use tobacco and states those who do may not receive ministerial aid funds. The fund supports poor students pursuing their studies and aligns with vows of self-denial by aspiring clergy. Tobacco is deemed a luxury despite being listed among daily consumables.
A historical note records a figure who sustained injuries resulting in the loss of both eyes. The account highlights the impact of injuries on the individual's life and social status within their community.
A Philadelphia Record inspired survey highlights quirky hobbies. A Tioga young woman saves slippers with two trunks and three bureaus of pairs. A Germantown man guards inkwell covers valued up to two thousand dollars. A Cedar avenue doctor houses 800 clocks including fourteen Tyrolese kinds. A University of Pennsylvania student owns two rare campaign buttons.
The passage notes that antique dealers, and notably Richard Mansfield, were subjected to comparable pressure or impositions, highlighting a parallel in treatment or influence affecting both groups.
In 1521 Soliman the Ottoman sultan nears Belgrade, a woman confronts his army over cattle theft. He mildly rebukes her, and she answers with bold faith in his protection. He pardons and returns the cattle, sparing her life and pleasing the sultan.
The most remarkable mortuary chapel in America sits in Calvary Cemetery Long Island City New York and cost 180000. The crypts or catacombs are for burial of priests of the diocese of New York under the cemetery's charge says Popular Mechanics.
A Chicago jury commissioner declares tip-taking harms juror suitability and that cabmen, waiters, and porters are ignored in venire selection. He urges fair wages for waiters and condemns employers for forcing reliance on tips, urging dignity in public service.
The Bermuda to Havana race will cover fourteen hundred nautical miles with a course start off Market street Philadelphia. Entrants must be between fifty and one hundred feet in length to accommodate larger craft and improve comfort on the long open sea run.
The court orders Mrs Yerkes widow of a street railway magnate to receive two million dollars. She says the sum is small compared with expectations, forcing her to abandon the Fifth Avenue home valued at 1.5 million dollars due to upkeep costs after years of estate litigation.
The remains of Prince Ito were honored in a grand Tokio ceremony with Koreans later noting his role as a friend to Korea. He is praised for guiding Japan to emancipate Korea from a corrupt court and venal officials, shaping a favorable view among Koreans.
New York reports October fatalities and injuries from automobile and horse vehicle crashes. The city notes the silent, startling car presence increases street dangers and nervous crossings, urging attention from pedestrians and insurers to rising accident statistics.
In an address to Midlothian electors George Lambert asserts the British navy will remain supreme by mid 1912 despite Germany building 13 dreadnoughts while Britain has 20. He notes Berlin press unhappiness over navy taxation and suggests public opinion may turn against the burden.
One of California’s largest lumber facilities the Weed Lumber drying plant burned this week causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The plant sat on the California Oregon railroad line near the Oregon border.
The commissioner of education reports the national average expenditure per pupil at 28.25 dollars, up from 15.55 in 1870. Nevada leads with 72.15, California 49.29, and Arizona 40.41, while South Carolina spends 6.37 and West Virginia 20.36. Oklahoma 15.79 and New Mexico 19.46 illustrate regional variation. one third of states spend 25 to 40 dollars per pupil. The commissioner notes the wide disparity reflects differing support for public education.
Rochester Indiana resident Mrs. M Working shares relief from back pain dizziness and kidney trouble using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports initial relief after trying the remedy and claims three boxes cured her, selling at 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Dr I Potter notes a link between height and talent citing small to medium statured figures as geniuses. He claims Attila Cromwell Napoleon Gambetta Thiers Jesus Christ Paul Raphael Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Wagner Handel Bach Haydn Mozart Beethoven Schumann Schubert Brahms Hugo Heine Cervantes Rousseau among the notable short or medium sized individuals.
A sweeping biographical passage traces youths into careers for figures like J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller with details on education and early work. It notes political leaders such as Joseph G. Cannon and Samuel Clemens before adulthood and sketches growth in industry and law. The text shifts to 1900s campaign buttons and ends with Calvary crypts showing 24 body capacity, expandable by four directions, and daily burials averaging 70 to 120.
A profile of Clyde Fitch describing his vanity and wardrobe, his art-heavy but chaotic town house, and a country home full of dubious European keepsakes. An English nerve specialist promotes digging in gardens as a cure for nervous disorders, praising the simple at-home remedy over travel for baths and other cures.
A woman's aim extends beyond meeting her own needs to ensuring surplus for family kin and descendants, signaling broader concerns about household stability and support within her community.
The English, devoted to home, travel more than any other Europeans. They often leave their native land seeking change of scene as a remedy for sickness sorrow unrequited affection and the spleen in foreign countries. Paris Figaro notes this tendency.
London concertgoers will hear the tonituone a new instrument Paderewski invented to mimic distant thunder in his forthcoming symphony. The piece will premiere in England on November 8.
A doctor advised rest and a chant for a small boy whose system was upset. The boy replied that his foot was asleep and things must be bad when you go to sleep at the wrong end.
More than 300000 birds were imported into the country during 1908. The birds were primarily parrots and canaries.
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