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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
3
Carl Schurz quizzed a dinner guest, a poet who boasted of disdain for office. The poet claimed politics and politicians were beneath him and preferred being a third-rate poet to a first-rate statesman. Schurz challenged him loudly during the meal.
Joseph Leiter, aboard his yacht Chanticler, warns to quote him accurately noting that inaccuracy can render a man ridiculous. He likens it to a Frenchman mispronouncing English and telling a father his son resembles him with a chip off the old blockhead remark.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a public critique after a recent failed campaign. A speaker remarks on a former favorable view of Aimeelf and questions the candidate’s current standing following an election.
John Duff of Boston moved quickly to avert a default on Union Pacific land grant coupons. He borrowed his own first class securities from his son in law Dr. William H. Bullard and had Morton Bliss & Co. pay the due coupons in New York. Wall Street reacted as Duff’s credit influenced railroad finance.
The piece recalls how President Grant befriended Connecticut Senator William A Buckingham. It notes a Norwich visit, a reception for Grant, and an interaction with Dr. Webster, whose wartime sanitary commission service led to his later consular appointment in Sheffield. The story highlights presidents rewarding loyal supporters and the continuity of public service.
A provocative call questions the need for a lobbyless legislature. Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are marketed as a cure all for stomach liver and bowels. The text also claims mothers neglect their duties unless they spoil their children.
Pettit's Eye Salve offers quick relief for tired congested inflamed and sore eyes. The notice promotes purchase from Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo New York and lists the price as 25 cents.
An advertisement claims Hamiltons Wizard Oil can treat ordinary colds that precede pneumonia and consumption, rubs chest to draw out inflammation, break up the cold, and prevent serious trouble. The copy emphasizes extreme versatility and preventative claims.
Visitor asks how to feed the wild horse from Patagonia and a zoo attendant replies wild oats.
In all ages of horses and dogs cured and others in some stable prevented from disease with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE. Every bottle guaranteed. Over 600,000 bottles sold last year. Price fifty cents and one dollar. Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co. Goshen Ind.
A stern parent recalls restricting amusements in youth. The son counters that the so called gay life has its own unglamorous reality, implying disillusionment with dated notions of youth and leisure.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment praised for cleansing purifying and beautifying the skin scalp hair and hands. Advertisers claim prevention of pimples blackheads redness and roughness with products suitable from birth and available worldwide with a free 32 page care book from Potter Drug & Chem Co Boston.
The report recounts Thomas Edison using a megaphone to project sound over a hill while assistants relayed his words back to him, illustrating a commercial venture he believed could surpass his talking machine in value. Edison notes potential uses on ships and land and suggests the megaphone could extend the human voice’s range and impact.
A humorous domestic exchange mocks military rations in the Philippines. Mrs. Squills urges sending a letter to General Wood advocating better butter and cream to improve bread, suggesting soldiers spread butter on fresh loaves and crumble in cream on drier days.
A brief odd exchange questions why Lot's wife became a pillar of salt. The reply says she was too fresh, presenting a paradoxical fate with a punchy, darkly humorous tone.
The eider duck yields the world's most prized down, protected by law in Iceland and the Westmann islands. Dwellings on offshore farms shelter brooding birds as they shed down from their own breasts. Cleaning uses frames and combs to remove impurities, with farm price around two dollars and fifty cents per pound.
A playful exchange features Bluefish-So Shad seeking society by the sea shore and Bass recounting that he was served for dinner at De Wealth's on the first day.
A 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin is advertised as a sure cure for indigestion and stomach discomfort. The seller claims relief from sour belching, gas, heartburn, and other stomach misery within five minutes and suggests it prevents fermentation by aiding digestion.
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