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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
6
An orator urges the audience to laugh away troubles with a sunny pose. A weathered man asks for more jokes, joking he needs laughter to ease a ticklish plaster moment, as Lip Pinсott’s wit colors the vignette.
Stated in the Manu Code that every living being is born into life and departs to another world alone. Virtue follows the soul to the tomb while the fruit of evil deeds fades, and the fruit of good deeds endures. Family members depart as the body rests as earth. Virtue remains with the deceased through the dreary gloom.
A Scottish parish minister sent a visiting clergyman to officiate on Sunday. The minister’s servant, a beadle, delayed the host by two hours claiming the visitor told him to wait until night to avoid drawing villagers. The tale ends with the beadle’s wry remark about secrecy for the sake of attendance.
A small Irish boy visits a Toronto house to collect a parcel money. He asks for a receipt and, learning the concept, writes on the memo that T Maloney came for the money and got it. The event showcases a quirky, humorous exchange on payment and receipts.
A vivid London notice recalls Birmingham as a prize fighting hub where sport and high society mingled. Mentions Brumma gem pets pursuing fame and a public house for aging fighters, plus Bendigo’s shift from tavern life to railing against unrighteousness and a sharp anti atheist outburst.
The piece notes a Dutch saying that paint costs nothing, likening it to cheerfulness. It argues cheerfulness preserves in damp climates, and that sunshine, though cheaper, yields finer pigment. It concludes that a good temper, spent, multiplies in kind.
Chauncey Depew recounts a humorous incident where a spiritualist died, his friends request a funeral sermon, and the widow claims a message from the deceased. The clergyman, unable to please all, faces the comic rebuke as the corpse sasses the sermon.
Jedediah Hubbard greets a newly arrived boarder at dawn and jokes with him about city folk knowing it all. The farmer explains he rises early to untying cords in the wood yard rather than tending haycocks.
Walter Williams, dean of the world’s first journalism school at the University of Missouri, recounts the rush to cover a railroad wreck. A student on assignment delays the daily. a telegram replies the scene is too excited and to wait until quiet.
A motivational maxim by Kaufman stresses that success belongs to those who endure criticism and stay true to their standards. It urges perseverance through misjudgment and rejection, noting many would have persisted to triumph if they kept going despite attacks.
A London bookmaker down on his luck spots a restaurant sign offering Special Roast Beef at 12 to 1. He places a shilling on the roast beef for today and returns to find a misread wager served up as mutton and roast beef. He laments his luck for not backing it to place.
A male malaprop asked Sidney Smith at dinner which voyage saw Captain Cook killed. Smith answered quickly that it was his first voyage, noting Cook did not mind, since he immediately set out on his second voyage.
A Georgia preacher is regaled with a church member's dream about being in Satan's realm. The dreamer recalls many white men present, each holding a curled pussy between him and the fire, producing a stark, satirical image from Harper's Weekly.
A man defends avoiding advertising citing his grandfather’s fashion sense with knee breeches and a queue as the guiding standard. He argues personal beliefs shape business choices and public messaging.
A Chicago paper house boy, Tommy Barrett, hides his father’s death to keep working. After a lunch with his manager, who praises his self control, Tommy is made boss of the envelope table, while their care remains unstated.
An exploration of kissing customs from ancient Egypt to Russia. The article notes polite hand kisses in Egypt, prohibitions for slaves kissing free women in Rome, Cato’s law, Greek capital punishment for public kisses, Austria’s current practice, Russian forehead salutes, and peasants kissing knees of their lords.
Practical field guide style advertisement for trapping wild animals with illustrations 46 animal pictures and a fur calendar. Includes gun and trap catalog and hide price list. Postpaid for 10c stamps or silver. Free to customers shipping or buying. Fur Dept. N. W. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis Minnesota.
A health note outlines seven life steps to stay well. Eat plain, moderate meals of grains and meat twice daily. Breathe clean air, exercise outdoors, retire early and rise early, wear flannel, bathe, and live in sunshine. Maintain cheer, avoid worry, and laugh to keep sickness downstairs.
In Paris painter Delacroix chased a taxi for a shade of yellow he needed. He persuaded the cab passenger to tell the driver to stop promising a quick five minute wait and a sketch as thanks. Months later the fare received a copy of his Assassination of the Archbishop of Liege.
A historical tale recalls Peter the Great banishing Balakirett after a sharp joke. Balakirett fled, later shown in a country cart sitting on Swedish soil dug in Finland. Peter proclaimed Finland would become Russian soil, and he fulfilled the claim.
Pearson's Weekly reports a parliamentary committee probe into railway opposition where Hodge scores a point about legal fiction and skilled witnesses. A Scotch farmer testifies for the bill and faces a sharp question from a wily K C about taking pay to switch sides.
A curious fact explains why underground water pipes freeze after a warm spell following a cold snap. As heat is drawn from the ground to thaw frozen moisture, the pipe cools like an ice cream freezer and freezes despite warmer air.
A tramp laments continual hardship while a farmer counsels gratitude noting the only mercy is that a foot does not rise against him. The exchange turns on grim humor about misfortune and resilience.
A humorous exchange in a domestic sketch shows Mrs Manykids praising the daughters as self possessed while Papa Manykids gripes that they are too self possessed and wishes they would attract someone else.
The famed pianist Franz Liszt advised that one should eat well and walk much to improve piano playing. His laconic guidance emphasizes health and physical activity as foundations for musical skill.
A reminiscence-style ad urges readers to remember Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and colds, emphasizing to refuse substitutes. The note signs off with Q. W. Frost.
Prof M W Mathews, former professor at the National College of Music in London, offers lessons in piano violin theory and more. Interested parties may drop a postal note and a call will follow. Located in Washburn Wisconsin.
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