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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
3
A London Answers note recalls how small scraps of tissue paper helped convict Franz Muller after the murder on the North London Line. A top hat altered to fit Muller bore a tissue remnant linking it to victim Mr. Briggs, proving Briggs wore the hat when he died.
Putnam's Magazine surveys the Etruscans noting their pottery abundance and streets packed with ware, and pondering why their inscriptions in Roman letters remain undecipherable. It highlights Egyptology and Assyrian scripts as readable contrasts and marks the Etruscans as a enduring mystery.
A Greek adventurer sought to palm off false gospel manuscripts on readers. Dr. Cox Korman of the Bodleian Library in Oxford detected the fraud by sensing nineteenth century paper. He described the moment in the Spectator, noting the quick exit of the impostor after the reveal.
A Tennessee resident claims whistling calms rattlesnakes and stops their attack. The Nashville Tennessean reports the anecdote, stating the whistle pacifies the snake and prevents springing, even saving the speaker’s life in a past encounter.
A duchess tests a potential lady's maid by asking if she can style her hair in half an hour. The girl confidently says yes, but the duchess worries what she would do with the rest of the morning, delivering a witty sigh captured by the Dundee Advertiser.
A London curate received an astonishing reply after inquiry into a parishioner health. The patient said he feels sometimes anyhow sometimes not and at times is as stiff as a himmidge.
A humorous Cleveland Plain Dealer exchange shows a landlord warning that other tenants will leave if the cornet is played in the flat. Mr. Toots replies he is glad of that, noting the tenants are very annoying.
An unnamed narrator recalls meeting Esther Norman at a resort. Esther reveals a split self with a twin who embodies guilt and innocence. The narrator realizes Esther’s innocence after reading about Martha Blake, a murder case, and they part. the narrator never marries.
An exposé contrasts Tokyo's Shitaya district with Paris London and New York, detailing extreme poverty and migration pressures. It notes government suppression of harsh truths, censorship of foreign observers, and a sensational study by Kokumi that was suppressed after translation, as described by Walter J. Kingsley in World's Work.
A travel note describes bathing at Great Salt Lake with steps to the platform, shallow start, then buoyant, non sinking water. It highlights wriggling toes, walking difficulty, floating, salt crusts on skin, and warnings to avoid excess talk or frolic. Salt crystals rinse off with a shower.
Aboard a man of war near Funchal Madeira officers and crew ashore ride a spirited horse. A miscue with the horse’s head position prompts a sailor Brown to tie a stone to the tail to adjust trim and steer the animal as if sailing a clipper.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer blip, a startled exchange ends with a terse good night as one party recalls a forgotten detail just before bedtime. The dialogue is brief and framed as a humorous or cryptic moment between two speakers.
A humorous note cites the death of Major Jinks with cremation and a widow who keeps his remains in a fruit jar. The quip frames the jar as the last family jar in a satirical domestic moment.
A witty Dallas News quip about marrying for money versus taste, noting the mismatch between refined appetites and wealth and its ironic implication.
Wanted by a Chicago wholesale and mail order house an assistant manager for this county and adjoining territory. Salary twenty dollars weekly plus expenses paid with expense money in advance. Pleasant permanent position no investment or experience required. Spare time valuable. Write for full particulars and enclose self addressed envelope General Manager 134 Fe Lake St Chicago.
An old advertisement argues against cosmetics and promotes Green's August Flower as a liver tonic to cleanse and enrich blood and improve complexion. It claims cure for constipation biliousness nervousness and insomnia and notes trial and regular bottle prices at Frost and Spies.
The undersigned offer a money back guarantee on Green's Syrup of Tarif. If the 50 cent bottle fails to cure cough or cold, a refund is promised. a 25 cent bottle is also offered to prove satisfaction or money returned by Fox Bros.
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