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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
10
The grouse uses many defenses to evade hunters, per Outing. It lies still until a yard away, then rises ahead, or dives away to 40 yards. It may crouch under a branch, feign fear, or double like a fox, and can run fast on leafy ground to escape, often not taking flight even when unhurt.
A concise exploration of idiom origins. Beating a retreat, bag and baggage, cold shoulder, feather in a cap, and dead head are traced to historical practices in warfare, hospitality, Hungary, and ancient Pompeii, revealing how figurative language began as literal custom.
London Truth recounts a naval launch in England where leaden rivets substituted for steel in the superstructure due to a delayed ceremony. The vessel sailed briefly, then required repairs after entering heavy seas when the riveted sections failed to behave like proper ironwork.
In Madrid a palm leaf on a balcony railing signals sleeping rooms. A white paper means for rent while a palm leaf shows the room belongs to a pious Catholic who took a blessed palm last Palm Sunday. The leaf stays year round until next year's blessing replaces it.
A Covent Garden market note highlights a single pawnbroking establishment tied to the market. Its license allows lending on garden and related produce via special forty day contracts.
Traders set an eight hour extreme limit for perishable items including fruit flowers and vegetables arriving late or not immediately salable. Next morning the broker may redeem the goods or sell them.
A woman steps into a store and a man, after errands uptown including mail, a two hour change, and lunch at the club, returns to find her just emerging from the door. The exchange captures a brief, staged encounter in a city setting.
A courtroom exchange features a prosy counselor arguing about timing, while Lord Cockburn notes the distinction between trespassing on time and encroaching on eternity, ending with a quiet acceptance of success.
A historical anecdote recalls Rufus Choate berating Dick Barten, chief mate of the ship Challenge, in a lengthy cross examination. Choate pressed for a moon’s presence and exact latitude at the equator, only to be met with a witty defense of nautical knowledge.
A Cairo native woman found a large cobra in her home and fled. Her cat first confronted the snake, then returned with three more cats. The four felines attacked the reptile and tore it to pieces after a brief fierce struggle.
A storm–tired tourist seeks shelter in a solitary cottage and is mistaken for the husband by the mistress who, with a Bible in hand, delivers a sharp thump on the head saying the slap was for asking the man to stay all night.
A witty exchange from the Philadelphia Press shows Mrs Clubb wishing her husband would return earlier so she could serve dinner on time. Mrs Housekeep teases that her husband would then need to hurry home to help.
The Chicago Post quotes an old farmer challenging his son on plans to flee with the hired girl. The son admits the notion, and the farmer retorts that hired girls are harder to replace than daughters-in-law, highlighting frontier humor and social norms.
Mrs. Bridey orders her first supply bill in a Bright Thought gag from the Detroit Free Press. The obsequious clerk asks what next and suggests adding kitchen matches to parlor matches.
General Grewy recalls a 1883 Arctic Christmas near Cape Sabine during a dire winter. Rations were dwindling as the party faced polar night, yet they shared a rare meal and stories, hoping for civilization to return. Several crewmen did not survive that year.
Chestnut stuffing is praised as the most delicious accompaniment for Christmas turkey. Boil chestnuts, peel, press through a colander with butter salt pepper parsley onion and bread crumbs, plus stock. Giblet sauce uses boiled giblets chopped and thickened with browned flour and giblet broth seasoned with salt and pepper.
Bartholomew Diaz led two ships in 1486 while searching for an ocean route to India. Eleven years later Da Gama sailed south and discovered Natal on Christmas Day, giving the region its festive name.
Yonkers Statesman notes an engagement dissolves after a remark that the groom, a cartoonist, haunted the bride with thoughts of her face at his work. The column frames the breakup as a humorous, personal adlike tale.
Quotations stress that knowledge brings happiness and life, and that continuous work, thought, learning, and growth keep life from dullness. The Schoolmaster and Maxwell’s Talisman echo the value of ongoing mental pursuit as essential to fulfillment.
A brief Detroit Free Press item notes Emeline Sara as the writer’s greatest consolation while Elizabeth questions this claim. Emeline says everyone says she talks more than I do, highlighting a light domestic exchange.
A hotel guest, a very heavy woman from the south, asked the price of a bath. A bell boy misheard as seven cents a pound after consulting the steward. The guest protested the insult and prepared to leave as the clerk and guest laughed at the error, reported by the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Mr. Dolan, thriving on butter and eggs, buys a second hand carriage for Mary Ann. He explains the initial C remains on the carriage rather than changing to D. He jokes that C stands for continued, fitting his Dolan family, while D would be less flattering.
In a quoted exchange, Miss Ann Teek laments modern youths claiming some girls are engaged to two young men at once. Miss Pepprey adds that the situation is aggravating, reflecting a social gossip tone from the Philadelphia scene.
Marie recalls baking bread for her father until his doctor stopped her. Walter asks if she has bread making experience, and Marie confirms she used to bake in the past.
A quotation little piece notes a person described as a good fellow. The remark humorously contrasts behavior at home versus at the club, reflecting social irony in a brief exchange.
A Somerville Journal opinion notes that modesty enhances character but rarely correlates with higher pay, suggesting social dynamics where humility is valued differently from compensation.
The piece notes Daniel Defoe in Journal of the Plague Year hints at contagion and early bacteriology ideas. It highlights Defoe’s apparent doubt while revealing his speculation on effluvia, air carried infection, and microscopic life, despite lacking microscopes.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reprint argues that inborn detective instinct can outpace trained professionals. It notes some people possess rapid deduction, keen perception, and nervous energy, aiding crime chasing and even business, as illustrated by a man consumed with solving mysteries.
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