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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
10
Dan Burns of Westmoreland Pennsylvania stood 70 feet two inches tall in the Washington G A R parade. He carried a torn battle flag and refused to come off the stump when ordered, prompting an officer to rush to the rear to punish alleged insubordination.
The world circles with a new telegraphic line completing around the globe. The project, notably long and laid undersea, was finished quietly compared with the festive Atlantic cable milestones. Experts see it as a routine achievement in submarine communications.
In Joliet Illinois Orsamus Page age 93 is the United States oldest newsboy. He began selling during the 1893 World’s Fair and has never missed a day or a train. Born in 1809 Page rises at 4 AM to deliver thirty to forty papers daily. His parents and grandparents all lived long lives.
Mrs Emma P. Ewing serves as treasurer with Mrs Bertha L. Grimes as president and Mrs Maud P. Kirk as secretary of a newly formed Pittsburg company that cooks and delivers dinners to private homes citywide. An innovative heat retention device keeps meals warm and in good condition. Each meal is inspected by Mrs Ewing or another culinary expert before delivery, and the firm reports lucrative business.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal notes census figures show the U S birth rate lower than nearly all European nations. It states American fertility trails France and others, while France grows concerned and the U S continues to recruit from Russia Sweden Germany Ireland and Canada.
More than fifty girls study scientific farming at the Minneapolis College of Agriculture. The curriculum covers botany chemistry physics and geology with two terms per year in the first phase. Emphasis on cooking laundering household economies furnishing houses and social culture aims to prepare wives who can make rural life appealing to prevent rural emigration.
Julius Hager confronted a bulldog that attacked him near his home in West New York New Jersey. He grabbed the dog by the tail and killed it by smashing its brains against a telegraph pole. This was the fourth such attack on him in a month.
Boston press reports the post office plans a new two cent stamp in a series replacing the Washington portrait with a Gilbert Stuart portrait. The design includes the American flag, draped banners, laurel wreaths, and refined typography, aiming for top quality and artistic balance.
A Wall Street solicitor boasted of three years chasing Russell Sage for a $100 yearly advertising contract. Sage responded by noting he had saved $300, since three years at $100 equals the amount. The exchange underscores Sage’s thrift and business prudence.
A Dover resident is described as weighing at least 733 pounds with yearly weight gain. He has not walked for eight years, living in a wheeled chair and using a trapeze to hoist into bed. A traveling showman offered 300 dollars daily to exhibit him, which was declined as he values family and does not need money.
A London Express report describes a new electric apparatus resembling a vertical gridiron with a lower shelf. Wires form alternating positive and negative contacts. when a fly lands it completes a circuit and is instantly killed, with dead insects brushed off the shelf.
Vienna cabbies face a decline as electric cars cut fares. A cabmen meeting agreed to petition the government for each driver to receive 600 dollars matching license value and for no new licenses to be issued. They would sell their cabs and, with the extra 600 dollars, begin a bus business. Government unlikely to grant the plan.
Secretary Shaw recounts his second Iowa gubernatorial race when he won statewide but failed to carry his own county. A witty Irish cobbler remarks that perhaps it would be better to win every county, highlighting local pride and political irony.
Tintoretto's masterpiece Paradise in the ducal palace at Venice suffered slight damage from the St. Mark's column collapse. Restorers say careful work will restore it to good condition after the nearby bell tower fell.
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