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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
2
Nat Burden, a city man, helps Lois Trevor and her mother after a chaotic move. He joins them socially, then faces a market panic that sinks his firm. Lois and Nat share meals and hope, with hints of romance and a potential future together.
The piece questions American courtesy in daily relations and whether good breeding follows from heart and self respect. It contrasts polite conduct with blunt talk as shown by Dr. Johnson and notes that harsh conversation has spread beyond a few ill mannered individuals to broader society, including remarks about gender norms.
In Dixie After the War Myrta Lockett Avary recounts Lincoln as a warm friend to cadet George Pickett. In Richmond Lincoln meets General Pickett’s wife with her baby, saying he is George’s old friend and offering a special amnesty if needed for the sake of the child's mother and manners.
Naturalists observe an insect in August that is born dies and reproduces in a single night along the Marne Seine and Rhine. The creature begins as a worm three years in mud then swiftly becomes a winged ephemera lasting four to six hours after a two stage transformation. It dies after laying eggs and the species appears and dies over three days, sometimes longer if malady delays metamorphosis.
The passage lists various historical figures and public intellectuals with described eye colors and shapes. Michael Angelo Simon Michael Angelo hazel eyes. Mohammed coal black. Milton gray blue. Beethoven small brown. Dante large black. Isaac Newton blue. Cowper weak blue. Harvey small bright. Carlyle dark blue. Bismarck steely gray. Dr Johnson dull watery blue.
Louis XIII was the first French ruler to write reports printed in the Gazette de France. Manuscripts were edited by secretary Lucas who copied and sent revised versions to Richelieu. Richelieu also corrected, reshaped, and sometimes reinserted lines, including a disputed tribute to the cardinal at Corbie.
In the Basque country children start work young and guide oxen for farm and draft use. A four year old rises at daybreak to drive cattle to pastures, pursuing strays with a stick and Basque admonitions, often grabbing the tail of the animal to steer it back. Strand Magazine describes the scene.
The first mention places the Huns in China around 210 BC who conquered then were driven out by the Celestials. They crossed Asia reaching the area of Hungary by 76 AD, threatening much of Europe before a defeat in central France. They retreated to the Danube banks.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment notes a man nails a board on his front steps, hits his thumb hard, remains silent, and is described as deaf and dumb.
A doctor relates a tale in which a man begs removal of an eye to match a patch worn by a beloved woman. The physician feigns operational harm, then reveals the ruse at a wedding, where both lovers end with eyes restored and a shattered marriage.
When you want anything in the line of job printing The Times can supply your wants in first-class shape.
Fox Bros offers a refund of 50 cents for Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure cough or cold and a 25-cent bottle option to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
The notice warns that dances spread colds leading to pneumonia and consumption. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure after exposure and urges buyers to refuse imitations in a yellow package sold by Q. W. Frost.
An 19th century advertisement criticizes cosmetics and local treatments for skin issues and promotes Green's August Flower to cleanse the liver, enrich the blood, and improve complexion. It claims relief from constipation biliousness and nervousness and notes trial and regular bottle prices.
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