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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
3
Young actor Stuart Robson tricks a companion on a Liverpool train by stealing his ticket and advising him to hide. The conductor orders tickets and the co traveler, Bill, reappears from under the seat to the amused, embarrassed encounter.
Poem encourages choosing time for sweetness and helpfulness. It urges sharing smiles, offering support to the weak, and spreading kindness while condemning unkindness. Frank Walcott Hutt discusses daily acts of generosity, patience, and friendship as timely virtues.
A tourist party wanders Boston and Cambridge and hears about James Russell Lowell as a boy seeking ghosts. A guide points to a grave with three wives and jokes that only the first wife would haunt the cemetery.
A Louisville family hosts a cousin from the Blue Grass mountains at a birthday dance. The guest reveals he will dance only after about six whiskies, sparking astonishment from the host and prompts a cautionary moment about confidence on the floor.
A reflective remark attributed to Jaimes Russell Lowell urges personal accountability and restraint. It advocates not imposing one’s sorrows or morbid concerns on others and avoiding self perception as an exceptional case. The tone is admonitory and dwells on inner discipline.
Senator Daniel, famed author of a leading treatise on negotiable instruments, explains how a simple question led him to study the topic at length. A friend asks if a sight draft bears interest and the senator admits uncertainty after his lengthy research.
A young bride, taught by her husband to defend herself with a punch, unexpectedly uses the technique when approached by a potential robber. She swings behind him and delivers a decisive blow, then flees home in fear, while her husband sits stunned and pale at the outcome.
John Stetson, famed Boston theatre manager, recalls a misheard contract for Mardi Gras in New Orleans. He learns a prima donna joined a fake Grau opera company led by a fellow named Marty. The anecdote highlights Stetson's blunt humor about the opera world.
The text contrasts worldly advice to cultivate happiness with Bronte's view that happiness is a celestial glory. She likens it to divine dew descending on the soul from paradise, not a mundane possession. The passage uses vivid imagery of amaranth bloom and golden fruitage to describe joy.
In New York a couple quarrels over months end in Mrs. Blank deciding to stay with her mother for a country visit. He fears the plan and helps prepare her trunks, packing them as she wavers, then she reveals she will not depart.
The article explains why cavalry marches prefer a walk to trotting or galloping to protect horses. It describes weight distribution, the need to keep horses grazing, shelter tents, and orderly camp routines during long marches, including meals and guard duties.
A Detroit Free Press quip defines nervous wreck through a sharp joke about women and headaches, illustrating a historical stereotype in a brief dialogue. The line showcases gendered humor and reflects mid century attitudes in newspaper humor columns.
A terse quotation from Rice notes that a lie carries weight with those who crave love, reflecting on deception and desire in human relationships.
Wanted by Chicago wholesale and mail order house assistant manager for this county and adjoining territory. Salary $20 and expenses paid weekly. Work pleasant, position permanent. No investment or experience required. Spare time valuable. Write for particulars and enclose self addressed envelope. Superintendent, 132 Lake St. Chicago. Ul.
A Manchester Grammar head master cites Rugby’s habit of trousers issues and surveys various old school rites. The piece notes Shrove Tuesday pancake toss at Westminster for a guinea, Marlborough cushions, Shrewsbury hall elections, Rugby house singing with soap water, and Christ Hospital blue coats before the lord mayor with a guinea and shillings.
A detective notes burglars’ tools often come from local craftsmen, not shops. Criminals hire skilled mechanics to fashion jimmy bars and safe-drilling devices, paying far above value while keeping quiet. A famous case involved Williams and a blacksmith who temperingly prepared drills, then was caught.
The writer recalls flat candles from seventy years ago called shoemaker's candles. Two new dips pressed together form a single double wick candle, brightening workspaces. Used mainly by shoemakers and tailors, occasionally by households for extra light.
A citizen asks Haven't you a home and Plodding Pete replies with a wry tale about losing a simple home to chores. He describes a wood pile garden and pump turning home life into a steady job he finally resigns from. The line captures a folksy anecdote shared in the Washington Star.
A Cleveland Leader quip suggests using the multiplication table to aid sleep and learning. The joke contrasts insomnia cures with teaching a baby numbers, highlighting playful frustration and numeral focus.
A brief item notes a comical exchange aboard a ship where Porter defends a berth as slept in, while another passenger insists the space is merely occupied over the wheels. The exchange is quoted from Puck.
Brown proud of his firstborn reflects on family traits as Smith hopes his wife will correct the boy’s similar quirks.
Notice of sale under a 1908 judgment in the Wisconsin Circuit Court Bayfield County. Referee F J Wildner will auction the mortgaged lands described by extensive Townships 49 and 50 north Range 7 west and surrounding sections on December 1, 1909 at 10 am, Washburn courthouse, to highest cash bidder. The sale is adjourned to February 1, 1910.
Department of the Interior notice from Wausau Wisconsin dated September 27 1909 states that Mrs Thomas Vraueis wife of Charles Francis deceased has filed intention to make Final Five Year Proof to establish her claim to the NW Section 12 Township 49 North Range 6 West Fourth Principal Meridian. The proof will be before the Clerk of the Circuit Court Washburn Wisconsin on November 5 1909. Witnesses named are C A Perley Fred Rowell C G Francis and Louis Palm all of Washburn Wisconsin. John Miller Register.
The document names county and municipal officials including Judge W UH Itish and A M Warden as municipal judges, Second District court seating, Sheriff A and A B Severson, Clerk ft N M Oscar, Treasurer John Froseth, Register of Deeds Nels Myhre, Clerk of Orient Court FA Bell, District Attorney E C Alvord, Superintendent of Schools Miss J Smith, Coroner H G Mertens, and Surveyor Hugo Nelson.
Notice announces a January 4 1910 probate term in Washburn Wisconsin. Geo A White administrator seeks final account examination and allowance and assignment of estate residue to entitled parties. Court order dated December 7 1909.
A curious ad promises "Dean's" regulate billions of bites after dinner and a 25 cents price at any drug store. The copy hints at a health tonic claim aimed at wide audiences with bold language and minimal specifics.
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