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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
3
An article discusses cheerful coping with sorrow, the right age to marry for women and men, economic independence in marriage, and the need for reforms. It cites Jewish customs as a contrast, warns against inherited disease or mental weakness in mates, and notes a new chaperone profession in New York hotels.
In a strange city during her husband’s absence on business, a woman seeks to see the city but finds solo travel lacking in fun. The era notes such cases as reasons chaperons were deemed necessary for single women wandering about.
Madison C. Peters in Exchange urges women to avoid worry as a self defeating force. A cheerful, self confident mindset is linked to health, usefulness, and happiness, with worry blamed for nerves, fatigue, and premature decline. Look upward, stay bright, spread joy.
In Morris county New Jersey the feeble Granny Van Wirkle nears age 100 next Sunday living in a six room frame cottage near Green Pond mountain with her daughter Eliza Gordon and granddaughter Jane Cudworth and their husband John. The Minnesota branch includes Eliza Romer her daughter and infant Nancy born Christmas Day as mail brings a Crookston read letter about Brondel's diphtheria benzoate treatment and a moral on living well.
A World reporter visits Granny Van Winkle born 1808 in Charlottesburg Morristown area. She lives on a ten acre clearing with seven sons, none seen for decades. Grandmother, mother of twelve and great grandmother of one, fears descendants to Ernest Van Yinkle and a baby named Nancy. The piece notes she has never seen a trolley, telephone, or automobile. The family earns by selling produce and eggs.
A scattered collection of facts and curiosities: sparrows dislike blue. hot water may cure insomnia. an Egyptian incubator. Norway restricting unvaccinated voters. Turkish meaning of bosh. elephants scent enemies from yards away. London almshouse inmates use pianos. English public school costs. Markneukirchen violin making boom. muskc aroma lasting twenty years. women rode astride until Anne of Bohemia and court saddle fashion.
A Singapore Free Press note surveys monsoon winds and regional breezes such as the Simeon Sirocco Harmattan and Mistral, linking wind patterns to health and animal behavior, followed by a Harper’s Weekly anecdote about a contempt fine in a courtroom.
A Baltimore confidence man dupes newly elected U S senators by sending letters claiming to christen their future son and asking to honor the child with a gift or donation. He promises pride and long careers, then receipts cash payments of 20 or 25 dollars. Duplicated letters go to many new senators, but the swindler has evaded arrest. William R E Curtis notes the lack of legal recourse due to Senate dignity.
The Yale Forest school senior class will spend spring 1908 on Caul Lumber Co land in Coosa County Alabama. The camp sits about 25 miles from Hollins at 500 feet elevation near a logging railroad spur. Activities include topographic mapping timber stand estimates logging railroad construction and planning profitable sustainable management for future yields.
A few days ago David Pingree of Salem Massachusetts purchased several hundred thousand acres of Maine wild lands. The tract is described as the best hunting ground in the eastern United States and larger than Rhode Island.
A story from the Arkansas circuit reports that when a judge opened court in a town no pens ink or paper were provided and no county funds were available. The judge expressed himself and then drew money from his own pocket to cover the needs.
A massive wooden eagle ten feet high twelve feet long and weighing about a ton sits in Charlestown navy yard. It will travel to the Jamestown Exposition on a special car per navy department orders. The carved bird has long been a yard curiosity and may not return after the fair.
A committee on congestion in New York forms to stage an exhibition at the Museum of Natural History exposing dangers from overcrowded unsanitary tenements. Dr. Guilfoy presents a paper linking higher mortality to dense immigrant blocks and calls for stricter sanitary regulations and enforced ventilation and light.
A compiled set of tongue in cheek admonitions about domestic life from Thomas Speed Mosby, praising practical humor in housekeeping. It covers clothing, decor, pets, family issues, and social habits with wry commentary on gender roles, neighborly quarrels, and the value of order.
A Boston Transcript note highlights a railway mail service clerk who saved and reused pieces of twine since 1901. His thrifty habit earned him recognition and a revered place in the New England division, demonstrating that small cogs can influence career promotion.
National Geographic notes Iceland as a fascinating land and Icelanders in America complain of cold winters. Hallldor Bjarnason reports winter temps near five degrees in Iceland. Steamship routes connect Copenhagen Leith and Reykjavik with multi day trips. Travel to Iceland centers on pony back with meals costing a dollar daily. The Icelandic pony is described as a sturdy, distinct type.
R. Maugham describes a scene in Portuguese East Africa where scavenger birds descend on a fresh elephant kill. Vultures rush in headfirst like rockets as carcass meat is divided and carriers disperse, the birds finally settling on the feast.
In Saginaw a new salt plant claims to produce 130 barrels daily from 800 foot deep brine wells. Crystallization occurs in solid concrete grainers heated by steam, forming a pellicle that sinks as crystals form on the brine surface and sides. Salt maker Mason extols the unprecedented speed and quality.
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