Washburn Editor Nels M Oscar Report
NELS M. OSCAR editor reports from Washburn Wisconsin dated February thirteenth, nineteen hundred eight. Local notes and community news reflect early 1908 civic life and town events.
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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
4
NELS M. OSCAR editor reports from Washburn Wisconsin dated February thirteenth, nineteen hundred eight. Local notes and community news reflect early 1908 civic life and town events.
The Times prints an order effective January 1 requiring renewal within three months for dailies or within one year for weeklies to remain on the legitimate subscriber list. Unrenewed accounts may lose second class mailing status and papers may be mailed at higher rates or not mailed.
A manufacturing committee headed by J W Van Cleave of St Louis visits Washington to press a Beveridge tariff commission bill. They learn Congress will not be forced, and the President seeks party renomination timeframes. Governor Magoon remains in Washington addressing Cuba four old concessions with Roosevelt and Taft praising his Cuban policy.
A notice promotes ordering a home telephone to secure placement in a large forthcoming directory. It emphasizes rapid enrollment to have one’s name listed in the expanded guide. The item stresses convenience and wide visibility for customers.
The Home Circle urges mothers to teach daughters fixed household routines alongside schooling. It argues that early domestic training, alongside basic skills like history French and music, will yield better wives and marriages, with gratitude patience and heavenly hope enriching life. A balanced life of work and domestic affection promotes lasting happiness.
An essay argues both parents shape discipline and affection. The mother exerts gentle authority supported by a steady will, while the father should be a daily companion, not a distant figure. It urges balanced family love, brief funeral decorum notes, and promotes sunny, light-filled homes over gloom.
The piece argues against pleasing everyone and adopting others' opinions. It warns that changing sides daily earns little respect and stresses wearing your own colours with honest, manly independence. It champions steadfast conviction over constant compromise.
The text argues that cheerful sunny rooms promote rosy complexions and genial dispositions in children, comparing wellbeing to plants thriving only with window sunshine. It emphasizes light, airy interiors for a healthy, happy home atmosphere.
Advert says Boschee's German Syrup is the only preparation on the market that relieves and cures consumption. It lists ingredients and endorsements by medical bodies, notes resting at night and relief from dry morning cough, and promises easy morning ex pectoration with lasting relief. Sold in small bottles 25 cents and regular 75 cents at Frost & Spies.
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