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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
3
An excerpt titled The Exile explores lavish wine and grass, a lover seeking guidance for a partner, and memory of kisses and royal hair. The text questions life’s fees and echoes a remembered paradise as the speaker imagines a lasting bond and worthy match.
Mrs. Cunningham and her sister Laura Freeman arrive in Lucerne with Susie Cunningham. Laura, an heiress and practiced flirt, draws attention at the pension as Dr. Johnson and Capt. Mellor join the table. Mrs. Cunningham hopes to calm the situation, while Laura begins a new round of social intrigue.
Laura Freeman, pursued by Dr. Johnson and his friend Captain Mellor, faces a risky romance as Mellor’s erratic behavior threatens Laura. A motor drive ends in terror, leading to a rushed marriage to Johnson while Mellor recovers from sunstroke induced madness and a vow to never mishandle an eccentric patient again.
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh, president of the British Navy League, born January 17 1853, educated at Harrow and Oxford. A lawyer turned politician, he was a Conservative MP for Chester from 1886. Wealthy and influential, he led agricultural interests, wrote on defense and imperial topics, and enjoyed hunting.
SETH LOW, born January 18, 1850 in Brooklyn, advanced from Brooklyn Polytechnic College to Columbia University. He served as Brooklyn mayor, Columbia College president, helped move the college to Morningside Heights, funded its site, and led Brooklyn and New York civic work. He ran for mayor of Greater New York, served 1897 to 1903, and was an American delegate at The Hague peace conference in 1899.
The Right Hon Augustine Birrell born near Liverpool January 19 1850 rose from Oxford and Inner Temple bencher to UK politics. He entered Parliament in 1889 and led education in Campbell Bannerman era before succeeding James Bryce as Ireland’s chief secretary. Birrell also wrote notable works on Hazlitt Charlotte Bronte and Boswell Johnson.
Furnifold M Len del Sim mons, United States Senator from North Carolina, born January 20, 1854 in Jones County. He studied law after Trinity College, admitted to the bar in 1875, served in Congress from the Second district in 1886, was collector of internal revenue 1893 to 1897, chaired the state Democratic executive committee in 1892 1898 and 1900, elected to the Senate in 1901 to succeed Marion Butler and won a second term through March 1913.
Sir George Crespigny Bra Baz on Vivian born January 21 1878 inherits title in 1898 after father Hussey Crespigny a former British ambassador to Rome. Educated at Eton, served in Seventeenth Lancers and South African campaign wounded. Sisters Lady Violet Mary and Hon Dorothy Maud are maids of honor to Queen Alexandra and Queen Victoria respectively. Owns a Cadogan Gardens home and an 8000 acre estate in Cornwall.
Sir Charles Alphone Pan Taleon Pelletier a renowned Quebec public figure and judge in the superior court was born January 22, 1837 at Riviere Quelle. He studied at Laval University, joined the bar in 1860, led the Ninth battalion during the 1866 Fenian raid, served in the Quebec Legislative Assembly and House of Commons, became minister of agriculture in 1877, led the Canadian commission to the Paris Exposition of 1878, and was Senate speaker from 1896 to 1901. He resigned the Senate in 1905 for a judgeship and was knighted in 1898.
The article notes the coming end of the naval stoker as oil fuel becomes standard on new ships and mechanical coal feeding systems reduce manual labor. Trials aboard torpedo gunboat Sharpshooter show coal fed via shoots above furnaces with fire bars moved by a small engine, signaling efficiency gains.
The London Express describes a method where coal is fed to furnaces during the forward stroke and ashes expelled during the return. Heat and steam pressure are controlled by adjusting engine speed, giving precise regulation of furnace intensity.
A Medical Journal piece discusses snakes in Siam and India noting the python harms roosts but rarely attacks people. It details hamadryad and cobra dangers, bite signs, religious attitudes to snakes, and how locals avoid or confront them in jungles and rice fields.
Harry Malcolm ex deputy game warden poses with a nine barrel single trigger gun claimed to kill 189 ducks in one discharge. He and allies halted a hunting party on the Potomac river seizing the gun and gear. The outfit includes 4 sloops 7 big guns 100 decoys 7 skiffs 150 pounds of powder and 8 dead decks.
The article describes Russia’s three main thrones in the Imperial Palace and Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and the Kremlin in Moscow. It notes the Kremlin throne was a 1660 gift to Tsar Alexis from Persia, covered in gold and ivory with jeweled adornments.
A Kentucky darky borrows $10 from a local banker at the Waldorf in a tale cited by James R. Keene. The loan costs $2.50 for one month, leaving him with $7.50 and a long rueful look as he contemplates future costs. The anecdote highlights high finance humor and bank charges.
A historical note states sixty four people per million worldwide are blind. It reflects early statistics on global visual impairment and awareness during the period.
In a seaside scene a sailor and a druggist improvise a mock school board training. The drill uses sharp accusations about a Brown bank collapse and a grave insult over a late mother, with a running tally of quarters as penalties. The exchange ends after several dollars are owed.
A cook notes that in the Brazilian town of Rio Grande do Sul a window with one pane out marks a servants paradise. Servants live in their own home, work from seven in the morning to seven at night, a twelve hour day. The pane allows traders to drop off supplies while the servant rests at home.
A weary columnist recalls answering ten to twelve reader letters daily. A widow seeks approval of loving her second husband, a Methodist minister asks about his nose, and a woman asks which winter resorts host the most eligible bachelors. The editor admits he is aging fast under the barrage.
A columnist ridicules women in chic venues who knit as a display of wealth. They sit in places from St Moritz to Cairo and Palm Beach, with hands flashing rings worth hundreds of dollars. The piece mocks the habit as a display, noting $500+ rings on many knitters.
A nature student recalls wolves as brutal carnivores. He cites a 1709 Duchess of Orleans letter detailing packs in Marly attacking a postman and a tradesman, with dragoons killed and a leg amputated, illustrating the wolves’ deadly power.
Lawyers debate Mrs. Bradley amid a discussion on Austrian legal practice. They assert women in Austria avoid prison, instead serving probationary convent terms with open doors and light, unpaid furniturework as punishment and rehabilitation.
The text notes women in Austria serve reform confinement for a period, with release upon completion. It claims the system yields few female criminals and that those who commit a single crime rarely reoffend after release, asserting effectiveness of the process.
A champion explains a Swiss style toboggan with ash runners and precise measurements. He shares four safety tips: use heavy heeled boots, steer straight into jumps, take the inside on curves, and lean back to stop quickly during a collision or danger.
A physician describes seasonal runs on remedies for illnesses. He explains doctors forecast patient needs by month, expecting measles in winter, diphtheria in autumn, whooping cough in spring, and other diseases peaking in various seasons. The pattern guides stock levels and preparation.
A jeweler explains Christmas watch buyers will see better timekeeping by winding in the morning. A wound mainspring stays relaxed at night, protecting the mechanism from jars, while night winding tightens the spring for the day and can cause small time variances.
A West Country curacy candidate recounts a wedding incident where a curate insists on placing the ring on the bride's thumb, citing a rubric that mentions a finger but not the first or fourth detail. The rector argues rubrics require the fourth finger, leading to humorous confusion.
A physician speaker argues women have better color sense than men. He cites tintometer tests showing one in thirty women vs one in five men color-blind. He notes rare absolute color blindness and suggests tobacco smoke may dull men's vision compared with non-smokers.
Capt John E Pillsbury new navy board member recalls a recruit who could not shoot. The sergeant tests him from 500 to 100 yards, the last shot worse than the first, then shouts to fix bayonet and charge the target as his only chance.
Statement from the Houston Post recounts a remark about a man who claims marriage transformed him. The exchange notes that prior promises were heard by Mrs. Nex ore, implying a notable change in character after wedlock.
Mrs Knicker asks about hard times making servants reasonable. Mrs Becker notes Bridget lets them take one child from the asylum, reflecting societal strains and domestic adjustments.
The Bohemian notes a shared birth and death date between the speaker and Ralph Waldo Emerson, calling the coincidence a cruel misfortune to literature and reflecting on literary fate and timing.
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