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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
7
Frank Stockton kept chickens during Rudder Grange days naming chicks after literary friends. A Plymouth Rock foster mother hatched a brood and Mrs. Dodge asked about Mary Mapes Dodge only to learn the chick was actually Mary Mapes Dodge’s namesake, Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
A poetic meditation questions grand deeds and immortality as fables, noting even virtue and hope lack lasting scope. The speaker suggests that while life seems doomed to end with our day, true meaning persists only for the ungraced heir who remains.
Mrs Ruggles of South Pittsburg visited the Carnegie Institute and spoke of the statuary on view. She told a neighbor she preferred Ruggles over Adonis, saying she had seen both and would choose Ruggles.
A stuttering man is arraigned as the magistrate asks his name. The prisoner stammers Sisson until a policeman clarifies he stutters. The charge is unclear and the officer says it seems to be soda water.
A teacher challenges Tommy to say what he would think if the flag waved over a battlefield. Tommy replies that JT would think only that the wind was blowing. The quip from the Ladies' Home Journal captures a quizzical, humorous view of patriotic enthusiasm.
A family teases the fiancé of a family's only son with colorful judgments. The son notes one redeeming trait, then jokes she has no relatives on earth. The family reacts with humorous insistence that he should marry her despite differences.
An evangelist traveling through South Carolina encounters a young Black woman at a cabin full of children. When he asks how many children she has, she replies that she has buried some but living she has about eleven heads. The remark highlights hardship and resilience in a harsh rural setting.
A dignified gentleman tries to read in a crowded railroad car as a sprightly girl with blue eyes and gold hair questions him and toys with his watch chain. The mother smiles, and the man asks the mother for the child’s name. She answers Ethel.
A girl explains why men do not kiss in public while women do, saying men have something better to kiss and women lack it. The remark sparks a social debate on gender norms and affection.
A man sought an office from Lincoln after the Vicksburg fall era, recalling how Lincoln declined with a tale of his youth. The anecdote hints at pride in a Springfield invitation and enduring memories of Lincoln.
A man recalls buying a new hat for a high price and wearing it to a dance. He stayed late, then found the hat returned by the coat attendant as a shabby replacement. The attendant explains the good hats were gone two hours earlier.
True correspondents asked how to soothe teething twins and rid grasshoppers with odd advice. The editor mixed initials causing fear and humor in a tale about wrong remedies. A bishop encounters a boy in a library who says going to church is his job.
The plaintiff's lawyer finished. the defendant's counsel was cut off by a new judge who declared the plaintiff wins. The attorney requested to present his case, and the judge allowed it, but after the defendant spoke the judge again proclaimed the defendant wins in astonishment.
A Tennessee evangelist recounts a pastorally satirical tale about Moses and an Ethiopian queen. The story frames a dispute over language in Bible translation, concluding with a ruse about marriage and empire, ending with the lady miscalling the Ethiopian as a lesser term.
A child named Mabel quotes a biblical parable while her grandfather reads the New Testament. Her mother overhears her telling the servants to hurry dinner in a peremptory tone, calling them wicked and slothful.
Congressman Longworth, about to wed Alice Roosevelt, was introduced at a reception to Samuel Longfellow, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s brother. The moment left Longworth rattled as reporters followed his every move. He quipped that their names were similar, prompting Samuel Longfellow to respond with a pun about worth.
During high mass in Glen gariff a summer shower forced three Protestant ladies to shelter in the chapel. The priest whispered to his clerk to prepare chairs but the clerk misheard and cried out three cheers for the Protestant ladies, prompting the congregation to cheer.
In a reflection from Outing Magazine, John Burroughs argues animals act on instinct and learned associations rather than humanlike reasoning. He cites a cow nudging a gate and sun dew’s leaf movements to show rudimentary memory and habit drive behavior.
A groom testifies under cross examination about a horse used in a case. The barrister prods for exact temperament details but the witness evasively says the horse would shy at many things. The lawyer presses and asks for a specific trigger and the witness replies the horse would shy at you. The quip draws amusement as a possible bit of evidence.
The London Standard notes medieval dining relied on fingers and napkin wrapped pieces with a dagger. The shift to dedicated eating knives arose before forks spread from Venice where they were used by 997, with Thomas Cor gate introducing forks to Britain in 1608.
A sharp tongued young woman and a cynical man banter about marriage in a light London Scraps exchange. The man questions if marriage is sensible and jokes about buying a parrot for 10 shillings while noting a bear cannot be bought for under £30, prompting a sigh from the woman.
The admiralty trains divers in Portsmouth Devonport and Sheerness. Depth limits are 120 feet with record dives to 204 feet reported. Divers wear copper helmets, heavy leather and rubber suits costing over £100, air supplied by canvas hoses, and communicate by life line and telephone.
A Berlin newspaper notes the Huntsman Mass at Notre Dame in Brussels where hunting dogs and their owners attend in full hunting dress. The scene features bugles and dogs roaming the sacred space while visitors recite and watch, ending with a stray spaniel briefly challenged by large dogs.
Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin has produced Health Coffee Imitation marketed as the closest coffee substitute. It requires no long boiling and is made from toasted cereals with malt and nuts, said to fool even experts if mistaken for real coffee.
A 40 page trap book with pictures of 46 wild animals in natural colors. Includes a fur animal calendar and gun and trap catalog with prices for hides and furs. Offer to mail postpaid for 10c stamps or silver. Free to those who ship to or buy from N. W. Hide & Fur Co. in Minneapolis Minnesota.
An insidious disease, kidney trouble can go unnoticed until a fatal malady appears. Take Foley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes.
The State of Wisconsin serves Louis Fuge as the named defendant in a legal action. The notice informs the defendant of the proceeding and likely deadlines for response as part of the court process.
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