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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
4
An application details annual advertising rates for S2 A Year, outlining available slots and pricing tiers for periodicals. The notice specifies rate structure and eligibility, inviting interested advertisers to apply.
Notes From Washington reports Governor Hughes lauds Secretary Taft at the Republican Club, calling him less a politician and more of an idealist in politics. Roosevelt's letter on Asiatic immigration shows ongoing cross party concern, stressing nonpartisan critique of the “yellow nuisance” and U S policy.
Mrs Skuhra Sr has been quite sick lately. Melvin Ramstead has moved into the Kenfield residence for the summer. Get Book No 4 For Women offering free confidential medical advice and Dr Shoop night cure. E C Stevens began sheep shearing as herd tops 150. Marion Segal hosts friends at the Beach for Josie Segal of Bessemer and Esther Poppe.
The tide along the Amazon reaches far inland and at the northern mouth a rare pororoca occurs during the dark moon. The rising tide lasts minutes, accompanied by a distant rumbling roar heard five to six miles away as waves thirteen to thirty feet high sweep the channel. A sequence of waves may follow before the tide returns to normal.
Notice to loggers stating logging by contract and load logs by thousand with pickup by thousand. For work contact Eugene Newhouse and Willette, Washburn, Wisconsin.
The column urges stern home obligations for boys turning to the street and trains, blaming indulgent parents for shirking duty. It contrasts a son's duty and a mother's selfless sacrifice with a sobering tale of a mother who leaves her children, dies, and finds heavenly care. It ends praising maternal love as the holiest thing alive.
A mother in a plague story hides from her children to spare them infection. She battles fear, locks the boys in and leaves the home with the fatal disease rising behind her. Her selfless act is described as heroic and compassionate.
An editorial warns young men against speaking slightingly of women and undermining their integrity. It argues that trust in women underpins personal happiness and civic virtue, urging plain speech and a steadfast belief in the character of all women, not just those known in immediate circles.
A short reflection on money's limits noting that wealth cannot purchase breeding or nobility of character nor secure genuine affection or refined enjoyment. It contrasts material buys with intangible qualities like love, taste, and virtue that money cannot obtain.
Itching torturing skin eruptions disfigure annoy drive one wild. Deans Ointment offers quick relief and lasting cures. Fifty cents at any drug store.
An elderly woman attempts to deposit money at a country savings bank. The clerk guides her through signing the slip, confirming her name and whether it is her current or premarital name. The scene shifts to a meditation on gold’s power and history, recalling royalty and reform.
A jealous married man visits a famous London medium to learn if his wife is faithful. The medium narrates the wife caressing a visitor at the window, then a second man entering, with tender looks and a head on her lap. The husband, enraged, demands revenge, but the medium reveals the man wags his tail, implying a dog. The husband pays the fee, calmed by the absurd conclusion.
A note from Westminster Gazette explains how patent awards cannot be altered after issue to avoid name changes like Glenawly. It cites Charles Pawlet, later Duke of Bolton, who in 1717 was created Lord Pawlet of Basing due to royal error, then became Duke in 1722.
Do not use hard substances to pick teeth. use soft pine picks only. Repeated use of a hard pick can force gums away and cause Riggs disease. After meals rinse buccal cavity, gargle with salt water, wash the tongue to the back, and occasionally scrape with a silver instrument. Do not put any food in the mouth that disagrees with the stomach.
From Strand Magazine examples show churches repurposed in war. Dedham church bears Puritan vandalism with a mutilated sculpture and a headless oak door once adorned with saints. Notre Dame in Paris was a temple of reason during the Revolution with a goddess enthroned in the choir.
A humorous exchange in Har per's Weekly reveals Mrs. A asking for a cook and the head replying they can only supply one in the office, noting they must keep her as a sample. The dialogue highlights a cheeky office dynamic and a curt line about keeping the cook as a sample.
In London Judy a man explains to a woman that Brown will be their best man in a few weeks. She responds with delight at how he asked her. The excerpt captures playful engagement and wedding planning dialogue.
A Cleveland Leader quote ridicules a man for failing to persuade anyone, noting he could not convince a woman she was pretty. The remark underscores the speaker’s blunt contempt for weak debating skills.
A compact reflection on humor preserving childlike zest while remaining tenderly tolerant. It cites Cornhill Magazine on humor and Bacon on the trust inherent in giving counsel.
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honeytar cough syrup boasting red clover blossom and honey bee as its flavoring marks. The copy emphasizes soothing relief and natural ingredients, typical of early 20th century patent medicine packaging.
A collection of humorous anecdotes and misheard lines. A congressman’s secretary misreads burglars as a senate joke. A doctor recalls a patient’s Dinah and a kidney indigestion farce. A Sunday school tale ends with a pun about a nose that couldn’t blow.
A woman once wrote to Abraham Lincoln seeking a sentiment and his autograph. He replied swiftly and plainly advising that when writing to a stranger for a letter one should enclose a postage stamp. The sentiment and the autograph followed: A. LINCOLN.
A young beginner reporter is told to expand a telegraph story to six hundred words, then six thousand. A German professor is teased by children racing through rooms. He punishes a girl, unaware she is not his child, prompting his wife to reveal the mistake and stir hilarity.
A lighthearted quip from Lippincott's about wedding congratulatory toast. Pat overheard the time honored line and, at a friend's wedding, delivered a playful blessing that wished the couple long life and that their troubles be small babies.
At a luncheon a hostess recalls Kipling behaving oddly as a dog, leaping at a waitress and stealing cake from the sideboard to eat in the parlor. Crumbs scattered on the sofa and rug while the animal sits and glares, prompting a surprised inquiry. It turns out Kipling is the hostess's dog.
A mother asks an old fashioned physician to treat her baby. He prescribes castor oil and explains that castor oil is old fashioned because babies are old fashioned things. The anecdote underscores enduring remedies.
A Harvard student pursuing a Ph D asked President Eliot to swap to F D for his degree due to his spelling reform specialty. Eliot replied with a playful offer, suggesting DF as an option, reflecting the humorous exchange at commencement time.
The Republican Congressional Committee offers 150 to the best article up to 1000 words arguing why the party should succeed in the coming elections. Submissions due by July 15 and the award will be announced around August 15. Manuscripts become property of the committee.
The ad claims Boschee's German Syrup is the only market preparation that relieves and cures consumption. It lists ingredients and endorsements by medical congresses, promises rest for the diseased throat or lungs, and free easy morning ex pectoration with speedy relief. Sold in small bottles for 25 cents and regular size 75 cents at Frost & Spies.
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