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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
2
The Coliseum is hailed as unmatched in capacity to project a speaker's voice. The era shows rising interest in aeronautics with more balloon accidents, a trend highlighted alongside growing automobile casualties.
A warning highlights gunning accidents as evidence of risk to outdoorsmen and boaters. It notes hunters abroad in woods and anglers on lakes, urging careful handling of boats to prevent mishaps.
The world finance situation is easing with the Imperial Bank of Germany cutting its minimum discount rate to 4 percent from 7.14 percent on January 1. The move signals smoother monetary conditions and potential stability in European markets.
Water twelve feet deep covers streets in Armourdale Kansas City suburb as Western river bottoms suffer reputations for sound locating choices.
A Prairie du Chien fisherman reports finding six pearls valued at $1000 in total. He notes the experience should bring a lively summer for clams while warning that five years of clam fishing have reduced bivalve numbers in the upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.
The statement notes no profit in carrying coal to the upper lakes for thirty cents with return trips light and suggests an expected advance in rates. It argues the Northwest needs fuel and shipowners must be induced to carry it.
Fires at Oconto and Wausaukee burned large cedar piles and lumber stocks, prompting warnings to store and season materials with extreme care. Oconto narrowly escaped when fire equipment failed, underscoring the incident as a moral warning.
New York merchants plan to petition the White Star line to return the five large cargo steamers withdrawn last week due to weak business. They warn steamboat lines are not for amusement and, lacking freight demand, service may remain suspended.
The Cunarder Lusitania lowered the westward Atlantic crossing record by seven minutes. It anchored off Sandy Hook to await daylight, but the gain would not count if the time saved had been hours instead of minutes.
A balloon named Boom erang set out from Bath New York for a notable voyage but landed about thirty miles away. Such airships return only when winds allow or when crews bring them home after a lucky touchdown.
The Denver-suburban resort accident that killed four people is unlikely to deter thrill seekers. The danger of sharp inclines continues to exert a strong pull on riders who understand the risk but choose to indulge.
The report recalls a recent Australian pearling fleet disaster with hundreds of deaths as a violent storm engulfs small boats off Kago shima Japan. It notes perils at sea in wind swept waters and compares maritime dangers to mining risks.
Rail travelers report thick grain stands and promising harvest. Despite a Presidential year, there are strong hopes for improved business and economic outlook.
Sewer gas from Morris & Co.'s packing plant fire in Kansas City is likely gasoline vapor. The spread of gasoline use creates numerous small leaks that may accumulate in trunks sewers, posing a new danger that must be addressed.
Only fewer than 500 of 5000 Yaquis have surrendered arms under the chiefs agreement with the Mexican government. Reports of renewed hostilities followed the news that a peace treaty had been signed and the Yaquis would become agriculturists.
The opening of the Chicago amusement park season ends in tragedy as a man is killed riding a coaster. The public assumes safety, but questions of moral responsibility arise for those who maintain amusement devices.
The former mayor plans to forsake politics for business citing a favorable New York chance he cannot refuse. He has been active in politics and, at not yet 32, has had notable electoral success. A large circle of friends will celebrate his decision wherever he chooses to go.
Cassier's Magazine notes only two completed U S Pacific drydocks, Mare Island and Bremerton, with a third under construction at Mare Island delayed to 1907. A private San Francisco plant at Hunters Point houses a single large dock. reforms propose a record-size dock of 1050 feet by 144 feet by 34 feet 6 inches.
The American Grocer notes the paper bag industry’s vast value in the United States, with annual bag use around 12 million dollars in groceries and billions produced. It traces evolution from flat to self opening square bags, cites capital investments, employment, and timber supply shaping global reach.
Mr Brown hosts his old school friend on the piazza while they await a station carriage for the twenty four hours guest. Mr Ray replies the place is fair though bare and will improve with time and growth of trees and shrubs.
A brief quip from the Somerville Mass Journal contrasts a rejected young man’s despair with a cheerful reply about a skeleton worth twenty dollars. The note then shifts to a woman shopping for a girl with pretty items and for a boy with durable ones, reflecting light social humor.
The tale recalls General Joseph Wheeler recounting wartime Tennessee belief in prayer for rain. A rural summer meeting ends with a farmer’s preacher asking for a heavy, ground soaking shower to revive vegetation yet not so heavy as to flood the Cumberland River and allow Yankee gunboats to reach Nashville.
An Interior Department official recalls a government school for Indians where a Cincinnati patron asks a teen Indian girl if she is civilized. The Sioux responds no and questions the visitor in return, while resuming her napkin hemming. The remark underscores clashes over autonomy and restraint in administration.
The poem asks if the reader has opened the heart temple to seek truth and goodness, guarding the soul like the ark and pondering Eden, manna, and water from the rock. It urges hope and steadfast effort toward the city of light in the temple and throne of God. 8. SMITH. of FOSTER Milwaukee, Wis.
An elderly visitor in a shabby Inverness enters a deserted villa seeking Ned, a despairing man without hope after Mary’s death. Uncle John urges Ned to resume work and seek solace in fidelity and time, then quietly departs to devise a new plan.
A mysterious older gentleman visits a woman with a child and later reappears with the child held proudly. The scene shifts to a kitchen where a man named John helps the child undress and whispers, then guides her to her father. The stairway encounter ends with Uncle John quietly listening to a family reunion before closing blinds.
The article contrasts modern cowboys with old frontier myths, noting all-round literacy and current interests. It describes shifts to corporate cattle owners, rail shipping, and constant work routines, while praising horsemanship and riding skills as lasting cowboy hallmarks.
A collection of wry maxims on fame fortune and romance. It offers pointed observations on human folly pride and social behavior with sharp humor and a hint of scandal. The tone mirrors a period column centered on everyday vignettes and social quirks.
The article recalls medieval English practice of hallowing cramp rings on Good Friday to prevent cramps or epilepsy. Rings, made from decayed coffin metal and consecrated in ceremonies, were endorsed by physicians around 1557. Diplomats, including Lord Berners, used them in negotiations seeking divine favor from Charles V’s court.
The saying Sweetness and Light traces to Swift who linked it to bees, but Matthew Arnold adopted it to describe culture where Love and Truth prevail, as noted by the Pall Mall Gazette. The remark highlights Arnold’s transfer of a phrase from bees to intellectual and moral ideals.
Paris Daily Mail describes Armand Fallieres as a robust 66 year old from the Midi, famed for brevity in oratory and a frugal, simple life. He reduced the presidential staff and ceremonial trappings, was a book lover, rises at six, walks five miles, then frugal meals and quiet evenings, chosen for prudence over action.
The water hyacinth, once a Florida floral import, is clogging Louisiana and east Texas waterways. Government funds of 200000 have only partial success. authorities plan to destroy hyacinths at Sam Houston park and along the bayou with a boat sweep. Legislation may forbid growing the plants near navigable streams and impose penalties for careless disposal.
Tests by the forest service at Yale university show green wood does not shrink until moisture drops to about one third of the dry weight. Volume shrinkage varies by species from 7 to 26 percent. longitudinal shrinkage is negligible.
In Gothland, Sweden on the Baltic island Wisby and its surroundings show medieval churches dating from the 11th and 12th centuries. A remnant of what is likely the oldest known organ survives as a case with pedal holes and manual mounts, its bellows chamber visible and paintings dating to 1240. The instrument ceased playing and was repurposed as a sacristy for storing holy vessels, preserving it for posterity as described by Youth's Companion.
Judge W J Turner refused to drop the perjury charge against Jacob Muza in municipal court after H J Killilea argued no oath administration evidence existed. A deputy clerk of the circuit court, now deceased, testified he administered the oath to Muza in 1899, and the defense plans few witnesses as the case heads to the jury this evening.
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