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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
Bryan Faces Third Defeat Hint for 1912 Nomination
The snippet notes William Jennings Bryan has been beaten twice by an Ohio man and faces a third setback as the Savannah News questions the Democratic candidate for president in 1912. It also mentions Chicago bartenders in a total abstinence group and debates over Admiral Schley's role in Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Ohio
Bryan
Savannah News
Chicago
Baltimore
Admiral Schley
Santiago
New Orleans
Nick
Elliot
Harvard
Oyster Bay
Nicholas I Punishes Official With Harsh Public Chastise
In St Petersburg the czar Nicholas I halted an official who shoved a beggar woman. Before a dozen courtiers he rebuked the man and sentenced him to pace the corridor all night repeating the affirmation I am a puppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas 1
Czar
Russia
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Starfish Demonstrate Gastric Power Feeding Mussels
The Cincinnati Enquirer describes a curator guiding reporters to a tank of starfish. The curator feeds six mussels to the starfish and explains their gastric juice dissolves mussel hinges, opening shells as the starfish extend their stomachs and consume the prey before departing, leaving empty shells behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquarium
Cincinnati Enquirer
Early 19th Century View Of Drunken Festivities
The London Spectator notes the light attitude toward drunkenness in early 1800s society. The Maria Josepha account describes twins’ christening and lively guests, while laborers’ drunkenness stops short of barbarity. Lady Sheffield admires such revelry despite mock moralizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Josepha
Stanley
London Spectator
Maria
Lady Sheffield
London
Notice to Loggers in Washburn Wisconsin
Call or address Eugene Newhouse and Willette for logging by contract and loading or picking up logs by the thousand in Washburn Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Newhouse & Willette
Washburn, Wis
How to Tell Her Age and Rest for Tired Mothers
A Home Circle column offers a playful age guessing trick for marriageable young women and then pivots to a plea for a comfortable sofa haven at home. It urges mothers to take five minutes rest, avoid airing worries, and use a shabby lounge to reduce tension and prevent family rows.
The Sin of Fretting Common Yet Often Overlooked
A compact meditation on fretting as a universal and overlooked fault. The piece argues complaints arise in everyday gatherings over trivial annoyances and urges focusing on the brighter side, noting even scripture acknowledges trouble. It calls fretting a wasted time on the road toward improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Writ
Advice to An Engaged Man on Shunning Sinful Siblings
A reflection condemns shunning erring brothers and sisters as a social and moral failure. It laments how society labels and ostracizes once innocent youth after a single misstep, questioning whether such harsh treatment aligns with Christian compassion and justice.
Learn to be neat and keep clean
A dated admonition describes a girl judged by appearance. It notes a neat appearance enhances likeability, urging self-discipline in dress, ink-stained fingers, untied shoes, dirty apron, unbuttoned collar, and torn skirt as signs of slovenliness. The moral is that neatness will largely take care of itself once learned.
If you think that a woman is any weaker minded than a man
A reader is urged to reconsider gender stereotypes and marital roles in a series of admonitions about respect, shared duties, and partnership within marriage. The piece counsels against bachelorhood for those who refuse balance, to avoid self serving behavior, and to reject the idea that marriage makes one partner dominant.
Silent Affection Missing Live Kindness Weds Doom
The writer argues wives crave small tokens of love rather than grand gifts, noting men spend on funeral flowers for dead spouses while neglecting living partners. She laments preemptive praise after death and urges timely affection.
Domestic happiness over wealth, many men say
A broad sentiment among men favors family harmony over wealth and status, with emphasis on stable homes and personal contentment as the true measure of success. The remark reflects common mid century values and practical priorities.
Book No 4 For Women Promises Relief and Confidential Advice
An advertisement touts Book No 4 For Women offering weak women valuable relief and confidential medical guidance free. It promotes Dr Shoop’s Night Cure and antiseptic suppositories as the solution, with sales through All Dealers and Deans Ointment for quick relief at fifty cents in drug stores.
A Matter Of Honor on the Shore
Helen confronts a broken engagement as Richard Hilton visits her by the rocks near the lighthouse. Jeffrey Littleton reveals he still loves Helen but she rejects him, and Hilton departs for a three year trip while Jeffrey plots a secret outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Richard Hilton
Littleton
Miss Vincent
Lighthouse
Hilton
Jeffrey Littleton
Jeffrey
Miss Wendell
Helen En
Tuans
Rome
Riconi
Vincent
Darby
Joan
Lucretia
The Barber's Jest at Joachim's London Visit
A London barber tries to trim the famed violinist Joachim's hair. The artist refuses a full cut, prefers length at the back, and the barber disparages German musicians, sparking a tense exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joachim
Boundary Gooseberry Fight Ends in Shared Harvest
In Austria two farmers win a decision allowing each to pick berries on their side of the line while prohibiting bush destruction. Costs split equally at 225 krone each. The judge warned the bush may take 800 years to pay, given yearly yield of about half a krone.
Clay and the Salary Grab Tale
A Success Magazine anecdote recalls 1816 when Speaker Henry Clay saw salaries raised to 1500 dollars. On returning to Kentucky he faced opponents led by John Pope as Clay sought support. An Irish barber supposedly quipped about choosing the man who can get but one hand into the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Quinn
Kentucky
John Pope
Treasury
Success Magazine
Why The Republican Party Should Be Successful Next November
The Republican Congressional Committee offers 150 for the best article on why the party should be successful next November. Entries judged on style, arguments, and facts. elections include Congress as well as President and Vice-President. Manuscripts owed by July 15, award around August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
Literary Bureau
German Syrup Promoted as Sole Cure for Consumption
Frost & Spies promotes Boschee's German Syrup as the only today believed to relieve and cure consumption. The ad cites ingredients like pare tar and gum extracts and claims it eases coughs and colds, helps rest at night, and provides free easy expectoration in the morning with lasting relief. Small bottle 25 cents. regular four times as much 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
Frost & Spies
Fur Dept advert for wild animal trap book and fur prices
An 40 page trap book with 46 wildlife illustrations and a fur calendar includes gun and trap catalog details and fur prices. Offered postpaid for 10c stamps or silver. free to buyers or shippers. Address N. W. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fur Dept
N. W
Burdock Blood Bitters Promotes Health and Wellbeing
An advertising claim notes that Burdock Blood Bitters build up sound health and keep a person well, portraying health status as a personal sovereignty versus dependency on medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdock
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Washburn Printing Co
Nels M. Oscar
Washburn
Wisconsin
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Pain
Metropolitan Bank Building
Washington, D. C
The
Times
WM. Jennings Bryan
Outfit Fref
Thompson Pub
Louis Mo
W.G. Maxcy
D.M. Maxcy
O. Sowder
Bayfield County Bank
Hotel
Washburn Plumbing & Heating Company
Sim
Bayfield County
D. M. Maxcy
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