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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
3
The weekly publication is published every Thursday and costs $2.00 per year. It brands itself as the only all home print newspaper in Bayfield County.
A private in the Third United States Infantry recounts a tale from the Philippines. Corporal Leon scouts near Manila and Caloocan, finds an iron oblong shell, tests it under a mango tree with a lit cigarette, and is blown apart with about forty six others missing or wounded.
Paris correspondent reports a new molecular modification of aluminium called eralorite. It is bright as silver, as stiff as steel, and absolutely unoxidizable. Cheaper than brass, it tested well in state telephone shops. Engineers urge substituting eralorite for nickel and copper in telephone and telegraph apparatus.
Chauncey M. Depew visited a friend's home where an eight year old boy asked who he was. The father replied that Depew is the greatest story teller in the world. A later visit prompted the boy to say he knew him and called him the biggest War on earth, per the New York World.
The London Chronicle laments British pride in fast steamers on the Thames and Hudson as Londoners boast of a new, swift fleet while America’s ships face cultural rivalry. It notes American and British fleets and a lament that London’s boats will not become Uncle Sam’s. Cur Kin Leather rises in favor abroad with Australia importing large shipments from Lynn Massachusetts. France increasingly buys American kid skins as the trade shifts.
Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn will be staged next November with the first performance at Hartford Connecticut. Lee Arthur a young Louisiana lawyer prepares the stage adaptation.
The new sulphurous yellow rose named Majuba was shown in Paris, alongside a black red variety titled Boer Courage. The display featured striking color contrasts highlighting these named roses.
The note recalls a little known 1881 poem titled Eternity by John Greenleaf Whittier printed in the New England Review where he served as editor. It was signed Adrian and supposedly never collected or widely copied.
A meditative ode contrasts eternal, unchanging eternity with the fleeting universe. The speaker laments time’s passage yet witnesses cosmic renewal as new worlds form, while recognizing the enduring, unknowable vastness of eternity beyond human sight. The poem ponders existence, memory, and the insignificance of individual moments before the eternal.
Dr Day of the Geological Survey reports platinum in Porto Rico mixed with placer gold from Corozal. Miners may miss it in pans, and quantities could be larger than seen in a small sample. Easier to extract as a byproduct from gold placers yielding 15 to 25 cents per pan.
Washington and Rochambeau trip anecdote describes heavy expenses for a Hartford area meeting at Wethersfield. Officers raise 8000 dollars, banquet and bonds of hospitality, Washington worries over bills, Hamilton seeks aid, Governor Trumbull covers lodging costs, then breakfast follows with two chickens and prayers. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised by Chattanooga druggist.
A New York Mail and Express account recalls Marines at Isabela Basilan aiding a wounded Moro by donating small skin grafts for a shark bite case. The operation, led by Dr Guthrie, left the Moro with a white thigh amid dark skin, highlighting a noble but odd tale from the southern Philippines.
A fashionable man argues that high polish on shoes is passé and that dull finishes are preferred by laundries. He notes bootblacks resist the change while the public slowly adapts to this shift in style.
County Judge W H Irish and A M Warden serve in the court. Sheriff L H Lien and Clerk SS ee John Froseth hold local offices. Treasurer A H Wilkinson and Register of Deeds Geo A Calder are named. Clerk of Circuit Court F A Bell District Attorney A W McLeod Superintendent of Schools Miss J Smith Coroner Dr A G Lampson Surveyor D F Glover complete the roster.
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