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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
A chorus girl asks Glen MacDonough to add a line for the second act. He replies with a quip that the desired line is not a speech but a confession as she enters the banquet scene carrying the ham.
A youth asks two wise men for guidance. One urges fixing on a distant star to guide the future, the other counsels looking back to learn from past folly. The piece ends with a note on mind over body and a man who never rests, saying he begins tomorrow.
Mrs Bean returns to the shop confronts a young salesman over a stain remover claim. She notes the stains vanished from the shawl after leaving it on the grass overnight and demands remedy. The exchange reflects consumer skepticism in a small town setting.
A witty exchange between Dr Temple and a young curate reveals the bishop’s remark that while engaged one should heed a lady’s praise but after marriage trust her words. The humor hinges on courtship and the test of public worship readiness.
Napoleon writes he loves Josephine more each day after separation and pleads to see faults to ease his mind. He asks her to regain health and join him so they may be happy together before death. He sends a thousand kisses and even to Fortuna.
A court martial scene describes Pat McGuire facing drunkenness charges. Eight days confinement is mocked when Pat whispers a quip about the pen stutter, triggering laughter and sparing him. A separate sketch recalls Judge Wright and Judge Knapp sharing an anecdote about Senator Wright during a visit at Knapp’s house.
A judge hosts a senator and wears the guest’s coat by mistake. The senator later discovers the coat on the judge and learns the reason he has been shaking hands with everyone on the street: an unintended compulsion triggered by the mislaid garment. The moment exposes a candid confession from the judge about his impulsive urge.
A humorous tale shows a gray dressed elderly woman asking for small vises in a hardware shop. In a separate vignette a farmer’s wife laments a stolen daughter while the father declines to aid a nephew, citing forty years of self-reliant punishment.
The tales contrast wit and military ferocity. Diogenes rebukes Aristippus on flattery versus subsistence, while a Civil War encounter with General N B Forrest ends with a chaplain blessed and escorted through Confederate lines.
Voltaire asserts Newton deserves first place among all men of talent, claiming that if a general assembly of historic geniuses were convened they would unanimously crown Newton as the premier mind.
A man asks to enter an elk exhibit but cannot afford to bring his wife and seventeen children. The keeper suggests bringing the elk out to see the large family, and the man confirms every one of the seventeen is his child.
An experienced farmer argues for properly fitted hard leather collars over padded ones to prevent soreness. He notes neck irritation from riding cultivators, warns against too low a draft, and suggests high bearing along the shoulder and minimal top-neck draft. He plans to try steel collars this spring for convenience.
The article describes a dwarf apple variety grafted on Paradise stocks grown by George T. Powell in Columbia county New York. Dwarfs stay eight to ten feet with ten foot spacing and yield a bushel to a barrel as trees mature. Commercial success is uncertain with Paradise stock but Doucin stock shows potential with trees eighteen to twenty feet tall and wide spacing.
Government horticulturist notes that small plots can use dwarf fruit trees which bear more fruit for their size and mature faster. Grafting allows more fruit varieties, with single trees yielding up to 150 apple varieties. Plant strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, or currants beneath and between the trees and also grow vegetables in the space.
Do not throw away old posts when the ground ends rot. Patch the ends by attaching a two foot piece with six spikes, then flip the post so the patched end sits on top for extended life.
A single person can spray under an acre using a hand sprayer. For fruit and potatoes the barrel spray pump out fit is most economical. Mounting the barrel on a small cart with a three quarter inch pipe and nozzles allows one man to cover four rows unassisted.
The writer explains the proper method to construct shocks of wheat with cap bundles for protection. Two bundles are set, followed by end and side bundles, forming a dozen bundles with caps to brace the shock. Caps improve wind resistance and reduce grain damage in wet weather.
A farmer recounts soil improvement on 160 acres over sixteen years using deep plowing, tile drainage, and manures to lift yields on clay and black soils without fertilizer. The note adds a plan for a small garden cart built from available wheels and an old wagon axle, describing a narrow, light box with removable end gate for easy passage through doors.
Notice announces a county court special term in Washburn on July 7 1908 at 10 am to hear Louis Sollie’s application to appoint Ole Lindgren of Ashland Wisconsin as administrator of the estate of John Lund late of Mason township. The order is by the court.
A reader from Reasner Iowa says doctors diagnosed consumption but after using Foley's Honey and Tar the cough stopped and lung pain and hemorrhages ceased. The testimonial credits improved lung strength and healing.
Notice to customers states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults. Q. W. Frost.
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