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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
2
The item notes scarce lumber boosting Peary’s pole quest and Bishop Potter’s courageous stance. It also mentions extremists reacting to his support for a subway saloon opening and a quip about the daylight bill in British Parliament.
A wreck in India accompanies harrowing scenes as fire consumes splintered coaches trapping victims. Observers say steel railcars would limit kindling and reduce casualties in future smash ups.
The text notes a large band of mounted bandits capturing towns and robbing people, with the Yaquis also active. It asserts Mexico will prioritize army matters over naval considerations previously highlighted, indicating a shift in strategic concern to land forces.
A wealthy retiree near Davenport Iowa discovers that the gold brick game can be played without actual gold bricks as bait. The piece notes how readers remain vulnerable to cleverly designed swindles despite widespread warnings.
Post Office Department announces suspension of rural delivery where roads are not maintained. It urges farmers to support road repairs as faster mail service benefits public welfare and farm interests.
Rear Admiral Erskine of the British navy predicts the Pacific will host the next naval war. He argues the region is becoming pivotal due to China's opening to commerce and rising individual and national enterprise.
The government introduces a bill to raise school teachers pay in Prussia. If enacted male salaries would range from 3857 to 412 a year and female salaries from 262 to 337. Prussia is lauded for education but criticized for low teacher compensation.
A shipwreck off Batavia in the Dutch East Indies is reported to have cost six hundred lives. Details are scarce and the fatality count may decrease with fuller reports. Oriental disasters often involve many deaths due to dense populations and sensational estimates may reflect habit.
The new Earl of Derby plans a social club whose sole membership test is uninterrupted possession of a family coat of arms for over a century. A proverb says not to judge by the coat. The former Earl of Derby was a notable figure but not snobbishly exclusive.
A Tokio dispatch reports several Japanese emigration companies in financial trouble due to new restrictions on Japanese laborers moving to the United States Canada and the Hawaiian islands. The Chinese Six Companies also took a hard hit as its Pacific passage brokerage for Chinese laborers under temporary bondage was crushed by the restriction act.
Maj Judson tests his own concrete caisson design for Algoma Wisconsin breakwater construction. Caissons are coated set filled with stone and sunk to form the substructure, promising timber savings for the government. If the caisson remains intact it would create an indestructible foundation.
The Spanish steamer that sank after hitting a coast rock, drowning about one hundred aboard, is called an old tub. Yet age or condition alone does not excuse the navigator, for better compartmentalization might have kept her afloat, highlighting dangers of aging passenger boats even when not truly obsolete.
The week’s sensational tale that Brazil contracts twenty seven warships not for Brazil but to bolster Japan’s navy drew widespread incredulity. Some readers accepted the implausible claim that Japanese divers sowed torpedoes in San Francisco harbor under the ruse of fishing to threaten the American fleet.
The coroner's jury in the Arcadian disaster at Philadelphia attributes the five stevedore deaths to German knoll corks fireworks. It calls for prohibition of dangerous fireworks in shipments by sea or rail to prevent similar losses and promote public sanity.
John Burns is praised for possessing the best working library among members of the English House of Parliament, highlighting his scholarly approach to governance and debate.
Ex Governor Black of New York warns that inciting mobs undermines justice and government. He argues regulation over prohibition, defends wage agreements as peaceful industry peace tools, and notes lawful limits on cotton grower combinations under Sherman Act.
Rev. A B Hepburn argues Europeans resent U S naval growth and fear a US Japan clash. He says Europe would welcome conflicts that do not involve them and notes Japan's rising power and its restraint on Asian expansion shift regional balance.
Ex mayor Seth Low argues that under the Sherman anti trust law much business is unlawful and that cooperative groups including farmers and common carriers should be allowed to combine under government supervision to improve public service. He warns against total prohibition and calls for regulated cooperation.
The White House known as the executive mansion hosts a history of presidential marriages funerals and burials. It notes John Tyler’s first and later marriages Frances Cleveland and Julia Gardner, and lists presidents widowed at the mansion. It recalls funerals of Harrison Upshur Gilmer Taylor Lincoln Garfield and others connected to the home.
A historical table lists ex presidents who have died, with columns showing each president and their age at death. The readable portion names the category and begins a table titled Manner of Death of American Presidents with ages.
The article recounts how wives and daughters shaped early White House life from Gen. Jackson to Buchanan. It notes leading ladies who hosted and influenced, mentions Harriet Lane and Elizabeth Cleveland, and remarks on the elusive second lady while describing dramatic moments surrounding presidential households and tragedies at the executive mansion.
The Minneapolis Journal notes the word news explains itself and comes from the four quarters of the compass. Each quarter yields accounts of war and trade, illustrating how news travels from north, east, west, and south.
People often hear the saying to enjoy life while you can yet when pursuing enjoyment the search yields little. The piece notes that seeking pleasure often fails to deliver meaningful results and hints at a wary view of happiness strategies.
Capt. John G. Souder notes the Signal Corps uses long ranch fence wires as improvised telephone lines during maneuvers. Wires extend ten to seventy five miles, offering direct comms when visual signals fail. Fence maintenance is essential, with riders kept busy keeping fences in good repair.
An agricultural note notes the cucumber ships well while investors debate stock declines. The exchange hints at broader lessons from mistakes as a philosophical path to education.
A mother endures daily toil while three children, ages totaling about ten, dream of a world beyond their garret. The poem depicts a bustling street outside as an auction bell, a mover’s van, and a circus-like influx of sounds pass by, until a rattle at the lock signals return to a quiet, warm nest.
Thomas Nash becomes the accidental hero after a theater fire. He guides strangers to safety, saves a woman and her brother, then is feted by the Pearsons at their home. Nash remains modest while the grateful family showers praise, and the night ends with his new social ties.
Mr Nash earns a proposal from Lucy Pearson as he wins her hand with courage and wit. Mr Pearson praises him as a brave suitor while warning his daughter against risk, and Mrs Pearson joins in sentiment. A quiet doubt lingers about future crises testing Mr Nash’s prized presence of mind.
A collection of quips on work virtue luck and ego. It pokes fun at ambition money luck and human folly with pithy lines about misery success and social foibles from a wry New York Times tone. It contrasts pretension with humility and jokes about fate and everyday folly.
The London Globe notes chrome mining in Asia Minor has long existed with ore found on high mountains. Transport by pack animals to markets limits profitability. Prices fall as global chrome supplies grow, and Turkish mines, never modernized, will further decline in value.
Brancaster village earns 4 percent of Royal West Norfolk Golf Club gross income with a £50 minimum guarantee for land used as links. This year the club paid £63 16s, an increase of £8 12s from last year, enough to give each resident 5s with balance remaining.
Frederic Shelford urges young men to leave home and explore distant countries. He advocates learning new languages, seeing new sights, and undertaking adventures by taking up work abroad between ages twenty-five and thirty-five.
A London lore note explains a superstition about haddock faces. Dark spots near the gills are said to be impressions of St. Peter’s fingers and thumb, left when the fish revealed a penny to pay tribute to Caesar.
Beth Slater Whitson reflects on overcoming struggle through courage and mercy in a sonnet that honors persevering victors and those who faced defeat with undaunted resolve, praising faith, hope, and self mastery as divine gifts.
V Stefansson describes Eskimo methods for building snow huts that shed heat, with domed ice houses warm inside despite outside cold. Two men can erect an eight-person dwelling in an hour, oil lamps glow, sheets of snow thaw and refreeze, and sleepers endure hard but efficient Arctic comfort.
The article surveys early state and federal cases on railroad duties including mandamus to require safe roadbeds and equipment, liability limits for passenger expulsion by health quaran tine officers, carrier liability for a conductor dismissing a crippled passenger, and a tender of excess fare with a demand for change deemed not a valid tender. It notes these as first impressions in some jurisdictions.
A traveler recalls a long ago breakfast in California where an ostrich egg omelet took an hour to cook. The dish, large enough for six men, cost $2 and taught him a valuable lesson about overlarge portions.
Pittsburg Plate Company announces orders received and immediate production of glass headstones to mark graves. A key feature is the ability to blow a photograph of the deceased into the glass tombstone.
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