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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
2
A humorous Washburn Times item contrasts a domestic mishap with a duel in Paterson New Jersey where two Frenchmen fight a deadly duel one dies and the other is mortally wounded. It notes Cabrera of Guatemala mandates English in primary schools.
The text notes the grim spectacle of a eunuch’s execution pleasing the mob but not signaling better governance in Turkey. It highlights the new Sultan’s key task of suppressing massacres of non Muslims by fanatical followers in Asia Minor.
A Prussian army officer who crossed Africa in an automobile from German East Africa to German Southwest Africa in 630 days covering 5625 miles has not shown the automobile to be a valuable aid to tropical exploration. The author notes that many could traverse a long unexplored distance if given a year or two, implying the vehicle offered limited practical advantage.
New York opens the week with two gold export deals of 500000 dollars each. Bank of France seeks imports despite a specie surplus of 150000000 dollars more than a week ago. Since January 1 New York’s gold outflow exceeds 46000000 dollars and May trade may increase it. Last May exports reached 26500000 dollars.
A boy in Evansville Indiana allegedly detonated an explosive from three miles away using wireless electric currents. The claim has unsettled army airmen and supports a French scientist’s view that electric discharge can trigger explosives in the air, stirring talk of distant attacks.
The Charleston News and Courier suggests arresting automobiles to curb speed law violations. A car held in custody could not commit a new offense while an old one is pending, and fear of losing use of their machines would push owners to urge caution.
A student was seriously injured when a rope fire escape broke during a compulsory drill at Wellesley College. The incident suggests outdated safety provisions and calls for replacing rope escapes with iron balconies and proper stairways on all floors.
The Peoria Illinois bridge collapse raises questions about concrete and steel construction methods. Engineers wary of overreliance on concrete for spans may revise estimates for safety. The Quebec steel failure after years of practice shows mistakes can occur in weight and stress assumptions.
A $3,000,000 fruit crop in Grand Valley Colorado was saved by 200000 smudge pots tended by an army of men women and children. The nightly blaze kept temperatures above frost while surrounding air dropped to 20 degrees.
Four people drowned at Coshocton Ohio after a motor boat overturned. The era’s fear of fast craft led to warnings about buoyancy and stability, urging air chambers at bow and stern to prevent capsize and improve safety similar to metal rowboats and sailing boats.
A London dispatch reports shrewd Americans risking 100000 dollars to show British youth how to skate in rinks. Dublin rink alone yields 155 percent on preferred shares. Profits are expected to spur rink enterprise across Great Britain from Land's End to John O Groats. Early profits may set the pace for later investors.
In 1897 Congress funded a modest navy budget, but the Spanish American War spurred a dramatic naval expansion. The article argues the rise of a modern U S Navy followed from war, empire, and the Monroe doctrine, making American sea power a policing force in the Western Hemisphere.
Paul M Monfort a four year old son of A W Monfort Chicago commercial photographer was killed when he fell from an open window of an elevated L train as it left Stony Island avenue at 63rd street. The child famed as America's most photographed baby had appeared in staples advertisements and his father posed him over a thousand times. The long passage discusses leather production including tanning and market data from the United States and imports, noting 280000 skins yearly worth 420000 and descriptions of aquatic leather patterns and scales.
A mother and her child near a window with talcum powder and soap in a bathtub scene. The boy ran to a window seat, leaned forward, and toppled out as the pane was open. Mrs Monfort sprang after but missed by inches, and train crew prevented a further plunge.
The article traces the history of alligator skin leather from early experiments over 100 years ago to a fashion surge in 1855 that boosted Gulf States hides. It notes a brief postwar lull and a renewed, if fickle, interest around 1869 amid changing shoe material markets.
J H Todd explains hotel stewards no longer travel to markets as markets come to hotels. Dealers supply top goods, notify by telephone of fine items, and entrap new offerings like fresh mackerel, peaches, nectarines, and Plaza cantaloupes grown in a Pennsylvania hothouse. Slips show daily on-hand items and upcoming entertainments guide stock.
A Washington Star quote about a psychology researcher with odd theories contrasts with Miss Cayenne’s remark. The piece jokes that marrying for brains might still end in being left for money.
The article recalls historical bell thefts from Southwark cathedral and Perthshire churches, noting convicts and antiquaries as culprits. It links tales of stolen bells to superstition and nautical ballads, while segueing into grooming advice and self-improvement ideas. It ends with a remark that marriage is a gamble when money backs it.
A experienced woman criticizes ordinary bootblacks for lacking proper technique. She explains that true shoe shine requires more than a bright toe and a thin dull coat, implying skill and care beyond surface gloss.
The Gentlewoman reports mignonette drives away flies. In rooms with potted flowers flies linger no moment when mignonette is present. Seeds should be sown now for early blooms, and pots heated gently for best results.
A basic batter combines 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1/2 cup butter then adds 1 cup sweet milk and 2 1/2 cups sifted pastry flour with 1 egg and 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder. Flavoring is optional. Cream butter and sugar, add milk gradually to blend, beat egg with milk, then fold in flour last for a fine grain batter.
Cut cold roast beef into 3 by 1 inch pieces and ham into similar portions. Add four quarters of hard boiled eggs. Line a buttered dish with crust, pack meat and eggs, season, moisten with gravy, cover with crust and vent center. Bake an hour, then add more gravy before serving.
A recipe for chicken baked in rice with ham or bacon layers and veal gravy, plus a dessert of baked apples with a butter flour mix and sugar. The dish uses pan drippings or water if gravy is unavailable, and is served with cream.
A historical kitchen note describes making divinity by boiling golden drip syrup with milk and sugar, then whipping to a creamy stage. The candy is poured over a half pound of shelled California English walnuts for finishing.
The instructions describe soaking in cold water for twelve hours after brushing with warm water, then steaming over boiling water for at least twenty-five minutes per pound. Finish by skinning while cold and dabbing with dots of black pepper.
A home remedy suggests dipping the loaf in cold water and baking it until heated through then wrapping in a damp cloth to restore freshness comparable to when first baked.
A collection of kitchen and cleaning advice including fat fire safety with salt splash remedies for odors from paint handling onion water to suppress smells, sugar with boiled starch for ironing gloss, soda use in cooking and sour milk baking, bread and cloth care, rash remedies with warm milk, tomato skinning method, oilcloth repainting base with ocher and paste, and paraffin paper repurposed to wax irons.
Essential guidance on health and recreation leading to better living. Promotes using a simple remedy at the proper time and touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co as the only genuine laxative for sale by leading druggists.
Charles G Gates, a Chicago financier, discussed an $8500 bulldog he bought at the Calumet club. He quipped that turning this into profit would be as hard as following Mrs Rayces tea time advice about betting on horses that win.
In an Pinch. Use Allen's Foot-Eases. A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrown nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or-shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample mailed free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The minister stops Mr. Jones on the street to offer congratulations. Jones misinterprets the blessing as a personal joke and laughs heartily, thinking the Lord has smiled on him. The anecdote appears in Everybody’s Magazine.
Drugstores stock Lane's Pleasant Tablets a laxative remedy for colds and grip. A trial will convince thousands. Avoid suffering and save doctors' bills by ordering today. 25 cents a box. Sample free. Address Orator F. Woodward Le Roy NY.
A father defines pin money to his son as money you stick people for. The exchange unfolds with the parent slipping his hand into his pocket and delivering the punch line.
Good for Sore Eyes claims a century of success with Pettit's Eye Salvo. Distributed by Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo New York, the ad asserts it cures eye diseases everywhere.
About 60 percent of the world’s gold production is handled by Great Britain. An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children claiming it softens gums eases inflammation relieves pain and cures wind colic priced at 25 cents per bottle. A warning notes prussic acid poisons all living things including plants and animals.
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