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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
2
A columnist argues that luck does not shape a working girl’s fate in a department store. Ambition, grooming, and persistence drive success, while idle dreaming and waiting for luck sustain only disappointment. The piece urges practical effort over reliance on fate.
Cast away care speaks to money’s power and beauty versus poverty and virtue. The speaker questions why riches cannot buy a woman’s beauty or genius, notes many noble men reject wealth in love, and recalls men leaving home for independence despite warnings.
A man abroad faces gossip that he marries for money, while a chance encounter with a familiar buxom shopgirl at home proves his affection is for a plain, kind heart. He leaves wealth-seeking behind for simple love and shared happiness.
A humorous piece arguing wives would want to be their husbands office stenographers. It imagines wives managing income, keeping home and office harmonized, sharing late hours, and confiding in husbands while observing social temptations. It concludes one week in the office proves there is no place like home.
A detailed description of a striking midsummer costume employing white voile and filet lace. The gown features an overdress of lace shorter than the underskirt, braiding in soutache style, seven tuck accents, and a tuniclike bodice with reversed draping. Accessories include a Leghorn hat with velvet ribbons and black and white kid shoes, completing a refined, elegant ensemble.
The Angles and Saxons were the main Teutonic tribes to conquer Britain with Jutes. They came from borderlands of Germany and Scandinavia, settled largely on land, and their language formed an independent Teutonic branch. By 1066 Norman influence merged Latin words with English, while Anglo Saxon roots endure in everyday speech.
Julia Bottomley notes how Panama hats evolved from a single form to multiple shapes, remains a summer staple for outings, sports, and travel. She highlights original mannish shapes, wide and narrow brims, simple trims, and care tips including reblocking versus scarf swathing, urging secure bands instead of hat pins.
A frock of georgette crepe features three ruffles bound with narrow black leather edging. A belt and bodice use the same black leather. Blouse of organdie, valued for trimming on spring blouses, with cross barred or embroidered patterns and matching buttonholes. A dog chasing its tail quips about making both ends meet.
Old propagating gardens near the engraving and printing building supply White House flowers for tables and decorations. President Roosevelt’s summer plans and the likelihood he stays at the White House influence the gardeners who fear needing many cut flowers. Mrs Roosevelt’s simpler decor style is noted as a change from past abundance of tropical plants and masses of blooms.
A Terre Hill Pennsylvania testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and pains. The letter lauds the product as a grand remedy from roots and herbs and notes widespread acclaim across the country with thousands of letters on file in the Mass Laboratory.
The United States government hosts a new permanent stamp exhibit in the National Museum, arranged in mahogany cases by philatelist Joseph B. Leavy. The $200,000 display covers US issues from 1845 onward and includes rare pieces such as 30-cent 1869 inverted medallions and a scarce 20-cent stamp valued at about $1,500, with notable foreign stamps like Hawaiian issues and early Spanish seals.
Dr. Carroll Fox of the United States Public Health Service, a flea expert, explains flea behavior and disease risks. He recently identified a new flea genus in Africa and humorously named it Rooseveltiella after Theodore Roosevelt’s work in the same region.
The War Department through the Office of the Quartermaster General Aleshire awarded a contract to move picture machines for Army use. Machines will be sent to post chaplains and stationed troops, including field camps and sites like Texas City and Galveston. The aim is to provide amusement and instruction to deter desertion and keep soldiers in camp at night, with growing demand from medical officers for films to support lectures on sanitation and health. An effort at Fort Totten to show typhoid immunization benefits had limited success.
Mike, an immigrant laborer, works with his brother the butler for a millionaire as Mrs. Rich chats on the telephone. On the first morning Mike bungles the call when asked to answer and identify the caller, leading to a comic miscommunication in the home.
Mrs Flitterby declares she hates Mrs Gadcomb after Nora is called czarina of the kitchen. Mr Futterby asks why anger flares. The exchange shows domestic tensions and playful yet pointed banter between the couple.
A speaker notes a man caught between two unfavorable options. The implied choice reveals he is not a good swimmer, reflecting on indecision and moral risk in difficult situations. The remark underscores uncertain judgment when facing conflicting paths.
A dialogue contrasts an altruist who believes humanity is born to improve with a cynic who doubts most of humanity but aims to uplift the rest regardless of consequences. The exchange frames optimistic reform versus skeptical pragmatism.
A Western city bookkeeper credits Postum with ending stomach troubles and nervous spells tied to coffee. He and his wife stopped coffee and tea two years ago, noting better health and focus. The ad promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum, urging readers to try the beverage as a coffee substitute.
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