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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
2
A long, lively survey traces tobacco from native use to global habit. It names Lucy Page Gaston and writers from Spenser to Kipling, notes medical views, and outlines rise of cigarettes, production figures, taxes, and consumer levels in the United States.
A 1916 Swiss case shows an arrested man paying 6,000 francs bail, later fined 3,000 francs, and receiving 1,700 francs back to convert into 24,000 marks. The net result is a 16,500 mark profit due to favorable exchange rates. The tale is paired with a note about a Swiss brewery in the same humor of the market.
The London Morning Post reports on a beverage labeling trend where beer bottles are marked with Austrian kroner notes. The piece highlights economic implications and consumer reactions to the unusual branding choice.
A paraphrase of Plutarch warns that harboring hate toward enemies corrupts the mind and can spill over to friends and indifferent people, urging restraint in passion to avoid a growing vicious habit. The line emphasizes self-control over enmity as a moral guide.
Orison Swett Marden urges readers in Chicago News to make present sacrifices for future gain. Tools for self-improvement are available, and effort must increase if opportunities are limited. Progress may be slow at first, but perseverance ensures success.
Glass street signs with silver gilt lettering are being installed across Westminster’s core. Signs, hung near lamp posts, reflect night light and display the street, its connections, and Borough of Westminster. Sizes range from nine inches to two feet wide and three feet long, with a few broken units noted but overall satisfaction expressed.
A compact quotation contrasts national law with individual rights, citing Daniel Webster. The statement frames nations as self interested as citizens, reflecting on legal duties and national interests.
The House considered a resolution directing the Interior to study creating a national park from California redwood groves and the feasibility of land donation. Debate confirmed Agriculture controls forest reserves with Interior handling parks. The Sequoia National Park may be enlarged and renamed Roosevelt, while a Save the Redwoods League forms to protect the redwood from extensive lumbering.
The piece notes that U S Senators are often nicknamed by Washington reporters. Examples include Hitchcock as Hitchy Kool and Lodge's opponent as Cabbage, with other names like Polonius Sweetheart The Boy Orator The Migratory Bird and Hog Eye illustrating playful sobriquets among the august lawmakers.
The 1747 Rhode Island avenue home once given to Admiral Dewey in 1899 has been sold out of the family and will become a store. The sale follows a public subscription and a series of transfers after Dewey received the deed in 1899 and later married Mrs Mildred Hazen. Admiral Dewey died January 16 1917.
A Civil War veteran recounts examples of aged individuals who remained active and productive. He cites Comrade W. B. Bayne at Dayton Military Home, Uncle Joe Cannon, Titian, Commodore Vanderbilt, Henry Watterson, and Dan Williams Post members to argue that age does not limit usefulness or achievement.
The passage quotes Sir Oliver Lodge criticizing spiritualist descriptions of the afterlife as abstruse. He recalls a Sunday school tale about a boy who worries he will be "pretty thin up there" because he would take only his good deeds and leave behind his naughty acts.
William J. Linton of Ketchikan Alaska asserts the city offers a low cost of living with opportunities to live off the land. He describes building a shack nearby, fishing and hunting for sustenance, making maple sugar and lard, trading fish for bread or furniture, and living comfortably.
Drugstore reports show kidney trouble is common and often undetected. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root is advertised as a mild healing remedy with strong success and insurance examiners note many declines stem from unnoticed kidney issues. Sample bottles advertised with ten cent test offer.
A humorous quip contrasts golf club membership with playing skill. A speaker asks to join a golf club and is told he does not know how to play. The retort notes that most members also do not actually know how to play the game.
Advert motion claims Othine double strength removes freckles. Apply nightly and morning from your druggist and see freckles fade. One ounce often suffices to clear skin and guarantee offers money back if ineffective.
A quoted exchange features a would-be critic debating a watercolor described as oil based. The reply, Sea blue, lightens the moment.
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement touts genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as safe for millions, prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It urges accepting unbroken Bayer packages with directions to ease headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and general pain. Packages come in handy tins of 12 tablets at low cost and larger packages are sold by druggists.
The National Academy of Sciences debated whether the cosmos is a single immense universe or a league of independent universes. Dr Heber D Curtis argued for multiple universes while Dr Harlow Shapley defended a single universe ten times larger than prior estimates.
A wry dialogue on clock making and strikes. The speaker notes trials of the craft and jokes that his hands never fear an eight hour day. A friend scoffs at criticism and joins in the merriment.
Mr. E. J. Tou goth of 1438 Rose Street LaCrosse Wisconsin suffered chronic bronchitis for twenty six years. After using three four of a bottle he found hoarseness and fatigue faded. he continues Peru-Na and calls it the best medicine for catarrhal conditions. Peru-Na is recommended for coughs colds catarrh and related digestive and rheumatic issues and sold in tablet or liquid form.
The Bureau of Animal Industry reports tuberculosis caused 37,600 of 59,547 condemned cattle carcasses and 53,652 additional condemned carcass parts under federal meat inspection last year. Tuberculosis and hog cholera are identified as the two most serious contagious meat animal diseases, with farm losses noted beyond plant condemnations.
The doctor warned that constant poking at her side for money could trigger appendicitis if she did not stop. Mrs Benham is urged to change her habit amid disputed fundraising.
A provocative discussion questions whether privileges women seek equal rights are truly understood. It contrasts common gender expectations with the push for autonomy, equality, and social reform.
Afflicted readers are urged to stop wasting time with liniments and lotions that never cure rheumatism. The plan emphasizes removing the cause of pain to achieve lasting relief and advocates cleansing as the path to freedom from rheumatic trouble.
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