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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
6
A poor eight dollar a week clerk in a dry goods store pleads with a young woman who rebuffs him. He vows to conquer hardship and gain fame and wealth, saying his name shall be known and his millions envied. She challenges him to return.
A collage of sentimental verse and brief prose pieces. The text laments war’s toll on wives and mothers, then shifts to humorous anecdotes and travel quips about Venice, a talk by Gage, and jokes about lectures, peas, and the Nile.
A humorous montage recalls a railway journey with quips about the Sphinx and pyramids, a breeze scented by imagined fuels from mummies, and passengers debating eras. It closes with brief jokes about funeral orations and a crowded car scene from Harper's.
John Allen defending Mississippi election procedures delivered a forceful talk about fair elections, then, noting colleagues’ disbelief, he claimed that to ensure fairness on election morning “we fire off a few guns” to tell the negroes it will be a fair election.
A renowned prima donna bites back during a performance when a mouse runs across the stage and she fears her prospects are ruined. The manager’s assistant arrives with news the audience adored her final high C and urges a repeat. The singer insists she cannot perform without a new mouse.
A negro preacher talks on miracles during a sermon about loaves and fishes. The story notes the apostles ate all and did not bust. A Sunday school dismissal leads to a humorous moment as a child interrupts a speaker saying Amen and this down.
A historical tale from Cement Age recounts Geronimo, born about 1520 in Arabia, captured at Oran, raised Christian after escaping, later captured again, refused Islam, and died sealed in concrete at Fort des Vingt Quatre Heures. In 1853 French forces excavated the site, finding his bones and interring them in a cathedral sarcophagus with a plaster cast of the cavity.
The article highlights Lizard Head near Mount Wilson in Colorado as a 14,160 foot pinnacle with a 290 foot shaft, currently unreachable by climbers. It contrasts San Juan peaks with the northern Rockies and notes the formidable ascent challenges facing climbers along the Telluride to Rico rail route.
Benjamin West challenged English classicism with a modern historical scene the Death of Wolfe. Reynolds and the archbishop urged antiquity, West persisted, and the work sparked a shift toward original English painting and away from mythological subjects. The anecdote contrasts with a later tale of John Muir forgetting his hunger during a dinner story.
An elderly man earned a living by odd jobs in suburban gardens. A woman hired him to roll her lawn and feed him dinner of toast. After the servant asked to fetch more, he kept eating and refused to weed, saying he cannot stoop after such a meal.
A New York Journal quote from Irving R. Bacon describes large thumbs as indicators of strong character. He claims large thumbed individuals are natural rulers, practical, and drawn to useful things, with large thumbed women prioritizing economic security before marriage and becoming dependable partners in hardship.
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