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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
6
The piece counsels expressing informed opinions while studying both sides, notes the risks of constant arguing and excessive modesty, and urges mastering one’s own duties before seeking higher tasks or a raise. It highlights the value of confident, well founded self belief and careful work.
The antityphoid program gains reach as Colonel Surgeon L M Mays secures anti-toxin from the Washington lab. Women under forty five and children over ten will be immunized, reflecting confidence across the service and potential civil uses. Traveling salesmen may be among early adopters given exposure to varying water supplies.
Doctors at the first Chicago meeting of the Illinois Society for the Conservation of Vision state that neglect of newborn nurses is a major cause of congenital blindness. They note nationwide efforts to spread a simple prevention method to curb infantile blindness.
Foreign countries would not wonder at the braininess of Americans could they make a study of our national game. Baseball is a contest of skill demanding nimble minds and nimble bodies with quick thinking and action, and fans in the stands match the pace as they judge plays and their impact. It’s described as a great mental tonic.
The New York City health commissioner says many pie and pastry makers use benzoate of soda more than advisable. He urges regulations requiring placards or a line on menus to warn customers about this preservative. He argues diners deserve to know what they pay for.
A Chicago police magistrate declared from the bench that girls are more responsible for flirting than men and that mothers are responsible for their daughters. The remark about girls may spark debate, while the second claim stands as stated.
A Massachusetts man claims the world will end in 13 years, offering a bold forecast while noting the challenge of explaining any failure of the predicted catastrophe.
Owners urge tenants to ask employers to shorten hatpins to free space and increase elevator capacity in tall buildings. The request targets improving efficiency in crowded lobbies and daily commutes.
A University of Pennsylvania professor argues that any man earning more than 15 dollars weekly contributes more to society than he takes. The remark highlights economists and other thinkers as net contributors to social value.
The item recalls a bygone type who kept a toothbrush in his vest pocket along with a pencil and mustache comb, a small snapshot of a simpler era.
May Allport, Chicago pianist and longtime Chicago musical figure, died in Gabes Sahara while traveling with English missionary doctors. She had lived abroad since the 1870s, helped found the Amateur Musical Club, and had studied under prominent European masters including Liszt in Weimar. Her body lies in the French cemetery of Sfax pending removal permit.
Milwau kee passenger train eastbound pries open life saving bid as three year old Elsie Harvey strays onto tracks. Brakeman W J Morrison leaps to shield child but loses foot and falls beneath the pilot as mother holds baby. Hospitalized in serious condition Morrison had attempted to intervene before the train cleared the station.
Dayton recovers from flood with 90 000 affected, 4 000 cleaners, and a booming economy. Factories run at rush pace, merchants report 40 to 60 percent sales gains, and 5 000 families have received aid from the Red Cross. Debris removal continues as levee repairs and river improvements proceed.
London reports that despite common beliefs, higher birth rates of girls do not explain female predominance. A European statistician shows 105 boys are born per 100 girls, and girl survival improves after early childhood with equal mortality from ages three to fifteen and higher to nineteen.
Warren Pennsylvania reported William Irvine aged eighty two one of the oldest Forest county residents died suddenly as his body gradually petrified by insensible degrees beginning in the left foot and spreading to the heart. Physicians were puzzled by the rare condition and undertakers note arteries in the affected area were closed. The body weighed over one hundred pounds more than in health.
Jack Hedstrom, a construction camp worker north of Kansas City, sought a meal after work and lit his pipe with powder in his pocket. A flash burned his right hand and face, leaving him with severe injuries and he was hospitalized.
The article notes women have slightly better survival odds than men from ages twenty to sixty five, with a later equal period and renewed advantage around eighty five. It cites greater resilience and finer endurance perception in women, and men’s nervous system as a limiter, despite higher male physical strength.
Olga Menn daughter of Dr and Mrs Rudolph Menn of 1882 Lincoln avenue will travel to Austria to visit the grave of Baron Oskar Rothschild three years after the baron’s suicide. Her health improves slowly and her mother says the trip may restore her. The Chicago romance began when Olga met the baron in Chicago and continued with formal engagements in Vienna.
Paris reports a new social event called bal mar or bal de St Martin created for wallflowers and older dancers near forty. The first event succeeded, leading to thirty seven marriages in two months, including a groom of seventy eight and a bride of sixty two.
Former Governor Dockery, long active in banking, will supervise the new postal savings system. The last reports show 12,823 depositories at 12,160 post offices with about 335,000 depositors and $33.5 million on deposit. New York leads with $2.37 million. Washington ranks $153,560.
Beis for ne William C. Redfield notes the United States posted a nine month total of about 3.3 billion dollars in trade, with Great Britain Canada Germany and France as top partners. He highlights a favorable balance of over 500 million and compares with 1912 gains in manufactured goods. Typhoid deaths drop in 1911 continue to show public health progress despite higher pellagra and other increases.
A southern congressman admits using vote buying to secure nomination and election after recounting a November incident. The manager boasted of paying voters, while a new member noted detectives once visited the district. the sheriff arrested them for carrying concealed weapons.
A four year old niece witnessed her grandmother take a large capsule and then exclaimed that she had swallowed her medicine bottle. The remark was shared as a light anecdote via a newspaper exchange.
A light exchange features a speaker delivering a joke described as foreign and another person admitting no understanding. The humor hinges on language and cultural distance, ending with a muted punchline and a brief moment of mutual politeness.
In Sketty hall near Swansea Wales the graveyard holds a large grass entwined stone erected by the late Glyn Vivian to memorialize his lost youth. Inscribed on the stone are lamenting verses in elegant form reflecting sorrow and aging.
A satirical line quotes Senator Wombat declaring he would take junkets anywhere and cares not who writes the laws, spotlighting criticism of travel perks and legislative influence.
An eastern observer notes massive migration to the prairie provinces and British Columbia. U.S. immigration runs about 150 000 yearly, with similar or greater flows from Britain and Europe totaling around 400 000 annually. The piece highlights a home making spirit and westward settlement with future growth in education, forests, and agriculture.
Photographer Ernest J. Bloom of Hood River Oregon lost hair at R E Scott ranch when a house squirrel napped in his head hair and trimmed a portion while he slept. Bloom recalled waking with a yell as the rodent gnawed and pulled hairs, then fled the room.
In New York Mayor Gaynor quips about a very young, overly confident lawyer. He urges him to follow rather than lead older, wiser men, then sighs with a playful note about respect for gray hairs after gaining age.
Utica Ohio letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness and long standing troubles. Mrs Earlewine reports restored strength after dizziness numb spells and displacement. Nebo Illinois resident Ha ttie Greenstreet credits months of symptoms to illness and says the remedy cured her and restored energy.
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