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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
6
A collection of light observational snippets covers themes from aging colleges to national berries. Jokes about cats whiskers and a talking dog headline a spoofish, opinionated page that mingles advice and suburban humor with playful commentary on culture and everyday life.
A Newark attorney files suit for 500 dollars claiming it owed for reading a bundle of love letters. He argues the service was required and valuable despite the lighthearted phrasing in the filing.
A commentator argues that Americans could spend similar sums on a domestic coronation style event, noting estimates exceed five million dollars for King George's ceremony and questioning feasibility or value of duplicating such expenditure at home.
The judge refuses Cornelius Vanderbilt permission to cross his legs in court. The article notes consensus with police that a burglar who disturbed a lamp should be charged with criminal carelessness, illustrating strict legal expectations.
A friend of E. H. Harriman quips that thinking in bed killed him while noting a New York estate dispute. Litigation over a $17,000 estate cost $13,000 and observers wonder how lawyers overlooked the remaining $4,000.
A California judge declines to recognize poker as the great American game yet the game continues without formal judgment. Mme. Rique proclaims the breath symbolizes the spirit. An Iowa man demands all dogs be killed seeking attention.
An American actress wed an Egyptian prince and faces pressure to adopt traditional attire including a harem skirt. The bed slat and hair brush lines hint at household discipline and handy replacements. The secretary of the treasury backs ending $2.50 gold coinage, predicting little public impact.
A Massachusetts researcher plans to develop stingless bees to reduce human discomfort from stings and combat mosquitoes. If successful, this could offer a quieter, safer pollinator and potential vector control benefits for public health.
A Chicago man purchased a rare old book at the Hoe sale for 21000 dollars. He notes that several publications exist offering more information for a bargain price of 21 cents, suggesting value in accessible reference works.
Prince Henry rushed down after his aircraft veered off course. The remark notes royal immunity to gravity matches no special sway over time or tides in this lighthearted observation.
Report claims English explorers in Jerusalem uncovered Solomon's crown ring and sword. The article notes his wisdom remains beyond contemporary research and interpretation.
Manufacturers ban hobble and harem skirts arguing for practical attire, yet observers doubt the move will usher in sensible fashion across society.
A New York arrest of an Italian count on charges of smuggling suggests foreign nobility pursue options beyond American heiresses for income. The event highlights cross border crime involving aristocracy and illicit trade.
A Rhode Island man who was run over by a car climbed back into the vehicle and punched the chauffeur. The remark implies future caution to complete the job without incident.
A historical squib rails at a baseball umpire accusing him of burglary highway robbery and general villainy. The charges run from the spring ides of April to the autumn ides of October as the author proclaims the umpire an undesirable citizen to the public.
A Breeder's Gazette essay extols Jerseys as superior butter cows noting their economy, records in Chicago St Louis and Portland tests, and the Jersey’s efficiency in fat globule size and feed conversion. It compares Jerseys to Guernseys, argues for mid-sized cows, and discusses dual purpose potential and cost of larger animals.
Gustave Bauman 91 rears his adopted son in a secluded life centered on Latin. At eighteen the youth speaks reads and writes Latin fluently though he has never attended school or learned English beyond basic colloquial forms. He has never ridden a train used a telephone or engaged with modern life.
Estimated value places the nation’s farms with all livestock and improvements at about 30 million dollars. The figure sums extensive agricultural holdings across the country, indicating large scale farming assets.
A reader, Horace Carter, recommends a 3 by 5 foot vestibule placed before the hog house door to block drafts in winter. Hogs learn to pass through cloth curtains saturated with coal oil or dip for lice, keeping sheds removable for warm weather.
The New Hill onion, or hill onion, becomes a general favorite for its cold resistance and immunity to the onion maggot. Fall sets yield bulbs by June or early July for market. spring sets need mature bulbs saved for next season. Lamb care and feeding guidance follows for early-age lambs with a suggested grain mix and alfalfa hay.
A claim persists that navel oranges originated from a single tree found on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea about 350 years ago. The origin story frames the fruit’s global spread from this lone tree.
The Gutenberg Bible from the Robert Hoe collection sold in New York City for 50000 to Henry B. Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington. Printed between 1450 and 1455, its value rests on beauty and rarity with 34 known copies remaining.
The Hoe auction catalog notes a vellum Gutenberg Bible in exceptionally clean, fresh condition with red headings in the Epistle of St Jerome and First Book of Genesis. It highlights red chapter headings in a contemporary gothic hand, illuminated initials, massive binding, and two defective leaves reproduced as facsimiles.
Miss Grace Abbott of Hull House told the YWCA convention that 1800 immigrant girls were lost after leaving Ellis Island and sent by train to Chicago and beyond in the last year and a half. She urged a federal immigration bureau in Chicago as a check on white slavers.
A New York man explains mushrooms are now being raised in Pennsylvania coal mines using mule manure and stable mine temperatures. He notes mine cultivation could lower costs, but the market remains volatile with no seasons or grower coordination.
Four thousand barrels of oil a day gush from a Bakersfield field found after a coin flip. Investors Clarence Berry John D Spreckles Jr William Maguire and Charles Holbrook chose land by spinning a coin and the land proved productive. Engineers rushed to assess output as the stream continued.
Dr Fred Seibert dentist at 135 Sherman Avenue seeks his first patient who is missing from home. The patient, noted for drinking beer and smoking, agreed as a student to a long gold crown. The dog is described as the most aristocratic in the neighborhood.
Francis McMann of Philadelphia swallowed a black headed pin in 1917 while pinning a dress for a niece. The pin traveled via back, lungs, near the heart, then through the diaphragm into back muscles before settling in the calf. Surgeons at the county hospital removed the pin after a long, hazardous journey.
Miss Sadie Allen a 21 year old Omaha girl dressed in blue silk pajamas boarded a Harney street car at midnight and wandered to the business district. Physicians revived her with ice water and she became hysterical before being taken home wrapped in cafe tablecloths and ferried by automobile.
New York discusses sugar as a heart tonic and general rehabilitative aid. Sir James Sawyer in British and medical journals advocates pure cane sugar for wasting disorders anaemia adynamic rheumatism and nervous diseases. Patients may carry about a half pound of lump sugar to eat between meals for increased weight strength and vigor, with two luminous lumps proving purity.
An autograph sale in Leipsic Saxony saw a letter written by Martin Luther to Emperor Charles V fetch 25 500 dollars sold to a Florence dealer.
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