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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
6
The Washburn Times notes the bronze badge of a Union soldier as a symbol of American history, contrasts with a short steer supply in a livestock report, and reports a Dayton Ohio Big Four train collision that killed three, urging safer grade crossings.
The $2,000,000 loss by James A. Patten from Chicago Board of Trade speculation provokes little sympathy as sharp traders are blamed for tricking incautious investors.
The reported invention by George Westinghouse of a pneumatic spring to lift the jar from auto trucks may enable solid non elastic tires for power vehicles. It could boost rubber tire manufacture and attract rubber dealers, with London speculators driving rubber shares higher.
Baseball shows high injury counts early in the season yet amid many games nationwide the mortality rate remains small relative to the number of players involved.
The Salmon submarine established a new surface speed record of thirteen and a quarter knots off Provincetown and a submerged record of twelve and three tenths knots. This showcases the United States’ propulsion prowess as underwater travel now exceeds typical freighter speeds on the Great Lakes and outpaces steamship limits of a few years ago.
H A Ransom a Harvard Summer School mathematics and civil engineering teacher and assistant professor of mathematics at Harvard is digging a ditch for the Cambridge subway. He aims to gain practical experience and deepen understanding by direct construction work, extending the laboratory method of learning by doing.
The Terra Nova under Capt. Scott leaves London bound for the Antarctic regions marking Britain's first South Pole effort since Shackleton’s near reach. An American expedition may follow next year, but Britain aims to plant the Union Jack at the pole before rivals.
The Philadelphia to Havana motor boat race draws little thrill as rumors of disaster fade and boats prove durable. Enthusiasm wanes as engines endure and vessels vanish from sight, leaving spectators unimpressed with long distance contests.
A lull in Great Lakes freight slows package traffic causing steamers to take more coal uphill. The uneven freight flow makes passenger service profit uncertain and explains why lake travel remains minor today compared with the 1860s and 1870s. People favor railroad speed, but lower fares and ample lake facilities could boost lake travel if prices drop from the palatial steamers now in service.
A disaster at Lake Washington near Seattle involved crews from Washington and Stanford. Enthusiastic youths underestimated the water’s roughness as shells swamped and broke on a breaker. The Stanford coxswain was rescued with difficulty while Washington’s boat capsized and threw its crew into the waves. A calmer barge race would have been the day’s highlight.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger remark notes that some individuals who pay real cash for undetectable counterfeit bills never question why the counterfeiters do not spend their own product.
Advertise in this paper to make your wants known to local residents and stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
John A. Howland notes that the westward spirit persists though changed by time. He recalls prairie schooners and the Kan-sas motto, then contrasts rugged pioneer hardship with today’s cheap travel and faster movement. He argues land value grows with proper farming, estimating national farm land value at $24 billion.
Article argues farmers are the true owners of the United States while detailing the rapid growth of agricultural value. It notes U.S. farm products last year worth 3 billion dollars, doubling from 4.4 billion eleven years earlier and totaling about 70 billion since measurements began, contrasting agriculture with steel and other industries.
Dr Mather Byles born 1706 Boston, long time Hollis Street pastor, famed humorist and Tory. In 1777 he was jailed on a guard ship sentence later commuted to house confinement with guard. On Thanksgiving he calmed neighbors by claiming he kept guard over himself while seeking cider for celebration.
A broker in the city dialed a home number and, after a sweet voice answered, found a lunch offer and show plans were proposed. The caller realized the person at the other end might be unavailable due to a husband at home, implying a crossed telephone line.
A Cape Town hospital scene shows a nurse being mistaken for a nurse by an ill soldier. An earl's daughter finds him asleep and a handwritten note on the bed reads Dere Lady Maude too ill to be nursed today most respectfully T. Adkins.
A playful exchange unfolds with Crabbe joking about using a camera to bore an artesian well in the dining room. Hasker-Hello replies, and the banter pivots to a jab at a liar claiming to be as diligent as an industrious man.
Clifford Howard argues that Americans repeatedly resisted new technologies from railways to the typewriter, electric telegraph, and electric trolley, and mocked inventors like Bell, Howe, and others, while the nation later embraced these advancements as essential to progress.
Willard Dillman discusses how adversity reveals value in health food and basic goods. He argues spring's life breath contrasts with winter myths and urges gratitude for present joys.
In Paris an average family with 12 000 to 15 000 francs yearly employs one bonne a tout faire who oversees meals laundry and child care. She rises early and handles shopping school runs and greeting guests, with limited leisure and strict Sunday afternoons, reflecting traditional duties.
The statement notes she receives an extra ordinary sum of 45 or 50 francs per month in addition to her home, indicating a steady monthly income beyond her residence.
Yarrow Missouri, the smallest village with an electric light plant, now glows for five families. Michael Webber powers the system from a water mill, connecting a ten horsepower dynamo to light homes and plans a larger setup to illuminate nearby areas along the Chariton river. He envisions a future dam project to support a regional power plant near Kirksville and notes the river's potential for development.
A Chicago Record-Herald quote shows a man recounting a woman's reply to marriage, noting she would wed once he settled down and pursued a worthwhile job. The exchange reflects attitudes toward work and partnership in the period.
Homestead entries in Canada in January 1910 totaled 2,698, about twice January 1909. Immigration from the United States is expected to exceed 100,000 in the year.
A poem quoted in part by M E Buhler laments modern life and a missing statuette at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The speaker travels in search of culture but finds only a sordid uncle and a dull city scene before returning home. The verse mocks antiquated gods and provincial spaces.
Sergius Kousmenski a Warsaw governor who plans marriage to Olga watches Olga gamble in a casino. She wins big, faces his gaze with contempt, then flees toward a Trappist monastery where a hooded monk blesses her union with another man as Sergius collapses in shock.
Sergius Kousmenski confronts Olga Krivenko amid a Polish conspiracy leading to executions. A Trappist monk dies mute to keep a vow, Olga’s innocence is questioned, and a pardon note hints Olga’s secret aid. The Angelus rings as Sergius discovers hope in a dying confession.
More than 17,500 first class passengers are expected to sail for Europe in June across fifty eight steamships. Fares total an estimated 3.5 million dollars, a rise of about 5,000 travelers from the same month last year.
Viscountess Chelsea, now Lady Lambton, drops her viscountess style after marrying Vice Admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton. The couple's romance ends their unhappy marriage with Lord Chelsea, known for financial scrapes, and Hedworth Lambton, hailed as Ladysmith siege hero, receives royal honors including a gold watch with Queen Victoria’s monogram.
A formal resolution expressing sorrow over King Edward's death was adopted by the 5000 Daughters of the Revolution at their Atlantic City convention. A condolence letter to Queen Alexandra was ordered. New Jersey delegates backed the sane Fourth of July effort with state federation club support. Officers were elected and installed including Present General Mrs Adelaide Francis Fitz and a slate of vice presidents general, secretaries, treasurer, registrar, and historian.
Courtesy of R Blake of Ventnor Isle of Wight informs readers that the white lobster reported by Aitken was cooked and eaten but kept safe. Blake notes the creature was white above and red underneath a remarkable feature and says the Brighton Aquarium manager confirmed its arrival and display.
The Countess of Warwick, noted for socialist views, has installed Rev. Conrad Noel as vicar of Thaxted Essex, a second Socialist appointment on her Dunmow estate after earlier naming Rev. E G Maxted to Tilty parish.
Eskimos coined as Eskimo candy by using dovekie feet stuffed with reindeer tallow. Women cut red bird feet to form pouches, fill with tallow for their children. Explorers report tales of large meals of raw reindeer flesh and blubber causing immobility.
A ploughman on Lord Ludlow's estate uncovered a lead shell coffin just under the surface in a field near Wetbury Wiltshire. Inside were bones and teeth in good preservation, later reburied. the lead shell and contents were studied by Wiltshire Archaeological Society secretary Mr Cunnington and taken to Devizes Museum. The find suggests a Roman settlement once existed in the area.
Royal horses at Newmarket number twenty five. King Edward died and engagements ending in 1912 were voided by his death. It is believed King George will lease horses to a turf member until he starts his own ownership.
Leprosy ward inmates at Robben Island near the Cape of Good Hope caused a major disturbance after discovering a sixty four gallon keg of rum washed ashore. They drank freely and ran amuck. police convict guards and officials struggled to restore order as regulations barred force. Three lepers died from the incident.
The claim that the Queen mother and Mrs. Keppel met at King Edward's bier is unfounded. Access to the death chamber was limited to royalty ambassadors and cabinet ministers, and Mrs. Keppel has remained at home since the King’s death.
The Providence Journal notes that some spring hats for women defy past limits, showing milliners have not yet exhausted their creativity. The piece hints at bold designs emerging as fashion evolves beyond prior expectations.
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