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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
6
The piece argues men seek homely wives over dazzling beauties for lasting peace of mind and loyalty. It asserts plain women can be equally valuable spouses, offering heart ease, devoted affection, and steadfast fidelity across life stages, while glamorous partners risk envy and upheaval.
A nostalgic exploration of springtime marriage beliefs and the virtues of Easter brides. It discusses how meeting in the new year, rapid betrothal, and spring outfits shaped ideals of luck and domestic virtue, and advises women how to cope with jealousy and breakups in a hopeful, moral tone.
A Chicago man with Missouri business interests halted a Missouri junction train by ordering a sandwich and coffee. The counterman offered to hold the train, noting the branch line has no other trains that morning and the superintendent would want the man to eat.
A conversational piece ponders a man’s dilemma when he realizes the tall woman beside him, who has been a stranger, is the mother of the woman he plans to propose to that evening. The vignette frames chance encounters and social awkwardness in everyday life.
The Yamacraw blew up a sunken schooner off Florida and recovered 853 pounds of fish from stunned catches. A 195 pound jewfish and a second 220 pound jewfish were hauled aboard, with crews reporting the fish remained alive at deck side and portions deemed edible.
Henry Truxen, inmate at Western Penitentiary, admits killing Squire Francis Kindt of Lehighton in 1885 to steal 1100 dollars intended for a bank. He alleged two accomplices buried the body near Millport mountain. Boyer led investigators to the remains after a prisoner’s parole. Arrests possible.
Helen Bradford, a ten year old from Ottumwa, Iowa, has arranged to enter the University of Iowa in September after graduating from high school. She is hailed as one of the state’s best mathematicians among grade students and would be the youngest girl at Iowa in more than ten years.
Washington reports American farms average 6.5 miles from markets with the farthest reach about 8.7 miles. The Agriculture Department released findings after completing its study on farm proximity to markets.
A Confederate States credit bill worth 459 dollars for six work oxen is listed as the valued possession of L. L. Aldrich in Canker City Kansas. The cattle were used by J. M. Linn and family when they moved into Arkansas after his store and mills were burned by rebels.
A presumed three century old Teniers painting titled Smugglers is now owned by Rev. Dr. N O Hellier a Presbyterian pastor from Lisbon North Dakota The work was tested in Chicago by Teniers expert Arthur Dawson who deemed it genuine The piece reputedly resurfaced after a tip to Hellier during his Scotland studies decades ago Meanwhile Mrs Samuel Gregg of Independence Missouri created a hand sewn bedspread with 810 pyramidal blue and white patches at age 82 celebrating her and husband 65th anniversary
The inquiry shows longer hauls to market mainly in the cotton states and the Rocky Mountains region. It notes smaller loads also occur in the cotton states and that hauls are shorter than nine years ago.
Pawnee Oklahoma Richard Shunatona a chief of the Otoes declares he is keeper of the sacred palladium a ceremonial pipe of peace. He describes its origin with Wacon-dah the two clans Bison and Bear and the bond of peace it symbolizes with the United States.
Margaret Petrie, sixteen, was arrested at Fourteenth and Clay streets at three in the morning for masquerading in boys clothes. She asked Policeman McCarthy for a match while smoking. Her hat fell, exposing long hair. she had prior arrests for the same prank.
Washington ranks as one of the world’s best lighted cities per experts, though alleys remain dim. The system includes 17,335 lamps with 10,187 mantle gas and many electric lamps. 100 candlepower lamps are increasing, and 9 more miles of streets will gain new lighting this year including Seventh Street NW between Mount Vernon Place and U Street.
The Office of Markets in the Agriculture Department begins a program to unite scattered berry growers with major market players. It will transmit car lot movements and prices from shipping points to Washington and to shipping associations, offering a low cost daily telegram service. The plan aims to extend from strawberries to tomatoes peaches and cantaloupes as car lot data expand.
A tiny dermestes beetle believed carried in tobacco near the White House explains why cushions in the red room sank flat and shed stuffing. A furniture dealer reveals the bug hidden inside a cushion as officials ponder whose cigarettes caused the invasion. The president does not smoke.
The Treasury Department reports towels marked with the department’s insignia were frequently stolen by visitors. To curb losses a hand drying machine was installed, using a hooded air system. A ten second cycle dries hands as visitors step on a floor pedal.
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