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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
6
A lean steeple jack ascends a towering chimney using two bo s n s chairs three L shaped pegs and a hammer with a ball of twine. He rigs holds and hangs chairs at successive pegs to reach the summit and set ropes scaffolding and pulleys for safe inspection and repair.
A sharp tongue comment from Miss Redpepp circulates about a husband and wife. The husband then confesses he indeed picked up Redpepp at a bargain counter bar, recalling she was the prettiest girl behind one.
A dialogue fragment shows a showman refusing a salary and proposing to pay for sustenance in return for a four week fast. The exchange highlights a barter setup where the performer seeks compensation through meals rather than money.
A compact line extols friendship as a rich and complete method of progress, attributed to Phillips Brooks. It frames friendship as a superior form of support and growth compared to other paths.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt describes the early spring appearance of the jellyfish Sarsia mirabilis. The piece paints a vivid image of the medusa's transformation from a tiny particle to a bell and four trailing tentacles, noting its sensory abilities and unheadded form as it pulses forward like an Ariel of the deep.
Readable excerpts describe visual misperceptions on travel and architecture, including train distance effects and wall perspective. A humorous note recounts Tommy Bardell’s class misnaming his football team the Tornadoes, then revealing they are not even a fog.
Keighley Snowden argues in Fortnightly Review that express drivers live under strict scrutiny and penalties for lateness. He notes engines vary, requiring drivers to know each machine well and stay current with time sheets and signals. The timetable becomes a driver’s moral law, shaping his career and life.
A London Answers item recalls Suzie a girl who spells words aloud to comic effect. She struggles with the rule doubling letters and, in class, alters a classic line by saying Double up Jane The sun has risen, provoking laughter and a teaching moment.
A Philadelphia school board member recalls a northern Pennsylvania school where the master disciplines pupil focus. A boy devotes more attention to pie than arithmetic. the teacher scolds William for listening with one ear and eating pie with the other, illustrating stern classroom discipline.
In northern India sheep serve as burden carriers along steep Himalayan paths. Each sheep bears sixteen to twenty pounds of grain in a small bag while farmers shear wool in towns and reload the animals with grain for the journey home.
A Londoner visitor tells of a Yorkshireman turned away at the British Museum due to a close day. The guard explains the museum is shut for burial after a mummy died on Tuesday, and the visitor apologizes and departs.
Itching bleeding or bulging piles find relief with Dean's ointment. Chronic cases are said to be soon relieved and finally cured. Druggists everywhere stock it.
In York shire a man jumps into a stream to save a boy who fell overboard. A nearby farmer praises him and suggests a Humane Society medal. The man shrugs off praise, explaining the boy kept bait in his pockets and that the rescue was instinctive.
A small south side church janitor raises several chickens in a yard enclosure and sells eggs to church members. A customer asks for a dozen eggs within days, and the janitor offers to deliver but the housewife objects to Sunday delivery. He shrugs that it makes no difference to the shells.
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