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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
3
A poorly dressed woman drops fifty cents at a Subway turnstile and accuses the agent of cheating. Mr. Jones retrieves the coin and returns it to her, prompting a back and forth as she misdirects the act toward another man who had earlier passed. The exchange ends with the man boarding a train as Mr. Jones remains polite.
A New England fourth grade class struggles to grasp triplets as three quarter notes under a brace equal two quarters. In frustration a teacher asks what three babies born at the same time are called and a boy replies accidentals, recalling the lesson.
A neighbor’s cook reports to mammy that Skeeter Jim has taken a new wife. Mammy responds with sly humor about fat and lean, likening the situation to a needle in a haystack. The exchange captures informal rural speech and social chatter.
The line urges completing arrangements before acting on a decisive emotional shift. It frames letting go as a staged plan tied to a critical mental moment. The wording implies preparation, timing, and control over a difficult personal transition.
A brief reflection on how self-made men often overlook the virtue of agreeableness and how death may favor those who shine, while such shining marks remain rare.
A Rome New York matron details coffee intolerance and a life changing health rebound after switching to Postum. She reports improved blood, digestion, nerves, and appetite with ongoing good health and urges readers to read The Road to Wellville. Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan endorses the letter as genuine.
In Canton China a water clock, the Slepsydra, remains a practical timepiece since its erection around 1324 A.D. Four copper jars rise in steps as top jars fill and drain to the lowest, driving a float indicator that marks twelve hours per cycle. Despite modern clocks, locals still rely on this relic housed in a seventeenth century gate while street life and bookshops flourish nearby.
The piece notes New York has invited British clerics like Jowett after studies of the cross Atlantic exchange in higher learning. It questions why America continues to import ministers for top pulpits while domestic theologians and pulpit orators seem underrepresented and piety or learning is queried.
A Boston shoe manufacturer asserts that women’s feet have grown larger in recent years. He notes a shift from No 4 to No 5 or No 6, with wider widths. Investigators cite women’s increased activity and taller stature as factors behind the change.
Chicago police chief McWeeney announces a 1911 bathing season code of morals and dress. Women must wear skirts below the knees bloomers with skirts sleeved suits and stockings, while men wear shirts and trunks. Police will enforce beach proprieties with officers giving guidance sessions.
Seventeen senior co-eds at UC Berkeley refused to allow male chorus members to embrace them after a dance in the commencement week play The Hop King. Coach Fred Carlisle and cast members tried to ease the tension, but the scene was dropped for now.
The Union of South Africa reports a halt on arrivals of cattle sheep and pigs from Great Britain due to a foot and mouth outbreak. No landings will be allowed until further notice as notified by the high commissioner.
Edwin A. Brown of Denver known as the millionaire tramp has ended his latest quest into the lives of the poor. He arrived in New York in overalls and says he will quit the pursuit of the seamy side of life.
Walter Duryea, crippled athlete and broker, leaves about 1.5 million dollars to Miss Eleanor Peregrine, a trained nurse who cared for him as house keeper for 12 years. She receives 50000 outright 30000 in trust a Montclair New Jersey house and the residue after legacies. Duryea endured a diving injury and lived in a harness yet managed his affairs and advocated municipal lodging for the poor. Brown, a prisoner with a fixed low income, promotes shelter projects and plans a postwar tour to study the tramp problem in Europe. He will sail to Europe next month to study the issue in Germany.
In Lexington Kentucky Squire Abner Oldham paused to clear his throat before pronouncing the marriage words for Charles Stanford and Mrs Ida Bryant. A county clerk deputy halted the ceremony upon learning Stanford was 19, through a notice filed by his mother, and Stanford retrieved the license fee of $20.
A leading Young Men's Christian Association athletic class member is described as outspoken in condemning women wearing harem skirts. The speaker wonders who he is, recalling him seen last week in a runner's suit down Main Street.
The piece notes that several states require tuberculosis reporting and registration while a large list of states and territories lack any reporting provisions. It highlights contrasts among states such as Connecticut and New York, and lists 28 areas with no reporting requirements for TB cases.
Saskatoon’s English-speaking agricultural community enjoys prosperity from rich soil. Farmers are urged to participate in local property schemes and invest energy and ability. For information, write to the Commissioner, Board of Trade, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Western Canada.
A dialogue from The United Presbyterian features a teacher and Tommy debating how to handle a $100 bequest from a man who died. Tommy suggests praying for someone like him instead of the deceased.
Advertises Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and urges checking for the signature of In Use For Over 300 Sears. Children cry for Fetcher's Castoria and the ad emphasizes trusted branding and long use.
A fragmentary exchange satirizes gradual moral reform and fashionable eccentricities. A missionary boasts of persuading a cannibal tribe to adopt knives and forks, while a jester-like remark mocks laxatives and self explanation as philosophy.
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