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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
6
A moral urging warns young couples about the harm of ill temper and nagging in marriage. Small disputes grow into lasting rifts, turning home into a cold, formal place where love fades and peace dies, like a sunless room awaiting light.
The text discusses a husband as too sweet and a dandy with swell manners and clattering tongue. It notes a fever that passes, often leaving a perverse taste, and that good hearted, industrious spouses struggle with visions of an idealized early romance after marriage.
The article argues wives shape home life through culture and character, urging women to seek industrious, gentle, self denying, pure partners. It emphasizes that a woman’s inner qualities form her true dowry and determine the home’s virtue, not outward wealth or looks.
A list outlines ideal female duties and virtues including domestic management, restraint, self reliance, temper control, care for family and sick, and modest self presentation. It emphasizes marriage for a husband’s worth, motherhood, exercise, reading beyond novels, and maintaining cheerfulness.
A health note argues that cosmetics fail to improve skin by purifying and enriching the blood through a healthy liver. Green's August Flower is advertised as aiding liver function, cleansing blood, easing constipation and biliousness, and aiding sleep. One bottle costs 25 cents trial size and 75 cents regular, sold at Frost & Spies.
A rousing exhortation urges people to lend a helping push to neighbors in trouble and to act boldly. It argues that lift and effort reduce suffering and that using one’s strength and conscience in service makes life brighter and the world more full of work.
A contemplation on education as personal growth through interaction with others. It argues education involves action and influence, not just study, and highlights that each person develops uniquely by varying experiences and environments. George W. Martin reflects on Kingsley and the Boston Globe observation.
An illustrated 40 page trap book and fur catalog features 46 wild animals in natural colors with gun and trap pricing. It promises postpaid delivery for 10c stamps or silver and offers free to those who ship or buy from N. W. Hide & Fur Co. in Minneapolis Minnesota.
The article explains haute lisse Gobelin weaving with vertical warp and two horizontal cylinders, noting looms date from Louis XIV and vary 12 to 23 feet. It details warp preparation, thread spacing, tension, and the artist’s tracing method, plus historical use of wool cotton and silk in tapestry production.
A historical overview tracks trial by jury from Ethelred II when sheriff and twelve thanes swore to fair acts to 1176 when jurors were mostly witnesses. Under Edward I witnesses joined jurors, they lost judicial power, while jurors became judges of testimony, leading to later full separation of roles.
A Guinea plant described as towering to sixty feet with crimson fragrant blossoms. Its fruit resembles enormous cannon balls, earning its name. Some say the name also comes from the noise of bursting balls. Shells yield domestic utensils and contents supply acids sugar gum and medicines for illness.
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