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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
2
Lipincott's notes compare European and American hotels, arguing the United States offers a higher standard with broader, more generous services. The author contrasts self service by electric button with Europe’s portier system and personal, less liberal administration, calling many essentials luxuries abroad.
An exchange at a Patriotic Order meeting ends with a coroner quip about his postmortem post. The gray bearded G. A. R. veteran jokes about not meeting at a campfire, calling Mayor Ashbridge a very queer brother.
A northern paper reprints 1836 London News notes explaining why people buried personal crisis reports at crossroads. The rite mixed superstition with Christian charity as churches denied rites while fathers placed items beneath the cross for redemption and peace.
Cassell's Journal notes the eighteenth century misers Mr and Miss Dancer who hid £20,000 in odd places. The stash included £2,500 under a dunghill, £500 in an old coat, £600 in a teapot, and £2,000 in the chimney. Additional coin-filled jugs were placed in the stable loft.
The text recalls early English hostility to coffee around 1663 with sermons and presses denouncing it as "a poison" and "a strop of soot and essence of old shoes" while women joined the critique amid beverage controversies.
A Paris firm that makes religious statues describes saint making as a research driven craft. The proprietor details how discovering a saint’s era, dress, and martyrdom guides sculpting, citing Saint Fris a Roman captain martyred at twenty and Saint Anne a widow as examples. He notes how period informs costume while new commissions start with limited facts.
An ancient tale centers on Anceeus, king of Samos, who punished his slaves. A slave warns of fate with the proverb There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. As the king tastes wine, a boar ravages the vineyard and he dies rushing out, undrunk.
Nasturtiums are easy to grow and pretty for salads. Grow climbing types or Tom Thumbs in pots, sow shallowly in sun. Do not let seeds ripen on plants. Harvest green seeds when they swell, drop into white wine vinegar, cork tightly for a caper substitute appreciated by cooks.
The article describes paprika as a very delicious red pepper with a distinct flavor and mild heat. It notes its chief value is culinary use, heat enhances its flavor, and it can be used freely without irritating sensitive mouths. It compares paprika to Spanish black pepper which resembles it but is milder and mainly used in cooking.
A Chicago Post joke about a boy who misinterprets Washington's role. The teacher asks if Washington was a soldier or a sail, and the boy answers he is a soldier, reasoning from a picture of him crossing the Delaware. The humor rests on literalism and ignorance.
In Greenwich park near London a story recalls a spider entering an old telescope at the Greenwich observatory and spinning a web across the hollow space. The rare sight led astronomers to realize that even simple instruments can reveal hidden flaws in otherwise advanced equipment.
The article portrays Shuntsing, last emperor of the Mongol race, described as effeminate with monkey physiognomy yet skilled in mechanics. His noted work is a seven foot high box with three small temples on top and a central clock where fairies signal hours, with gods, genii, and suns and moons illustrated in side temples. Movements allegedly run by strings.
When European explorers arrived in the West Indies hogs did not thrive on Guiana islands. Bats prey on domesticated animals at night while forest creatures roam by day, forcing pigkeepers to cage and house domestic hogs to protect them from vampires. Peccaries remain free in the wild, untroubled by these nocturnal predators.
A waiter recounts a customer who left after asking for sausage and being told it would be ready soon. The tale turns to a comic misstep in the kitchen as the dog begins howling, prompting the proprietor to interrupt.
The English Exchange notes a shift toward homelessness as both men and women avoid settling in homes. People prefer hotel hopping, frequent dining out, and tea in public venues, signaling a collapse of domestic life and a rapid drift toward a homeless nation.
Jim Lukens a self styled aristocrat pursues and abducts Poppet a leading lady from Lady Dollydacks Park Lane circle. After a chase he seizes her in Hyde Park then drags her into St. Giles and she is forced into a life of travel and circus performances while Dollydacks mourns the loss of her protégée.
A traveling salesman tried to mail a silver dollar to his daughter by affixing a one cent stamp and labeling the coin as merchandise. A foreign friend warned him the dollar would be lost, but the daughter soon sent a letter confirming receipt of the dollar, proving mail safety and postal clerks' honesty.
A New York Herald excerpt depicts a couple on a couch with intense eye contact and whispered danger. The man confesses deep feeling while the woman warns of her father’s reaction, hinting at potential family tension and social implications.
A critique of food fad theories emphasizes a balanced diet for all parts of the body and warns that digestion issues spoil nutrients. The ad promotes Greene's August Flower as a remedy to aid digestion liver function purify blood and boost vitality available from Fox Bros with a special almanac offer.
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