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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
2
London Leader reports that workers in the House of Peers archives faced snakes from dust-filled volumes. When documents were moved to the interior ministry stacks a flat-headed snake bit a man on the lip and he died within thirty minutes. Employed staff refuse to descend again.
A Newark mother reports her six week old son’s eczema turning his face into a raw crust despite visits to skin specialists. After using Cuticura Remedies the eruption improved and fully healed over time, with no return expected.
Merchants’ association cites losses running into thousands yearly from thefts during transfer from ships to importing houses. George W. Wanmaker, port of New York appraiser, estimates annual robberies at about 50000 dollars. Thieves target small consignments and operate on piers before appraisers assess goods.
A 2000 page collection from the Tilton Beecher case sold at Anderson auction rooms in New York City. Only two bidders, won by Mr. Stevenson for 312 dollars. The lot included Theodore Tilton’s courtroom chronology and letters between Tilton, his wife, and children, plus Emma R. Moulton narratives and Mr. Moulton’s vindication.
An American visitors group at a Welsh church parochial school hears a pupil describe George Washington as an American general who told the truth. The moment ends with a quiet audience as the joke lands on the simple wit of the schoolboy.
An anecdote from Everybody's Magazine describes a routine at the Bank of England where every employee must sign in and note lateness. Usually fog causes tardiness and the first signer writes fog with others copying ditto. One day the first late man cited wife had twins, prompting twenty others to sign ditto as well.
A Michigan reader describes stomach and nerve relief after a year of indigestion. After doubting ads, she tried Grape-Nuts and regained appetite, strength, and motivation in two months. The letter, from Postum Co., lauds the product and invites readers to share genuine experiences.
The Washburn Times reports seventeen wolves shot in Douglas county over the past week. Officials call the hunt preservative due to the impact on deer populations. The Wisconsin Teachers' Association has doubled in membership since four years ago, and its Milwaukee convention this week will be its largest and most important ever.
The official order for the abandonment of Fort Keogh will recall the era thirty years ago when hostile Indians infested the region. Times have changed since General Custer and his men were slain at the Rosebud, marking a stark turn in the area’s history.
A high school fraternity initiation in Los Angeles involved branding with acid as an example of the reckless pranks seen in Greek letter societies. The piece calls for Los Angeles to begin a movement against Greek letter societies in high schools promptly to curb such acts.
Cape Cod growers reportedly withhold cranberries to prevent price collapse from a potential overbuying flood. Despite nationwide talk of short crops, sources indicate ample supply for this winter’s cranberry sauce needs.
The steamer Ligonea was hit by a tide off Diamond Shoal Light Ship. Officers report receding water swept many fish onto the deck, filling the icebox with cod hake and haddock. Sailors call it the prize fish story of the year.
The Netherlands had set November 1 as the deadline to revoke a decree prohibiting transshipment of goods for Venezuelan ports at Curacao. The date has passed, and Netherlands may resort to force to enforce its aim, with possible blockades on Venezuelan ports being considered as the next move.
The Sandy Hook lightship will be taken from its historic post as the Ambrose channel project lengthens voyage routes into New York bay. Mariners expect missing the old vessel will trigger calls for restoration while transatlantic racers seek a new mark for westward voyages completion.
Chicago health commissioner notes six tons of soot fall on an acre at Michigan avenue and Park row from railroad locomotives. He argues for electric traction at rail terminals and for cleaner coal burning to cut waste. He adds thousands of tons of fuel are blown from locomotive stacks annually in the United States.
New York City with thirty seven recreation piers may enclose them to house 10000 unemployed men during winter. Dock commissioner plans to proceed unless legal obstacles arise. The idea could prompt similar schemes in other cities facing winter homelessness.
The passenger steamer Luckenbach reached San Juan Porto Rico after four days of smoke and flames in her hold. Captain confined the blaze to prevent air ingress and led a disciplined fight, earning safe arrival for passengers through coolness and resolve amid terrifying odds.
Vice-Consul Chanter reports 500000 Russians moved into Siberia from European Russia in the past year. Each colonist received thirty seven acres of land free with no taxes in year one and only half the regular tax in year two. He foresees Siberia becoming an inviting country and expects social improvements to affect the empire's future.
The Mohonk Conference argues that Hawaii travel rights under the coastwise shipping act should be loosened. Hawaiians cannot travel on foreign ships to the Pacific coast without a 200 dollar fine, and American ships are scarce, causing delays up to ten days. The proposal seeks parity so American travelers can move coast to island as freely as foreigners.
Slowness in immigration is shown as six great ocean liners recently landed 2623 steerage passengers in one day over the past year, far short of a normal 10,000. Economies in hard times reduce travel, though ship company receipts from steerage have fallen.
Marconi foresees a world where electric propulsion replaces steam power, storing energy in batteries and using solar energy to cut coal use. He argues education enhances leadership and personal growth, predicting scientists and college-educated individuals shape a more enlightened, disciplined society. The essay appears from the New York Independent.
In a broad essay the author argues college training equips leaders to solve future American problems. He asserts college graduates develop clear thinking, weigh evidence, discern values, and unite disparate phenomena. He acknowledges others may also rise but stresses trained minds guide great consolidations.
The essay argues chivalry persists in modern times though the term is old fashioned. Men show care in dealings with women friends yet often misjudge personal connections. They rarely select truly fine companions, preferring attractive, talkative partners seen in college days and social circles.
A historical profile traces Emma Goldman born in 1870 to her rise as the so called Queen of the Anarchists. It details her early life in Russia and Germany, immigration to America, dressmaking work, unions with Alexander Berkman, and a long history of clashes with police and authorities across Newark Paterson New York Philadelphia and Chicago. The narrative links her to major events including the 1901 McKinley assassination and Bresci’s ties to her, noting repeated arrests, trials, and deportments as authorities seek to curb her influence.
Cook County jail and government spent 30000 dollars and deployed 200 detectives to prove Emma Goldman’s connection to the Czolgosz act, but lacking evidence she was discharged and sent East. Goldman appears youthful with chestnut hair, small hands, and keen eyes behind glasses, speaking in a calm low voice without gestures and wearing black to sharpen her image.
A concise history notes that forks were rare and costly in England until the late 17th century, with kings using only fingers and a royal ewer for hand washing. It traces the rise of forks from royal households to common use, with Elizabeth possibly first to use a fork and Sheffield steel enabling widespread adoption.
A collage of notes on Bohemian tricycles for mail duties and eye blink rates, Oxford bells, suffrage editors, barmaids, pioneering women like Annie Peck, tidal lengthening of days, goats as the poor man’s cow, Fayum elephants origin, Emily Treat as court reporter, William Smith College opening, Finnish Parliament women, and a London exhibition doll story.
Five year old Samuel, visiting the settlement meeting place of the big brothers club, resists sitting with the group and prefers standing for the picnic. On the ferry and beach he travels on foot, tiring but eager, finally urged to sit by the club leader who invites him to join and he declines to sit due to his best pants.
A Lady argues that beautiful dressing is an art essential to grace and charm, lamenting the decline of picturesque attire and urging that someone must keep extravagance in women's dress, questioning whether it is wicked.
Mrs Lenora Bodenhamer of Kernersville North Carolina writes of long stomach trouble and nerves finding relief after following Dr Hartman instructions with Peruna and Manalin She notes the remedy cured her and urges others with similar symptoms to try Peruna The letter is one of many on file praising the product.
A group of Caroline islanders sailed from March last year toward Japan, about 1200 miles away, but were wrecked in a typhoon after less than a week. They drifted at sea for two months, endured scant food and rainwater, and were eventually rescued near North Formosa. Only one remained fully conscious. two died within hours, others recovered. The voyage supports long Pacific drift stories of island populations.
John Roberts, a Watkins well driller, bought an old junk pump for 10 cents from Angelo Dupree. Breaking it up at a well, he found $4000 in mostly $20 gold pieces, the latest coin date 1888. Roberts deposited the find at Farmers and Merchants Bank, awaiting rightful owner. junk dealer to inspect pumps before disposal.
An experimental Berlin postal system replaces pneumatic tubes with miniature electric trains in a six by two and a half foot tunnel. Trains run on a double track, pulled by a roof conductor, with electric brakes and a block system to prevent collisions. If successful, the scheme may be adopted in other European cities.
A Bohemian Magazine line hints at restless night thoughts of being a millionaire. The playful verse tag suggests satire on wealth and sleep, underscoring a satirical mood in the magazine’s humor column.
The article notes that protection is granted in sixty four countries and obtaining a patent in each would cost around fifteen thousand dollars.
A new automobile uses a system that pulls air dust into a box where it is moistened and returned to the road, reducing visible dust emissions.
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