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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
6
A Baltimore speech by William J. Bryan from January 20, 1900 is cited to warn against discerning true prophets from false ones. It invokes the Bible phrase By their fruits ye shall know them to contrast genuine spiritual guidance with deception.
A historical note cites William J. Bryan's 1892 tariff speech predicting tenant farming and landowner prosperity under free trade. It links rising grain and livestock prices to farm wealth and notes land values doubling since his speech. Mentions National Irrigation Act and Republican conservation shaping the West as an agricultural hub.
An 1896 debate excerpt contrasts Bryan’s fiery attacks on the gold standard with a 1908 counterclaim praising the gold standard as a foundation of prosperity. The piece cites speeches urging or condemning the metal standard amid farm mortgage and education impacts.
The excerpt recalls William J. Bryan’s 1900 speech urging resistance to imperialism and preserving the Fourth of July spirit. It contrasts fears of empire with a growing pride in American citizenship and the enduring meaning of 1776 across the populace.
A 1904 anti Roosevelt piece quotes William J Bryan criticizing Roosevelt as militarist. It argues Roosevelt embodies peace and sets the United States as a leading world power while praising Taft and noting Parker's stance against corporate influence.
The piece notes William J. Bryan's 1906 stance that railroads are monopolies and should be owned by the public. It contrasts his view with the Federal Rate Law, arguing regulation alone cannot curb abuses and that government ownership would be the remedy.
The New York Herald notes Cartagena Colombia as possibly the oldest walled city in the hemisphere. The sea length wall encloses a once wealthy era, with flat tops and sentry boxes. The government prison near the sea still holds cells now visited by tourists. Exquisite carvings on shell and wood are sold by prisoners.
A Cleveland Leader item recalls a well known author roaming Arkansas for local color. He asks escape options in a fragile hotel room on the third floor. The landlord's grim reply suggests showing the night watchman a paid bill and tying up the bulldog.
A lighthearted exchange between a husband and wife highlights a plan to visit mutual friend Weller Smikeson. The husband declines visiting the friend tonight due to feeling unwell and needing some cheering up himself.
The quote recalls Tom Hood describing a meeting of a man and a lion. He quips the man ran off with all his might and the lion with all his mane. The remark notes that a man looks better when he carries himself well than when friends try to carry him.
A primary class in a young ladies' school competes with the senior class in composition. Sadie M. offers a witty piece on nails, naming four kinds. A science aside explains why insects hesitate at nets while birds pass through, due to eye structure and mesh perception.
The Buffalo Times reports on the U.S. Treasury Building security with armed guards alarms every twenty minutes and hourly patrols. Secret Service operatives in plain clothes watch both inside and outside. Even a tunnel would crush a burglar, and ten thousand dollars in double eagles weighs thirty eight pounds while forty million dollars in gold certificates weigh eleven and a half pounds.
A Harper's Weekly note recalls Daniel O Connells clash with reporting errors in Parliament The piece cites acoustic issues and buzzing conversations as factors in misreporting O Connell The episode ended with an apology and resolution. It also mentions Lord Lyttleton in 1871 and Lord Monteagle whose names were omitted from London papers for two years due to reporters dislike.
A sea saga from an East India ship recalls a coffin, a grindstone used as ballast, a boy swallowed by a shark, and a later sighting of the boy at the grindstone inside the shark. The captain, now eighty, corroborates the yarn as a true fish story.
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