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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
2
The Washburn Times notes heavy scoring as football starts and warns the coroner tracks early-season injuries. It mentions the French order for Wright brothers planes totaling 100000, implying air navigation costs are lower than auto travel, and comments on rule changes and ongoing football hazards.
The acting Signal Service chief allows the Wright brothers more time to demonstrate their aeroplane. The nation supports their effort and Wilbur Wright's near hour flight at Le Mans is cited as more significant than earlier calm weather flights, showing the aircrafts superiority in windy conditions.
A Denver man accuses the administration of a benevolent forestry service alienating western voters over timber deals. He notes timber speculators trigger deforestation and argues saving forests on nonagricultural lands may be endorsed by posterity.
In Delphi Indiana a senior class member shot a junior after a flag was removed from the roof. The weapon a double barreled shotgun was supplied by a senior girl. The incident underscores dangerous school rivalries and violent outbursts among students.
The gasbag burst after reaching over a mile in height, raising questions about balloon fabric quality. Despite few prior accidents, the aviation boom is driving balloon makers to push limits, urging stricter material inspection.
Chicago school authorities battle secret high school fraternities and sororities after a girl is rejected for joining a sorority because her mother is a telegraph operator. The girl leaves school. officials argue such secret societies foster snobbery and must be rooted out.
Text notes that ancient Egyptians worshiped cats and Japan respects them. Mikado era hospital authorities advocate releasing many cats to combat bubonic plague by targeting rats and chipmunks. An export demand could raise prices for common domestic cats in Pacific coast cities.
A New York Yacht Club envoy reports Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock dominating the season just ending by capturing three fourths of the prizes. The victory should spur New York yachtsmen to invite Lipton back for another challenge rather than oppose further racing.
Secretary Metcalfs instructions to Rear Admiral Sperry on the fleet stay at Manila due to cholera show U S authorities are alert and prepared to oppose the epidemic with all sanitary measures. The note argues Russia would have avoided an outbreak with prompt precautions and Europe would face less threat.
The Grand Saginaw Valley Deep Waterways Association, formed by six Michigan cities, pushes a canal from Lake Michigan at Grand Haven to Saginaw bay while critics say harbor improvements at terminals would be wiser. They compare the proposal to a longer waterway from Lake Michigan to Lake Erie via Michigan and Ohio to the Maumee River. Steamers would favor a nearby shortcut over canal navigation from Grand River to Saginaw bay.
Two Honolulu physicians claim to have cured a leper with a formula from the Imperial Medical School director in Constantinople. they seek publication. Meanwhile Louisiana leprosy ward doctors report cures through cleanliness proper nourishment and sanitary care.
U S Justice Brewer argues the constitution originally set a seven year term with ineligibility and that a longer term would better shield individuals from majority tyranny. He notes modern power is checked by impeachment and constitutional limits, while lawyers must defend clients against public odium and public opinion.
A social essay by Helen Oldfield argues that casual greetings and dances often spark gossip about romance. It suggests most attentions are simple, not marital, and that genuine love may grow from friendship.
Attorney James M. Beck argues that lawyers are viewed unfavorably because fiction portrays lawyers in exaggeration and unfavorable light. He contends the professional lawyer is a steady conservative force, overshadowed by dramatic literary types.
Williamsport Grit describes Koryak whale feast rites in Northeastern Siberia. The host’s pleasure centers the ceremony as beluga is captured from ice fissures, the head kept as a guest, and the meat shared while humor and ritual endure.
A New York Sun feature recalls a grocer in upper Manhattan serving light housekeeping customers. Tales include Delmonico steak cut to skillet size, a tiny turkey shopper with a tape measure, four sweet potatoes, and frugal cheese buys, all illustrating small, amusing purchases by young, jolly customers that keep clerks entertained.
An account of high altitude parachute jumps by Misses Louie May and Dolly Shepard from 14 000 feet likely setting a long drop record. It recalls early pioneers like Prof Baldwin and tragic losses of Higgins Van Tassel and Edith Brookes, with occasional near-misses from Wakefield to Glasgow.
George H. Clapp’s bulldog pursues a woodchuck into its den and stays all night. Unable to retreat, the dog keeps its grip on the prey until morning, revives after eating and drinking, and devours about two quarts of unguarded ice cream left nearby.
A Worcester Telegram note describes a dog at a party becoming dazed and ending with a comic fall into a bucket of lemonade, capturing a faded, lighthearted moment from a social gathering.
A well known English artist in Paris expressed that life would be unbearable without mushrooms and luncheon would feel like a farce. He is a good French scholar, but has forgotten the French word for mushrooms. The anecdote notes he cannot recall the name, making explanations difficult after receiving toothpicks.
In Paris a waiter confesses ignorance of the Englishman’s order. The artist uses the bill of fare as a canvas and draws a mushroom on the back. The waiter exclaims tres bien and returns shortly with an umbrella, delivering a clever comic solution to the dining miscommunication.
A brief Life's Pictorial Comedy exchange shows Clarice pushing for a grand expense while Mr Goldleigh protests aloud seeking a check against excess. The scene contrasts parental restraint with a desire for indulgence.
A poem excerpt narrates vases from Tokio Greece and Ispahan boasting about fame and value while a Dublin maid laments dusting and bias. Meribah Philbrick Abbott appears in Lippincott's.
A chance meeting on a Santa Barbara beach leads two lovers to reveal engagements to others. Amid lingering jealousy and witty banter, the pair learn to value the present over future names as they drift on a sunlit raft. Two couples, Vera and Ralph, Kate and Beatty, confront shared fates and comic romance.
The piece traces the origin of printing and newspapers in New Mexico from the first press set up before 1821 to the emergence of daily papers after 1862. It notes key milestones including El Crepusculo, Santa Fe Republican, Santa Fe New Mexican, the telegraph era, and the 1882 Spanish edition El Nuevo Mexicano, owned by the New Mexican Printing Company led by Col. Max Frost.
A Berlin hotel porter found and crushed a valuable pearl pin to verify genuineness after a guest lost it. The owner agreed to refund half the pin’s value, 600 marks, and the porter will seek expert opinion for future finds.
An electrical salesman recalls a Maine town barroom discussion when lights failed and a local man blamed slack wires and short circuits rather than wind. The tale illustrates regional knowhow and the old rube’s blunt practical view of electrical distribution.
Professor Byron Cummings of the University of Utah reports that southeastern Utah’s San Juan county mesas and cliffs once housed a sizable, skilled population. Excavations near Monticello reveal large ruins with many kivas, defensive rims, and extensive pueblo dwellings suggesting a large number of clans. The exploration was led by the American Society of Archaeology with Harvard scholars joining.
The Dundee Advertiser reports that the moat defending Torquilstone castle has been drained. The site aligns with Todwick manor near Todwick church, about half a mile from the former trysting tree in Harthill walk. A queen oak was planted by the Duke of Leeds on the historic spot.
In Talawakele area a vast underground tunnel with many entries is said to hide elephant graves. English planters recount elephants dying in jungles and vanishing. natives claim death occurs in an underground cave yet no cave has been found. A finder could win a fortune.
A New York man recounts indigestion relief after trying Grape-Nuts with cream breakfast. He reports acid stomach vanished by week one and full recovery by week two, with renewed lunchtime appetite. The letter promotes Postum Co. and cites The Road to Wellville.
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