Washburn Editor Nels M Oscar 1908 Dispatch
Nels M Oscar editor reports from Washburn Wisconsin on September 3 1908 with local notices and community news highlights.
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Nels M. Oscar
Washburn, Wis
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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
4
Political chatter and 1908 campaign signals
The piece mocks Pennsylvania drifting Democratic in 1908 and notes Republican reluctance to nominate. It cites Texas with six gubernatorial candidates and jokes about Bryan riding a new donkey. It mentions a suppressed Russian book and Uncle Joe Cannon stumping with weak quorum challenges.
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Texas
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
United States
Joe Cannon
Wanted to Buy Desk Roll Top at Once
Public notice offers a four and a half foot wide roll top desk for immediate purchase. Readers are asked to inquire at the office for full particulars and details of the item and terms.
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Central
Gondolas Glide Through Venice in Sentient Silence
A vignette on Venice canals and gondolas describes the gondola as a nearly living guide obeying its operator. It notes the distinct gondolier calls, the city’s musical atmosphere, and how death is treated with communal tenderness as an aging gondolier is honored with a brass band in the quarter.
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Venice
Petrarch
Paolo
Santa Sofia
Rialto
Vance Thompson
Outing Magazine
Sturgeon Backbone Soup Vesiga and Maritime Delicacies
The dried backbone of sturgeon yields vesiga, a nutritious soup rivaling beche de mer and turtle in vigor and flavor. Gathered in large quantities across the Indian archipelago for the China market, varieties include Macasser scarlet trapang Ku roke trapang from Borneo Leuconia black trapang and more. Properly prepared it is highly esteemed and costs about 2.50 per pound.
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Indian Archipelago
China
Borneo
Leuconia
Leaving Home Advice for Young Men to Seek Work Abroad
Frederic Shelford argues that men aged twenty five to thirty five gain value from traveling and working overseas. He emphasizes learning languages, new cultures, and adventures as a way to break from home restrictions and grow personally and professionally.
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Frederic Shelford
Refund guarantee for Green's Syrup of Tar bottles
A notice from Fox Bros offers a full refund on a 56 cent bottle of Green's warrantee Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold and a 25 cent bottle offered to prove satisfaction with money refunded.
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Fox Bros
Horse and Dog Contact With Civilization Lesson
John Burroughs argues in Outing Magazine that dogs and horses show limited intelligence compared to wild relatives. He contends human training cannot increase their innate reasoning, noting that domestication does not raise mental capacity.
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Plains
John Burroughs
Outing Magazine
Saxon roots in suburban house names noted in Hastings
The article observes that house names in Hastings and St. Leonards often use Saxon terms like hurst wood and holt. Such endings are considered pretty and safe for names. It notes the irony of names like The Maples and Sunnyside and suggests Saxon influence recalls historic Hastings.
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Lake District
Fleet Street
Bois de Boulogne
Hurst
Wood
Holt
Hastings
St. Leonards
English Mayors Display Regal Regalia Across Cities
The London Standard notes pomp in English towns with mayors wielding symbols of office. Chichester’s chief magistrate bears a gold mounted malacca cane, Guildford’s mayor carries a Queen Elizabeth gifted stick, York officials use silver mounted oak staves, and Ripon’s mayor has a municipal kettle blower who blows three blasts nightly at nine near the mayoral residence.
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Chichester
Guildford
York
Ripon
Khern
London Standard
Wisconsin Bayfield County Court Seeks Quiet Title For Large Land Block
In a 1908 action in Bayfield County, Musser Sauntry Land Logging & Manufacturing seeks to quiet title to vast tracts in multiple sections across townships 43 and 44 north of ranges 8 and 9 west, naming numerous heirs and trustees as defendants. Defendants are summoned to appear within twenty days.
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State of Wisconsin
Bayfield County
Musser Sauntry Land, Logging & Manufacturing Company
John L. Goodwin
Nettie A. Goodwin
W. J. Holcomb
W. P. Massuere
Nancy A. Massuere
Louis D. Massuere
Lizzie Massaere
Susan Almira Proctor
Henry Proctor
Ella A. Robertson
T. H. Robertson
Adam Comstock
David Massaere
Clara A. Thomas
George A. Thomas
Frederick Ayer
Ellen M. Chambers
Harold M. Chambers
Ethlyn M. Chambers
William G. Chambers
Margery A. Chambers
Nada I. Chambers
Gayfield
Wisconsin
Township Forty-five
A Clock in a Bottle by German Clockmaker H Resin
A German clockmaker from Gommer near Magdeburg built a clock in a bottle using a forty-five millimeter cylinder escapement. He cut the plate into halves to fit through the neck and assembled a tripod stand inside the bottle. The dial is a twenty centimeter ground glass plate with skeleton numbers, lit from behind, and a ringed cap seals the opening.
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Gommer
Magdeburg
H. Resin
Technical World
The Tongue as a Tell-Tale Sign of Drinkers
Old New York Press quote asserts the tongue reveals alcohol use when other signs fail. It notes tremulous tongue indicates nervous disease often linked to excess alcohol, and argues employers should test by having a candidate stick out their tongue to detect deceit.
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New York Press
From Old Shoes to Combs in a factory yard
A chemist describes converting vast piles of old boots and shoes into combs for luxurious hair. Leather is chipped, sulfur-bathed, washed, ground to powder, mixed with glue, and pressed into comb molds. The caption notes a personal preference for rubber alternatives.
The Overcoat and its Climate of Thought
An excerpt contrasts overcoats with hygienic needs, arguing weight and warmth are not the same. It warns heavy coats tax the body’s resources and hinder insulation efficiency, citing the London Lancet.
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London
What a Woman Says
In a brief quip from Chicago News a man and woman debate whether a wife always means what she says. The exchange contrasts courtship with married life and ends with a humorous assertion by Singleton about marital honesty.
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Singleton
Chicago News
Novel Melodrama Idea Lights Snowstorm by Cigar
The Washington Herald quotes a plan for a melodrama where the villain sets a snowstorm ablaze by lighting a cigar. The exchange playfully explores an improbable dramatic effect.
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Washington Herald
Heavy Work Friction Over Kitchen Tasks
Dialogue shows Mr. and Mrs. Younghub debating bread baking and household strength. He criticizes her for heavy work and asks for restraint. The exchange captures domestic tension over labor, capability, and norms.
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Mr. Younghub
Lack Right Qualities In Mrs Hix And Mrs June
A quoted critique from Smith's Weekly questions gender traits noting Mrs Hix and Mrs June appear masculine in demeanor and reaction to illness. The piece mocks how women are perceived to overreact to pain compared with men.
Retrenching Says They Still Have Their Auto
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes retrenchment is underway yet asserts the subjects still possess and operate their car within legal limits, framing the stance with a sharp aside.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Brussels Sprouts Easy to Grow and Profitable
Brusk sprouts are a cabbage relative that forms multiple small edible heads in leaf axils. Seed should be sown in open ground early, transplant when three inches high, space rows 24 to 30 inches apart, and water well after moving. In cold climates heads are stored in pits or cold frames for winter use.
Growing rhubarb a profitable low effort crop
A guide to growing Linnaeus rhubarb as an early tender variety. Plant six feet apart rows four feet apart with four foot in-row spacing, harvest by bundling five to six stalks, trim leaves, and mulch with straw manure in fall. Expected yield around 35 to 40 dollars per acre per month.
Spraying Potato Vines Guidance
W J Green advises growers to begin spraying when potato vines reach six inches, and to spray every ten days or two weeks. Rainy seasons require more frequent applications to counter wash-off and disease spread, while dry seasons lessen spraying needs.
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W. J. Green
Alfalfa Growth Requires Dry or Well-Drained Soil
A farmer notes that alfalfa fails in wet soils. If a four foot post hole shows water, growth is unlikely. The old saying “Alfalfa will not grow with wet feet” reflects the need for dry, deeply penetrable soil for healthy roots.
Pin in Ice Cream Sparks Serious Tone at Uptown Tea Room
A New York clubman recalls finding a pin in his ice cream at an uptown tea room. The waiter reacts gravely, saying the pin cost a worker his job, while the clubman warns the danger of not chewing ice cream. The exchange ends with a grim quip about patrons sipping, not chewing.
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New York
New York Times
Pity for Punishments Then and Now
The passage contrasts past brutal punishments such as burning at the stake and the wheel with modern sensibilities. It argues that earlier ages showed little pity for suffering, while contemporary society has become more tender and humane toward those afflicted.
Debate Topic Remembrance Causes Laughter at Meeting
A Washington Star line recalls a feminine society meeting where members forget the debated topic yet recall voting on it. One member asks for the subject, another jokes about remembering only their vote, highlighting light clubroom confusion.
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Feminine Society
Washington Star
The Problem Solved Cartoon Pivot
A joke exchanges a tip about preventing a spouse from taking money. Newed asks how to stop the habit, Oldwed replies he spends every cent before returning home, illustrating a humorous marital quip from the Chicago News.
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Newed
Chicago News
Deed Over Words Emphasized by Minister and Woman
A minister tells a woman that deeds matter more than words while she questions. The exchange includes a question about sending a telegram as a measure of action. The Detroit Free Press caption captures a moral prompt on tangible acts over talk.
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Detroit Free Press
Unclear excerpt ends with abrupt hospital moment
An ambiguous narrator praises a shared apartment as quiet and well heated. Bystanders then swiftly restrain the speaker as a call is made for a padded ambulance from an asylum, suggesting a sudden crisis.
His Extravagent Shopping Debate
Mrs Schopen argues she is thrifty in shopping while a friend questions her thriftiness. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Press under a light dean of domestic life tone.
Burns and the Slum Visit
A Glasgow philanthropist visited a slum house and asked a poor woman if she had read Burns. The wife showed a red burn on her arm from scalding steam and quipped that a burn remains red after heating.
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Glasgow
Must Have Had Experience
A Somerville Journal excerpt shows a reassuring man telling a woman not to worry as she fears a white blur on his coat. She sobs and hides her face, asking how he can be sure it will brush off.
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Charlie
Assistant Manager Wanted for County Territory
Wanted: vy Chicago who est and must order hou. assistant manager (man or woman) for the county and adjoining territory Salary $20 and expenses paid weekly, expense money advanced. Work pleasant, position permanent. No investments or experience required. Spare time valuable. Write at once for full particulars and enclose self addressed envelope. SUPERINTENDENT, 132 Lake St. Chicago, il.
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Chicago
Lake St
Prepared for minor injuries with Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil
The ad urges readiness for cuts burns and bruises and promises instant pain relief and quick wound healing from Dr Thomas Electric Oil.
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Thomas
Times Printing Services Availability
When you want anything in the line of jou printing The Times can supply your wants in first class shape.
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The
Times
German Syrup touted as cure for consumption
Frost and Spies advertise Boschee's German Syrup as the only market remedy that relieves and cures consumption. The ad claims the formula includes pure tar and other ingredients praised by medical congresses, promising rest, relief from dry coughing, easy morning expectoration, and faster recovery with fresh air and good food. Small bottle 25 cents, regular 75 cents.
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Boschee
Frost & Spies
Fur Dept Catalog Seeks Trade for Hides and Furs
An illustrated 400 page SOW TO TRAP WILD ANIMALS catalog lists 46 animals in natural colors, a fur calendar, gun and trap catalog, and prices. It offers free catalogs to those who ship to or buy from N. W. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis, Minn. Postage paid by 10 cent stamps or silver.
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Fur Dept
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Mivu
New York Men Exchange Brimstone Bouquet Duel
Mr. McCarren and Mr. Murphy of New York engage in a curious hippy diversion presenting each other with beautiful bouquet of brimstone as a playful exchange.
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Mr. McCarren
Mr. Murphy
New York
Boquet
Brimestone
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