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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
3
A child’s written tale recounts a shipwreck scene with Joan Jinny and the narrator starving and thin. John paces shore imagining rescue while they hope for mercy from Tom the hired man, then escape narrating a pirate life that ends as they walk away to safety.
A Harper's Bazar piece argues that every woman holds untapped powers and can use them to expand beauty, character, and influence. It urges self-directed growth through study, steady effort, and choosing one’s own path, while celebrating individual preferences in leisure and reading. It also notes varied tastes in vacation and living styles, and cautions about overharvesting church plants.
An essay urges simple branch and vine decorations over solitary wildflowers for church use. It argues massed field blooms lose beauty, cites a crow-foot violet rope as ineffective, and calls for restraint to protect native flowers while keeping solemn settings tasteful.
An exchange piece urges readers to keep sunshine in the home and heart. It likens humans to delicate plants and warns harsh speech leaves lasting facial and mental marks. It advocates seeing the best in others, practicing deep breathing, and noting improvements in appearance and thoughts.
Garden advice highlights pruning Phlox and Sweet Pea care to extend bloom and maintain color through August with shading mulch watering and bone meal feeding. The piece notes how heat stress can harm vines and recommends sheets shade and cool roots for continued display. The second section argues that a good young woman friend offers prudent guidance, character support, and lasting respect, helping a man succeed in life and relationships.
An editorial voice urges youths to stay in school arguing that abandoning education harms future prospects. It warns 14 or 15 year olds who quit risks premature aging in a harsh working life and stresses the value of lasting, good schooling before entering serious years.
A Woman's National Daily piece argues education unlocks ambition and future success for both men and women. It contrasts unlearned labor in the ditch with educated work in offices, urging persistent study even when daunting. It stresses that society expects more from men, but education remains essential for the rightful bread winner.
Rev William Bustard in Leslie's Weekly argues that women have emerged from dolls and slaves to possess power to influence the world. He praises mothers who raise industrious daughters who mind their own business, and cautions against focusing too much on society life over womanhood.
The Douglas county article notes a severe teacher shortage as 174 districts struggle to hire competent staff. Most teachers earn 50 to 70 dollars monthly, while bachelor school board members are often replaced by married men, triggering annual elections in March and renewed search for educators.
In Raleigh and nearby Charlotte the whipping post and stocks stood near the courthouse until the war’s end and a while after. Federal officers tried to halt the last whipping, but the sheriff acted on the old court’s mandate. Boys enjoyed mocking inmates in the stocks, while branding irons were shown as relics from January 1865. Raleigh cor. Charlotte Observer.
The piece notes that one third of births die before age five largely from preventable causes, and a quarter of poverty distress comes from sickness largely preventable, with half due to preventable alcoholism. It argues Pasteur's prophecy may be distant, but much illness can be prevented by proper living and sanitation laws enforced by authorities.
The widow and four children announce the death of Hartwig Lan No and express grief at his loss. There will be no funeral oration, and flowers should not be sent. Those wishing to honor him may give to the poor in his memory, a gesture they believe would please him.
An incident at Roton Point on Long Island Sound involves Joseph Dest of the Nor th club hitting a ball into Walter Smith an African yer causing tooth loss. Richard Burke Harstrom college coach let one live then Dest followed with a drive wounding Smith who plans to resign from his profession. The piece also touches a separate Newton Mass shooting case where Tony Ombrelo allegedly killed Tony Ombrelo's cow and connected victims include Mrs Dominic Capolli and son Frank.
Pine Island merchant Louis H Ree of Orange county New York is at St. Luke s hospital Newburg with tongue swelling from nicotine poisoning after inhaling vapor from a split pipe stem. In Harlem hospital New York doctors repaired a broken arm in a novel operation using a nail to fuse overlapping forearm bones. A New York City car collision injuries Charles Nelson s wrist required surgery with a steel nail driven through the bones. A post office window scene at an eighth story culminates with a bridal couple rescued after entering via ladder, Mary and John from Valdosta Ga.
Carrie Withers and Annie Munroe, boarding at a farmhouse, used chewing gum on a rattlesnake. Withers placed gum on the end of a stick and pressed it toward the snake. The snake bit the gum but could not remove it. It finally lay felled on the grass, later killed by a farm hand.
Levi Hall, a farmer near Oriskany, New York, was severely bitten on the face by a horse as he attempted to unhitch it. The horse struck through the lower lip, right cheek, neck, chin, and forehead after signaling it wanted a drink. Hall’s recovery is uncertain, with concern over possible complications. The incident occurred when they planned to water the horse at home, a delay believed to have angered the animal.
Goats used by American Smelting and Refining at Cokedale Colorado to seal leaky reservoirs. Engineer Catten and Supt Bayles directed goats to trample the bottom, draining and compacting soil for days. The method made one reservoir sound, and the plan is to apply it to others.
Jim the gray horse owned by the Montclair New Jersey Water Company was buried by a slide of grain but calmly kept eating his way out. He appeared cheerful and content when found.
Edward Schaefer of St. Matthews Ky. arrives at the patrol house to learn if stolen chickens were recovered. Seven Plymouth Rocks, among twenty seven collected by Corp. Roberts, burst from the group to greet him. A hen perched on his shoulder others pecked at his shoe and one climbed his leg.
William A. Cake of Trenton New Jersey sheds his skin for the twenty eighth time in fifty three years drawing baffled doctors at the Trenton Oil Cloth and Linoleum company where his painful ailment has mystified every physician who has treated him.
A man named Cake suffers chronic skin shedding named dermatitis exfoliata. Attacks begin with chills and fever, then skin dries and sloughs in about two weeks, causing great pain. Shedding recurs every two to three years, with a nine year period between changes at most.
In a summer cottage at Corona del Mar near Balboa Beach California a high stakes whist game pitted Mrs. George E Hart and her husband a Los Angeles society figure and broker against Nevada mining man George A Nelson and Hugh W Nelson over a $15000 fruit crop. The Hart team led early but the Nelsons eventually won the bragging rights and the crop.
Miss Mabel Tong a summer boarder in Meriden Connecticut accidentally wound her long hair on a windlass while drawing water from a well. Startled she loosened her grip and the handle struck her head knocking her unconscious. Surgeons placed six stitches in a forehead wound after rescuing her.
Several hundred high class waiters in New York City dining rooms end work around 3 pm. Most belong to the Geneva Association in Forty fourth Street and spend afternoons in uptown grill rooms or hotel roof restaurants. Wages run from $6 to $8 daily as they pursue leisure or extra tips. An unrelated tale recounts Farmer Bennicoff's duck pond battle end with a swan and a turtle.
A handsome wild swan, rare for the region, was shot at Webbs pond by Hamilton Kingman of Waltham and brought to EB. D. Brann in Ellsworth, Maine. The young bird is pure white with black feet and bill, six feet nine inches wingspan, and a noted 100 mile per hour flight speed.
Col Reuben Hurt of Summersville Kentucky chased a thief for over a mile after the man stole Hurt’s best suit pocketbook and watch. He forced the thief to return the clothing at gunpoint near Salt Creek and then the pair traveled to Lincoln and shared a hotel room.
John Anderson of Little Falls Ore was found with a broken leg on Mount St Helens by a Seattle party. They carried him to the summit and slid him down 4008 feet in an improvised stretcher to Gammas camp where medical aid was given. Doctors say the rescue averted certain death from his injuries.
Michael Unger of Princeton told Serzt McGowan at Trenton police station he wandered into a gypsy camp and fell for a fortune telling seance. He said a gold ring and a roll of bills vanished from his pocket and he wants to know who took them.
Leaving Orange New Jersey for Falls Village Connecticut Mr and Mrs Miles Hanchett auto travel halted at Suffern New York when a cat meowed from the gear box of the car. Investigators found a half grown kitten on the vehicle with no clue when or where it boarded. Twice tried to locate the event.
A seventy five foot whale stranded near York Beach Maine anchored offshore for six days. Boat promoters ferried sightseers for profits before five pounds of dynamite was exploded under the creature, igniting its blubber and forcing residents to flee as flames spread toward boats and shoreline.
Mrs Wyllia Hulett of Beardstown IL, member of a steamboat family, received a pilot license after Inspector Capt Archie Gordon praised her exceptional navigation. Her husband George Hulett, a steamboat engineer, failed the exam due to color blindness. Assistant engineer and former crew member, she has long worked on steamers as clerk, stewardess, steersman, and assistant engineer, applying to aid her husband.
Pittsburg police patrol Lincoln avenue nightly chasing a supposed talking Newfoundland dog that speaks English and vanishes in green vapors after a dawn encounter. Detectives Almer Ehrenfield and Shields chased the canine, but no tracks remained and they were dismissed by locals.
The London Mail notes bee keeping is a lucrative British rural industry with average honey yields supporting modest capital, but warns against overestimating returns from many hives. It highlights wholesale price drops, need for skilled districts, and advocates modern methods and association education led by the British Beekeepers' Association.
A Maine man, Charles A. Tallman of Richmond, proposed a new star arrangement for the U S flag to reflect Oklahoma's admission. The idea, a sixteen inch flag, was sent to the state department which referred it to the Navy Department. Tallman later received a letter confirming his pattern was under consideration and officially announced as the intended arrangement of the stars.
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