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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
3
A Washington Star item recounts Bill Bivens selling a farmer an oversized brick as a simple trick. On a summer day the fake tradesman, noted for vanity, encountered Farmer Jay whose inn faced a cash shortfall. The tale ends with Bivens broke while the farmer kept cash.
John Andersen of Little Falls Oregon suffered a double leg fracture on Mount St Helena Washington and was found by Seattle Mazamas climbers. They carried him to the summit then slid him 4000 feet down the north face on a sleeping bag improvised stretcher to Mazamas camp. He was bound with ropes for safety and received medical care. doctors credit the rope assisted slide with saving his life.
Miss Effie Snow and Miss Minnie Utley of Hardinsville Ark were indicted by the grand jury for disturbing public worship. They posted bond for court appearance after allegedly talking and snickering during church services. Friends say they were provoked by a perceived appearance in the congregation and could not stop tittering. Both are highly respected locally.
In Pottsville pa Isaac Bauerman severely hurt by a rusty nail believed the Good Will fire company's ambulance was an undertaker wagon. He fled back into his home refusing to be taken to hospital, thinking he would be buried before he died, until the ambulance finally reassured him.
A large bee swarm blocked Canandaigua New York main street and stopped Rochester Eastern trolley service for over an hour. It drove away workers, emptied two trolley cars, and chased three touring automobiles for three blocks while doctors treated bee stings.
Emma Wasser of Allentown, Pa., refused the attentions of Harvey Wiegard when three East Macungie youths aged 16 to 18 climbed a grape arbor to her window and drenched her as she slept. Father J. G. Wasser woke to screams and identified the trio, who were arrested.
Stanley Koyiski, 21, of Freeland, Pa., married Mrs. Michael Fertel, 46, after meeting her in Berwick. The groom’s stepsons, older than him, protested but yielded once Father Yurica of St. John's Slavonic church conducted the wedding.
George Benjamin, a linotype operator, won the title of champion potato eater of the Naugatuck valley in Waterbury Connecticut by devouring twenty five large tubers in a contest against Tomas Burke, a watchmaker, who ate twenty three.
About 200 summer colonists at Ogunquit Maine watched a seventy foot whale thrash in shallow flats. The creature chased a school of fish into the bay and, driven by momentum, struck the sands a hundred yards from shore. The receding tide hindered efforts to refloat the whale as it churned foam and remained stuck.
The baptism of Maitland Alexander Jr., a two month old infant, was postponed in Pittsburgh due to the mother’s illness. He is the son of Rev. Dr. Maitland Alexander and Madeline Laughlin Alexander, noted as among America’s wealthiest women before marriage. A separate storm in Woodbury and Ghent caused damage as a bolt shattered a door and hurled a tenant onto a veranda. Lightning also felled elm trees, turning much of the town’s trees into stumps.
An incomplete notice describes Harry Heller a conductor on a munear in Philadelphia suffering a violent nosebleed called epistaxis during an afternoon incident. He was taken to Polyelynic hospital and a friend notified at 312 New Street as doctors diagnosed and treated the case.
A six year old girl named Baker was struck by a trolley car in Newark New Jersey. The child crawled out from the wreckage after the impact and survived the incident.
Zarpf, a German bootmaker, died by suicide in East River Park New York after amputating his left leg at St Barnabas hospital. He left a note asking for a cremation and a schmierknese wake with beer pretzels and schmierkaese, plus a reminder paper for a purchase.
Michael Reilly a puddler at a Danville Pennsylvania mill caused a small panic when his false teeth lodged in his throat. He dropped his puddling bar and dashed from the mill without a word. Workmen nearby, misreading the scene as a mill accident, fled in a mass exodus with the rest of the mill force.
The Captain Bennett arriving from Jamaica reports a sea filled with crabs near Cape Weary. Sailors scooped crabs by the bucket as hundreds of thousands swarmed the vessel. Crabs likely carried seaward by recent Chesapeake Bay storms.
Dry spell leaves Michigan ponds short of bait. Glow worms fetch ten cents a dozen as bass and trout bite only on this bait. Small boys work nights with lanterns and garden hoses to harvest a lucrative income, aiding anglers during the fishing season.
A Kansas farm dog near Ottawa uses a tin cup and a quart pail to fetch milk water and berry boxes. He rounds up cows and assists with pigs, earning bread and butter as payment. The story ends with a desert rescue using watermelons to save thirsty Indians, one chief dying before aid arrived.
Brig Gen Daniel H Rucker retired 96 visits New York Life in Washington DC to prove he is alive after the insurer sent notice of his death Mortality tables claim his reserve is exhausted His service began in 1837 with the dragoons and he rose to brigadier general in 1882 One daughter is the widow of Gen Phil Sheridan
Robert Swartz ten year old son of Edward Swartz of White Pigeon Michigan swallowed a ten dollar gold piece after playing with it. The coin went down his throat when he flipped it in his mouth. His father a Lake Shore railroad employee received his pay in gold. A doctor was summoned and said serious trouble is not anticipated.
A local coon named Bud, famed for drinking fifteen bottles daily without effect, is featured by the Onion civic camp at Smith's lake near the Missouri river. The group is funding the raccoon’s performances and keeping its tab paid. Local lore notes Bud’s remarkable stamina and brings a wry tale to Alton.
A Weed River coon owned by Attorney E. C. Haagen allegedly developed a taste for beer while at a campers’ site. Six bottles were left on a tray, four were found emptied, and the animal was observed drinking from a bottle with its two fore feet. The group claimed a 15 bottle capacity and noted skills like tight rope walking and dancing with camp dogs. Other coons visited after a week, but the campers kept the focus on the beer loving animal. The campers say one beer drinker suffices and fear others would crave champagne.
A memory impaired young man picked up in Grand Rapids Michigan is identified as Frank McGlynn of Poughkeepsie. He recalled a Cleveland clothing firm after reading a magazine ad and cried out in recognition. A nurse and examiner verified the clue by connecting a Schultz brother-in-law to the McGlynn name and a football injury.
In Iowa's Raccoon river, Dr. T. W. Johnson found a pristine white pearl inside a clam shell. Many locals camp along the river to search for gems, sending notable pearls to eastern jewelers. The pearling grounds entice families facing hardship, aiding them financially.
The Escorial burial site for Spain’s monarchs is described as an opulent octagonal chamber lined with marble coffins and a marble staircase. The royal children’s vault, known as the place of the little angels, features white marble effigies. Don Jaime II of Aragon’s mummy is displayed in Palma Majorca with a toy royal robe.
Hunters uncovered a fox den south of Hagerstown with five cubs the size of cats. The mother eluded capture and tried to lure hunters away, then appeared distressed. Cubs were taken to a farmhouse and likely to be despatched. Hunters note foxes scatter their young and avoid roosts near dens.
Teheran, pivot of Persia's civil conflict, has risen rapidly in twenty years with a major city makeover from a four mile wall removal to a broad boulevard of gas trams and telegraphs while preserving the ancient subterranean water tap sites that sustain life.
A 1900s discussion argues that the shift to concrete terra cotta steel and other fireproof materials will not erase carpentry. It claims carpenters will adapt to higher skill, better interior woodwork, and increased value while the old “wood butcher” fades. The piece contends builders embrace fireproof design and carpenters remain essential with new opportunities.
The record notes two 1900s case outcomes: State vs Redman finds a law giving a lower berth occupier control of the upper berth if unoccupied unconstitutional. Mahoney vs Maxfield holds highway auto operators need not stop only to render the vehicle’s motive power when signaled.
In Jones vs. bee Wash 92 Pac 483 and 14 Lara 216 the owner who stores a car in a public garage is not liable for injuries when a chauffeur, acting without owner knowledge or permission on a personal errand, negligently operates the vehicle even if not a competent driver.
A Massachusetts case Com. vy Morris on (Mass.) 838 N E 415, 14 LRA (NS) 194 held that a city cannot authorize a lunch wagon to occupy a fixed place in a public highway for many consecutive hours nightly, effectively appropriating the street for the owner's business.
The court sustains a mother's right to recover damages for mental anguish caused by failure to deliver a telegram to her husband announcing their child was sent to the pesthouse with a contagious disease. She was deprived of his advice and counsel in her distress. Thurman v. Western Teleg. Co., Ky. 1058. W. 155, 14 L.R.A. (N.S.) 499.
The Wisconsin case Barker v. Western U. Teleg. Co. sustains a physician’s right to hold a telegraph company liable for loss of a fee he would have earned from a consultation, when a telegram summoning him to attend a patient is not delivered.
The court denies the right to move a building along a public street that has an electric railway to avoid interference with car operation and the wires. The ruling appears in Iowa reports 114 N. W. 10 and 14 L.R.A. (N.S.) 448.
The owner of a twenty trip railroad ticket who allowed others to ride without the company’s knowledge breaches the agreement. Baltimore & O. 8. W. R. Co. v Evans (Ind.) 82 N. E. 773, 14 L.R.A. (N.S.) 368 holds there is no right to recover damages for being expelled from a train on the ground that the ticket expired.
The court holds that a prior felonious assault conviction while the victim remains alive does not bar later murder prosecution if the victim dies. In a separate Maryland ruling, a traveler approaching a draw bridge must stop look and listen, to avoid danger.
The owner of a bank check lost before presentation to the bank that drew it may recover against the drawer by filing a proper indemnity bond, as held in First Nat. Bank vs. McClomell Minnesota 114 N. W. 1120 14 L.A. (N.S.) 616.
A clubwoman vows to repair neglect of her children by spending an afternoon dressing one child and taking it to the park. After pushing a go cart with the child toward the public park, she edges toward home, reflecting on her resolve as the outing progresses.
The nurse bursts in agitated as a mother says the child is fine after being fussed over with candy and fruit. Mrs Smith next door has been terrified and the police are notified as the scene unfolds with hysteria and a startled nurse seeking calm.
A Pittsfield Republican report notes high water leaves snakes stranded on dry land in the flood bottoms. Snakes crawl from submerged brush and rise into trees or along railroad embankments to seek warmth as water encroaches, with species ranging from garter to water moccasins and rattlesnakes.
A writer in The Dial extols Cleveland for coining terse memorable phrases that endure beyond his fame as a statesman. The piece cites his lines on public trust innocuous desuetude and party honesty as expediency, plus quips about pension lists, office holders, gratitude, and future favors. It notes his knack for vivid aphorisms like home Cottebeens.
Congressman Silas Sinks from the First district campaigns for re election in his native village. He chats with a friend who humorously reveals a cigar box containing clover seed from the department of agriculture, sparking a campaign joke that misfires.
John Reid headmaster at Beckleford Council school organizes a weekly weather study. Students collect barometer and rainfall data at the gas works, record wind direction and temperatures, then summarize their observations as general remarks each Friday.
The Sydney Mail editor praised the dairy industry, noting butter from cooperative creameries ranks with the world’s best. He credits drought recovery to cows and explains Australia favors dairy cows that produce milk most of the year, unlike beef cattle, which are not milk productive.
The article describes a native African drum signaling system that transfers messages village to village. Drums are sounded at night for long-range travel, starting with a village roll and answered from a nearby village, allowing signals to reach hundreds of miles.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt explains the mollahs as religious leaders across India and the east, notes their sacred status, and describes their growing influence amid border tribal tensions with Afghanistan. It mentions feared jehad preaching and a supposed edict on punishing mollahs, while stressing Ulima principles that harm to a mollah demands the death of the aggressor.
Sir John Millais tells a self revealing tale by the Tay while painting Chill October. A watcher asks if he has tried photography and, after a pause, he replies with dry wit. The critic notes photography is quicker and the scene’s mood lingers.
Rava Luchmar Dass trained for fourteen years under priests in the Black Caves of Central India to become a yoga master. He reportedly can balance on the ends of his fingers with his body suspended, claiming seven days and nights of uninterrupted elevation before judges to earn the rank.
A Washington Star excerpt notes Rev. Sydney Goodman of the Men’s Church in Atlantic City is known for brilliancy in sermons and originality in delivery. A member recalls a begging sermon opening where a deacon questions why the minister begs for money and the wife replies that the deacon never gives.
The London Chronicle notes relics of old London seen by visitors. Distances for hackney carriages decorate lampposts near cab ranks revealing a theaterless city with Princess theatre in Piccadilly and Exeter Hall in the Strand. The piece questions who is responsible for this obsolescence.
Dr. James F. Rymer of Croy don leaves Edmonton Canada for a 1800 mile journey via Athabasca and Mackenzie rivers to Fort Good Hope inside the Arctic circle. He plans no return to civilization for at least three years and will treat Indians and Esquimaux as he becomes the first fully qualified English medical man to work professionally in Arctic regions.
A. M. Downes recounts a dinner tale from New York fire department days. At drama’s end a man springs up claiming an alarm of fire and exits. returns to declare it wasn t fire and not water either as his wife remains silent and cool.
Greenville residents will witness for the first time negro women on the streets as they begin light work. Previously convicted women on the gang were seen as a source of trouble, now assigned tasks like cutting grass to perform on the streets in Greenville.
In a heated session, a legislator scolds Maria for neglecting his buttons and threatens a bill to make such conduct a crime. The exchange reflects political maneuvering as lawmakers assert control over public behavior.
The Sheffield Independent portrays Tolstoy as a man centered in his own gospel, living with Spartan honesty and simplicity rather than rhetoric or showy prophecy.
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