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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
4
The Chicago effort to ventilate street cars is expected to yield broad public health gains. It would curb disease spread and enhance general population vigor, and Chicago’s example should be emulated widely.
A London report notes a bill in the House of Commons to ban hop substitutes in beer making. The excerpt questions American spelling shifts and references Hayti and Haytian forms amid broader discussions of language and revolutions in spelling.
Report from Lontse states that a shrapnel grenade compatible with ordinary army rifles has been tested with success by British and foreign military experts. However its range is only 500 to 1000 feet, making it of limited use since modern long-range rifles demand engagement at greater distances.
One of the Herreshoff family moves into automobile manufacture. Yachtsmen seek a vehicle to surpass all records, but mechanical limits may curb magic in land transport as they have not in sea craft.
The article warns that many marathons tempt young athletes to push limits. It urges athletic associations and skating clubs to require medical examinations as a necessary preliminary before arranging 25 mile runs or sprints to protect heart health.
The Great Northern Railway has surveyed a proposed line from the boundary to Winnipeg and plans spring construction. The project aims to create a new Canada United States commercial tie and ease traffic by following routes of least resistance, as railroad enterprise seeks efficient cross border movement.
A New Yorker writes of retiring from business at 55 and facing a long day of routines. He notes five hours of reading, three hours of walking, seven hours of sleep, leaving about nine hours for dreary introspection. He contrasts pleasure in work with monotony in idleness.
The hunting season closed as tropical ly as it opened. There were killings up to the last moment, both of game and of hunters, and the cost of the sport in sorrow and suffering has been infinitely greater than the financial outlay, which is always high in comparison with the re turn in sport and venison. Latterly the real test of the sport for many has been in the risks which ventures into the woods entail.
Congress should heed Rear Admiral William S. Cowles chief of the bureau of equipment and provide an adequate number of colliers for the navy. While opinions differ on more battleships and cruisers, there should be no dispute that efforts must keep the existing fleet at peak efficiency.
England fears a meat shortage due to the US foot and mouth outbreak. Farmers are ready to supply beef at famine prices, while an embargo could provoke Britons to reassess meat supplies and value American products.
The stemmer Meacham sails from a Lake Superior port toward Buffalo with a cargo of 421000 bushels of wheat. It is a valuable load for a risky voyage yet no reason is given for delays. Sailors once navigated to Buffalo from Milwaukee by December midwinter through gales in earlier sailing days.
The current outbreak of foot and mouth disease may require an emergency appropriation near one million dollars, larger than the 1902-3 outbreak cost of 500000. The Agriculture Department may seek funds to halt the epidemic, deemed a prudent investment if it ends the crisis.
A nostalgic Christmas vignette recounts a child’s long sleepless night awaiting Santa, then the morning’s dawning joy as the visit occurs. A contrasting domestic scene follows with a custody dispute framed by a sharp elderly lawyer, ending in reconciliation and a hopeful reunion.
In a quiet office a young woman seeks a divorce, revealing her fear of home, her priority to independence, and concerns about an abusive but unnamed partner. An elderly lawyer questions her motives, probing family ties, finances, and favoritism toward Jim while hinting at deeper troubles.
Judge Van B Prather of Wyandotte probate court invited a group of young girls from Toad-a-Loup Armourdale to the juvenile court to act as jurors in Ezra Moulton case. The judge asked each girl to write punishment opinions. The mock jury recommended a long public whipping, but Mrs Moulton declined to whip in court and took the child to the back porch where the sentence was carried out.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on through rates prompts Japanese steamship lines serving American railroads to cut ocean carriage prices. Nippon Yusen Kaisha lowers rates by 17 percent from Seattle, likely followed by other lines. The move erodes Canadian Pacific’s advantage as Canada’s transcontinental wing operates its own steamships for regular passenger service.
A string of wry maxims on love money time and human folly. It jests at obituaries married life pride dignity and social pretensions with sharp, compact quips from a wry voice. Rich in social observation and pointed humor.
A clipped opinion notes that some people seek trouble and deserve consequences while comparing marriage to a preparatory school, referencing a New York Times quotation about marital readiness.
A Persian tale recounts Pasha Ibraham of Sase man fearing his ugliness. When a golden mirror is brought in, the pasha gazes and weeps, then his vizier Nam poor sobs even more, saying the sight reveals his own constant reflection. After the mirror is removed, the vizier persists in tears.
The wassail bowl, an age old Christmas custom, uses spiced wine with roast apples. Named from Saxon Washiel meaning Health be to you, it fused beer or mead with toast spices sugar and eggs. Apples roasted in the drink once stirred quarrels away, though modern palates balk at such sweet potables.
Mr Seabury and wife near moving to a new flat. They seek cheap transport, planning to carry belongings in a brown bag and a large satchel. She jokes about wearing coats to save trips in heat, while he offers a similar plan. From Youth’s Companion.
Philadelphia lawyer John G Johnson recalls youth ambition told in a liner room. An aged millionaire asks why rise and Johnson replies to do as he likes. The millionaire replies success comes only when we do what we do not like.
A household in Germantown sought a cook via an employment agent. The mistress asked why the last place ended. The applicant cited constant quarrels between master and housekeeper, asserting similar strife with Philadelphia Ledger, illustrating continual domestic discord.
Donald and Dougal meet on the road to church. Donald asks what Dougal will take for his sheep. Dougal replies fifty shillings, noting he is not doing business but giving charity, while Donald is surprised by the deal as Sout News notes.
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet reports a minister seen in Scranton at a public house where a group challenged his age. He replies that gentlemen must keep their records, hinting at concerns over the minister's stated age.
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