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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
7
From the deck of an incoming steamer Sierra Leone, once known as The White Man's Grave, appears surprisingly attractive despite its grim name. Accounts note dire climate and deadly snakes including the yellow jack, with parades for funerals following deaths in the region.
State of Ohio Toledo city Frank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Sworn December 6 1886 by A W Gleason. Company advertises cure is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Sold by all druggists 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In a London newspaper exchange, a teacher asks students to write their favorite hymns. A student interjects, asking whether to write surnames or given names, highlighting concerns over naming conventions and spelling in the classroom.
An advertisement promises Pazo Ointment cures for itching blind bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days or a refund of fifty cents. The claim emphasizes a money refund if the condition is not resolved within the stated window.
A street car scene shows Miss Gushington entering and asking the rider to stay seated. Mr Manhattan declines politely, saying he wishes to exit at the corner. The moment ends with the door moment and a brief exchange.
A catalog notice from 105 N. W. Hide and Fur Co. of Minneapolis promotes selling guns and traps at low prices and buying furs and hides. The fragment includes an unrelated note about Ye-jing-yang and pearl formation in Chinese river mussels from the thirteenth century.
A London Times correspondent contrasts Pekin a decade ago with today noting three railways reaching the city gates, electric lights, paved streets, modern police, and new government buildings. He highlights a Chinese zoological and botanical garden, foreign advisers in autos, and newspapers debating constitutional government. Daily Consular Reports.
Old Blind Tom Brennan and Old Blind Joe Reilly, inseparable companions for twenty years, spoke to a World reporter in a War den Fox workhouse ante-room about their bond. Joe was arrested for mendicancy and Tom, who once defended Joe, was also admitted to the workhouse. They described a life of street singing for pennies, mutual care, and a wish to return to the almshouse. The pair, familiar in the white light district, hope for early reunion with the almshouse once their terms end.
The Vatican Consistory bestowed beatification on Joan of Arc, acknowledging her as blessed. Cardinal Parecei read the decree amid French prelates and monks, while Bishop Touchet of Orleans led the French delegation. The Pope praised the martyrs of France and China as he linked Joan’s legacy to renewed faith in France.
The Rivers and Harbors Congress urged at adjournment that the U S spend at least 50 million annually on inland waterways. It notes the treasury, not individuals, must fund any such appropriation. President Roosevelt and others back the idea, but Speaker Cannon leads a strong opposition within the House.
The Inland Navigation Company of Hamilton contracts with Detroit’s Great Lakes Engineering works to build a 9000 to 9500 ton bulk freighter. The American bottom vessel will fly the U S flag and sail between U S and Canadian ports, carrying iron ore from Lake Superior to Buffalo and grain from Fort William to Buffalo. The move follows a 25 percent duty on American repairs faced by Canadian yards, highlighting a shift in lake shipbuilding dynamics and prompting questions before Congress about supporting American merchant marine.
The piece discusses the selection of men by Guoy Hughes of New York to form a committee to investigate securities market conditions and methods. It notes Wall Street manipulation claims, calls for regulation, and the Stock Exchange’s lack of curb market control, urging higher moral standards among members to restore public confidence.
A concise call for advertising in the local newspaper urges readers and businesses to place notices, announcements, and promotional content in the home paper to reach a broad audience and boost visibility.
The article notes new evening waistcoat touches in shop displays with white satin and pale silk ribbing, black piping along inner edges, and black white corded effects for dinner jackets. It highlights a pale gray waistcoat embroidered with floral sprays, black silk waistcoats without collars outlined in satin braid, and new pajama coats resembling sailors jumpers with slipover design and high collars. A featured holidays scarf uses brocade with a moon trellis pattern and floating clouds and vines for an elegant look.
Despite late season, many men wear low shoes and seek matching sock scarf sets. Prices reach 10.50 for silk pairs with scarfs, though cheaper silk socks and scarfs exist. New lightweight coats show very low neck openings, and brocade scarfs pair well though wind protection remains minimal, risking colds.
Jack London discusses his deserted crew in Honolulu while circling the world in a small boat. He notes their ennui and boredom, contrasting it with exaggerated periodical expectations and a comic anecdote about a book agent and Samson's wife. The piece presents a humorous frame on public figures and readers.
Frank H. Hitchcock chairman of the Republican national committee was riding the Twentieth Century Limited east and had the officials halt the train at Utica New York so he could visit James S. Sherman the vice presidential candidate who lives there. A porter recalls a prior stop at Tarrytown to let John D Rockefeller get a newspaper.
Miss Mary Gawthorpe, a noted suffragette, silences a jeering interrupter who asks if she wishes she were a man. She counters with a quick retort and then pivots to a broader point about mothers staying at home with their children, delivering a candid observation on family roles.
A digest of early 20th century science and technology notes, including mineral product values for the United States rising to over 2.06 billion in 1907 and 1908, a glass coating mirror discovery, Oregon’s vast unrailroaded area, water resource investigations, Natal rail ties switch back to creosoted ties, salt production via rock salt processing inventions, a German auto life belt concept, and Norway's planting sapling law for every tree cut.
A historical tale recounts Col. Thomas Butler dying in New Orleans in 1805 amid a dispute with Gen. Wilkinson over wearing the queue. Butler allegedly ordered a hole bored in his coffin head so his pigtail would protrude at burial, a family tradition preserved in Pierce Butler's Judith P. Benjamin biography.
A Shiloh Ohio mother recalls her son Clyde covered with eczema for a year. Doctors failed to help him. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, he slept that first night and by six weeks was perfectly well. A leading physician recommends Cuticura for eczema. June 11 1907.
The London Standard notes how rats and squirrels gather in winter dens to endure cold. When a rat hole is suddenly blocked from the windward side, it signals a nest inside. Rats and squirrels store food for winter and can outlast a keeper’s efforts to protect potatoes from frost.
A sale offer lists sixteen post cards featuring views of animals in the Ringling Brothers menagerie at Washington Park Zoo. Each card costs 15 cents in stamps, with a sample set available for 5 cents in stamps if not buying the full series. The notice is from The Evening Wisconsin Co. of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
An inquest into a Dean Forest England collier fatality heard he woke his wife the night before and said he dreamed the machine would cause an accident and he might fall in. The testimony links the tragedy to his premonition about the machinery.
An advertisement touts a laxative bromosquinine product named Bromos quinine with the claim World over to cure a cold in one day. It features a signature of E. W. Grove and markets the remedy priced at 25 cents.
It is presumed subsidies aid Europe since nations continue paying them. England spends about 6 million dollars yearly, France and Germany around 5 million each, and Japan about 4 million. Also an old ad touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain at 25 cents per bottle.
The report records 76 000 men and 1 439 vessels active in Canadian fisheries, totaling 40 827 tons and valued at 2 841 875 dollars, excluding those not engaged in lobster fishing.
Holiday overindulgence can leave healthy people sick with sour stomach headaches colic winds belching biliousness and lazy liver Cascarets Candy Cathartic is recommended a tablet after meals to prevent sickness or a tablet at night to feel ready for the morning and business or pleasure.
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