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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
6
The piece notes the warm days returning and the familiar clamors of summer life. It recalls the sun drying the earth, rising temperatures, melting ice, tasting sour cream, and the recurring routines of weather forecasts, gardens, al fresco meals, and theater songs. The voice blames the season on public appetite and memory.
A tense meadow duel unfolds between two men as a deadly shot pact tests courage and loyalty. Jim faces Bob as years of shared hardship and danger culminate in a ritual firing at ten paces under morning light, shadows and a grave promise.
A satirical piece notes a new business offering extracts from best selling novels to busy society women. It mocks the idea of consuming literature in brief form to keep up with Miss Gusher’s work, Molly the Milkmaid, and the socialite’s fear of being ignorant.
One of Britain’s handsomest peeresses, Lady Darnney, among many of the realm’s fairest women who will attend the coronation of King Edward. The coverage highlights prominent social figures expected at the royal event.
A group portrait shows the children of Tomes Estrada Palma, Cuba’s first president, drawing public curiosity as they mirror the public interest in national leaders. The image captures the family amid a climate of esteem and historical significance.
A group image shows the offspring of Cuba’s chief executive, noted for attracting attention and comparing favorably to the White House nursery inmates. The caption highlights the children’s charm and public interest in Cuban leadership.
A Philadelphia lawyer courting public office speaks to voters but falters when asked the office he seeks. The meeting's chairman tries to spur three cheers and stalls, prompting a blush and a comic moment as the candidate stumbles over his own platform.
In Texas and Louisiana there are over 100 canals and pumping stations each able to flood 1000 acres of rice. Owned by irrigation firms, they supply water as needed to rice growers.
A nostalgic portrait praises springtime little girls in Juneau Avenue’s residential streets. It highlights groups of 5 to 7 year olds, their carefree play, and the daily routines from school dismissal to lunch baskets. A hospital birth is celebrated with a bird’s song greeting and a kind stranger helping a mother cross a street with a stroller.
In a recount from the King’s Bench, Judge Holt recalls a witchcraft case where a poor woman is charged. A man claims to cure a child’s ague with a spell written long ago, which he once used to escape debt after a public-house reckoning. The tale, as told in Mirror, frames memory and superstition.
On the east coast and central Mexico pulque is made from maguey sap yielding a whitish, viscous liquor. In contrast the west coast favors mescal, a harsher drink likened to seven times heated whisky with chilli and fusel oil.
A fragment notes mesenl as milder than tizwin or tegunila, both products of prolide maguey, reflecting scrap-iron flavoring in the period's beverage terminology.
Two Scandinavians in Illinois argued over a dog the shooter claimed is dead. The transcript shows playful dialect answers about the dog’s worth and use, including the dog’s value for running skunks and rabbits, and the shooter claiming self defense by shooting the dog after it jumped the fence.
A collage of retro quips and snippets includes engine drivers toasts praising mothers as faithful tenders, a Georgia reply about bribes, a humor line about a feared devil in a town, notes on Egyptian cotton trials, stock speculation questions, a joke about a novelist’s daughter punished for fibs, and a dynastic punchline about a father’s “great big whop.”
A collage of quips and cartoon captions from papers like Tit-Bits New York Weekly and Baltimore American. Jests range from family squabbles over marbles to a teacher’s math miscue about quarts in a gallon, ending with market banter about strawberries.
Farmer Mosshacker Col Chinnaway proclaims trusted by friends while Judge critiques the balance of power. The Brazil coast line stretches nearly 5000 miles with fifty two seaports noted.
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