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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
6
Reverend Dewitt L. Pelton argues patience ranks with faith and love as a core Christian virtue. He compares patience to time in music, urging calm progress through life’s events, forgiveness of self, and steady effort in improving character within family, church, work, and personal faith.
A meditation on debt beyond money, urging that all people owe gratitude and service to others. The author argues humanity sustains us through past sacrifices and that love and giving, not mere self interest, are the true measures of a meaningful life.
Poem praising God as the eternal rock and dwelling. It contrasts human life with divine timelessness, asking for mercy, blessing, and spiritual enlightenment. Ends with a vision of eternal joy and divine presence.
A series of aphoristic reflections on memory ambition belief and bravery. The pieces discuss vindictiveness conceit conviction truth patience and the relation between present action and future good. They emphasize self awareness fidelity to truth and the power of faith to overcome daily toil.
The article traces the Absarake or Crow people in Montana, noting a dramatic population drop from about 3,226 in 1884 to around 1,720 today. It highlights their ally status with whites, traditional stature and warfare prowess, recent shifts toward farming and irrigation, and fears that many will vanish within a generation as the tribe modernizes. It also contrasts ethno historic notes with modern challenges, including disease and land settlement pressures.
A Little Rock dispatch reports that Arkansas Attorney General Kirby issued an opinion stating that women may wear overalls without legal trouble as long as they do not disguise themselves as men. He noted it could be desirable at times but hopes it not become a general trend amid nationwide unease.
A fragmentary public description of the Wright brothers aeroplane from French patent filings is published. The sole new detail claims a control mechanism where the center wing remains rigid while side wings pivot to adjust balance, lifting one wing and lowering the other to change drag and tilt the craft.
The middle image depicts the first Wright glider built in 1900. The top image shows the second glider from 1901. The lower image features the third glider from 1902 to 1903, notable as the first to include an engine.
A 800 pound Wright machine weighs about 800 pounds and carries two men plus fuel for 300 miles with a 25 to 30 horsepower four cylinder motor. It uses two vertical cloth frames, a rear balancing propeller set, a skid landing gear, and a monorail driven truck for start up.
The New York Sun notes Terre Haute Indiana hosts unique hotel water drinking pranks. A skilled waiter uses a long spout kettle to shoot a stream into guests glasses, prompting laughter as visitors jump and request extra fills. The tradition, tied to local pride, features a deft “water can” performer. Doctors advise nothing about the habit.
A humorous line about an American auto in the lead eyes an Eskimo hat and a pleasant Eskimo maiden. A partner wonders if the girl knows how poor they are to Paris. Alaska. The car then punctures a tire as the joke hits home.
A playful misread line from a Kansas City Independent item features a child poetically describing a panther as a man who makes pants, via a lisping quotation about Elsi.
A historic recipe describes scalding two cups milk and dissolving half a yeast cake in warm water. Add three cups bread flour rye meal one third cup brown sugar salt and shortening, beat until light, let rise, shape into small biscuits, and bake twenty five minutes in a moderate oven.
A longtime recipe details preserving eggs by placing four gallons of boiling water with one pint each of salt and lime into wide-mouthed stone jars. Eggs are lowered in with a dish so shells stay intact when the liquid settles, then kept in a cool place to stay fresh for a year.
A complete batter mixing butter sugar and egg then milk flour baking powder and salt. Line tin with plecrust half fill with batter and top with crumb mix of sugar flour and butter.
Roil several large potatoes and pick to pieces enough fish to make as much as you would have of the potatoes when mashed. When the potatoes are done put the fish in a colander and pour the potato water over it. Drain and put fish and potatoes in a bowl, mash well and add a good-sized lump of butter. Cut salt pork to dice, fry brown in fat, and fry the fish cakes in this fat.
Soak one quart beans overnight in lukewarm water. In the morning place in a pot with one gallon cold water and about two pounds salt pork. Boil slowly for about three hours, add pepper. Shred a celery stalk into it, strain through a colander, and serve with lemon slices for each guest.
Some relatives who are large packers say vegetables and fruit sealed hermetically should be opened a couple of hours before using to restore oxygen. This plan removes the peculiar flavor common to canned foods, according to a Delineator contributor.
A collection of kitchen tips covering cooking, storage, cleaning, and home care. Includes sugar and milk mixtures, butter, nuts, and cream hints, porch maintenance, washing powders, bottle cleaning with eggshells, onion and fuller’s earth stain removal, brush storage, asbestos interlining for ironing boards, kettle care, and removing gall taste from poultry with baking soda soak.
Julia Marlowe writes an endorsement praising Peruna as a great remedy for digestive health and nerve resilience. She states digestion supports nerve function and that impaired digestion leads to nervous debility, highlighting Peruna’s benefits for overall well being.
A Wallace California testimonial claims Peruna cures long standing stomach issues and nervous dyspepsia after three doctors failed. The speaker notes six years of trouble, a liquid diet, partial improvement, and full recovery after trying Peruna, with several bottles taken.
Jozef Erasmus's 19 year old son killed three lions terrorizing donkeys on route to Messina mine. He shot a lioness first, then a younger lion, and finally the surviving lion after returning to safety. Kadir iboy accompanied him as claimed. Skins sold in Pietersburg.
The piece notes Colorado's last stand outside rail networks, highlighting Routt County as the latest annex to the rail belt and leaving Baca County isolated in the southeast. It recalls there were no railroad tracks in the territory in 1805.
An advertisement claims Grape-Nuts supplies natural wheat and barley nutrients including phosphate and potash to boost strength and nerve power. A reader testimonial says night work left him run down but Grape-Nuts improved energy, exertion, and weight, with travel use noted.
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