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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
2
A humorous verse from the Washington Star contrasts social life with domestic comforts and weathering trouble. It riffs on potted palms and potted chickens while a bystander faces a storm as a meddling groundhog naps safe in bed.
A brief exchange shows an editor praising a poem yet declines further submission due to ample material for the next decade. The attic poet presses for a chance for the eleventh year, lingering with hopeful smile and polite persistence.
A New Haven barber extols the baseball spirit as it manifests anew. He recalls Tad Jones, Yale catcher, declining a shave with a quip about Yale losing, noting the team’s fortunes in a playful exchange.
A noble duke comforts a penniless young woman claiming only her youth and her seventeen millions. He declares love to be higher than birth or wealth and silences her with a tender kiss, asserting that love levels all ranks.
A historical quip mix notes Miss Liberty calling a cradle a crib and Peter Faneuil as a merchant over a cabinet maker. It recalls Harvard pride with Dean Briggs and Rev Hale heading to Soldiers Field to shout with Hale in rivalry sentiment.
A London shopper, with her young son, faced questions about her purchases. The boy asked if the father was in heaven or in India. A friend repeated the line to an Englishwoman at church, who sighed that the woman was married twice.
A six year old boy returns from church with heightened interest in the sermon on Eve and the meals at dinner, then hides in distress with hands on his ribs declaring he is afraid he will have a wife. The anecdote comes from Everybody’s Magazine and captures a child’s innocent yet comical misunderstanding.
Wilbur Carman, veteran barber, recalls twenty years earlier shaving John D Rockefeller Sr and being told not to tip. He describes meeting a young Rockefeller at Forest Hill, receiving 75 cents with instruction to give it to Waldheim, and noting the punctual eight thirty appointment.
A quoted New York Times note claims the speaker never received tips from a host or guests over three years, detailing an ongoing payment arrangement and a lack of gratuities. The remark highlights implied financial tensions affecting personal and guest dealings within a shared arrangement.
State Senator John S. Fisher recalled an Indiana county squire case where Dick Wilson arrived with many Supreme Court decisions. The squire interrupted, stating the high court may reverse itself, and ruled against Wilson’s client.
Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture shared an anecdote in Washington about frugal farming. A clergyman who ran a large farm economically paid a plowman 10 cents an hour plus board, and suggested pruning while the horses rested. The plowman countered that the minister should peel potatoes in the pulpit as hymns were sung.
Mrs Henpeck asks to recall their wedding day while Henpeck bitterly says he wishes he could. The exchange hints at marital strain and unresolved history in a terse dialogue fragment.
A New York Times excerpt recounts Mrs Rorer praising her restaurant staff for deftness as a visitor notes they never break a thing. The tale includes a maid who breaks a platter of two roast canvasback ducks and jokes about the maid’s supposed past as a dairymaid unable to handle cows.
Wise questions the striking veiled woman as Howe explains her veil hides fear the sun could blister the paint. The exchange notes a practical concern over appearance and weather.
Proposal favors a Dover Calais car ferry over a tunnel. Estimated build cost around 5 million dollars versus tunnel estimates near 40 million. Ferry boats would better handle choppy waters and ease crossing discomforts compared with current small steamers.
A Loudon Graphic quotation assesses white evening waistcoats as breaking the male evening dress look yet impractical after age 21. It notes that white creases the wearer, making previously slim men appear corpulent, while black reduces proportions.
A reflective poem from The Evening Wisconsin by Asa Foster Smitll, Milwaukee Wisconsin. The speaker recalls childhood innocence and youthful trust in the world, then laments how pride, fame, and love of wealth led to disillusion. Lines express contrition, sorrow, and a longing for peace after a life of worldly pursuit.
Herbert Ford, a holiday tutor to Mr. Brackley's two sons, declares he will marry Brackley's daughter Mabel Brackley. Brackley balks at the match, calling Ford an outrageous scoundrel, while Ford admits his plan to win her and asserts she loves him despite money concerns. The confrontation centers on consent, honor, and the prospects of Mabel's future.
In a tense scene from a Reginald Turner piece, tutor Ford reveals he is actually Lord Ascott, rich and noble, aiming to marry Mabel. Brackley protests as Ford and Mabel insist on love over wealth, while Brackley vows to sever ties unless happiness prevails. Mabel confronts her father, pleading for blessing as the lovers pursue a life together.
The article notes Arthur Du Cros return for Hastings joining a lineup of athletes in Parliament. Churchill is hailed as the best polo player in either house, while Sir William Bui is praised as a top long distance swimmer and Royal Life Saving Society member. Other MPs noted include Lehmann McKenna Uemmerde and Sir Charles Dilke in a hypothetical four car race. J A Pease stands out as a cross country rider with varied sports background and beagle pack ownership.
Sir George Clarke, governor of Bombay, attended a Baroda visit marked by grand Indian sports. An early parrots exhibition discharged a miniature cannon while buffalo fights showcased clashes with blood and horns, each bout ending in flight or separation amid crowd chaos and a vigilant police presence.
The Khedive of Egypt operates a private ten mile line from Ras-el-Tin to Montazar and often drives the engine himself. Other royals such as the Marchioness of Tweeddale the Marquess of Dundshire Earl Fitzwilliam and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria are noted for private locomotive experiences and driving trains with or without official supervision. Tit-Bits reports this fascination with railroading among royalty.
E F Turner of Hamilton County reports riding through Meridian to Waco when a tornado-like cyclone formed near Clifton. He witnessed a 500 foot high water column sweeping debris from the Bosque River, lifting a large tree atop the surge, then the tree later falling miles away. Dallas News dispatch from Waco cor.
The London Chronicle observes mixed shops selling sweets and tobacco influence precocious smoking. It notes poorer neighborhoods have more such shops, and a writer recalls first attempts at smoking sparked by a sweets counter drifting to the cigarette counter as youths tire of chocolate and seek nicotine temptations.
Twenty five years ago nearly all sheep were merinos raised for wool while mutton was incidental. Now most flocks are raised for mutton and wool is incidental. Sellers move sheep earlier and the average weight rose from 80 to 95 pounds to 105 to 120 pounds. ewes now outweigh past wethers.
Round Peak businessman G A Holder told Mount Airy News about his galax leaves venture. He plans to pay neighborhood women and children up to 3000 dollars this winter gathering leaves along mountain ravines. Leaves are bundled in packs of twenty five and sold to florists in cities at 25 cents for 3000 leaves. Women and children commonly earn one to one and a half dollars daily gathering.
A husband confesses he watered the fern only intermittently while his wife was away for a fortnight. He explains he forgot to keep it moist and trusted a florist, who confirmed others had similar ferns missing their usual caregiver. The tale ends with the wife noting the insight about plants missing their owner.
Col Plummer of New York buys a handsome brown mare from Barbary Belle after seeing it arrive. His groom John reports the horse kicked him twice when fed in the box, matching the colonel’s belief that the mare is temperamental but will settle with time.
A visiting old lady asks a warden about a convict’s offense. The warden reveals the man is a married fellow who has forgotten his status, claiming he has five wives waiting outside. The exchange highlights a humorous, contented prisoner and a surprising marital situation.
Henry Beach Nedham recounts a tale about Henry Clay and the salary increase of 1816. Clay faced public outrage when lawmakers boosted pay to 1500 dollars a year, while an old barber from Ireland quipped he would vote for the man who could get but one hand into the treasury.
The London Globe notes chrome mining in Asia Minor has long been pursued but faces low prices as chrome near Smyrna yields £20 a ton, while remote districts and lack of scientific mining limit profitability. As world supply grows, Turkish chrome without modern machinery is unlikely to hold value.
Uniformed officials on Paris streets use white baton signals with three fan shapes labeled fumee trop vite and odour to warn drivers about speed and smoke scent violations. They operate under Automobile Club funding and prefect authority in Paris.
Charles Dana Gibson and wife Irene Langborn return from Europe for the summer at their country house on an island off the Maine coast with two children. Reports they may settle in Paris were denied as Gibson says he will decide in four months after completing more work.
The article portrays a Suffolk field scarecrow who stands motionless most of the day until a crow is tempted by corn. When stirred to life he moves and frightens birds by striking an old tin can and a shovel handle, sending them flying. He earns 18 per day as the village scarecrow.
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