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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
2
A quirky historical exchange asks who first voyaged on record Grace and Noah figure prominently while a joking claim that Lot's wife was the first female salt adds humor to the dialogue reflecting playful folklore.
A poem collection noting Miss Marcella and her cat whose backyard concerts angered her mother leading to a sale. It mentions Lena weighed, Louis buying booties, and Lena’s new striped gown. Other verses name Miss Roxana marrying a man named Hanna and a child named for grandma, Hepzi Bah, and Hevibah described as a mannish girl with Kate in love.
Frederick Van Heden, the Dutch poet and economist, spoke at a tea in New York about poverty and reform. He argued there is enough for all if economics are just, while a humorous anecdote about a Dutch student and his dog Wilhelm shows reform as a choice dictated by appetite and distraction.
Senator Gore recounted the James family tale from Jamestown Virginia to illustrate a point at Faneuil Hall. The city clerk withheld birth registration for a child born abroad until he finally noted Jimmy James born February 28 1905 during his parents temporary absence.
In a humorous exchange Mrs Brown notes floods sweep bridges while Mr Smith replies that her wife lost a year’s pin money in a bridge game last night highlighting a light anecdote about risk, luck, and misfortune in a newspaper-like dialogue.
A stout elderly woman in a sweltering park is followed by a rough-looking tramp who pursues her until she confronts him and demands the reason for his following. The tramp steps back, and the scene ends with her continuing her walk.
In a park a man positions behind a woman and she threatens to summon a police officer. He pleads for mercy, insisting they are the only shady spot in the park, as reticent humor surrounds the moment from Everybody's Magazine.
One of our leading writers was run over by a railroad train, but he will get enough in damages to pay for the publication of his new novel. The hot literary supper Wednesday night was well attended. Several critics were present, but good order was preserved. During the first spring storm of the season the town clock was hit by lightning and put out of business. This is the greatest town in the country for killing time.
A subscriber cites William Balfourner's "The First Spank" and a humor piece about a child asking if his ancestors were spanked. The anecdote traces generations of spanking from grandfather to father to child, ending with the child asking who started the practice. The line prompts reflection on how parenting customs recur across generations.
A humorous exchange in the Boston Transcript features a customer seeking cheese and a grocer touting cheese as “absolutely unapproachable” before offering limburger. The line underscores playful wordplay over dairy products in a local dispute of taste.
A rider in a fashionable motor cycling costume rides past Regent Park zoo then dismounts to joke with a grubby urchin about suitable cages and tails. The scene contrasts chance with the old joke about opportunity and a quip about women and elections from Robert T. Hardy.
A brief stage exchange reveals Natica asking Oliver what his father would say about their engagement. Oliver notes his father stayed silent after Natica suggests omitting curses. The dialogue hints at parental approval and social tension surrounding marriage.
A Philadelphia Press snippet recalls a visit to the opera. The conversation notes some performances were French while many gowns were clearly made locally. The exchange highlights attire and language cues from the night.
A fragment from Harper's Weekly quotes Phyllis as a Naiad-like figure by a stream holding a bamboo rod. A catfish lunges from its lair to chase a rat tangled in her hair, described in a playful verse line by F P Pitser.
A Washington Star quotation presents Plodding Pete arguing against cutting wood to avoid harming forest monarchs, intertwining humor with a stance on conservation and personal ethics. The exchange frames a witty clash between practical needs and environmental principle.
In a Smart Set exchange, Flykyns notes Tom and his wife clash over her doctor. Tom supports medical care but objects to the doctor’s approach, highlighting a domestic dispute over health matters.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet captures a blunt exchange where an elder proclaims a man’s intoxication, while the other boasts of visiting a “new thought banquet” and thinking in curves, reflecting quirky urban dialogue.
In Harper's Weekly a customer asks for Antony and Cleopatra in a shop. The clerk quotes one dollar, the customer offers fifty cents and insists on just Antony.
Dialogue from Le Fargo humor shows an old gentleman asking about Florence and a young lady confessing travel duties rest with her husband, highlighting social norms about travel responsibilities in a witty exchange.
Philosophical verse asks if the soul has opened its sanctuary to truth and goodness or kept a holy place by fear of sin. It ponders the Ark of the Covenant, Eden, and the Tree of Life, questioning if one has fed on heavenly manna, walked by a pillar of fire, and striven to bless others or endure ingratitude. ASA Foster Smith Milwaukee Wis.
A lonely old man named John enters a deserted villa to visit Ned, a despondent writer. He finds Ned in a wrecked state, overwhelmed by grief over Mary and the child. John urges Ned to return to work, offering calm counsel and urging practical duty over rumination.
An aged man feigns departure to stir emotion and returns with a child. He meets a neighbor who watches as the little girl joyfully greets him, calling him daddy, while Uncle John overhears tears and hidden sobs. The scene culminates as he moves through the house with quiet resolve.
The water hyacinth, introduced from Florida as a floral ornament, has spread through Louisiana and east Texas waterways impairing navigation. Government control cost about 200000 dollars last year with partial success. Authorities plan to destroy hyacinths at Sam Houston Park and along the bayou using a boat to thrush and remove plants. Proposals suggest banning cultivation near navigable streams and punishing careless disposal.
The Forest Service reports experiments at Yale showing green wood shrinks only after moisture falls to about one third of dry weight. Volume shrinkage varies by species from 7 to 26 percent. lengthwise shrinkage is negligible. From green to air dry, shrinkage is about half of green to dry.
In Gothland island near Wisby Sweden researchers note ten medieval churches including the Church of the Holy Ghost from about 1046. Prof Hennerberg found what is likely the oldest known organ, its case preserved, pedal holes and bellows chamber visible, exterior paintings from 1240, kept as sacristy after decommission.
The article notes mothers are often seen as match makers while brothers rarely are, yet many women owe their marriages to a brother who brings a suitor to the home. It suggests numerous women credit a brother for their happiness, rather than their mother.
Paris Daily Mail profiles Armand Fallieres as a plain safe man of sixty six from the Midi, noted for short speeches and restrained governance. It details his reforms to reduce the presidential staff, frugal lifestyle, daily routines, and preference for constitutional primacy over action, contrasting him with Paul Doumer.
Twenty sacks of corn and vast flocks define John Harrison's Halsall operation known as the Lancashire Goose King. At Christmas the geese are given rich feed and expert pluckers prepare 300 to 400 birds daily, earning over a sovereign daily plus feather value of two shillings a pound.
A century ago drunkenness was common across classes in England and even William Pitt could appear intoxicated in Parliament without remark. Today upper and middle classes are sober, not by law but through education, refinement, and awareness of alcohol’s dangers. Similar shifts have influenced the lower classes over twenty years, Truth notes.
A list of humorous ailments attacking character and judgment includes ego mania, opportunity blindness, jealousy jaundice, astigmatism of judgment, indecision paralysis, and temper inflammation. It cites intoxication from small success, verbal excess, and moral suffocation as ailments.
The Kansas City Journal notes that of Kansas 105 counties more than half lack paupers and many poor farms sit empty except for the keeper. sociological students argue the poorhouse may soon be extinct in the state.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes that emotionalism has repeatedly shaped American life with each generation swept by enthusiasm, predicting that future histories will chronicle the sincere, unexaggerated religious revivals that swept large areas of the country.
A guide to window box plant selections including variegated vines such as Cobaea scandens and trailing Lonicera, plus annuals and perennials. Recommends dense planting to cover the front, lists fuchsias geraniums petunias euphorbia ivy geranium marguerites ageratum coleus and other favorites, and notes soil and drainage tips.
A woman feared illness visits an old physician who, after a minute’s inspection, reveals no fever or heart irregularity. He explains he can tell by counting the ostrich feather’s vibrations on her hat, then dismisses the case with a quiet bow.
Lord Brassey aged 72, lord warden of the Cinque Ports, renowned colonial governor, holds a long career of royal commissions and trade mastery. On long voyages he sails Sunbeam at 300 plus knots and brings a barrel organ to play each evening, a habit he calls both amusement and digestively exercise.
The Washington state record belt measures 114 feet long and 8 feet wide with a three ply thickness and a weight over 3500 pounds. Crafted from hides of 225 steers, it was assembled without pegs or rivets and welded by cement and a 250 pound per square foot hydraulic press. Installed at the Deimp ster sawmill in Tacoma.
The article recalls cramp rings from England, worn on Good Friday to prevent cramps or epilepsy. Made from decayed coffin metal and blessed in a ceremony, they were cited as recommended by 1557 medical authorities in Andrew Boorde’s Breviary of Health. Diplomacy also used them, as Lord Jerers, ambassador to Charles V in 1508, requested cramp rings for distribution by royal grace.
A Detroit News dispatch reports estimates by the Federal Biologes Survey suggesting around 200 timber wolves inhabit Upper Michigan. Woodsmen say the wolves are under the mark with wolves present in all fifteen peninsula counties, especially in vast wilderness areas. Despite bounties, counts indicate wolves remain plentiful, with Luce and Dickinson counties noting bounty payments on wolves.
An Americanized Chinaman named Chin Lee acts as projector president and engineer in chief of a recently opened railroad in the House hinterland. Of six locomotives four were bought in the United States, the others from Germany. The president cites native obstinacy as a key obstacle, claiming smoke from the engines would ruin crops.
Emigration from the United States to Canada rose in January and February with a 61 percent crease in settlers. foreign grants arriving at Canadian ports increased 36 percent. Over 1000 American settlers reached Saskatchewan in March.
Parisians struggle with endless wakefulness and colorless lips as fatigue grips the city. An Echo de f2 quote laments the lack of deep restorative sleep affecting generations, leaving faces feverish and eyes strained as unrest grows.
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