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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
A women's column mixes verse about fields with reflections on loneliness and its link to unhappiness and vice. Kate Upson Clark’s essay notes loneliness among young men and bereavement’s toll, urging religious and cultural remedies as art and religion offer solace and meaning.
A correspondent asks this question. Biology answers, No. The facts of heredity are against the intermarriage of cousins. It warns that serious defects are more common among children of close blood relatives and suggests stock breeders’ principles apply to humans. Also describes an original bridal shower idea by fourteen girls.
Frances A Keller notes shifts in immigration, from self sacrificing settlers to artificially stimulated movement, with anti emigration societies in Ireland and Sweden and concerns about protecting young women in American cities. Separately guidance on polishing hardwood floors recommends waxing over varnish, detailing prep, drying, fillers, and polishing steps for durable, safe results.
A reflective piece on the value of home and maternal influence, arguing that true homehood rests on warmth, character, and daily habits. It offers light guidance like educating children, nurturing love, and keeping a pleasant home, illustrated by a story of a capable housemaid.
A Woman's National Magazine piece discusses a young woman fleeing a sudden family loss to escape nerves. It notes the bravery of leaving home for a new city, making friends, and the potential mental relief from a brief change in daily routine.
The passage argues that childhood beauty fades into a need for mature womanhood and that many lands block female progress through false social orders and religious rules. It asserts that men must remove obstacles and uphold standards that let women rise to full development, noting no great womanhood has flourished without male support.
Practical guidance on maintaining gas stoves and improving cooking results. Methods include salt bleaching of stained asbestos, clearing clogged gas holes with a hot pin, regular burner cleaning, keeping stove lids on when idle, and cleaning routines for spills to prevent rust. Also offers tips on egg beating, mashed potatoes, and lime deposit removal with vinegar.
Allow a shorter raising for bread to steam as the dough rises in the oven at lower heat. Prepare custard by beating eggs into milk with a rotary egg-beater for smoothness. Skewer baked fish with bacon, fry fish in previously used fat for stronger flavor. A clean floured cheese cloth enables softer dough for cookies. Strain eggs for gelatin custard to remove tough membranes. Parboil potatoes ten minutes then bake to finish. Keep plates hot by dipping in hot water and drying.
A fragment describes banana pulp pressed with vegetables to make pies dumplings and shortcakes. It asserts a pudding like result in one hour and claims labor savings, suggesting banana pulp can replace ordinary pie fillings in various dishes.
The piece surveys labor activity including Boston cigarmakers’ $5 union label assessment, St Paul bakers’ $1 weekly wage rise, and the French Railway Workers’ union with 45 000 members. It notes the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers’ annual meeting in Buffalo, a broad labor coalition proposing political action, and legal rulings on boycotts. It also mentions Visions organization, locomotive engineers in South America gas zones, and San Francisco copperworkers facing a nine hour day. The Nevada Supreme Court bans boycotts as illegal, with damages recoverable. In St Paul and Memphis unions, local organization and Tennessee legislature representation plans are described.
A movement seeks to form a producers organization to protect mutual interests and ship direct from San Francisco, avoiding middleman commissions. An impending public issue concerns a Pennsylvania Railroad order to discharge all foreigners and hire only American citizens, affecting laborers though offices are already English-speaking. The plan ties into broader union efforts and potential amalgamations among garment and tailors unions.
A collection of wry aphorisms about deception ambition romance and social behavior. It compares habits of sinners and saints notes on love marriage friendship and prudence with sharpened humor and a New York Times credited quip about a millionaire and titles.
A reader fears growing misuse of the telephone as a social nuisance. She recalls a kind woman hosting girls who stayed in town unable to use the instrument because guests chat all day with friends about their crushes and lovers.
Pall Mall Gazette notes Matthew Arnold adopted the phrase Sweetness and Light from Swift, who linked it to bees for honey and wax. Arnold reinterpreted it as guiding culture to make Love and Truth prevail.
In Revue du Monde Musulman a report discusses Moroccan newspapers and European influence. El Taoun of Fez launches a fierce anti Abd el Aziz editorial campaign while rival sheets back Muley Hafid, provoking harsh language against editors and traitors.
A hitherto unpublished journal by Louis Cramolini depicts Beethoven in Darmstadt where he was tenor and later theater manager. It recalls Beethoven’s rough kindness to the boy, his warning against music as a starving art, and a curt rebuke to a vain Count. The piece highlights Beethoven’s isolation, pride, and stubborn humor.
Physicians argue underground cellars are relics of a dark age and unhealthy due to decaying vegetables. They advocate above ground cellars outside the dwelling, reserving basements for furnace coal and general storage.
The article argues that above ground cellars are convenient and sanitary. It notes storing vegetables with less labor, easier cleaning, and reduced infection risk compared with underground cellars. It urges rural homeowners to consider building above-ground cellars.
The real cowboy today is not a college man nor a gun fighter. Modern ranch life relies on stock companies, railroad shipping, and steady work. Cowboys are American born, well read, and skilled riders, with focus shifting from long drives to efficient range handling and daily routines.
A good faith signal to an electric street car by a passenger, with motorman replying by whistle or brakes, makes the signaler a passenger. Contributory negligence when crossing to board is judged by passenger status. Another ruling holds that a rider transferring between cars may owe a second fare if each car is under a separate conductor and the company's fare rule applies.
Iowa court holds that an interurban railroad must use reasonable care to allow a passenger to alight with minimal danger. If alighting at a roadside crossing is more hazardous than a convenient stop, carrier negligence may be found. Conversely, a conductor may allow a hand bag to remain in the aisle without liability.
The article advises using camphor on leaf sugar to treat a cold at the onset. Place three drops on sugar and let it dissolve, repeating about every fifteen minutes for four or five doses, while warming the feet. For a child use one drop and five or six doses. Health notes.
Judge Turner denied Killilea's motion to dismiss the perjury charge against Jacob Muza. State's testimony included a deputy clerk's past oath administration in 1800. Defense has few witnesses left. cafe proceeding to jury likely tonight.
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