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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
A verse from Harper's Weekly depicts Geraldine a tall athletic golf and tennis figure praised as sportiness. She meets a much thinner poor black man with little money, suggesting an ironic cross of extremes in a humorous love match.
Mr Jinks accuses a suitor of kissing his daughter against her will. The young man defends that she demanded a kiss or nothing, sparking a family dispute likely to concern local readers.
An orderly confirms the horse will stand without hitching as the fat colonel surveys the animal. He then returns to his quarters and fills out his resignation, signaling the end of his command.
The veteran strokes his white whiskers and recalls the battle with a glittering eye, asking for relics. The guide sends John to the forge to mold a pound of bullets and to hammer a broken officers sword, recreating wartime artifacts.
In a dialogue from the Cathohiee Standard and Times, a father questions a suitor’s seriousness while the mother confirms, citing his habit of courting May and writing to her as evidence of his intent.
Gobsa Golde grunts about good news and a found roll of notes. A clerk out of work has found them and Golde contemplates hiring him. Mrs. Golde suggests a job while Gobsa cautions against fools in his business.
A dialogue depicts a mother advising her son on love and social ascent. The mother recalls poverty when meeting the governor and notes her husband’s success as a path to security. The son concludes the woman will marry him because he follows that example.
In The Tatler, a touring company manager orders punctual arrival for rehearsals at 3, demanding the stage manager, carpenter, property man, limelight man, and all stage hands be on time. The proprietor insists the crew is never late, underscoring discipline in provincial theater operations.
A sworn affidavits request from patients treated for cancer epilepsy paralysis peritonitis invites readers to contact the Physicians' Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin for free statewide calls and inquiries.
The poem sketches household reading habits across family members in a New York Sun note. Each member favors different columns from Woman's Club pages to the sports section, while the father fixates on politics and grandpa follows serialized fiction.
A condemned man pleads innocence as a terrified girlfriend seeks mercy from the Queen. Her brother devises a daring plan to reach the sovereign by way of a rooftop telegraphic wire, letting Clara whisper into the Queen’s ear. The improvised appeal traverses streets, walls, and a royal palace to bend fate.
A dramatic distant theater scene ends with a sobbing plea from Clara's audience, pleading for Jack’s life. The Queen learns of a tapped wire and, moved by mercy, grants a reprieve just before execution. A London police confession follows, leading to Jack’s pardon and a royal wedding gift from the Queen.
Eskimo methods train puppies early then advance dogs to mail service at one year. Teams endure long runs, with leadership prized and layoff threats for the unruly. Malamutes display keen scent and instinct, trailing in blizzards, eating once daily after meals, and consuming about 20 pounds of food daily for eleven dogs.
Keystone Telephone Manager A J Ulrich orders exchange girls to drop the word please and use direct phrases like Ring off and Cal again saving about 125 hours daily. He advocates few words, citing a note to a physician about a bottle of lotion as an example of succinct communication.
A practitioner recalls tales that death at Gravesend occurs at the tide’s turn rather than at ebb or flow as Aristotle and Dickens suggest. An old salt and a shrimper corroborate the notion, linking shoreline superstition to medical observations and local lore.
On the steamer Limon at Long Wharf a 12 foot 500 pound man eating shark was caught by a fruit handler fishing over the side at Port Limon Costa Rica. Crew restrained and killed the beast after it knocked a sailor down.
Edward R. Emerson president of the American Wine Growers association visited New York from Washingtonville and sampled a Rhine wine, noting with a touch of humor that it had too much Rhine for his taste.
Indiana representative Charlie Landis radiated pride as Champ Clark referenced John D. Rockefeller’s unpaid 29 million dollar fine. The moment, though not news, showed Landis’s vanity as he puffed with pride and his vest button tapped the chamber wall amid Clark’s speech.
Jacob H. Schiff recalled a wealthy friend with a powerful tenor who toured New England during Christmas, singing in churches to enthusiastic reaction. In Salem or Gloucester he drew stares and aimed for a final grand note before the sexton restrained him, saying they hire singers for that.
In a dinner story, Hale of Maine predicts Cannon’s arc from first term nerves to long tenure. He describes how political ambition shifts from resignation fears to seeking re election, committee power, and ultimate aim to serve forever, even dying in office and being buried at public expense.
In a Lippincott’s anecdote, Georgia Governor and former interior secretary Hoke Smith is awakened on a train by a porter asking him to stay awake for about fifteen minutes so other passengers may sleep. The tale notes Smith’s habit of speaking loudly and his need for rest after a taxing day.
A New Orleans sugar trader recalls H O Havemeyer praising fair judgment of a bank accused man. He urged not to condemn before proof, noting suspects may defend themselves. A Christmas tale follows about a girl fearing deceit in a relationship.
A mother argues that a religious George bought a collar pin at a church fair, insisting the $25 price he claimed was sincere. The child questions the cost after finding a near-identical pin for $5, testing trust and charity in a family dispute.
A young San Francisco socialite visits Wu Tingfang at the Fairmont hotel and presses him to inscribe a note on a golden pencil for her cook. The Chinese minister stumbles yet is steadied by discussing etiquette as other ladies intervene and guide her away.
Rear-Admiral Evans proposes annual cash prizes totaling 2400 to spur fuel efficiency aboard fleet ships. A $1000 prize would go to the most economical battleship or armored cruiser, $200 to the best torpedo boat destroyer, with both foreign and American vessels eligible.
An anecdote from a sketch about Soldier recounts Richmond in ruins after Five Forks and a dramatic meeting with a tall man in worn clothes. The wife of General Pickett greets Lincoln, who reveals himself as a friend, offers comfort, and receives the infant kiss as forgiveness for a bygone clash. It preserves a humane, reverent moment between former adversaries in a war’s aftermath.
The World Wide Magazine describes seven days after a wedding in Arabia as a strict period where the bride must stay in her room in wedding finery, avoid seeing her family, and rely on her husband’s women for service. The groom often sneaks out at night to visit friends while avoiding his in laws.
A tale recalls Newfoundland coast wreckers who profit from salvage not robbery. Sir Wilfrid Laurier told of meeting a parish priest near Cape Race and a bishop who asked how locals would fare wintering. The priest answered with faith and a few wrecks.
In the Nashville American a lighthearted exchange over baby names draws a contrast between Peter and Paul. The joke hinges on the idea that Peter is eternally robbed to pay Paul, highlighting the playful tension in naming choices.
Olive oil begins as crushed fruit paste then is pressed to extract the oil. Finest oil comes from ripe olives grown in Tuscany, Italy, with May blossoms and November to January maturation. Cold drawing, careful pressing, and nonmetal beds prevent flavor loss. heat harms quality. Oil is settled, filtered, refined, then stored in slate tanks up to 20,000 gallons before bottling and packing.
The Westminster Gazette notes varied maiden speeches by Lords Langford Rochester Byron Rosebery. Langford delayed twenty four years, Rochester spoke early with a four branch vow, Byron was praised as best in ages, Rosebery opened with plea for indulgence and youth.
Straw hats will remain in demand next season with split straw, sennit, soft brims, and Panama styles all due to continue. Turban brim and soft straw hats with pin cils ears are also forecast as in demand while current thinking shifts to ear protectors and sealskin caps though manufacturers plan ahead.
Howard, taught German with English, recites nightly prayers with his mother coaching. He ends with Vater lass die Engel meine Bette sein but protests in mock German, saying the angels are only old German ones, a humorous mix of language learning and child mood from Brooklyn Life.
A collection of quirky facts notes aoe condor lasting forty days, Dutch as top coffee drinkers, soap added to puff paste, Philadelphia’s long streets, Moroccan law taxing tips to arresting policemen, crows signaling storms, Daudet’s around the clock work, human body 98.6 degrees, snail 66 degrees, chicken 111, Lady Duff Gordon’s pet pale green snake, Tartars with strongest voices and Chinese weakest.
A brief dialogue shows a child questioning Grandma about wearing glasses to cheat in a jam plan. The exchange hints at deception and mistaken judgment in a domestic scene.
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