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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
2
A character notes optimism about a boy becoming President of the country with talk of a possible second term, reflecting political hopes and family expectations in a social scene. The dialogue hints at ambition and public fate without detailing events or dates.
The Atlanta Constitution notes a playful verse predicting summer remains, with the poet singing on the harp drum and betting a new ten dollar bill amid a breezy sky. The excerpt blends weather imagery and rural humor about shifting seasons.
Lord Wolseley faced an Arab captive and used a dramatic display to coerce information. He removed his glass eye, tossed it aloft, caught it, and reinserted it to demonstrate power and force. The ruse impressed the prisoner, who then provided details linked to Arabi Pasha’s defeat, per Detroit News Tribune.
The exchange questions Horaun-Is O'Brien as a bluff. Doran-No disputes the claim, noting that when he faces a challenge he spits on his hands, an action observed in play.
Captain Pritchard of the Mauretania relates a joke about a sailor who asks a famed newsbreaker to calm an old lady. The parrot dies mid voyage and the messenger says the bird will not live long, then reveals the truth with a blunt pun.
A short dialogue fragment features a remark on an unnamed woman’s supposed uncultured nature. She dismisses Ibsen's plays as stupid, sparking a contrast with the view of four others who share the opinion, though she insists she is the one voicing it.
Uncle Eben tells Sonny and Pickaninny about tugboats, electric motors moving big trains, and a demeaning white boss pulling a car to town. The talk ends with a warning that size and status do not preclude needing help from someone who might seem unimportant.
Henry Reed Conant reflects in the Los Angeles Evening News on escaping fate in Luckyland a land of green gold and fragrance. He imagines a life of freedom with love sovreign over labor and vows that the land Lincoln loved shall endure under right and grace despite rogues.
In Amsterdam's Yodo Quartier the miser Shimei de Barzillai hoards wealth while two daughters bargain for matches and a son suspected in diamond theft fled to Kimberley. A Cape Town stowaway delivers a decoy letter, sparking a tense confrontation as the old man weighs trust against loss.
In London Opinion A G Hales recounts how a bundled wardrobe sparked scheming by Oom de Jonghe and his daughters, who unpicked and rewoven garments to profit, discovering hidden stones and a fortune from a Dutch merchant, while Shimei junior reappears seeking a keepsake.
The article recalls Charles Wesley's happy 1749 marriage to Sarah Gwynne and their eight children. It notes sons Charles Wesley Jr. and Samuel as celebrated musicians, their early genius, performances for George III, and later distinguished careers including Samuel Wesley, organist at Gloucester Cathedral, and several other Wesleys in ecclesiastical roles.
A south end florist explains how flowers stay fresh longer with proper temperature and moisture. Cut stems daily, use a knife for a clean cut, and keep vase water cool and in a shaded room to prevent clogging and wilting.
Lillian Russell spoke of a comic hotel tale during dinner at a seaside hotel. An actor allegedly misplaced a scolding bill note in another man’s box, who later found the angry letter, mocked the situation, and dismissed the episode with a wry remark.
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A New York Sun account details a polar itinerary via a growing Arctic railroad. Tourists ride 270 miles across the ice border to the spectacled Lapland town of Gellivara, where the midnight sun shines thirty seven nights from June 5 to July 11. The line feeds iron ore from Kiruna to Narvik, with vast ore shipments and a widening tourist trade.
Percival Lowell compares Mars seen through a telescope to a miniature Earth, noting continents and seas and a vivid color palette. Rose ocher and robin's egg blue dominate light and dark regions, with icy white caps and occasional chocolate brown or white specks sparkling on the disk. The description celebrates Mars as a living color portrait beyond verbal rendering.
A gin horse named Old Billy served Mersey and Irwell Navigation until May 1819 at age 59. He rested on a Latchford farm and missed Manchester coronation parade due to age. He died November 27, 1822 at sixty-two. His preserved head joined museum collections, later sold with other relics around 1867 to Owens College authorities.
A light railway under partial completion in the Sabyan desert links Farshut on the Nile to Meteng and Kharga, forming a Western Oases route. The project, begun about 300 miles south of Cairo, relies on camel power to advance a corridor through neglected green patches.
The report notes El Der as the base, 110 miles from Farshut and 20 miles northeast of Kharga village, near Ottoman ruins. It describes transport of heavy items on wheels by draft camels, purchase of 30 special camels, and road work to ease desert transit. The aim is to reopen a large concession area and enable communities to shift from self-sufficiency to producing commodities for exchange with Western Europe.
The south, under 15 percent of U S area, contributed over a quarter of national exports last year. Cotton led, but many staples were represented in raw and manufactured goods. Growth over 25 years shown by Joseph T Johnson’s congressional speech, with factory investment rising from 257 million to 1.5 billion and railroads from 20,600 to 60,000 miles.
Official statistics show seventy five deaths in the French Swiss Italian and Austrian Alps with Germans leading in mortality and Italians next. The main cause is reckless climbing without a licensed guide. The Bernese Oberland Grisons Pennine Chain Mont Blanc and Rosa are the deadliest areas. Fourteen killed picking wild flowers in risky spots. Injuries reach about 350 with near 1000 hurt overall. Proposals for uniform laws to require licensed guides gain support. A German student was swept away ascending Jungfrau.
In Adams county and Hall county a wolf roundup yielded 23 wolves killed of 25 rounded up, claimed as a Nebraska record. Hunters describe Breerolf as elusive, with one wolf killed and others escaping. hunts draw crowds with sport amid scarce Wolf successes and incidental rabbit captures.
A Washington educator recalls a New England college day when a renowned professor faced a restless class. After a pause he smiles and says he has a few more pearls to cast, eliciting amusement from students in the observed moment.
A Commerce and Labor report finds Italians, earning typical monthly $37.07, spend far less on meals by cooking own food and buying staples. Despite similar wages to other nationalities, Italians pay about $10 monthly for living, with most funds remitted to Italy. Data from New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey rail camps 1905–1906 show 58.9 percent of remittances to Italy.
The Westminster Gazette recalls two past crises in the Russian throne’s inner circle. The Dowager Empress found a jewel case deemed a deadly bomb, then hurried it to a basin of water for police inspection. In another scene the Czarina’s alarm led to a guarded exit as intruders fled through a window.
The newest Persian fad is the be trothal bracelet worn on the upper arm not the wrist. Introduced by Princess Marie Bonaparte after a gift from Prince George I of Greece, it features two broad diamond and sapphire bands with a clasp. Varieties include gem bangles or pearl chains, often plain with a single diamond, avoiding serpentine or openwork shapes to symbolize union.
In Warren a historic relic, the King Philip war club, or tomahawk, decorated with black and white beads indicates the number of people the old Indian warrior killed. The weapon, about feet long, is now owned by Mrs William Fuller of North Warren. The Maine Historical Society attempted to loan it but cannot secure it.
Strand Magazine notes the Bank of England houses an oak strongroom chest from Threadneedle Street. The chest, slightly larger than a seaman’s box, stored cash, notes and valuable papers in the bank’s strongroom history.
A terse comic panel from Smart Set depicts a farmer under his auto seeking shade from a harsh sun. The caption hints at a lighthearted moment about weather and mechanical trouble, reflecting everyday rural life.
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