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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
2
Aunt Jerusha asks Josiah if he visited the aquarium and notes the barned critter hid in a cage corner, while Uncle Joah recalls it being shy.
A humorous portrait of Jim Smith as a stubborn contrarian who resists new ideas. He clashes on politics, dismisses modern advances, and replies with a rural "'Shucks!'" when faced with change. The poem imagines Gabriel’s summons and Jim’s expected gruff denial in heaven.
Harper's Weekly reports a southern church in Georgia wanted a doctor of divinity title for their pastor. They could only raise 39 of the 875 dollar fee. The congregation finally sent a delegate with a curt message asking the institution to forward one D since they cannot afford the other.
In a brief exchange a person asks about divorce and a reply cites current alimony costs. The remark implies financial considerations are delaying separation given the present rates.
Marion, a six year old, asks Bridget the upstairs girl for the letters in the alphabet and then for the letters not in the alphabet. Bridget admits she does not know them, as recorded in the New York Times.
A farmer in a frosty autumn afternoon spots two men digging at the far end of his turnip field. They lay down a bag and hurry, then one shouts that they are only prigging a few themselves, calming the farmer with a terse reassurance from the Washington Star. The clipping also contains a joke about a man so homely that automobile goggles suit him, from the St. Louis Times.
In Chamber's Journal, N. E. recounts a march-like day as spring nears. A tempest pels wintry skies while nature's organ music lifts the speaker. A singing bird defies winter and inspires a verse celebrating renewal and joy.
A dramatic retelling of Henry Hudson’s mutiny aboard the Discovery in 1611. Mutineers bind Hudson and cast him and his son adrift in a shallop as the ship drifts away. Pursuit, hunger, and drift through ice define the doomed voyage, ending with a lone few survivors.
A fragmentary account recalls a disaster shrouded in unexplained causes that distressed fisher folk and forced crew to pawn ship furniture for food. Survivors are jailed while Sir Thomas Button pursues Hudson, who is said to be lost, leaving two major routes the Hudson River and a northern inland sea as enduring memorials.
Scientific American summarizes Dr. Alexander Schaefer’s findings on vision across animals. Bovine species show the sharpest sight, followed by humans and sheep, with small-eyed mammals birds reptiles lagging. Owls and buzzards lead among birds. dogs and certain fishes have notable vision tied to retinal structure, with prey detection driven by motion.
A vivid sketch of Manaus as a remote inland city on the Rio Negro near the Amazon, describing isolation, river traffic, and the sultry heat. The piece notes the confluence of the Negro and Amazon, the stark contrast of black and tawny waters, and the relentless tropical routine that defines life in Manaus. It closes with scenes of floating wharves, bustling river traffic, and local characters awaiting the next passage upriver.
A historical note quotes Sir William Broad bent recommending two grains of quinine each morning during influenza outbreaks. He cites a large public school and a large girls' school near London where pupils and staff largely avoided infection while servants were affected, illustrating perceived protective power.
The French Astronomical Society reports a newly discovered ring around Saturn by French astronomer Fournier on September 5. The ring lies outside known rings, is very transparent and faintly luminous, and was seen again on September 7 but not on September 11. Observers suspect visibility depends on geometry and sun illumination, suggesting high altitude observatories may confirm earlier.
The article notes English is not spoken in many border communities and Mexican children lack US citizenship concepts. Texas public schools extend to remote areas and Mexican children are treated on par with others, though several border schools are taught entirely in Spanish by Mexican teachers in small adobe buildings.
In Pearson's Weekly an anecdote traces coin sweating to ancient Byzantium with Alexander of Byzantium as public treasury chief who, famed for clipping coins, earned the nickname The File. The tale links this to the modern term file for thieves and sharpers, noting the method was discovered by weighing the amassed fortune.
A dissatisfied Cymon critic on opening night at Drury Lane witnessed Vernon sing the last air in act four torn from me and reply I will overtake her as the audience cheered. In Sancho Panza a wag left after the line I begin to get tired of Sancho and a Bristol Bombase stabbed scene drew laughs. Reeve asked Is it fair and a bald gentleman answered I cannot say for I don't fence.
A fragment notes Prince Edward of Wales as a promising dancer at Osborne Royal Naval College and recalls royal dancing prowess through history. It cites King Edward, Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, and Charles II, with Pepys quoted on Charles II’s dancing.
A collection of compact maxims on apology, caution, love, wealth, and gender roles. It notes prudence before action, the allure of prosperity, and the tension between romance and duty, with humorous contrast between affection and obligation.
A dialog contrasts how New Yorkers and Britons record addresses. It recalls 18th century practice with a French engraver’s listing, noting the complexity of old city layouts before street numbers. Harper's Weekly frames travel and postal idiosyncrasies with witty comparison.
The item lists diverse savings and values for 1907 including eating one fourth less meat saving 228 million dollars, drinking less liquor 110 million, cigars 53 million, wearing clothes longer 120 million, hats longer 12 thousand, subway cost 40 million, gold imports 10.9 million, US cold reserve 173 million, OK company fine 29 thousand, and a 12 million dollar philanthropic gift as the largest by any American philanthropist in one year.
An 1880s period article notes birds’ cold stress and sheltering habits. Sparrows huddle, ivy roosts grow crowded in frost, and robins use warmed carrion and rabbits for warmth. Squirrels thicken fur and tails serve as blankets. hedgehogs and dormice hibernate deep in leaf litter.
A New York Herald piece warns that common items like chloride or potash lozenges subnitrate of bismuth tincture of iron and even celluloid hair combs can be explosive or highly flammable. It notes careless handling of medicines bottles corks and unprotected lights can cause dangerous gases fires and serious burns.
The famous bells of Shannon famed in Father Prout and William Black are en route to a bell foundry in England after leaving Cork. The bells will be remolded, with the poem by Fr. Prout recalling childhood memories of Shandon bells along the River Lee.
Linn County records recount Mrs. Winifred Witt, then 98, recalling an event in the early 1940s when she hid behind a tree by a ford on the Grand River and felled a deer with a club as baying hounds closed in. The incident, tied to the era of early settlers, highlights a remarkable local anecdote from Witt’s long life.
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