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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
3
A collection of essays and anecdotes on women’s conduct, language use, and social etiquette. It discusses accurate speech as a marker of education, the duties of mothers in language training, and contrasts between northern and southern household management and respect in love.
A defiant critique argues educated women bear an obligation to train their domestic staff. It laments widespread reliance on one maid or none, claiming many well educated women fail to apply discipline and organizational skill to improve maid service.
A medical expert suggests hay fever is often nervous or hysterical in origin. He demonstrates that a patient can trigger sneezing by smelling artificial roses, showing the mind can provoke symptoms and influence expectations each year.
A Cooking Club Magazine piece argues the Twentieth century erases middle aged women from society and fiction. It notes health fads, simple living, and fashion shifting toward gray hair and soft colors. It cites Cleopatra and other historical figures aging into middle life as ripened charisma.
Miss Chrystal Herne befriended Lucille the western senator's daughter during a Washington summer engagement. Lucille announced an approaching marriage but soon said she could not be content with her fiancé and planned to marry another man. Herne wished her happiness and advised caution.
In a humorous sequence Miss Herne learns her friend Lucille ended the second engagement three days ago yet announces a third engagement at once. She replies from Washington with a playful note congratulating the future bride and placeholders for the groom’s name.
The selection argues that a person’s inner traits decide lasting beauty more than appearance. It emphasizes character, health, cleanliness, and selflessness as the core, while noting looks are of minor consequence. A pure, morally minded life is presented as the best beauty.
Mrs. Humphry Ward, president of the Society of Woman Journalists in England, is expected to arrive in America this month as a guest of her niece Mrs Whit ridge of New York. She supports municipal suffrage for women but opposes parliamentary vote and is described as an antis among English literary women alongside Marie Corelli.
The U S legation on Avenida da Liberdade Lisbon features an exquisite pink marble staircase and Louis XV and XVI styled rooms. Minister Charles Page Bryan has hosted large gatherings attracting Lisbon aristocracy and the Portuguese royal family along with officers and bands from American warships.
A New York Sun report cites M. Arnaune, head of the mint, noting 8.293 billion francs in coined money have disappeared from circulation over 100 years. From 6.99 billion francs in active use remain, with losses attributed to art use, fires, shipwrecks, exports, hoards, and concealment.
At Frankfort Labouchere, playing whist against a senior German official, wins the rubber after leading a card the minister deems accidental. Labouchere asserts a good reason, boasting he saw the minister's hand and wagers the bet that his reason was sound.
A fragmentary note describes a peculiar scene with a man from the Bahamas and others walking in pajamas. The readable text hints at a social interaction or event but lacks clear details or context.
Notes recount how a Belfast ship Howthhead captain ignoring the US law requiring Old Glory atop all flags was confronted by the Galveston revenue cutter. After a customs demand the British captain hauled down the American flag and kept the other flag displayed.
A black bear trapped by H. G. Belcher near Crystal Lake New Jersey was enclosed in a box stall after a struggle with a rope halter. A lime fertilizer in the field blinded the bear and Belcher wrestled it into confinement. The capture raises questions as it violates game laws about keeping wild animals.
Dr. John Kinsel plans a unique dwelling in Pennsylvania built as a perfect circle fifty feet wide two stories high with a cupola. He has accumulated twenty years of extracted teeth and will use them to create a walk surrounding the concrete block house he manufactured himself.
A New York department store arrest reveals a scheme where a suspect used a satchel with a spring clasp and a bottom flap. She paused at a counter, placed items above the flap, snapped it shut, and left with goods valued at $15 found during the search.
In Frankfort Kentucky a local butcher named lolph Kratzel suffered a severe accident during a fit. He toppled in front of a restaurant, his false teeth fell out, and his nose was bitten almost off as it jammed between the teeth. He remained on the pavement in distress.
In Lowell Massachusetts a woman named Miss Crawford seeks to adopt James Butler a 46 year old man as her son. She claims Butler was orphaned young and raised by her late husband’s family. The case notes her maternal affection and intent to formalize the adoption in superior court.
Edward A. Preveau found a thousand dollars in bills inside a squirrel nest in a tree he cut down on his West Thompson Massachusetts? farm. It is believed a summer visitor dropped the money near the highway, but no claimant appeared. Preveau plans to use the funds to pay off his mortgage.
Detroit Red Cross hospital managers recount a con man who feigned a dislocated hip on an emergency call. After an apparent surgery and bed rest he revealed the ruse by freely popping his hip in and out of socket, using the "miracle" to secure a free night’s lodging.
L C Scrivens of Taunton Massachusetts met with six traveling traders on the town outskirts. They swapped horses and clothing until Scrivens left for a neighboring house to borrow an empty barrel to cover his nakedness for the two mile walk to the police station. After hearing his tale police provided him with clothing and arrested the traders who returned to Scrivens a horse a watch fifteen dollars in cash and all the clothing a man wears.
A Barred Plymouth Rock on the Lucius E Shepard farm near Sterling Massachusetts laid an egg 3 inches long and 7 inches in circumference after 7 pm. Mrs Shepard opened it and found a second egg inside, both complete. The outer shell was clear white while the inner egg shell was dark brown.
Eaton Mohn in Lancaster Pa slashed his throat in despondency. Doctors found his windpipe and vocal cords severed but the surgeon rejoined the parts. After hours of unconsciousness Mohn asked the medical team what they wanted, proving speech could return.
A translated Hebrew hand bill caused police to halt a Zionist gathering. The planned topic Territory in Zionist Parliament was misrendered as Terrorism. Dr Charles Worstman, ex Heidelberg professor, was to speak. About 500 Hebrews were turned away as Sergt Hogan followed orders. Police later apologized.
C H Hartman collapsed on reuniting with his wife at Union station in St Louis after a telegram read Ma died at noon Tutu. Hartman, in Cincinnati on business, learned his wife was dead and wired he would arrive Thursday. Daughter Luin present. police seek sender of the telegram. no illness or telegram from daughter.
General Bell issues a general order outlining a flag reconfiguration to display forty six stars in a six row arrangement. Beginning July four nineteen hundred eight the army flag field will be a blue background with alternating row counts of eight and seven stars to reflect Oklahoma’s admission.
An elderly farmer boards a limited train and asks if the 2 cent per mile rate is valid. The conductor confirms, the man admits no ticket but offers two cents and aims to ride one mile before being put off.
The Quarterly Review notes that Spain’s golden age lies ahead as the country becomes a true nation and brings education and enlightenment to its humblest peasants, marking a new era of reform.
An English couple in Fiji invested £250 to lease eight acres and plant 9000 cuttings of Mexican beans. After three years of patient cultivation with help from a Fijian and occasionally Indians, they expect about 6000 pounds of dried beans sold at about 10 shillings per pound, turning an initial $1000 into roughly £500 in profit.
A novelty baked bean dish shaped like a bean is suggested to use up leftovers. The method combines butter salt paprika milk and mashed beans, with grated cheese melted in. Serve on toasted rounds or zephyrettes, suited for chafing dish use.
The New York Times reports on a London sale of the Chesapeake flag once captured by the Shannon. Naval historians in Washington find no evidence to doubt the relic’s authenticity, noting Capt. James Lawrence’s famed last words and the flag’s potential return to the United States.
A Boston dinner recollects William James remarks on how odors and voices trigger memories. He notes associations cling to trifling things and cites a Thanksgiving meal where Mr. Smith rejects boiled rice, claiming it would be a major life mistake.
The business model is to sell flour on credit to women who act as principal country traders. They resell in small quantities to native bakers, themselves women, feeding a system centered on staples like corn, sweet potatoes, yams, plantains, and bananas. Education of traders promotes adoption of essential commodities.
Travel Magazine observes that California keeps older men active and engaged. It contrasts aging with youthful vigor as a 75 year old giant works, rides, and plays, while noting few elderly dreamers among Californians.
A short note on partridge behavior describing strong bonds within a covey and attachment to specific feeding spots. The piece notes September habits, consistent daily timing, and the tendency to abandon affection if the cherished object disappears.
A Washington Star quip features a conscientious youth debating Bliggins as a fit husband. The girl questions the remark while the youth considers possibly taking the chance himself in a playful exchange about marriage and leap year fate.
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