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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
4
A stark line notes the risk to the King of Nor way and the Chicago police chief, highlighting shared perils in leadership roles amid mounting threats.
The French Academy declines a $20,000 gift aimed at raising the moral tone of France, deeming the amount insufficient for the goal.
A Texas ranch near Alpine is credited with finding a two mile stretch of petrified fish forming a mountain like feature. The tale is presented as a curious local legend and is urged to be received in stony silence.
The February fire loss in the United States and Canada aggregated 18.6 million dollars, down from 19.9 million the previous February and 29.6 million in January 1908. The year outset is discouraging for fire insurance companies.
Reported ice softening at Sault Ste Marie will disturb vessel men who believe a brief season suits business. As the ice begins to move lake vessels respond, and the work of a new season starts with a rush.
A prominent Chicago physician denounces the use of chains on automobile tires, arguing they loosen the earth and cause dust. He adds that dust from the average car stems from speed, and all vehicles of their class raise dust when driven too fast.
The American Railway Association committee on car efficiency notes a drop of 20,000 idle cars in the United States and Canada since the prior report issued two weeks earlier, signaling encouragement for the unemployed.
Political parties spar over ex Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco as Supreme Court of California decisions could sharpen a contest among factions claiming him. The evolving rulings raise stakes for who will emerge as the leading political claimant.
A proposed fare reduction by the North German Lloyd and Russian lines aims to stimulate travel westward. The easing of steerage costs is described as a friendly scrap to boost business and attract returning Europeans, signaling sustained influx from Europe.
The Internal Revenue report shows 481,007,830 cigars taxed in January 1908, down from 599,957,603 in January 1907. The decline mirrors reduced Indian weed use in other forms, including snuff, with lower consumption linked to hard times.
Herbert Asquith England's chancellor of the exchequer stands as the line for the premiership due to Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman's illness. He is described as lacking wealth cordiality or popularity but possessing amazing ability and lucid utterance, with safety deemed most crucial for a public figure. The English people are said to be fortunate in their prospective leader.
The China Japan dispute, marked by no bloodshed, is settled amicably in U.S. yellow press. China offers apology for the insult to the Japanese flag and to restore the captured steamship while Japan relinquishes its claim for payment on confiscated arms. If submitted to Hague or Andrew Carnegie, outcome would be similar.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell’s tetrahedral aeroplane reportedly flew 318 feet 11 inches at Hammondsport New York rising ten to twenty feet. The voyage is brief compared with the Wright machine at Dayton Ohio, but seen as a promising start given Bell’s inventive drive.
Ottawa dispatch reports a Great Britain United States agreement on fishing on the international boundary. The pact includes regulations and closed seasons to satisfy all parties and conserve the fish supply, improving fishing during the permitted months.
The Penacola station operator picked up a wireless message from the battleship fleet on the Pacific, and communication was established with Mare Island in San Francisco Bay. These events, following Congress's Hale bill to regulate wireless, highlight the promising potential of etherial telegraphy.
A fragment urges national legislators to promptly adopt steps aligned with Senator Hale's proposition, emphasizing urgency and the need for decisive action without delay.
The Balkan war cloud looms as talks suggest a Denrian-Adriatic railway through the Novi Bazar district. Russia Great Britain France and Italy may help build a Balkan line to spur agriculture mining and commerce, seen as a peace guarantee.
The joy at Magdalena bay centers on the fleet arriving in good fighting order after a 14000 mile voyage through a dangerous route. The ships are ready to cope with severe weather, and their machinery matches the strength of their hulls, pleasing observers.
The Hepburn bill imposes a 50 cent tax on each stock transfer while similar bills by Ore and Davis target grain futures and Burleson seeks to curb cotton futures. Critics say this class of legislation serves no public purpose and could harm legitimate interests or cause widespread disaster.
President Gillett told the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association meeting in Monroe that butter production can be doubled through care and scientific methods by herd owners. He noted creamery butter has been high and dairy butter scarce this winter, and butterine was unavailable due to sale restrictions. If output doubles, prices may ease but profits for farmers and satisfaction for consumers would rise.
The Cunard turbine steamer Mauretania cut the Sandy Hook to Queenstown voyage to 5 days 5 minutes, 2 hours 36 minutes faster than the previous record. During the trip she averaged over 26 knots for 24 hours, totaling 627 knots, beating the prior 24 hour best by nine knots. The improvement matches expectations as engines smooth out and crews master the ship, with potential further gains in calmer summer seas.
Four men linked to a capitol cost overrun were convicted of conspiracy. John H. Sanderson, contractor. William P. Snyder, ex-auditor general. W. L. Mathews, ex-state treasurer. and James M. Shumaker, ex-superintendent of public buildings and grounds were among those named. Thirty seven suits have been filed related to the scandal.
A man picked up as intoxicated in Chicago was jailed overnight, found to have a fractured skull, and died in the Bridewell hospital. Investigation showed he was not drunk, but had fallen on a slippery walk. The incident prompts calls for better cause checks and physician involvement in unexplained helplessness.
In sea fishing at Biarritz France long heavy rods loom over forty feet in length. A twenty foot salmon rod seems modest beside the locals rods. From the lighthouse walk rods rest on railings with a line of rod length, three or four hooks and a light sinker. La Pointe Plate uses shorter rods but they still are not featherweights. Reels are known to these sea anglers but seldom used.
Women are admitted to the Austrian barbers’ union but must complete a three year apprenticeship before practicing independently.
A poem in Lippincott's features the March wind as a restless force that teases and unsettles yet renews strength and hope. The speaker embraces the wind's mischief, finding peace and thanksgiving in its ministry as youth and health return.
Jim Brown hides a secret marriage as a chain of mistaken arrivals brings in his stepmother Kate, wife Nelly, and Sarah alongside Uncle Tom and an incredulous Thomas Brown. A comic scramble ends with the revelation and a tense court appointment looming.
In a Detroit News Tribune comic scene, Jim Brown admits to secretly marrying multiple women and arranging a scheme with Nelly Sharp to claim a wife for a $5000 gift. Family members confront the ruse, resolve the misunderstanding, and plan to depart by cab to the station in time.
Mme Tetrazzini told the New York Sun that breath control in singing changes with practice. Even veteran singers find new surprises as techniques evolve. She cautioned young singers to follow their teacher and apprenticeship first, reserving personal experimentation for later.
Mary Eve Chase of Brookline, aged six, receives a bronze medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society for saving her junior playmate Katherine Jackson from being hit by an automobile on Davis avenue last November. Eva pushed Katherine aside but was struck and hospitalized. she has since recovered at home.
A Lyons professor proposed using X rays to detect pearls inside oysters to skip unviable shells. The method proved slow, but an American inventor now uses a rotary X-ray apparatus that can radiograph over 100 oysters in 15 seconds, about 24 000 per hour, per the London Globe.
A fragmentary collection quotes from the New York Times and references to the New York Bar Association. It muses that time is money yet cannot be wasted on debt, and that success rests on effort and ability. The piece hints at social observations about women and ambition.
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