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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
3
A woman's poem about waiting for a lover and night imagery leads into a safety valve on worry and living in the present. The column urges living today, not fearing tomorrow, citing Marcus Aurelius and the futility of endless planning. Practical home care tips follow about removing moths from clothing and carpets with ammonia, alcohol, and light. Prairie Farmer provides methods for moth control and notes on Buffalo moth behavior and timing.
The text extols attending to small duties at home over grand ambitions. It argues many people ignore close duties, praising mothers and wives who sustain a contented home. It urges realizing that humble daily care can be noble, with guidance on organizing for a seasonal cleaning and storage.
A New York Herald analysis urges schoolgirls to guard language and avoid gossip that wounds others. It argues gentleness of speech and calm voice in public spaces prevents damage to personal charm, while criticizing loud talking and public comments as signs of bad manners and thoughtlessness.
A discussion on gender roles decries attacking women for overstepping lines of politeness and defends showing respect. It argues true chivalry endures as a standard, condemns mocking or praising women’s faults, and cautions that femininity and virtue must be valued without degrading either sex.
A critical analysis of dominant women citing domestic tyranny at home and in public spaces. The piece contrasts harsh matriarchal behavior with respected modesty and notes shifting views on household economics in western education. It highlights Vassar and Illinois efforts to integrate domestic science into curricula and train teachers for high schools and institutions.
reminiscences recall George McCulloch once chair of Broken Hill Proprietary losing a euchre game to Cox over a share in a Mount Gipps claim The stake began at £120 but the tale ends with a share worth about a million pounds Morrison notes Cox won the game and McCulloch swung the bet Cox paid £120 for the share if he won he would gain £180 but McCulloch lost leading to a fortune later.
A Pennsylvania Grasshopper Story recalls a place within four miles of Lancaster where pests once swarmed so thick on rail lines that engines halted. The tale notes rails worn smooth by insect migration and engineers using sand boxes and rods to clear tracks.
In the United States legation compound at Pekin six tablets commemorate American soldiers who died in the Boxer campaign of 1900. Each tablet bears the inscription thanking the officers and men of the U S army navy and marines and lists the roster of those killed or who died during the memorial campaign.
In Fort Wayne Indiana a young woman Mary Garry alleges she worked for the Dodane family since August 1893 without pay and endured abuse including a blinded eye from a rubber hose. She finally left two weeks ago to live with relatives. Actress Miss Maxine Elliot plans a new Elliott theater in New York City on Thirty-ninth Street east of Broadway, with Shuberts co owning. The theater will feature wider seats and a new air system to prevent illness.
A wind shattered store window in New York is boarded up and insured, drawing curious onlookers to read a sign. Along Long Island coast hundreds of crates labeled Valencia wash ashore, mostly intact. Life savers say the wreckage ends there with onions in good condition. At rotisseries, bachelors and couples watch meat roasted for five cents per pound. A Leslie Carter bankruptcy sale draws crowds for family relics including a $1.25 wash wringer and a two bottles lot for a nickel.
A Paris Presse report notes a foreign visitor swindled in a Montmartre restaurant when his purse vanished. To pay the bill he offered a gold mounted set of false teeth, securing his debt and avoiding confrontations with the cash-strapped landlord.
At about one o clock Senator Foraker ordered coffee and a sandwich via a new page who mistook the request for Big Dick the Senate restaurant head waiter. The page relayed the order to Dick, who shouted in surprise, turning the moment into a popular joke about Foraker and his habit of sending a light luncheon to his committee room.
Louise Kissinger of Aurora Indiana called off her wedding as guests crowded the door. Two hours later her jilted fiancé Michael Kerrigan returned to New Orleans. Kerrigan had been paying court to a nurse and had set up a home in New Orleans. Kerrigan arrived Tuesday evening then went to Chicago on Wednesday. Miss Kissinger, realizing she did not love him as a wife, decided she could not proceed.
The article outlines proper Eton dress rules such as no turning up the waistcoat bottom button, trousers cuffed, and ties avoided. It warns against a back-point jacket cut and favors a straight round hem, with collars turned up for overcoats and umbrellas kept unrolled or gathered with a rubber band.
A London medical writer notes sugar can cause headaches and bilious attacks when eaten in excess. A London practitioner argues that sugar is vital yet overuse harms appetite, and suggests consuming sugar with meals and reducing tea and coffee to offset negatives.
A Dublin motorist refuses to reveal his name to a zealous policeman. The officer checks the car for a name but finds the letters rubbed off. The police conclude the driver’s name is obliberated, provoking anger from the motorist who shouts that the officer is a liar and claims the name is O'Brien.
Professor Robinson explains before the French Academy of Science in Paris that stomach repletion lifts the diaphragm and shortens the thorax base, elongating the waist. He adds that adipose encumbers the eye socket, giving the stout man a fierce gaze while he struts.
The Meridan Star recalls a venture where enterprising gentlemen planted about 6000 pecan trees north of Jackson along the Illinois Central. Two years into the project the grove survived amid skepticism from locals enjoying cotton and fertilizer. Now the owner stays in clover and can afford a European summer trip.
Public anecdote from Pearson's Weekly describes dancer Mr Fancy using gold dust mixed with quartz as a prop during performances with Charles Godfrey's company in western Australia. She recalls sand was unavailable and spectators provided the glittering material which dissolved to reveal shining gold grains in water.
Plans to harness tidal energy on the Maine coast move forward with a company bonding land on Back Bay in Portland. The project targets a tidal plant of at least 25 000 horsepower to power electric cars lights and engines in the city per Cassier's Magazine.
The text compares nicotine levels in tobacco, noting Havana about 2 percent, French tobacco around 6 percent, and American types such as Old Dominion just over 7 percent. Blue Grass tops 8 percent, while Sumatra and Connecticut varieties hover near 6 percent.
A New York Sun account of Biloxi Mississippi’s mullet belt praises the fish as essential to coastal life. It notes the mullet as the staple diet from infancy to death, its role in culture, cuisine, and even Civil War survival, with a hardy method for catching enough to feed many families.
A Town and Country note warns about common errors in how courtesy titles are used for the wives of peers. It highlights mislabeling like Lady Beresford and explains proper signatures such as C. Strafford, noting debates and excess stationery sparked by these conventions.
The Washington Star quotes Morris Sellers Largey, a young Montana millionaire, saying theaters offer steady returns for shrewd investors. He cites a slave emancipation parable about risk and timing, noting the volatile nature of property in unsettled times.
The Chicago Tribune notes China moves to save its forests by opening a forestry school in Mukden. It highlights past denudation, periodic floods, and wood scarcity, praising the government for beginning reforestation scientifically.
The National Review notes Providence is generous and economical in offering mankind glimpses of genius through rare Erscheinungen, suggesting every person may witness part of a great comet's transit across history, enriching the world over time.
A reflective nugget notes the French peasant’s thrift contrasts with English wastefulness. It suggests peasants sustain large families on scarce scraps while English habits reflect temperate climate pressures. The piece casts social temperament through national differences.
The essay asserts drama will endure as a perennial human interest and that education serves great masses in a transition period. It argues drama benefits from wider dissemination and remains a vital cultural force.
In Bolivia there are no horses on farms and bullocks or oxen are universally used. The piece notes a shift toward motor use likely replaces animal labor in agriculture, signaling a future change in farming practices.
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