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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
3
A collection of era style essays and tips on optimism in hardship, idealism, and practical manners. Text includes poems about singing through rain, reflections on life and ambition, a humorous piece about a wife guiding spending with her husband, and advice to avoid porterphobia while traveling in Europe, emphasizing prudent tips and polite tipping to porters.
A critique of wealthy American children raised in luxury, arguing pampered youth shape future leaders less capable of practical responsibility. The piece contrasts old childrearing harshness with modern indulgence, citing Kathleen Vanderbilt and others, and questions what mature outcomes await these boys and girls as Newport society evolves.
Dr Hale favors using home reading to supplement school learning. He urges adults to read aloud with their children and to cover history, especially the Crusades, constitutional history, and pivotal figures, as newspapers rarely explain current debates.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps argues in Harper's Bazar that the science of God cannot be excluded from evolution and that immortality is within reach for any soul willing to strive for it. She elevates immortality to an individual achievement comparable to morals or education.
Delegates from over twenty nations will gather next month at the International Woman Suffrage alliance convention in Amsterdam. The meeting will demand the right to choose those who govern. Fourteen nations have fully organized movements, led by the United States and other major powers, with France, Switzerland, Belgium, and South Africa showing vigorous but newer efforts.
The article notes del joins from Bulgaria Roum Bohemia where women claim rights with men. New Zealand Australia and Finland expand voting rights with women voting on par with men. Australia’s suffrage society shifts to a Women’s Political association with former anti suffragists now prominent.
The text urges readers to stop dwelling on troubles and limit visible worries. It counsels to privately manage afflictions, and to publicly display blessings instead. It contrasts comfort in gratitude with envy of others, noting that recognizing others' worse fates can aid perspective.
A New York shopper describes Halifax pricing where every shop advertises a flat ten percent discount. She finds the practice lowers excitement and fairness, noting prices marked with discounts differ from initial tags and questioning why items aren’t marked to show final prices. The tale contrasts Halifax’s sale culture with New York expectations and notes fashion in Halifax as dowdy.
Garden dogwoods include flowering cornus florida with showy spring blooms and bright autumn color, and red osier cornus stolonifera with white fruit and scarlet winter shoots. Cornelian cherry offers small tree form, early yellow blossoms, and two variegated forms.
William Hammerstein received a Paris cablegram announcing Mme Melba will engage for the coming New York season at the Manhattan Opera house beginning in January. The elder Hammerstein says Melba and Mme Tetrazzini will appear on the same bills occasionally, possibly requiring new operas or revivals.
A 19 month old abandoned boy found on a train by Houston Kas league bombers drew the team’s affection. E. Hester held the child briefly, a note misidentified the guardian, and Edmund Winters led the effort to adopt him. Fans at Milas, Fort Worth, and Houston raised a fund surpassing $2000 for the boy’s care as he became the club mascot.
William Spallone travels from New Orleans to Waterbury, Connecticut by a penny fare and riding freight trains, covering about 1600 miles. He scorns railcars, hops freights, and forages meals when hungry, claiming the journey grew harder upon crossing Albany tolls.
Miss May Wedge of Applegate Sanilac County Michigan answered an affinity ad and corresponded with Fred Madi. After exchanging photos she traveled to the Grand Trunk depot to meet him as instructed. A crowd of men in gray clothes arrived and she could not identify Fred. Lacking money she reported the tale to police and was sent home. Fred remains undiscovered.
Miss Randall Pritchard of Newburyport Massachusetts travels alone 2500 miles into the Canadian wilderness to wed Moses Brown Jr son of the ex mayor of Ontario Brown has been leading a miners venture north of the Great Lakes for copper gems and recently journeyed from Newburyport to propose after a winter march 100 miles over rough roads He then chartered a steamer to reach a railroad station ground has been broken for a Coney Island style amusements park on the Palisades near Grant s Tomb promising a trolley link to Hackensack and Jersey towns the Palisades are a famed excursion spot now home to actors writers and brokers
William Krisick and Miss Alexandria Kirszika obtained a marriage license from South Norwalk town clerk Herbert R. Smith. Justice John Curnow married them. The bride seeks divorce and threatens action against officials, claiming the license was for a dog named Louise. Krisick’s cousin to the groom, the items show a mix up over a dog license.
R B Reitemour of Lock Haven Pennsylvania celebrates a tabby cat that endured twenty one days without food or water. A bale of hay dropped into a barn mow partially buried the cat, which later emerged weak but alive. The animal sought water and is reportedly recovering.
H. M. J. Nikoloff a Vidin Bulgaria professor famed for a beard nearly reaching his waist arrives in St. Louis as part of a seven year world pilgrimage begun in 1903. He started with two companions who were slain in Turkey, leaving Nikoloff to continue alone.
A Buck creek episode in Ohio drew hundreds as fish swam intoxicated, with men wading in to capture or strike the largest fish. About 1000 fish were caught or died, leaving banks along Synders littered with the dead. Local chatter blames a blamed brewery scene for the disturbance.
In a major theft at The Americas club, a poker room loss of 500 dollars occurred when a drawer was broken and chips cashed by two club waiters after a large game. President McElroy, Allegheny County assistant district attorney, filed action today against the missing waiters. A crow infestation at Allentown bird nests prompted nest destruction ordered by John W. Rexert, fair president.
A detachment of farm items vanished from President Eckert's farmhouse in spring. A big Dane named Carlos tracked Lulu and Anna Patterson, ages 4 and 3, to a location a mile from home in Joliet, Al, three hours after they vanished. Police Capt. Corcoran later took charge, though the dog resisted contact. The mother reported a late afternoon disappearance. a neighborhood search followed until the police station relayed word the children had been found.
The Chinese ambassador Wu Ting Fang and consuls Ho and Wing visited a Washington Turkish bath, forgetting to remove their switches before the calidarium stove heated to 153 degrees. They resumed after the lapse, while attendants reported Wu enjoyed the novelty but feared repeating it, likening the dining to exotic delicacies.
Warsaw police faced ridicule after arresting every man named Malicki following rumors of a murder at Hautke's works. Relatives denied knowledge of the crime, yet hundreds remain in custody while investigators seek real culprits, a predicament likened to Gogol’s satire.
The battleship fleet ends San Francisco festivities and begins practical demonstrations in Puget Sound and Mare Island. Ships dock for bottom scraping and above water repairs while afloat. The run tests dock capacity of Bremerton and Mare Island yards, with coverage of dock facilities, coaling, and long voyage readiness. The plan includes Manila Dewey dock and Hawaii and Philippines ports, then the Suez route to the Atlantic for final readiness assessment.
A quirky exchange about travel to Chicago appears in Home Magazine. The speaker asserts a claim of ownership over Chicago, prompting a humorous retort about who belongs where in the city.
A keeper recounts a spring disaster as thousands of migrating birds collide with Boone Island lighthouse glass. Birds of many species fly into the bright lantern and perish on rocks or in the sea, leaving rocks strewn with corpses and a few stories of shattered glass from a prized bird.
A New York Public Service Commission inquiry reveals a company plans to replace carbon filament lamps with tungsten and tantalum lamps. The shift promises 25 to 50 percent lower maintenance costs per candle power, reducing electricity use and coal demand, and enhancing waterpower efficiency. The change could benefit investors and municipalities owning electric plants.
Frederick Town send Martin proclaims New York society has shifted from a fixed 400 to an “Eleven Hundred” fashionable set. He says big bank accounts no longer guarantee entry. cleverness, manners, and taste now open doors. A reception for Mrs. George Gould signaled a democratizing trend with 1100 attendees.
A Technical World Magazine report notes gold in black sand along the Pacific coast from Shasta to San Diego. Despite low values and wrecked plants, a 1000 tons run yielded about 235 dollars, costing just over 8 cents per ton to handle, with potential much higher if fully exploited.
A western town famed for family feuds witnessed an unusual wedding described as peaceful and pretty. Guests praised the calm ceremony, noting only Bert Leroy’s black eye and Huw Saunders’s quick intervention amid the town’s notorious feuds. The remark highlights the contrast between local tensions and the festive occasion.
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