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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
A historical sketch argues Eskimo marriage is simple and practical. It notes betrothal in infancy, capture customs, strict moral law with death for infidelity, and a hardy, communal life focused on survival rather than romantic ceremony.
The article describes home canning ideas for grapes including grape catsup grape juice and grape mousse. It outlines steps to prepare grape catsup with ripe grapes cider vinegar cloves and cinnamon then jar and seal. It also explains making grape juice by washing and boiling grapes then straining and bottling with wax and finally a grape mousse with cream lemon juice and sugar until thick.
Separate pulp from grape skins, boil only pulp, strain, and mix with skins. For each quart of grapes add one pint of sugar and cook until thick and jellied. Freeze in a mold covered with ice, unmold onto platter, and dust with sugar.
The feature fall fabrics skip pinstripes with white bases crossed by broad self toned stripes in blues greens browns and pinks, often bearing tiny floral or figure motifs. White flannel waistcoats pipe with pale violet silk and square ended four in hands appear, while wing collars and low tone Jacquard neckwear gain notice. Straw hats give way to soft felts as fall wear trickles into shops. Chinese crepe scarves with embroidered flowers appear, moving from Oriental shops to Paris importing houses.
A Woolwich experiment tests tattooing numbers on horse gums using a tiny ink needle under cocaine pain relief. If successful it could replace hoof burning to mark horses, providing permanent identification retained through shoeing.
Mrs. Alvah J. Hildreth of Topsham guards a treasured relic from the past a carved wooden bunch of grapes once hung as a sign at Boston 1712 era Bunch of Grapes tavern. The artifact, likely the middle grape cluster from a four piece set, traveled to Bowdoinham about 1810 on a schooner and was used by her grandfather Adam Patten.
Ane at the Brick Porch Floors newly found by C. T. W. recommends English Quarries as a superior porch flooring option. Imported or produced domestically, they are cost effective and available in squares oblongs and hexagons. Their larger rougher tiles contrast nicely with wide joints in contrasting cement colors.
Mrs Jones asks for an urgent house visit noting her cuckoo clock has a throat trouble and requests the doctor come over at his earliest convenience in a reply quoted from Harper's Weekly.
A reader poem and essay fragment express longing for shared journeys and critique how trouble is social currency. It contrasts romantic wanderings with modern cheer, then shifts to reflections on idleness, sympathy, and the psychology of hardship, ending with notes on Constitution Island gift to the government and Miss Anne Warner.
A Kansas City conference on education critiques the focus on facts over thinking. It cites student ignorance on basic figures like Benjamin Franklin and James Watt, and warns against rivalries and covetousness among girls. The piece highlights female explorers and researchers as counterexamples to the notion that women are the weaker sex. It urges support for capable girls and honest encouragement to advance others.
An essay from Harper's Bazaar describes the Veddas of Ceylon and the impact of a well groomed woman. It argues that neat appearance, appropriate fashion, and self respect boost efficiency, credibility, and moral character, while dishevelment erodes esteem and resilience.
San Francisco reports show about 74 000 voters registered, roughly 4 000 fewer than the last municipal election and 7 000 shy of four years ago. Republicans deem Taft victory assured, reducing get-out efforts. Democrats lack strong California organization due to factional fights.
In a Senate cloakroom reminiscence Representative Champ Clark recalls meeting Senator Butler of South Carolina who wore an artificial leg from a Confederate war injury. A Mississippi senator quips that if Butler had been a Union officer he would be drawing a double pension. Philadelphia Ledger.
A London Cliftonicle excerpt praises the elder Dumas for a long sentence in Impressions de Voyage describing Benvenuto Cellini. It spans three pages, 108 lines, averages forty five letters, and includes 195 verbs and 122 proper names despite sixty eight commas and sixty semicolons.
The Cimarron River in Oklahoma draws crowds each summer with salt water bathing from its salts and springs. It often runs underground in western stretches and becomes dangerous during floods due to quicksands. The salt originates from northwestern plains and Salt Creek in Blaine county, with salt springs near the surface. Salt works exist in Blaine County, and salt harvesting is simple: dig, pump, evaporate, yielding three bucketfuls per brine. The plains serve mainly as a hunting ground for thousands of ducks and geese in misty early winter.
New Bedford whaling bark Alice Knowles, Capt. Thomas Scullion, returns after twenty years away from port. Her Arctic and Pacific voyage covered Cape Horn to Montevideo, with thirty two whales taken since leaving Montevideo and notable danger including a near loss at Montevideo and a missing fingered crewman Shed Tilton. The vessel bears a full-length female figurehead and remains the port's sole old fashioned whaler.
The London Telegraph notes a decline in billiard tables in France from 95,000 in 1894 to 89,000 this year. The treasury cites taxes as a reason for the drop, while motor vehicles contribute to revenue and golf activity may also face taxes to compensate for the shrinkage in billiard tables.
A compact collection of curious notes about birds and plants. It mentions robins and sparrows eating almonds and currants, many birds enjoying biscuit fragments, cut water lilies lasting longer in water, that some fish never sleep, oak trees bearing millions of leaves, regional goldfish nicknames like Sweet Will, and that diving moorhens use wing movements underwater.
A small boy’s mother sends him for a switch to discipline his sister. He returns with handfuls of dirt saying he cannot find a switch and suggests throwing the dirt at her. The Delineator caption presents a humorous domestic vignette.
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