Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-25

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The rumored wholesale grocery trust Is
about as likely as a corner Oh ozone.
-Thrty-eight thousand swords have
been ordered by Chile from German
firm.
II is @, ,lent that the Chicago, Burlinr-
ton & Quncy's fast coast express ISM
Quite as fast as the rascals who held il
up at WOOdlawn, Nebraska.
The strike of the train robbers. on the
Burlington road, was short in compar-
son with the coal strike, and the opera
tors are undoubtedly glad it is over.
The discovery of what can be done in
the way of heating and cooking with
bricks soaked in oil will give the oil can
fresh opportunities among the careless.
Only gold and silver have been found
in Dunn county, Wisconsin, and there
is great disappointment But perhaps
coal may be struck after more digging.
IL Admiral Casey can get Gen. Herrara
and Gen Salazar to agree upon terms Of
peace, he should be ordered to sail for the
coal regions at once, to try his skill there.
With so much in the way of conhrn1a-
ton that Yohe is again married, it might
ne inferred that the public doesn't know
that she is used to matrimonial ventures.
Santos Dumont is in the air again, ike
a veteran flyer, making offers to per
form long airshp voyages. He seems 10
be 'well up" in the advertising business.
The Presbyterian minister who has
been unfrocked at Minneapolis for writ
ing brewery advertisements may have
found it necessary to piece OUT a small
salary.
The Brooklyn waterworks may have 10
shut down on account of the coal strike,
but the rmor that the Milwaukee brew
cries are in a similar plight is without
foundation.
Meanwhile the sound of the coal shovel
:. 1
great extent; not because the weather IS
mild, but because there is nothing 70
make the shovel ring.
As an evidence Of the way in which
the coal famine affects every household
in the land. it is announced in New
York that bread has been raised one
cent loaf because the fuel to bake the
bread has become so expensive.
The way seems to be clear in Den
mark for the formal cession of the Dan
ish West Indies to the United States,
which will then own quite batch of
insular property upon which the growing
navy must keep its weather eye"
The big steel steamer Kanawaha struck
something on the bottom of Chicago
river and suffered damage to her bottom
that will necesstate a $4,000 repair
bill. Chicago is getting notorious as a
port wherein the bottom of the river is
invariably too near the surface.
The railroads which have been hauled
onto the carpet by the government, for
granting preferences and cutting rates are
not in the position enjoyed by the coal
roads, which instead of granting favors
and cutting rates persist in the bad habit
Of overcharging shippers for the carrying
Of anthracite coal.
A new steamer just launched at Cam
den, Delaware. is prepared for future
strikes by having ire-boxes that will ac-
commodate either oil or coal. However,
there need be little fear if she ever takes
10 oil, that she will have to revert TO
coal as strikes in the oil regions are
generally those classed as lucky"
Marie Corelli, whose name was omitted
from the list of persons who were hon
ored by admission to the royal enclosure
at a recent gathering in Great R:itaiR,
much to her disgust, should be proud
that she has been taken at her word.
She has frequently in her books pro
nounced against newspaper putfely.
Wilhclmina and Henry ought To get
along without quarreling if their family
life in the future is to be matter OF
only a few days each year. They viii
he like the couple who lived together fer
sixty years without quarrel. The wife
went out washing each day, from morn
ing until night, and the husband was a
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