Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

| oick much Inc blank also states that
applicants must be over % years old
and that the QueStioner cares little for n
| woman who wears white sneakers or
shoes. white stockings, white dresses,
| white waists.
Miss Charlotte fuegen eff Norfolk,
/ Neb., who brew claim No. 80 in the
recent Rosetad land lottery, has already
received more than fifty offers Of mar.
| rage. Ola men, young men, eastern
| ana western men have written. One
old man indiscreetly mentioned he has
q son of 30" Miss Illegen has paid no
heed 70 any of the proposals. she is 20.
The legality of kiss as payment for
! a pair of shoes came mp for decision In
the police court nj Portsmouth. y. H.
! Henry Tucker, war veteran, proprie
tor. of shop in Bow street. pleaded
guilty to having kissed Miss Alice Nj
Splnney OF Newingten, while she was In
ms store making purchase. The girl
told the police that she asked Tucker
the price of a pair of shoes and he told
her she could have them for kiss
Thereupon he put his arms around her
and kissed her
Henry $. Haight hotel proprietor at
Washington, ID. c., took a erowbar and
began rolling a peanut along Pennsyl-
vania avenue. He had made bet he
would roll the peanut if Taft won. The
peanut bucked, went sidewise and end
wise. while the crowd Uttered Mr..
Haight perspired, persisted, and finally
had block to his credit Then POI
liceman arrested him, and ut the police
station he put up 50 to insure his APP
pearance for trial.
The most provoking trial of the good
hnmGpgiNnG nf tnl n nj fha,
present time is the little field mouse.
These little creatures exist in large NUM-
berS among the tall grasses and shrab-
berry about the new residence portion of
Coleraine and can be frequently seen ON
the streets. Since the fall of snow and
chilly weather has set in the mice are
seeking warmer homes. If house door
is left ajar a few minutes. the house is
certain TO become inhabited by the mice,
who make their presence known to the
housewives by devastations in the pam
tries and linen rooms, The women are
devoutly hoping some pied Piper of
Hamein' may appear to rid them of
these little nuisances and torments.
Bill Dugan and Fritz Schmidt. two
plumbers, were nearly frightened into
nervous prostration al Tompkinsville,
Staten Island. upon discovering n petri-
fled eat in the elbow of an eight-inch hot
air furnace. The house is owned by
Mrs. Thomas G.. Evans For twelve
years it has been impossible to get heat
from parlor register. Dugan aud
Schmidt We're at work on the pipes
when the petrifed cat fell ont on the eel
lar floor. The house is now undergoing
repairs, and the contractor suggested
that a twelve-ineh hot air furnace pipe
would supply heat through the parlor
register. Dugau and Schmidt were at
tsof.i- hn ab t1,,
rifed eat fell out on the cellar floor. Du-
gan gave one yell and skidooed. He was
quickly followed by Schmidt, with his
hair standing on end and eyes distended
The boss was III the yard when they
came out, and he thought they had
gone crazy. They refused TO return To
the cellar. so the boss went in himself
and brought out the petriiied eat. How
it ever got into the hot air pipe is a mys-
terry. The eat viii be presented TO the
Staten Island Association of Arts and
Sciences.
Mrs. Rose Harrington, wife OF Mark
Harrington. former chief Of the United
States weather bureau and president OF
the University Of Washington. who dis
appeared about ten years ago. is posi-
tive that John Doe. No. 81 in the Nor.
ris Plains On. j. Insane asylum is her
husband. She went TO Morris Plains.
hearing that man answering the de-
scription of her husband had been sent
there. The man denied she was his wife
and said he had never been married
Mrs. Harrington and her son, Raymond.
however, are confident that he is the
man. When seen at her home 521 West
151st street, Mrs, Harrington said that
her husband disappeared while his fam
lily was living in Mount Vernon. She
had heard from his once from Raleigh
NJ
by his wife's sister in Baltimore but dis
appeared before he could be taken ia
custody. Mr. Harrington Is about GO
years old and was appointed head of the
weather bureau by President Harrison.
and later served several years as presi-
dent of Washington university. Mrs.
Harrington viii take no steps to have
her husband removed from the asylum,
The Pennsylvania state railroad com
mission, in the case Of the Pennsylvania
Clay company, has directed that the
ONO River Junction Railroad company
put its line of about two miles in Bea-
yer county into shape for operation, ese
pecially 20 provide its single locomotive
with pilot and headlight. The rnil-
road is also warned 10 put it's trucks into
condition and replace rotten ties with
solid ones.
In cOrn-huskiug contest for the ben
eft Of the Union NJ II. church, John
Garrett and John Dover, two New Cas-
tie, Del. residents defeated contestants
from Newport. Newark. Wilmington,
H0ckeSsin, Delaware City, and Christi
ana, and won pretty clocks and watches.
They husked fifty one and forty-six ears
In minute. respectively. The church
will net about $50 fi,,an the affair
Foul brood. bee cOntagion quite as
destructive 10 apiaries Ms the San Jose
scale is TO orchards, wax stated in the
annual report of President H. l.. Kiln.
ger, superintendent of public schools in
Juniata county. Pa. before the Pennsyl-
yania State Beekeepers' association. to
affect about oue-eighth Of the apiares in
the state. He advocated the passing Of
a law by the state Legislature providing
for the appointment Of an inspector Of
apiaries az the only preventive.
Light is good for toothache Dark
ness is bad for it. lf you are tooth
ache sufferer, haven't you often noticed
how the pain in your jaw increases.
when. late at night, you turn off the
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