Ashland News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Ashland residents host visitors from Ironwood Wakefield and Crystal Falls. Lincoln Carter stars in Too Proud to Beg at the opera house on Sept 16. Gogebic County Fair runs Sept 16 18 with Metro Carnival acts. millinery openings and fall sales announced. baseball Yeomen vs Ironwood second team. multiple town business trips and family notices fill the week.
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Opera House
Lincoln J. Carter
Operahouse
Metropolitean Carnival Company
Gogebic County Fair
They Take The Kinks Out
An advertisement claims Dr King's New Life Pills relieve stomach liver and bowel kinks without fuel or friction. N H Brown of Pittfield VI endorses the product. Frank B Jones drug store guarantees emacs and offers the pills at 25 cents.
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Dr. King
N. H. Brown
Pittefield
Frank B. Jones
Peshtigo Fire Burns Business District. Homes Saved
A Wednesday night blaze destroyed the business portion of Peshtigo near Menominee. The residence section was saved by superhuman efforts. Minnie Laurie and son Geo and Mrs. P. J. Nelson with mother Mrs. McKay left Monday evening for an extended visit to Toronto, Montreal, and other Canadian cities.
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Peshtigo
Menominee
Minnie Laurie
Geo
P. J. Nelson
McKay
Toronto
Montreal
Canada
Salesmen Wanted for Lubricating Oils and Paints in Gogebic
Classified ad seeks salesmen to sell oils greases and paints in Gogebic and nearby counties with salary or commission. Company address Clover Oil and Paint Co Cleveland Ohio. Also reports on travel of J S Robinson to Mansfield then New York for Columbia Law studies and two marriage notices at Presbyterian parsonage in Sept with Rev W R Shell. Notes forest fires in Lake Superior region destroying Chisholm Minnesota, shelter needs, and relief efforts. Also promotes Preventics Candy Cold Cure Tablet distributed by druggists with claims of quick relief and no quinine.
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Gogebic
Clover Oil and Paint Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Superior
Frank B. Jones
Affray at Ramsay Ends in Fatal Shooting
Peter Colombo an Italian was shot dead by James Rochetti at the Eureka mine location near Ramsay last Sunday around nine. The double barreled shotgun blast occurred at Joe Parelli's home protection and no quarrel or words preceded the act. Rochetti returned home after the shooting and was soon arrested. bound over to the November term of the circuit court.
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Peter Colombo
James Rochetti
Ramsay
Jor Joe Parelli
Eureka Mine
Rochetti
Circuit Cours
The New Colorado Special Electric Lighted
Leaves Chicago Daily 10:00 a m for Dover through without change. One night en route with Pullman drawing room sleeping cars free reclining chair cars and observation parlor cars. All meals in dining cars a la carte. 30 00 for Round Trip Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo daily until September 26 via Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. Correspondingly low rates from all points. Two trains daily. For full particulars apply to agents The North Western Line.
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Chicago
Dover
Pullman
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Union Pacific
North Western
North-Western Line
A Dangerous Friend at the Opera House
A Dangerous Friend premieres at the opera house on Thursday September seventeenth. The drama has gained strong reputation in one season, praised for its clever writing and distinctly American themes. It travels from rural Vermont to New York and San Francisco, offering colorful atmosphere and American characters who rise to the fore.
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Opera House
Vermont
United States
New York
America
San Francisco
Woman Blackhand Caught in Decoy Package Plot
Italian merchants had received threats from the black hand demanding 1000 in cash. A decoy package led to the arrest of Mrs. Frank Gheller after agents watched near Powder Mill Creek. She says she acted alone. four others were hinted at but not yet identified. Trial set for today.
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John Scavarda
Powder Mill Creek
Ironwood Road
Scavarda
Marshal Ballone
John Rowett
Andrew Wiklund
Ave
Frank Gheller
Ironton
Italy
Black-Hand
Proverbs and Phrases Across Bystones and Nations
A compact collection of maxims and aphorisms from diverse cultures. It includes Greek emphasis on endurance over wrong, German fortunes tied to partnership, Danish caution in thriving, French counsel on value, Latin warnings, Irish caution about smooth speech, Horace on value versus virtue, a French admonition about action, Latin reflection on distance from home, and Cowper’s line on steadfast faith.
Subtext in a Local Card Game and Notes on Society
Fragmented OCR style item sketches social quirks and humorous quips. It mentions towing locks the canal and a few character dialogues about college yell justice love and a jazz pianist. It ends with a joke about Atlantic City during Lent and the Boardwalk.
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Willie
Bowers
Atlantic City
Powers
Boardwalk
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