12 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
1
A gathering of married women share tales of romance and fate. Bertha Stone recounts a Colorado stagecoach robbery where a soft spoken passenger, later revealed as Boulder’s deputy sheriff, shoots two robbers dead and saves the group. The clergyman survives with a weak heart as they continue to Denver.
A long study of Vatican finances notes the Rothschilds have been papal financial advisers for sixty years. It details income sources, annual allocations, and the pope’s economy alongside charity, with a focus on Leo XIII and Pius X era policies and possible American investment interest.
A few years ago only men of great fortune possessed private cars. Now adays there are so many of these pal aces on wheels that their value is estmated at $72,000,000.
Veneering advances make oak walnut and ash affordable by slicing logs to one twentieth inch through two machine types. cooked logs are sliced or sawed into thin slabs, layered with grain alternating for strength, and dried to resist warping. Veneering expands use from pianos to cars and ferryboats.
Thirty years ago a camera was rare and its owner carried traps while wet plates were processed in a tent. Last year the United States produced 300000 cameras with simple bulb and button operation and the photographic business reached about 20000000 dollars in sales.
A proverb-like line suggests easing a man’s worries by offering something that boosts his finances. The phrase emphasizes financial support as a path to emotional reassurance and wellbeing.
Ernest Thompson Seton explains in Scribner’s the European elk, the eastern American moose, and the Alaskan moose. He compares skull shapes, antler forms, size, and color to differentiate species and notes possible evolutionary links to Cervalces.
The Kansas City Star notes wolf and coyote skin overcoats worn by Northwestern stockmen and Dakota Nebraskan farmers. Coats fetch 100 to 150 dollars, require ten skins, and are often handmade by Indian tailors. E W Hart of Brock Neb recalls a coat with twelve skins and a dramatic hunt with wolves and hounds.
A Pennsylvania Railroad agent in San Francisco, H A Buck, visits Prof Jenks at the St Francis Hotel. A bellboy brings a card from a man who recalls meeting Jenks’s father in Alaska years before. The card’s back note reveals the father died 37 years ago and invites a visit.
Public auction to liquidate estate lands of Ernest Nordner in Bayfield County Wisconsin. Administrator A B Severson will sell on April 17 1906 at 10:00 a m at the Washburn Court House front entrance. Property includes Lots 2 3 4 5 6 17 18 19 20 21 in Block 1 Lot 10 Block 2 Peck Village plus 1 acre more or less described parcel. Cash terms. Dated March 13 1906.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Wausau Wisconsin gives notice that Roy B Prince has filed to make final proof for his land claims under H E 3273 and H No 11641. Proof will be before the circuit court clerk at Ashland Wisconsin on April 16 1906. Witnesses include Peter Lamar Harry H Beaser John Dowdall and John Prince all of Ashland Wisconsin. JOHN W MILLER Register
Land office at Wausau Wisconsin issues notice for publication dated February 9 1906 in Ashland county clerk court records. Otto Ruberg H E No 4672 for land parcels in section four township four north range seven west with claims of continuous residence and cultivation by Charles H Thorp Edward Lindquist Peter Anderson Aron Olson all of Drummond Wisconsin.
An advertisement promotes Boschee's German Syrup as the only preparation on the market that relieves and cures consumption. It lists ingredients and claims by medical congresses, urging rest, fresh air, and good food, and promises easy morning ex pectoration with rapid relief. Sold at Frost & Spies in small 25 cent bottles and regular 75 cent bottles.
An article denounces cosmetic cures for complexion and promotes Green's August Flower as a liver tonic to purify blood and improve skin. It claims to cure constipation biliousness nervousness and promote sleep with trial sizes offered at Frost & Spies.
The merchants Fox Bros offer refunds on a 50 cent bottle if it fails to cure coughs or colds and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money back. The undersigned pledge the refund guarantees.
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