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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
8
Farmers in the area are busy cutting and stacking hay as ideal weather blesses a rapid harvest. Dry conditions earlier in spring mean yields will be lower than last year, though green hay currently fetches 13 to 18 dollars per ton with prices likely rising this winter.
Captain William ONeil and others visit Cass Lake as locals share social calls. A daughter is born to Mr and Mrs Mike Burgo. Inez Hopkins visits from Bayfield. C Mortensen visits Eau Claire. Ellen and Henrietta Becklund visit Mrs Peter Olson. The Dynamiters Bayfield game draws locals. found key ring at office. Frank Meehan injures hand handling window glass. Zeihlsdoll family welcomes baby boy. Frank Vincent visits from Minnesota Iron Range. Ashland fashions cancel and scrub game held. Jennie Catheness leaves for Everett Washington. Arps quartet concert well attended. William Podvin may move to Iron River with Hines Lumber. Simmons family visits and camps at islands. Hines logs banked near old round house. Mrs Pederson, Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Erick Anderson depart for Coda with J C Olson as chaperone.
Historical notes recount how cats were valued in ancient times with strict penalties for harming them. Wales imposed a unique judgment requiring compensation in wheat when a cat was killed. Similar protections appeared in Saxony and Switzerland, reflecting cats' economic role against vermin.
Lew Wallace notes a tented drinking paradise captured by Confederates on day one, marked Lost. Beau regard ordered camp furniture left, then Union forces retook the ground on day two and the tent was renamed Re gained confirming both losses and recovery.
In a quaint description from Spare Moments the animal least intelligent in a circus is the giraffe, the most intelligent the monkey, the timid yet dangerous elephant, the cats of the feline family, the seals, and the hippopotamus is never in a pleasant frame of mind from birth until mounting for a natural history museum.
The balloon plant produces yellow egg sized fruits that contain a watery substance. As the fruit matures the liquid dries leaving a lighter gas that fills the vesicle. The fruit sways, breaks loose, rises 75 to 100 feet and sails away to disperse seeds.
Notice from the City of Washburn Wisconsin City Clerk reports an ordinance presented July 24 1907 for discussion August 6 1907 to fund a 15000 bond issue for electric lighting works. The plan funds 22518 40 dollars owed to Washburn Electric Light and Power Co with bonds payable over twenty years at 5 percent interest.
The city of Washburn Wisconsin will pay twenty five dollars at Illinois Trust and Savings Bank Chicago as six months interest on a funding bond dated September 1 1907. Payment is due on the first ATSO. No.
The ordinance levies a 1500 dollar annual tax on all taxable city property to pay interest and principal on bonds issued to fund electric works. It authorizes bond issuance at 5 percent interest, with semiannual coupons, and allows retirement of bonds by November 1 each year. The city must use bond proceeds to pay Washburn Electric Light and Power Company and ensure receipts accompany bond delivery. The ordinance takes effect after final adoption and publication.
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