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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
4
The Times of Washburn Wisconsin invites inquiries about advertising rates as of August 6 1908. Editor Nels M Oscar notes the 24 year publication history and offers rate details on request.
A movement to bring a large North Shore timber tract to the city for manufacture seeks to revive saw mill activity for years. North State Bank president Sprague backs the plan and urges local cooperation after examples in Iron River and Washburn where tax concessions kept mills running and attracted new work. Citizens are urged to offer a satisfactory proposition now or risk losing the opportunity to another locale.
Local notice seeking an assistant manager position in this county and adjoining areas. Salary twenty dollars weekly plus expenses, no investment or experience required. Apply with self addressed envelope to Superintendant 132 Lake St Chicago Ill. Weather reports via central system offered.
A Malate girl and her Romeo lounged together in the drawing room when the girl's little brother interrupted, testing the pair with a fish line joke and a quip about a sinker, reflecting a cheeky Manila Gossip tone.
The piece notes that many people can name Shakespeare as the source of familiar lines. It cites lines from Hamlet and Othello as quotable references and mentions Goldsmith’s phrase from She Stoops to Conquer as widely recognized, illustrating how certain works permeate everyday speech.
In Chicago News satire Mr. and Mrs. Stubb discover a kitchen mix up leads to a tramp singing in the yard. Mrs. Stubb admits the mistake of boiling bird seed instead of oatmeal, amusingly tripping the household.
Dr H G Mertens relocated to room 3 in Turnquist block above the store. Ashland team seeks Douglas Knight for the season but Knight apparently declined. Charles Murray and family move to Ashland. Thompson Boyd sustains a leg fracture from a horse kick and is in Rhinehart's hospital. Rumor says the Old Mission may be subdivided for sale though the dining hall remains.
Delwiche, superintendent of the North Wisconsin experimental Stations, visited Rice Lake to study pea production for a cannery. He believes 1500 acres of peas can sustain full operation and praises the red clay soils of Lake Superior region for higher yields.
An inspector tested a class on religious knowledge and asked for a definition of a lie. A boy loudly declared, A lie is an abomination to the Lord, but a very pleasant help in time of trouble.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar provides immediate relief for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. It asserts the product cures many cases where other treatments failed and notes it contains no harmful drugs sold by Q W Frost.
The article discusses western wind dangers to crops from hot chinook winds to cold winter blasts and dry northern winds. It cites farmer observations on windbreaks using trees like osage orange and cottonwoods, noting increased yields and the need to balance land use. The U.S. Forest Service will conduct measurements to quantify windbreak benefits.
The excerpt presents a moral critique of self centered pride using a character who renounces homeland and fame. It contrasts high status and wealth with inner decay, warning that such a person will be forgotten and unhonored. This anonymous reader reflects on duty and national sentiment in a Shakespearean tone.
Dr Weir Mitchell recalls a medical friend who kept a delirium tremens patient calm with medicine and ordered the nurse to give it if snakes appeared. The patient did not see snakes but reported red white and blue turkeys with straw hats, confounding the physician.
Two men plan to rob a farmer but fail after creaking floorboards awaken the farmer twice. Pat pretends to pass then meows to mislead. Mike follows and is met with the farmer’s suspicion, who dismisses the noises as cats in a humorous courtroom note from Judge's Library.
The piece argues scarcity of help pushes landowners toward devices that reduce labor. It cites hay loaders, cable trip forks, sulky plows, walking cultivators as outdated, while rotary harrows and other up to date tools boost output. It endorses investing in modern equipment as economical. It ends with an unrelated drug advertisement for Dear's Reg ULats.
Dialogue from Finley Peter Dunne featuring Mr Dooley and Mr Hinnessey discussing Christian Science and medical care. Dooley suggests blending science with Christianity and nurses as a practical solution. The quip implies practical healthcare needs over sectarian labels.
A woman asks a photographer if he shoots children and his charge is four dollars a dozen. She says she has only eleven and will go elsewhere. The anecdote appears in Success Magazine.
Rev. A. C. Dixon of Chicago left home for a long journey and kissed his four year old son goodbye. The boy vowed to take care of mamma and prayed that God would look after papa grandfather auntie Mary, but said he would take care of mamma himself.
A man sentenced to two years for larceny sobs in the city jail as a taller prisoner facing seven years for bigamy taunts him. The speaker mutters about leaving his family and wife, while a chorus of taunts fills the crowded room.
A peddler touts a washing machine to a resisting housewife as a dog chews the wooden leg. He pitches the device as a benevolent act worth a million dollars, offered at five dollars, while rain threatens and the woman navigates the sales pitch and chaos. The page closes with a separate quotation about mystery and a woman’s gaze toward a star.
A truck gardener describes raising early tomatoes in a dry goods box 2 by 38 feet by eight inches deep with two inch pipe corners for bottom watering. Soil mixed sandy loam and manure, seeds planted shallowly and kept moist. Green tops appeared in a week, then trans planted into a deeper box after three weeks.
Savoy leaved cabbages are used in Europe and known for crumbling leaves. They offer tender texture and delicate flavor, with better cold resistance but smaller, less solid heads and lower yield than common cabbage.
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold and hay fever relief after Foley's Honey and Tar failed others but worked quickly. His wife also found the remedy effective, and it is sold by Q. W. Frost.
The Republican Congressional Committee seeks essays up to 1000 words arguing why the party should win in the coming elections. Entries must be mailed by July 15 to the Literary Bureau at Metropolitan Bank Building, Washington DC. The top article earns 150 dollars and becomes property of the committee.
Readers are urged that Boschee's German Syrup uniquely relieves and cures consumption today. The ad cites medical endorsements for coughs colds and consumption and notes the product eases morning spasm and provides restful night sleep. Small bottle costs 25 cents and the regular four times as large 75 cents at Frost & Spies.
An illustrated 46 animal guide with natural colors, gun and trap catalog, and hide prices. Advertises postpaid orders for 10 stamps or silver. ships to Fur Dept. N. W. Hide and Fur Co. Minneapolis Minnesota.
Foley's Kido remedy claims to cure any kidney or bladder trouble within reach of medicine. No medicine yet proved to work better. Sold by Q. W. Frost.
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