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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
2
The Bayfield County weekly, edited by J. E. Jones, proclaims itself the only all home print weekly in Bayfield County. It serves Washburn city officials and the Board of School Directors as the official paper, published every Thursday for $2 per year.
The Washington Zoo keeps three baby lions in outdoor summer quarters where they resist bedtime. A humane water hose method coaxes them back to their inner cage, as the keeper notes the lions dislike water on their coats.
In a witty exchange the tools complain of life and craft, joking about being bored or driven. The hammer finally strikes the nail properly but harms the carpenter’s thumb, leaving him with a bandaged thumb nail.
A four year old named Ada cut her finger and received an orange and a gummed stamp edging to soothe it. Later her mother finds stamps missing from the stationery box and Ada confesses she stuck pictures on her throat to “make it better” amid a bad cough.
A man in London bankruptcy court described himself as a descendant of the Pharaohs and hereditary hierophant of sacred mysteries. He claims to have traced "hurrah" to Egyptian origins as "hoo ra" from Rameses and says he authored a poem titled The Doom of Chaos One Thousand Lines of Original Melodious Verse.
Senator William E. Mason of Illinois is depicted as a skilled campaigner and witty stump speaker. In Springfield, an drunken man in the crowd interrupted, prompting Mason to pause and finally retort with a sharp line about recognizing the speaker by breath rather than face.
A Paris story recounts how San dow's strength helped him stand up to bullies infesting the Bois de Boulogne. London M. A. P. describes the gang's method as one member trailing others to wage intimidation.
A tale describes Sandow parrying robber gangs on a remote avenue. He feigns oblivion, then swings a makeshift cat of nine tails, maiming several attackers while sparing others. He coolly tells a passing officer two or three men are more dead than alive.
A dispute over Geronimo sword claims ends with Colonel Thompson retaining possession after the federal party relinquishes their claim. It is revealed the borrowed sword was used for the surrender and the true Geronimo weapon is with another officer.
The Washburn Board of Review announces daily sessions from 9:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 5:00. Evening sessions are also set for July 27, 29, and 31, with the final meeting on August 1. By order of the Board of Review.
An advertisement promises Virtuma Improved Tablets cure nervous disorders and restore vitality for $2 a package or 3 for $5. Mailed nationwide on receipt of payment. Free medicine offered if guaranteed results fail, by agents including Owen Frost & Co and multiple pharmacies in Washburn Bayfield Ashland Iron River Superior and Duluth.
Tickets for the Chetek Lake Assembly go on sale in Omaha from July 18 to 28 with a round trip fare. Sale locations include the depot in Chetek.
Advertises wholesale style grocery prices including butter flour sugar and soap with per pound and per box rates. Claims delivery to Washburn and payment of freight on flour barrels. Promises all other goods at rock bottom cash prices.
At Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition from May 1 to November 1 tickets are sold May 7 14 21 and 28 from Washburn to Buffalo and return for 26 75 good for one week. Daily sale continues until September 3 at 34 35 for the round trip good for sixteen days from sale date.
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