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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
1
A special term of the circuit court will be held next Monday to naturalize citizens under the old law before September 27. Clerk Bell urges all who have not completed citizenship papers to attend, as the new law will impose more restrictions and higher fees.
A good audience attended the union meeting despite weather. The next gathering will be a Labor Day service one week from Sunday evening. The Garson social was postponed due to the storm and will occur Friday rain or shine. Preaching at 10:45 and 7:45, Sunday school at 12, Epworth League after the evening service.
Mayor Sweet orders a swimming ban at the city dock and instructs police to arrest violators. The action follows numerous complaints prompting the prohibition.
Fireworks at the state fair showcase Pain Fireworks Company in nightly displays. The program features aerial maroons, colorful spirals, jewel mines, thirty rockets, 10 inch shells, red white and blue bombs, and the Southern Cross aerial novelty, with half fare rail rates for State Fair week September 10 to 14.
Governor Davidson on Labor Day issued a proclamation designating Monday September 3 as Labor Day. The opening line praises the working people and labor development in the state. The Bayfield celebration will be held across towns around the bay and is expected to draw a large crowd.
The Ashland Methodist Church Ladies' Aid and Washburn Ladies' Aid plan a Skater excursion next Tuesday evening to meet friends and strangers from the neighboring city. Tickets are 25 cents. if unused, the church keeps full price. Proceeds include a portion on all who attend.
For Rent six room house near depot. Miss Etta Horrman and G T Wells and wife visit Birdsey residence. Washburn Good Templar lodge ran Bayfield excursion on the Steamer Skater with many aboard. Prof George Bentley Bergen of Superior Normal School to read Macbeth at the Opera House tonight. John Gautschi just returned from Milwaukee after Eagles meeting and visiting friends. Gautschi also selected tobacco stock for the Peculiar use.
A Monday afternoon storm torn through the area wrecking a large new barn on Mike Thoreson’s Washington Avenue road farm and causing considerable damage to surrounding property. The city felt little impact while nearby farmers suffered heavier losses as winds whipped over the hills behind the city.
Frederick J. Wilson and Porter J. White Co present a large scale Faust production boasting dramatic electrical effects and a full choir from the Church of the Transfiguration St Louis. The Detroit Free Press lauds the Drinking Chorus as exceptional. Appears September 4 at the Opera House.
Ruth and Mary Wieman visit grandparents in Menomonie while Superintendent J. T. Hooper conducts the Ashland teacher institute. A Loveland company ad touts a five room house with two lots for 250 dollars. Typhoid fever strikes families including the Freeman child and James Cavanaugh in Ashland hospital. Mrs. E Kenfield returns from Whitehall Michigan. Stephen F. Wall named public school manual training instructor, graduate of Stout. Granner moves to Ballard Washington. Five month old Spitzer daughter dies from cholera infantum. funeral at Catholic church and burial in Catholic cemetery. community sympathy extends to the family.
The State Civil Service Commission posted a general competitive exam set for September 22 1906 for stenographers engineers firemen prison guards attendants and other roles. Demand for skilled stenographers exceeds supply while machinist and other lists dwindle. Legislative stenographers will earn five dollars daily, clerks four dollars daily. Applications should be sent to the secretary in Madison with desired position and related details.
Silver Joe Konkel ally urges strict party voting in primaries, insisting voters choose a single party ticket for nominations. He jokes about crossing lines in November general election, praising Konkel and predicting a large First District Assembly victory.
John Walsh conducted business at Bayfield Saturday. James A. Sheridan nearly finished his contract at the Walker school building by fixing up three new recitation rooms in the attic. An excursion to the islands was held last Saturday for teachers attending the institute, and a fine time was reported.
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