Community Notes Highlight Local Work And Hunts
News of the Week covers Conrad House returning to Cass Lake to assist Kenfield Lamoreaux with a new dry kiln, and Kenfield Lamoreaux preparing lumber for that project. Local events include saloon guidelines, a near-miss hunting trip, visits by Doral Murray, and various social notices. A loan advert and Doan's Ointment are also listed alongside brief community updates and classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad House
Kenfield & Lamoreaux
Cass Lake
Mr. House
S. J. Holmes
Oscar Jacobs
Itasca
Common Council
Elmer Oistad
Bayfield
Garnishee summons in Bayfield County Wisconsin
In Bayfield County Municipal Court Washburn a garnishee action was issued against Doenitz to satisfy George A Calder debt of 72.25 dollars. If Doenitz fails to appear December 29 1908 at 10 in the forenoon judgment will be rendered and property sold to satisfy the debt.
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State of
Wisconsin
Bayfield County
August Doenitz
George A. Calder
Washburn
K. P. Officers Elected At Lodge Election
The K P Lodge held its annual election Tuesday night naming August F. Hoffman as Chancellor Commander and E G Moore as Vice Chancellor. Other officers include August Lien Prelate and A I Lien Keeper of Records with the installation set for the first Tuesday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. P.lodge
August F. Hoffman
E. G. Moore
August Lien
A. I. Lien
Wm. Sweet
T. H. Robinson
John Froseth
Oito Palsage
Ole Hovde
Nels M. Oscar
Student of Insanity Warns of Daily Insane Obsessions
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt quotes a student of insanity describing how people can become irrationally fixated on a single topic. He recalls an Edinburgh asylum case where a former physician lashed into madness after a casual remark about the moon, driven by an obsession with astronomy and telescope work.
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Edinburgh
Cincinnati Enquirer
County Board Resolves Tax Spreads and Bridge Lumber Purchase
Bayfield County actions include spreading 1908 tax amounts on town and city rolls and a 5000 foot lumber purchase to board Fish Creek Bridge to prevent snow blow-off. Additional notes cover public grounds funding, a personal injury claim from 1908, and local medical remedies and cough syrups advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Yderstad
County Board of Supervisors
Bayfield County
Fish Creek Bridge
M. Schweisthal
Barksdale
Carpet Origins in Old New York and Vacuuming Jokes
A New York Times item recounts Captain Kidd introducing carpets to New York at the end of the seventeenth century with a first carpet valued at $25. The piece also cites a humorous anecdote from Stewart Edward White about vacations and a fictional hotel room scene involving an Association For Artificial Vacations.
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New York City
England
New York
Captain Kidd
Antigua
London
Sarah Port
Hanover Square
New York Times
Stewart Edward White
Mary
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News OF the
Peter Eckland
Mr. Ecklund
Doral Murray of
Miss Minnie Kinney
Bellwood
Alex Maitland
Benoit
Hines Sumver Company
Marie Pedersen
Hayward
Toyland of
Northwest
The
Leader
Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church
F. A. Bell
Loveland Company
Minneapolis, Minn
Doan
Bernard Lee
Bessemer
Mich
Nels Lee
Kenedy
Chicago
K. P
Alice Oistad
Thompson
Port Wing
Pratt
Town
City
L. F. Kinstler
Ole Anne
John Lambert
George Mertz
Luther Bates
Committee On
Wis
Mason
Hines Lumber Company
L. R. Fleck
Hall
F.J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Dean
Fox Bros
Wm. Goedeke
B. Ungroot
Fea SD Tir Re Rae
F. Tetzner
State Bank
Washburn, Wisconsin
M. A. Sprague
F. T. Yates
A. F. Hoffman
N. J. Nelson
Rogers Bros
Pioneer Store
W. Corning
G. A. Hering
Meehan
Bayfield St
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