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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
8
Farmers mechanics railroaders and laborers rely on Dr Thomas' Electric Oil to quickly ease cuts burns and bruises. The advertisement claims pain relief is immediate and lasting.
Advertises permanent agent positions with $36 weekly or 400 profit, free samples, stationary, and art catalogue. No experience required. Claims to furnish capital and sales instructions. Address Frank W. Williams Company, 1214 W Taylor St, Chicago Illinois.
The Skater offers Thursday trips to the Apostle Islands starting June 20 leaving Ashland at 9:00 a.m. and returning at 6:00 p.m. Lunch is served on board. Sunday excursions run at 8:00 p.m. with stops at Washburn and a 10:30 p.m. return when weather allows.
Captain John Eb Doherty is listed as manager for the steamer Mary Scott with a new contact at 41 No.7 Fifield Place Ashland Wisconsin, during the summer months of 1908.
Italian slaughterhouses operate under law as public institutions with towns over 6000 required to build and maintain facilities. Butchers bring livestock for killing while the city supplies the building sanitation and veterinary inspection. Milan’s facility spans several acres of cement and stucco buildings arranged in long halls and stalls with interconnected covered passages for air circulation.
A. B. Carleton offers guidance for a person lost in snow covered woods to avoid panic and overexertion. He advises moving slowly at two miles per hour, watching for tracks and following the direction of the last passing vehicle toward shelter, with assumptions about the previous night’s origin.
Subscribers of the Bayfield Co. Telephone company may obtain daily forecasts and special warnings from the Weather Bureau of the U S Department of Agriculture from central after 11 a.m. These forecasts cover the 86 hour period ending at 8 p m the following day.
An article rejects cosmetics and local treatments for skin tone and urges liver health as the path to a clear complexion. It promotes Green's August Flower as a direct liver remedy that purifies blood, relieves constipation biliousness and nervousness and aids sleep. The ad notes trial and regular bottle prices and lists Rost pies as the seller.
The account notes Pioneer Pat Chantielow bagged a unusual buck near Slowbridge seven miles northeast this week. Antlers in velvet stage, horn length about a quarter of an arnh, while the hunter damaged them removing the deer. The story also mentions the Hessey mill resuming next Monday, box timber deals by Hobbs & Little, and a sheriff's hunt reports including a buck, lynx, and bear.
The Tu Yuan Pen-jen women wear a cloth hood, open jacket, knee‑length white trousers, and notably colored cloth gaiters said to prevent flight. A marriage tale follows about Sweet and Lowe and a church moment with a musical pun on Sweet and Low.
An advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a sole remedy for kidney ailments and backache. It features a testimonial from Mrs. D. Cousineau of Washburn Wisconsin and notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents, with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents.
Notice invites loggers for contract work and ead logs by the thousand. Also pickup logs by the thousand. For work contact Eugene Newhouse and Willette in Washburn Wisconsin.
A judge tells a colored prisoner to read Solomon’s hundreds of wives as vanity and vexation, with the prisoner replying that Solomon’s last testimony warned of vanity. The exchange appears in the Atlanta Constitution.
A witty exchange features young Spenders recalling past fortunes and a caustic remark about brains and money. He asserts he is down to his last penny, while noting he still has the penny itself as token.
A schoolteacher sharpens a point about idle hands saying the devil finds work for the idle. The moment captures a Judge's Library mood with a moralizing classroom tone.
Mrs Bullion longs for an absolutely new sensation and her husband suggests going out and paying cash for something. The brief exchange appears in Life.
A historical report states windmills were invented and used by the Saracens, tracing early milling technology to a medieval Muslim context and noting their influence on energy use in earlier periods.
Advertisements claim Foley's Kidney Remedy helps kidney and bladder troubles. It is said to correct irregularities, rebuild worn tissues, and restore vitality, with promises of improved health and appearance. Q. W. Frost endorses the product.
Q. W. Frost urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble citing forty years of cures. He argues against unknown preparations claiming it costs no more and quickly soothes inflamed membranes heals the lungs and expels the cold.
Notice for a February 1908 county court term at Washburn Wisconsin to determine heirs of Johan E Berglof and each heir's share in the deceased's real estate. Emma Holmgren of Mason Wisconsin petitions for judgment and shares with court order signed by County Judge William Irish on December 1 1908.
A nervous man boasts of being a great smoker while his taciturn companion grows near to fury. The pair trade quips as the talker extols constant mouthfuls, insisting he must have something in his mouth at all times.
A brief anecdote from Bohemian Magazine recalls a late night restaurant encounter. The narrator notes a rude waiter who questions a diner about his order of corned beef and cabbage. The piece then shifts to memory themes from F Martin Duncan and the animal kingdom.
A quip from Puck notes a worker in a powder factory facing risks with casual travel. The cartoon contrasts safety fears with the worker’s calm reply about seldom meeting automobiles on the way to work.
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote questions if Wiggins is trustworthy. Conversation reveals cautious praise, noting trust in him with life but not with valuables.
A Boston style column recaps humorous snippets from Louis Stevenson and Ed mund Gosse in London. A beggar scene ends with Stevenson joking he will be “the other little gentleman” in future. Brief quips follow about a card souvenir question at St Peter and a joke about women mislaying hair.
A collage of witty quotes and quips from various papers including Puck Chicago News Atchison Globe Bohemian Magazine and German Proverb style lines. Humorous exchanges about unemployment graduation Sunday school and dream of riches appear as short captions and captions with a playful tone.
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