Iron River seeks rate increase for water and light services
The Iron River Water Light and Telephone Co. asks the Wisconsin Railroad Commission for higher consumer rates. A Dec. 21 hearing at Madison will determine the request. Byron Ripley of the Wisconsin State Bank traveled to Milwaukee on business. Jos Schachte expands his sheep flock by 25, planning Oxford breeding. Mrs Hester L Howe and two others from Ashland and Iron River died aged 82 years 7 months after general age related decline. Maud Lea, visiting here, will move to Augusta with family for the winter.
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Iron River Water Light & Telephone Co
T. F. Mackmiller
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
Commission
Madison
Byron Ripley
Wisconsin State Bank
Milwaukee
Schachte
Oxford
Hester L. Howe
Robert E. Buck
George H. Vinall
William Wilkerson
Ashland
Change of Name in Bayfield County Wisconsin
Bernhart Albert Wandersee and Julia Wandersee petition to change their names to Bernhart Albert Rewalt and Julia Rewall. The hearing is set at the Bayfield County Circuit Court in Ashland on December 22, 1917, at 10:00 AM. Dated November 6, 1917.
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Stat OF
Wisconsin
Bayfield County
Bernhart Albert Wandersee
Julia Wandersee
Julia Sampson
Circuit Court
Bernhart Albert Rewalt
Julia Rewall
Ashland
State OF Wisconsin
Anders F. Bergman
Washburn
Bayfield
Court House
H. P. Axelberg
Woman Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for Back Pain
Washburn resident Mrs. Willian Soshea testifies of kidney weakness and backache relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Fox Sros Drug Store. Two boxes cured her. price 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. makers of Doan's Kidney Pills.
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Willian
Soshea
Pine St
Doan
Fox Sros
Dean
Broad appeal echoed in a car and life quip from Courier-Journal
A quotation from the Louisville Courier-Journal discusses reaching people in all walks of life and expanding to all car makes, paired with views on knowing books by reading, horses by handling, houses by living, and men by trusting.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Report Uses Color in Joke About Ella Painting
A Baltimore American quip notes Ella has begun painting her face and buying rouge. The exchange suggests the claim is taken with humor, using color imagery to spark the joke about rumored changes in appearance.
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Ella
Baltimore American
Right is the eternal sun and the world cannot delay its coming
A quoted line from Wendell Phillips warns that the eternal sun of right cannot be delayed, reflecting a sentiment of moral certainty and inevitability about justice prevailing.
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Wendell Phillips
Green Vaults of Constantinople Hidden Treasure
A sensational account describes the sultan’s “green vaults” at the porte in Constantinople. Guards and locked doors protect a vast hoard of rubies emeralds diamonds and priceless regalia dating from 1451 to 1839. The piece also notes jewels on the sultan’s throne and compares the sultan’s income to the Swanee River, with tangential references to cultural lore and a 1928 reopening of the Declaration’s faded text.
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Porte
Turkey
Constatio
Dar-es-So’adet
Felicity
Constantinople
God
Selim I
Persia
Ibrahim
Solyman II
Ottoman empire dubbed rich in impractical wealth hoard
In a skeptical sketch the writer cites a grand private fortune of £1,000,000 annually and the right to demand more. He imagines the so called treasury of useless wealth stored in a green vault could, if converted to cash, rapidly transform the Ottoman empire into a leading global power.
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Ottoman Empire
So you want to marry my daughter
A Baltimore American excerpt presents a terse family engagement scene exchanging questions of capability and pride over marriage funds. The father questions the suitor while the suitor asserts readiness to support the daughter.
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Baltimore
Unappreciative Audience Sparks Call to Action
A Washington Star item quotes an orator who says what this country needs. Senator Sorghum interrupts, urging the speaker to stop lecturing and take action to help achieve the nation’s needs.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Life invites few, saving money with marriage plans
In Life a brief dialog shows a lender asking for fifty seven dollars and the reply cites upcoming marriage as a reason to withhold an invitation. The speaker adds the note that the other person will still save at least ten dollars.
Personal Responsibility Notice by Pred Stoltz
Notice states that from this date the signer will be responsible only for accounts contracted personally by him. Dated December 3, 1917. Pred Stoltz.
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Stoltz
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Dr. A. Reed Men’s & Women’s
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Geo
G. MacDonald
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Bayfield County Telephone Co
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