Local notices and social updates from Pioneer including visits and moves
Emma Lan of the N.P.B. visits her brother in town while Mr and Mrs Morris move into a new George and Franklin home. Mrs Paige of Blings Bout visits Andrew Swenson's family. Page of Billings prospers. Burglars rob the company store and post office at Mason again. State law allows long-term blind residents to seek county pensions under income limits. Power and light crews install meters. Iron River bank building nears completion. Wolves shot net $46 bounty. Various local visits, travels, and small happenings among residents and families. Rev John Gibson lectures on Pilgrim's Progress Sundays. many town residents noted in brief social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Paige
Blings, Bout
Andrew Swenson
Page
Billings
Mason
Tax due notice for Barksdale residents
To the Taxpayers of the Town of Barksdale your personal property tax is due at the town treasurer’s office at Barney Huff's farm on Tuesdays and Fridays. If not paid by January 10th, 1908 it will be collected according to law. Barry Horr, Town Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barksdale
Barney Huff
Barry Horr
Old Stand
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Awards for Cured Cases
In Toledo Ohio on December 6 1886 Frank J Cheney senior partner of PB J Cheney & Co swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every matard case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The advertisement claims internal action on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and a 58¢ price for pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
PB. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Co
Bayfield News Highlights Local Commerce and Wages
Bayfield reports steady river traffic with the steamer McClouth delivering 4520 packages to Buffalo. Local firms Dormer Booth Jacob Johnson ship a large consignment while shipyard men face wage cuts from 35 40 to 20 26 a month. C F Smith resigns from Bayfield Transfer Railway to join Bahama Timber Co in the Bahamas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClouth
Buffaco
Dormer-Bouting Booth
Jacob Johnson Fish Companies
C. F. Smith
Bayfield Transfer Railway
Bahama Islands
The
Bahama Timber Co
J. B. Wanless
Duluth
Cormorant
Crosby
Sand Island
Bayfield
Foley's Honey Tar Stopping Cough Reported
An item notes Foley's Honey Tar product claimed to stop coughing by loosening phlegm and soothing irritated airways. The brief cites a health tonic approach and directs readers to consider usage as directed.
Fish Creek Church Fund Raising Moves Ahead
Frank Washnoeisky and Joe Washnoeisky work to organize land donations for a new church in Fish Creek. Gust Englund and Carl Kallgren travel to Ashland and Washburn to solicit funds with A. Pearce Tomkins signing first for 30 dollars. Erick Srodin donates an acre of land to be a cemetery. trustees named as Alex Ledin and John P. Olander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gust Englund
Carl Kallgren Weet
Ashland
Washburn
Fish Creek
Eileen Stock Farm
A. Pearce Tomkins
Mr. Tomkins
D. M. Maxcy
Erick Srodin
John P. Olander
G. Englund
John Nordin
Grandpa A. O. Ledin
Alex Ledin
Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy Mailed Free On Request
Trial catarrh treatments are mailed out free on request by Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin. The tests prove to the people without a penny's cost the great scientific prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by all dealers.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
Shhoop
A Mission That Failed in Saint Louis History
The Sire de Joinville recounts Brother Yves meeting an aged woman in Damascus during the sixth crusade. She carries fire in her right hand and a water bottle in her left, aiming to burn heaven and extinguish hell to end both. She reasons she acts from pure love of God, not for heaven's joys or hell's fear.
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Sire de Joinville
St. Louis
Yves
Damascus
Franklin as a boy and his lifelong self-improvement plan
The article traces Benjamin Franklin’s formative habits. It notes his practice of rewriting passages to test style, listing cardinal virtues and tracking infractions, and adopting simple life rules. It highlights his Socratic shift, early voracious reading, Poor Richards popularity, a perilous kite experiment, and his compassionate treatment of his illegitimate son.
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Benjamin Franklin
Addison
Spectator
Franklin
Xenophon
Boston
Richard
William
America
Europe
Thomas Jefferson as Radical Democratic Leader of Early America
The article portrays Thomas Jefferson as an aristocrat with broad learning who became America’s leading radical of his era. It notes his drafting of the Declaration of Independence, his optimism about the people, and his influence from the early nineteenth century, despite not being a dynamic speaker. Jefferson is described as tall and bony with light eyes and red hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Paine
Homas Jefferson
Forgetful Guests Return Hotel Keys Time Saver Slip
A New Orleans Times-Democrat snippet shows hotel clerks using a printed key acknowledgment to save time. Guests incidentally mail back numerous keys, prompting the manager to thank returning guests for key no. and oversight noted at departure.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Goose emblem of id iocy and its domestication
The goose is described as an emblem of id iocy yet a wise bird with good habits and profitability for fanciers. Homer mentions geese around 1200 BCE and Egyptian hieroglyphics show long domestication, indicating centuries of taming by that era.
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Egypt
Giving Themselves Away
Mr. Younghusband recites a note about the marriage of Blanche de Smythe to Walter Wellington Beere. Mrs. Y replies with a blush and surprise, while Mr. Y. hints the memory was Blanche, revealing a concealed engagement.
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Mr. Younghusband
Blanche de Smythe
Walter Wellington Beere
Mrs. Y
Walter
Mr. Y
Blanche
Miscommunication at Home Reveals Vacations Missing
A Mrs Chatters quotes a minister's wife in a sharp exchange about her husband’s absence and lack of vacation time. The reply confirms the husband has had no vacation, highlighting domestic friction and scheduling tensions.
Pain in me shadows child tale in Locality
A kind old man asks a boy if he is in pain. The boy replies that the pain lies within him, a quiet moment of ache and inward struggle captured in this vignette from The Locality.
Danger of asking advice for coughs and colds
A notice warns against taking unknown remedies for coughs or colds and recommends Foley's Honey and Tar as a genuine product in a yellow package. It cautions to refuse substitutes and is signed Q. W. Frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Q. W. Frost
Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy Ad Quietly Praised
Notice to customers proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults by Q W Frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Foley's
Q. W. Frost
Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Ad
Thousands suffer kidney and bladder troubles urged to act fast. Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills offer quick relief with a week long treatment priced at 25 cents. Sold by Sweet's Drug Store.
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Dewitt
Sweet’s
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Poms
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Agest Gung
N.pb
Morris
George and
Franklin Streets
Nebaganion Enterprise
Power and Light Company
Iron River “Bank
Skries
Lanteph
John Gibsoh
Wopplin
G. A. Armbuster
Sauve
Barnes
J. W. Fowler
E. Headquist
Pioneer Office
Mrs. Murray
F. X. Mineau
Bob
Mrs. Smith
Head of the Lakes
Chas Mitchell
Woo PT. U
G. S. Barnes
John Gibson
Brule
Dell Hobbs
Doenitz
Oabdine
Chicago
T. F. Mackuiller
Mr.Hesseyv
John
E. Knowles
Superior
Twree
K. DeMars
gStawie
Ohio
Downstagk
York
Titan
J. W. Wi
J. M. Smith
Dalrymple
Dakota
FISH
Frank Washnoeisky
Joe
Jacob Ledin
O. Smith
Ole Peterson
Nels E. Ledin
Benoit
Hans Peterson
Kallgren
Eileen
Chas. Ellison
Twante Sethe
J. A. Edgerton
George B. Krause
Walnut Ave
Altoona, Pa
Thomas Jefferson
J. .A. Edgerton
Goose
Senet
Waterson 'Oontain
Union Supply. CO
Chicago, Ill
Clark St
Bayfield County Farm Lands
Walker School
Swanby
Washburn, Wis
Washburn Plumbing & Heating Co
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