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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
4
Washburn Times urges Bayfield county women to join a Red Cross Christmas campaign running December 16 to Christmas Five. The notice emphasizes providing surgical dressings and home support to aid American, British, and French forces, hoping to ease the burden on soldiers and neighbors.
A historical voice urges broader wartime actions against Germany and its allies. The writer advocates declaring war on Austria Hungary and expanding targets to all enemies and their supporters, arguing for stricter measures and citizenship checks as Christmas approaches.
Bayfield county Red Cross calls for two million surgical dressings to aid U S soldiers in France. Workers strive to supply dressings quickly to prevent any shortage as battles loom, outlining need for rapid collection and processing.
The Kansas City Star notes Alexander II’s 1861 emancipation of 23 million serfs began with landowner petitions in Lithuania. He freed 3 million on imperial estates, then backed a 6 percent state loan over forty nine years enabling peasants to buy land and form village owned peasant communities, shaping a major reform era and later Nihilist backlash.
120 acre tract in the Town of Bayview described as T. S. 50 R. 5 Sec. 34 offered at 1250 per acre. Features include a fine trout break and sandy loan soil, easy clearing, with no major ravines. Contact M. S. Anderson at 424 Nicollett Ave Minneapolis Minn.
The 1861 emancipation of the serfs raised visions of utopia but failed to end Russia’s ills, fueling nihilist plots and a harsh policy toward Poland. Alexander II pursued a middle path yet saw Polish revolt crushed, Balkans forays fail, and his later years shadowed by conspiracies and a fatal nihilist bombing on March 13, 1881.
A Chicago News quip questions vanity as a guiding virtue, arguing self regard fuels achievement even if it is not officially listed among virtues. The aside frames vanity as a practical driver of personal progress.
Dr. F Osmond Carr, a revered English light opera composer, earned Oxford and Cambridge music doctorates and created the first musical comedy In Town. His Marguerite, a worldwide success, is noted for its irresistible swing and charm, inspired after watching his gravely ill daughter.
Leg weakness among young chicks is discussed with dietary changes such as bran oatmeal or pinhead oats replacing corn. Emphasis on green feed and modest skim milk for health. The piece urges diligent care of pullets to maximize egg production next year.
The note states it is too late in the season to set more eggs as late chicks would not be worth the grain needed to raise them. It warns that chances are against these extra late hatchlings yielding a productive return.
A dandy eight room dwelling with water lights and sewer in a good location. $300 cash required with a monthly payment plan. Payments resemble rent. Stop renting and start owning. See W A Robinson at the Times office before it is too late.
State probate records in Bayfield County require the sale or encumbrance of real estate of John Agre to pay funeral and administration costs. A special term hearing is set for November 27 1917 at 10 AM in Washburn with publication and personal notice to interested parties.
Pending before the House at Washington after Senate passage is a proposed amendment to the U. S. Constitution. It would forever prohibit the manufacture sale importation or exportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes in any state once ratified by three fourths of the states.
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