Weshburn Weekly Promises Home Print Coverage
Weshburn Wisconsin issue dated December 14 1905 announces a weekly publication cycle published every Thursday with a yearly subscription price of two dollars. It touts itself as the region’s only all home print weekly newspaper in Bayfield.
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Weshburn
Wis
Bayfield
Department OF the Interior
Wausau
Washburn
George W. Hellems
B. F. Fox
Olaf Cook
Elmer Danners
Albert Hoffman
Cable
Bayfield County
John W. Miller
Register
History of Finland Under Russian Rule and Its People
Finland gained freedom from the czar after centuries under Sweden. It covers 142000 square miles with about 2700000 people led by Helsingfors Abo Viborg and Tammerfors. Major exports include timber and dairy products while Lutheranism predominates and education is widespread.
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Finland
Chicago News
Helsingfors
Abo
Viborg
Tammerfors
Srederickshamn
Russia
Lome
Stockholm
St. Petersburg
Sweden
Subway Cold Sweeps New York City
The New York World reports a citywide subway illness dubbed the subway cold. Physicians say most riders appear affected with influenza like symptoms and headaches and chest soreness. The ailment lasts three to five days and fades as suddenly as it arrives.
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New York
New York City
New York World
To Transport Lithuanians to Pacific Coast Colony
A Chicago dispatch reports a plan to move at least 10 000 Lithuanians from Chiesto to the Columbia river valley soon. Membership costs 100 dollars, creating a 1 000 000 dollar capital. Factories towns and an agricultural community would form with no social or political restrictions, inviting 15 000 more Lithuanians to join.
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Chiesto
Columbia River Valley
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Four Letter From College About Henry’s Injuries
A poem notes Henry a fragile quarterback after a football injury sequence. He suffers multiple broken ribs cartilage and a collar bone while playing on the gridiron. Doctors care for him as coaches reflect on talent, training, and a brittle constitution.
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Henry
Christmas Gift Hints Favor Plants and Flowers as Presents
As Christmas nears readers are advised to give plants and flowers. Dwarf retinosporas, araucarias, and firs make pretty presentable trees while poinsettias, Otaheite orange bushes, and cyclamen offer festive color. Bulbs like hyacinths and freesias, palms, and hardy leaved plants are also suggested, with care to avoid duplicating a friend’s collection.
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Annice Bodey Calland
Lorraine
Navy Plans Moving Pictures to Boost Enlistments
Navy officials reveal a new scheme to drum up recruits by sending bluejackets to show moving pictures of apprentice life at the Newport training station and aboard ships. The program targets interior towns to attract strong, husky youths with good character as the department raises recruitment standards and promises better training and living conditions.
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Navy
Navy Department
Washington Star
Naval Training Station
Newport
Department
Naval
United States Navy Department
Firemen get new electric lantern tested in St Louis
Chief Charles E Swingley of the St Louis fire department tests an electric lantern designed for fires. It uses a dry storage battery in a brass casing with a hooded bulb and reflector delivering about forty candle power. The lantern weighs eight pounds and promises safer operation around powders and flammable materials.
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Charles E. Swingley
St. Louis
Peaceful Link Between Cattlemen and Sheepmen
Douglas McArthur of Prineville Oregon tells Portland Oregonian that cattlemen and sheepmen are moving toward an amicable understanding. He notes sheep killings are risky because frightened sheep bunch together making mass slaughter easy for a single gunman.
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Douglas McArthur
Prineville
Ore
Portland Oregonian
Dolly's Dentist and a London Social Libel
Dolly Mirfield avoids direct slander while a scandal about her brother in law Jack and his supposed abroad affair roils London society. Mrs Armytage schemes to quash talk by exposing a dentist scene, while Dolly feigns propriety and seeks a peaceful, toothy alibi amid whispers of scandal.
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Dolly
Lord Mirfield
Jordan
London
England
Lady Mirfield
Mrs. Armytage
Dover
Calais
Folkestine
Boulogne
Jack
Ampthill
Sloane Square
Mrs. Arytage
E. F. Benson
Daily Mail
Temperance Wave Spurs Change in England Says Express
London Express reports a broad temperance surge in England driven by economic strain and shifting tastes. John T Rae cites medical opinion and labor leaders abstaining as factors, while American visitors favor iced temperance drinks. Merchants note money tightness and high income tax cut wine and spirit spending roughly in half.
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London Express
John T. Rae
National Temperance League
Childless American Brides Cloud British Aristocracy
The New York Tribune reports 1840 to present shows thirty British peers or eldest sons married in the United States, with thirty-nine children from American wives including eighteen sons. Colonial marriages yield more children than American ones, and many wives produced no heirs, challenging the idea that American brides bring vigor to the British aristocracy.
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United States
Colonies
New York Tribune
Vacation destinations listed in whimsical place names
A playful compilation assigns various professions and groups to quirky, fictional towns across states and countries. It pairs occupations with odd locales such as Bakers to Cakes and Theosophists to Mystic, creating a humorous travel-themed roster with no real destinations.
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Gemus
Ind
Gap
N. C
Mystic
Conn
Brandy Station
Doctortown
Riddleville
Modern Town
Drytown
Cal
Gym Brigade
Chewton
Bliss
Mich
Liberty
Where the Bullet Struck
Henry Willman recalls a Kansas City murder trial exchange about where a bullet entered and struck the victim. The witness quips that the bullet hit the man in the head, after a back and forth about location and entry.
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Henry Willman
Kansas City
Sixth
Wyoming Streets
New York Times
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Frost & Spies
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Frank Steele
Gust Rosmanson
Jacob Dibbell
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Foley & Company
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Washburn, Wis
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