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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
3
The Washburn Times reports on the Poster Advertising Association's multi color life of Christ posters promoting peace and goodwill. The initiative targets youth and families, with a $20,000 outreach and plans for a new series after year’s start.
The Oma ha road car business has rushing orders from Northwestern Fuel company. An average of about fifty cars per day have been going out during the past week necessitating extra trains daily to handle the demand.
R Patterson of Marengo visited the city on Monday. B A Sprague of Spooner transacted business earlier in the week. Mayor H A Peavey left for Minneapolis Redwood Falls and Owatonna to spend Christmas with family. Mrs Peavey and children join them in Owatonna. F H Andrews and son of Mason and Otto Buschfost of Ogden Utah visit Hoffmann family for Christmas. Angus Ross from Sprague Camps north of Bayfield notes ideal logging weather and minimal snow for ice roads and winter log supply.
Bayview town treasurer announces taxes for 1913 are ready for collection. Taxes may be paid before January 31, 1913 at the treasurer's office. alternative collection policy applies by law. The treasurer will be in Washburn at the Times office each Friday from 9 to 4. Dated December 19, 1913. John O Bodin
The Bayfield page notes Frank Boutin Jr was to be removed as executor but an adjustment at the last moment led to his resignation. H. J. Wachsmuth is to handle remaining undisputed property, with a swift disposition expected. Other items include officers of local G A R and visitors, plus a smoking age enforcement notice and penalties.
Services next Sunday at 10 30 a m and 2 30 p m at Long Lake. Masons service Tuesday evening 7 45. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday afternoon at Mrs ver Arnison home. Y P S watch meeting at the church Wednesday 8 to 12. January 1st service in the evening at 7 30.
Extracts from state laws on sale manufacture and use of tobacco and penalties for violation published to deter dealer sales to minors. Highlights Sec 4608e prohibiting sales to those under sixteen with fines. Sec 4608f banning manufacture sale or disposal of cigarettes and related materials with escalating penalties. Sec 4608v banning public use by youths under sixteen.
The advertisement proclaims Burdock Blood Bitters as a national remedy for dyspepsia. It claims the product strengthens the stomach and membranes, promotes digestive juice flow, purifies the blood, and builds up the body.
The Persian preference for handwritten calligraphy over movable type keeps printing unpopular in Persia. Lithography dominates book production, with rare printed works. Early 1800s saw a short lived movable type press in Tabriz, abandoned due to lack of encouragement.
A Glasgow man who moved to London answered a room advertisement by a landlady named Mac Kay. He expected a home from home but was told porridge would be breakfast, only to find cold, parsley sprinkled oats. He asked for hot porridge, and the landlady showed a kitchen shelf of weekly parsley decorated porridge bowls.
The article explains how teeth nerves connect to ganglia and ear nerves. It describes vibrations from teeth grinding reaching the auditory chamber where pyramid cells act as piano keys, each responding to a note and linked by nerve threads to the hearing nerve, creating our sense of music.
A girl and a young man view a Henri Rousseau canvas at the Futurist exhibition in the Six Ty-ninth Regiment armory. The pair discuss the work with a witty remark about the painter’s death and a joking guess at its cause.
A letter from George B. Krause of 306 Walnut Ave Altoona Pennsylvania says Dean's Regulats yielded the desired results, acting mildly and regulating the bowels perfectly.
For Sale. A good team for good horses and harness. Inquire of Geo. Robb. Cornucopia.
State of Wisconsin brings a circuit court suit in Bayfield County against T N Okerstrom plaintiff and others claiming ownership of the NW quarter of section 13 in township 49 N range 9 W. Defendants must appear within 20 days or a default judgment will issue with the action describing lands involved. John Walsh, attorney, Washburn Wisconsin.
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