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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
3
The Times Newspaper and Commercial Printing edited by E Jones publishes every Thursday at 00 a year. It claims to be the only all home weekly newspaper in Bayfield County.
One pair of work horses, weigh 3400 pounds, 8 years old and intelligent. Call on or address L. D. Perry, Cable. Smith left the first of the week for Michigan and will be away for days. Physicians subscribe it. Foley's Honey and Tar is praised as a safe throat remedy by Frost & Spies.
President Theodore Roosevelt and his wife hosted the New Year’s reception in the White House lobby. Navy Army and Marine officers, cabinet members, and diplomats walked the line while secret service guarded the crowd. Roosevelt greeted each guest with a firm handshake and a hopeful refrain wishing a happy new year.
A Washington Star poem written as a greeting, targeting various figures described as financial scare creators coal manipulators overbearing trusts and others who gamble with election bets or mismanage money. The verse wishes readers luck while lampooning repeated broken vows and offenses.
A parrot imitates New Year resolutions and vows to be good but echoes only negatives. While children quarrel and mend, the bird continues crying horrid and boo hoo until all are tired. St. Nicholas recounts the nursery tale of imitation and mischief.
Ernest Thompson Seton rebuts John Burroughs calling him a sham and asserts wild animals talk. He details wolf vocalizations, partridge snow burrows, mink slides, and tamarack dangers as signs of animal reasoning observed in Manitoba and Dakota studies.
Inmates Light Fingered Ike and Second Story Charlie speak from cells, Ike vows to change after possible release, renouncing burglar alarms and pawnbrokers while promising to trust future fences who are honest crooks. The exchange reflects a Brooklyn Eagle item on criminal characters facing consequences.
Daily and Sunday passenger trains run between South and North with multiple departure times from Ashland including connections to St Paul Chicago and local express services. The timetable lists 8:80 a m 10:35 a m 11:55 a m 1:25 p m 4:29 p m 3:35 p m 6:30 p m 5:15 p m 3:05 p m and 10:00 p m daily with Ashland Junction as the connecting hub.
Rail timetable notes daily departures from Sunday onward with trains at 9:37 10:37 11:00 a m and 3:55 p m and 7:00 p m. Indicates local schedule details for arrival and departure times.
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