Thompson Mill Repair Progress and Local Announcements
Repair work at Thompson mill continues in good shape as it takes on a new appearance. Local skating at the city dock rink and a moving picture show at Peterson Hanson building return after holidays. Community updates include travels, visits, school reopens January 4, and New Year resolutions with plans for Bestler's Motion Picture Shows offering multiple weekly showings.
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Thompson
Moving Picture Show
Peterson & Hanson
L. Geisert
Park Falls
Elen Berggren
Berglund
Mick
New Year Furn Store Ad and Local Notices
Prosperous 1909 urged by Peoples Furn Store in a buoyant New Year message. Local residents P J Bestler Ewing McBeath Peter Rondeau Oscar Byggan and others are noted visiting, traveling or taking posts. Police shift changes and sheriff moves are recorded along with a humorous baseball quip about a downstairs intruder and a plate.
Difference Between Bel Canto And Coloratura Quizzed
A sad-eyed youth at a musical asks about bel canto versus coloratura. Mr Comrox replies with a dry remark about not betting on racehorses, delivering a wry exchange in a Washington Star style.
I. S. W. A. Lodge Holds Annual Feast at Opera House
Members of the I. S. W. A. Lodge and friends gathered at the Opera House last Saturday for the annual feast. A large crowd attended and enjoyed a pleasant evening after the program with dancing.
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I. S. W. A. Lodge
Opera House
Church Services and Local Office News
Next Sunday church services will be held at the usual hours with evening services in English. Treasurer elect H O tlen spends the week in the County Treasurer's office and will assume charge Monday. The Bonds committee will meet Monday to approve bonds for the new officers. Christmas programs were held by Congregational and Methodist churches last Sunday evening. Arthur Poplinski departs Monday for Eau Claire to visit relatives briefly. The Norwegian Lutheran Church choir assisted at Mason last Sunday. Ed Rosenberg and wife, visiting Bratley residence, return to Colfax. Mrs Oscar Jacobs of Itasca visited city relatives earlier this week. Professor J T Hooper of Ashland seeks the state superintendent of schools post. Minnie Kinney and Rhoda Thoreson visited Ashland Tuesday. Lottie Kinney attended exercises in Bellwood, Douglas county, last Friday. M S Lamoreaux, having been in the city on business, returned to Chicago Tuesday.
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John T. Legary
Duluth
Emma Burke
Superior
Minnie Flanness
Bayfield
Carl Anderson
O. A. Lamoreaux
Minneapolis
M. A. Sprague
Poirier
Saxon
Walsh
Sheriffeét Max Happle
City
Lanneshea eLsthne
Seorgest
J. A. McDonald
Iron River
Severson
Third Street
James Albertson
H. O. Tlen
Norwegian Lutheran Church Choir
Mason
Ed Rosenberg
Bratley
Colfax
J. T. Hooper
Ashland
Minnie Kinney
Rhoda Thoreson
Lottie Kinney
Bellwood
Douglas County
Spanish Nicknames and Social Use of Descriptive Epithets
The piece explains how Spanish uses nicknames based on physical traits such as blindness tuerto or one eyed, bald pelon, and lamed cojo. It notes feminine forms shift with a gender ending, and these terms serve as common picknames in daily speech among many social groups.
Widower Proposes To Widow In Scotland
A widower in Scotland asks a widow for marriage and is accepted after the husband’s recent death. When asked for a present, the widow’s daughter requests a headstone for her father, quoted as the desired gift.
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Scotland
London Telegraph
Dancing Party In Opera House Tonight Announces Watch Parties
Invitations go out for a dancing party at the Opera House this evening with several watch parties planned to usher out the old year and welcome the new one. City Treasurer Nels Lee reports nearly $2500 collected in taxes to date.
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Opera House
Nels Lee
Comedy of Deceptions Ends in Escape and Union
In a South American revolt tale Colonel Carlos Furtado hides from pursuit. Dona Ysabel Herrera risks her life to aid him by misdirecting Captain Eurico Bartolomez and then disappears. A physician saves Furtado from a fatal wound, the lovers reunite in the United States.
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American Press Association
Carlos Furtado
Furtado
Dona Ysabel Herrera
Senora Herrera
Dona Ysabel
Santa Maria
Senor
Bartolomez
Dona ¥Sabel
Colonel Furtado
United States
Gwendolin Adams
Dynamite in the Making Explains Hidden Power and Danger
Leslie's Weekly describes nitroglycerin production in massive mills and the dangers surrounding dynamite. It details retorts, cooling air, lead coils, and semaphore signals as workers move pulp and nitrates toward blasting gelatin and dynamite. The piece emphasizes the era's paradox of powerful explosives and vigilant human oversight.
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Red Cross
Hercules
Judson
Leslie’s Weekly
New hippo at the zoo brings stork jokes
A reader notes a new baby hippopotamus at the zoo while a child jokes about the stork delivering a hippo. The remark reflects light amusement at the unexpected animal birth.
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Johnnie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kissing the Hands in Ancient Rome and Modern Sayings
A compilation of quotes and anecdotes on reciprocity and ritual. It notes Uncle Eben on compensation and speed, a German proverb about self-knowledge, and a history of kissing the hands as a Roman practice signaling subjection and later distinction for high rank.
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Eben
Washington Star
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William Podgin
Billy
Mary Beaulieu
Andrew Rys
Ashland Hospital
Tau A Len
Wilfred
Harry Arseneau
Elmer Ostad
Bay Hid
Hower Posey
Minnesota Range
Delbert Holmes
Itasca
Frank Holmes
Idaho
Washburn
Bestler
Foley
Q. W. Rest
Dean
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P. J. Bestler
Peoples Furn
P J. Bestler
Cumberland
John
Lucy
Kelly
Kansas City Independent
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George
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Eau Claire
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M.S. Lamoreaux
Chicago
Galveston News
State of Wisconsin
Bayfield County
Said
A. Webber
D. M. Maxcy
Said County
Gordon R. Webber
Barksdale
Wm. H. Irish
Wisconsin
Court House
Humphrey Hennesey
Timothy Hennesey
Stillwatertim
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