Local notes from Barksdale and region events
Mrs. Joseph Failing of Barksdale has been ill. A Pocahantas ladies card party and a Carnation ball by Knights of Pythias are noted. Various visits, school activities, ski tournaments, sleighing parties, club meetings, and social events are listed, with several names and places such as Oshkosh Iron River Bayfield Ashland Nash Nash Bay. The week mentions health, meetings, and local business moves plus a reminder about a HOME Telephone installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Failing
Barksdale
Knights of Pythias
Opera House
Archers of Muir
Barney Huff
Nash
Chequamegon Ice Co
Ashland
Hercules Club
Masonic Hall
F. A. Bell
L. Reuter
Washburn City salaries fixed by ordinance
The ordinance sets annual salaries for city officers including Assessor 200 dollars Treasurer 300 dollars Clerk 400 dollars Attorney 250 dollars Chief of Police 60 dollars per month Physician and Health Officer 100 dollars per year Street Commissioner 2.50 a day for 7 months and 2.00 a day for 5 months Pound Master 10 dollars Chief of Fire Department 100 dollars per year Janitor City Hall 25 dollars per month Sexton 15 dollars per month with gravesite charges limited to four dollars for adults and three dollars for children. It is dated February 4 1908 and approved February 11 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
City of
Washburn
City of Washburn
Sexton
Peter LaBrash
A. D
M. M. Sweet
Back Gives Out Washburn Readers Warn Of Kidney Strain
A Washburn Wisconsin notice promotes Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York. Mrs M Cousineau reports relief from backache headaches dizziness weak kidneys and thick dark secretions after using the pills bought at Sweet's drug store. The adv notes the product sells for 50 cents and urges readers to remember the brand name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Washburn
M. Cousineau
Main St
Washourn
Wis
Sweet’s Drug Store
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Simple Home Made Mixture Cures Rheumatism Claims
Druggists report praise for a home made tonic mixture said to cleanse kidneys and aid rheumatic and urinary troubles. Recipe includes Dandelion extract, argon compound, and syrup of sarsaparilla with instructions to take after meals and at night. Local residents and postmaster changes noted along with visits from several townspeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy Trial Offer From Racine Wis
If you have catarrh this offer invites you to request a free trial box of Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy from Racine Wisconsin. A simple test will reveal a catarrh truth worth knowing. Write today and avoid further suffering. All dealers carry it.
Fo ley's Kidney Cure Promoted for Kidney and Bladder Trouble
An advertisement asserts Fo ley's Kidney Cure can treat kidney and bladder problems not beyond medical reach. Quotation attributed to Q. W. Frost promotes the medicine to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noone
Foley
Q. W. Frost
Home Telephone Reaches 35 Wash Burn Farms
Advertises a HOME Tele phone service reaching 35 Wash burn farms with no toll charges for subscribers. Mentions Dean's Regulets as a remedy for constipation digestion and appetite, encouraging readers to ask their druggist. price 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn Farms
Dean
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News OF the
Pocahantas
Jessie N. Smith
Iron River
George Davis
Oshkosh
Frank Arseneau
John Walsh
L. T. Stratton
Milwaukee
A. W. Waaden
Bayfiled
Wm. Olson
Congregational Church
E. C. Alvord
S. A. Gsear
Ernest Sundeen
Dr. Spears
Nels Myhre
A. B. Severson
Nels M. Oscar
Duluth
Bayfield
Chequamegon Bay
Edwin Bratley
John Erickson
E. G. Moore
Joe Scanion
West
William McKinley
Ashblard
Edwhite
Raymond Hudson
Frank Tetzner
Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society
Frank Bennett
Colman
Wisconsin Lumber & Cattle Co
Fred T. Yates
Minneapolis
John W. Gibson
Yates
Fred Hermann
Morgeli
Frank McGraw
Superior
Wisconsin Press Association
Menomonie
Young People’s Society of the
Norwegian Lutheran Church
A. Paulson
Ernest Sanger
Ely
Minn
Walter Everett
G. W. Hacker
Minnesota
Nye- Jenks Company
B. Unsgrodt
G. A. Hering
Meehan
Bayfield St
H. P. Axelberg
Klovstad
Port Wing
Lenowe
Northern Pacific
Clvin Slaken
Dr. Okerstrom
Hibbing
Mrs. Swansen of
Mason
Joseph Sneider
F. Tetzner
H.j.finstad
Bayfield County Farm Lands
Down
Walker School
Swanby
Washburn, Wis
The
Pioneer Store
D. W. Corning, Prop
Rogers Intect
Rogers Bros
International Silver CO
Meriden Britannia CO
Meriden, Contie
Cattery
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