Hog Island Name Mystery Told in Nassau Tales
The Nassau tale explains Hog Island’s name from a bathing beach with 25 cent all you can eat fruit. A recurring anecdote features a man eating dozens of oranges and a shopkeeper’s toast to value, with versions differing in detail and a final quip that it is Hog Island. The story enters guidebooks via the Washington Post report.
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Nassau
N. P
Hog Island
Brown
Pilot Trust
New Providence
Washington Post
Kipling Triggers A Hotel Dispute In Canada Tour
Rudyard Kipling had a sharp exchange with a Canadian hotel landlord. Before departing he warned the proprietor that no hotel under the sun had ever shown such unendurable discomfort, and the bill included an item reading To impudence, $3.
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Canada
Kipling
London
Dream Visitation Ends As Husband Wakes From Dream
A Liverpool Mercury blurb recalls a dream in which a husband tries to bribe his wife with five pounds to go shopping. She declines, preferring to stay home and tend the house, and the husband awakens realizing it was only a dream.
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Liverpool Mercury
Simple home mixture for rheumatism relief advertised
An eastern daily authority touts a home recipe to treat rheumatism using half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion one ounce Compound Karyon three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla mixed and taken after meals and at night with water. It claims kidney cleansing aids elimination of poisons and may cure many cases, urging readers to prepare or have pharmacists assemble the ingredients.
Yellow nectarine tops world fruit list says London Chronicle
The London Chronicle recalls a Royal Horticultural Society debate that crowned a yellow nectarine raised by Francis Rivers as the finest fruit. It notes the greengage plum, brought to Europe via Italy and France, later named Reine Claude, and linked to the English horticulturist family Gage through lost labels.
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British
Royal Horticultural Society
Francis Rivers
Europe
Italy
France
Francis I
Reine Claude
England
Verdoch
Gage
London Chronicle
Man recalls failed suicide by hitting a mirror
A man explains he attempted to shoot himself but the bullet shattered a looking glass instead. He details being disconsolate and unemployed as he recalls the dramatic moment described in Strand Magazine.
Foley’s Honey and Tar Card Guarantee
A card certifies druggists will refund money if Foley’s Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop the cough, heal the lungs, prevent serious outcomes, treat la grippe coughs, and guard against pneumonia and consumption. Claims 10 opiates. warns genuine product is in a yellow package and to refuse substitutes. Q. W. Frost.
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Foley
Q. W. Frost
Foley & Company
Chisago
Dr Shoop's Restorative Promoted For Nerve Strength
An advertisement claims weakness in Stomach, Heart, or IX dn v nerves leads to failure and urges avoiding drugs on these nerves. It promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative tablets or liquid as a remedy, with a free sample test offered by Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin and dealer distribution.
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Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Racine
Wis
Real Seamanship Thrills At Club Story
A New York Sun account recalls Mr Bankson’s maritime tale as a storm looms. He describes drifting under a calm, a sudden wall of rain and lightning, and a decisive dash overboard to wade ashore with a canoe trapped under his arm.
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Bankson
New York Sun
Sun’s Rays Shape Seasonal Heat Through Day Length
The sun’s effect hinges on two factors: duration of exposure and ray direction. In summer the sun stays above the horizon longer and more vertical rays heat the Earth, while longer nights reduce heat loss. In winter the sun is lower, days are shorter, and radiated heat exceeds absorption.
The Sleeping Powders Mystery in Mrs Bellingham Story
A weary man Nells to sleep. the doctor prescribes sleeping powders to be taken by Mrs Bellingham. She promises compliance, only to discover the label reads Sleeping powders to be taken night and morning by Mrs B.
Automobile Diseases In A Car Buncle Tale
A young man buys a touring car and, after a neck swelling appears, asks a doctor if automobile use can cause disease. The physician suggests the spot may be a car buncle or an automobile, a playful note from Youths Companion.
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Young Featherhead
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted by Mrs. Cousineau
Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised as fast acting relief for backache and kidney trouble. Mrs. D Cousineau of Washburn Wisconsin testifies she found relief after trying several remedies and using Doan's from Sweet's drug store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sole US agents remind buyers to remember the name.
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Dean
D. Cousineau
Main St
Washburn
Wis
Doan
Sweet’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Wanted assistant manager for county and territory
Classified notice seeks an assistant manager for this county and adjoining areas in a wholesale and mail order house with weekly pay of twenty dollars plus expenses. No investment or experience required. position permanent. self addressed envelope requested. Also included is an advertisement for Dr. Shoop's cough cure and Foley's Honey and Tar with claims of safety and compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law.
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Chicago Wholesale and Mail Order House
E. Lake St
Chicago
Church Services and Meetings Schedule
Services every Sunday at 10 45 a m and 8 00 p m. Sabbath School at 12 00 noon Epworth League at 7 00 p m Prayer meeting Thursday at 8 00 p m Class meeting Tuesday at 8 00 p m at the houses.
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West Fifth Street
Epworth League
N. Epworth League
Evening church services and Sabbath activities announced
J R Weise of Astor invites all to Sabbath School at 12 p.m. and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p.m. The 7 30 p.m. hour marks the evening gathering as part of a united church program.
Norwegian Language Services at Christan’s Church
Rev. Chr. Christianson pastor conducts weekly services in Norwegian with two English Sundays per month. Sunday School at noon, prayer meetings Thursday evenings, and Ladies Aid and Helping Hand Society meetings on alternating Wednesdays.
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Chr. Christianson
Ladies Aid Society
Helping Hand Society
Purify Blood to Improve Complexion Says Beauty Ad
An advertisement argues against cosmetics and local skin treatments. It endorses Green's August Flower to cleanse and enrich the blood by keeping the liver healthy, claiming it cures constipation biliousness nervousness and promotes sleep. A trial bottle costs 25 cents and the regular bottle 75 cents at Frost Spies.
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Eman
Frost & Spies
Guarantee on Green's Syrup of Tar Bottle Refund
A card from Fox Bras offers a warranty on Green's Syrup of Tar cough remedy. If the bottle fails to cure a cough or cold a 25 cent bottle is provided to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
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Fox Bras
Times Job Printing Services Promised in First Class Shape
The Times offers comprehensive job printing services delivering high quality results.
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The
Times
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M. M. Sweet
Washburn, Wis
H. A. Robinson and
G. Broman
Pratt, Wisconsin
Official Directory
W. H. Irish
A.M. Warden
Trudge
A. B. Severson
N.M. Oscar
John Froseth
Nels Myhre
F. A. Bell
E. 0. Alverd
J.smith
H. G. Mertens
Hugo Nelson
M. M. Sw
L. M. Uansen
H. P. Axelberg
KE. E. Kenfield
Washburn Public Library Board
N.N. Oscar
W. A. Irish
Bryan
Charles Peterson
Wm. O’ Neil
A. Oscar
E Bryan
James A. Sheridan
Pine Street
Seventh Ave. West
St.john’s Episcopal Church
Pallifer
Father Dunstan
Benedict
Methodist Episcopal
Rev
Pengilly
C. Gutekunst
N.S. Hanson
Congregational Church
J.r.weise, ’Astor
Christian Endeavor
Northwestern Farmer
Cror Porter Wan
R County
Menominee, Mich
Washburn and
Alaska
China
Japan
A.M. Cleland
O. Ry
Ashland Junction
St. Paul
Ashland
Northwestern
WIS. Central Trains
Mail
Express
Limited
Dep’t
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Josephine Tueck Baker
Evanston
Mollister
Rocky Mountain
HoLlister Drue Company
Madison
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