Bayfield County rallies for largest draft quota July 22
Bayfield County prepares to send its largest World War I draft contingent. Ninety two men are to depart on July 22, with prior groups already leaving for Columbus Barracks and Valparaiso for training. Local townspeople urged to give a wide send off as Washburn, Bayfield, and surrounding areas contribute many volunteers from across the region.
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Bayfield County
Columbus Barracks
Columbus
Ohio
Valparaiso
Ind
Washburn
United States
George H. Fisher
Wills
Wis
Earl Pearly
Frank Cimino
Victor Anderson
John Oberts
Fred J. Beaver
St. Paul
Arthur F. Yester
Bayfield
Gunner Pride
Albert W. Arrhenius
Mason
Grover C. Dahl
Ernest Tolonen
Iron River
Ingvald Olson
Martin Nicholson
Grandview
Judson R. Nichols
Moquah
Clarence S. Harvey
Henry J. Wedenoga
John S. Anderson
Port Wing
Felix
Cleveland
Otto Anderson
James R. Sheridan
Benjamin Olby
Ashland
William Wood
Duluth
Patrick H. Flynn
Morris Rogney
Park Falls
Henning Johnson
Minneapolis
Arthur Bartley
Little Rock
Ark
Albert F. Magney
John H. Honetor
Cable
Charles Michler
Medford
Percy Armbruster
Washburn Band Opens Season With Concerts
The Washburn City Band held its first concert of the season last evening. If funds allow, one more weekly concert will follow. two per week could occur. A small fire at Home Bakery building caused light damage, with water affecting goods at Berman store. James Barup and Otto Geisert report transfer from Fort Worden to the east coast en route to serve Uncle Sam.
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Washburn City
Home Bakery
Berman Store
Adjpinng
James Baarup
Otto Geisert
Fort Worden
Wash
Washburn
Uncle Sam
Eight Hour Day Moves In At DuPont Powder Plant
At the DuPont Powder plant in Barksdale the construction department shifts to an eight hour day. Workers, unused to the change, sought other jobs as pay remains higher with overtime under the new policy. Some expect a return to ten hours for the summer.
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DuPont Powder Company
Barksdale
DuPont Company
City hires G W Scott for garbage collection start July 22
G W Scott is contracted to collect and dispose of city garbage beginning Monday July 22, with pickups only from properly placed receptacles at the back of lots near alleys. The board of health sets container standards and will enforce cleaning of all properties, while owners must handle general cleanup with city health officer inspections and penalties for noncompliance.
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G. W. Scott
Scott
Board of Health
Garvarge
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Philipp
U. S. Public Health Service
Dorothy Reed Memdenhall
Federal
Children’s Bureau
A. H. Brodie
Oshkosh
G. GC. Ruhland
Milwaukee
General Health Administration
Assembly
Capitol
Ogren Lanham Tie The Knot In Canadian Honeymoon
Word arrives of the marriage of Miss Sally Ogren daughter of Mr and Mrs Gust Ogren formerly of this city now of DuPont Washington to Mr J D Lanham. They wed July 6 and are honeymooning in Vancouver British Columbia before returning to DuPont to establish a home.
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Sally Ogren
Gust Ogren
DuPont, Wash
J. D. Lanham
Vancouver
B.C
Red Cross Yarn Arrives for Soldier Materials
The new yarn for the Red Cross has arrived and is ready for distribution to knitters. Volunteers are needed for soldiers relief work and can report to the Red Cross rooms at the library. Mrs James Corbett of Superior visited the city this week with relatives and friends.
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Red Cross
James Corbett
Superior
City
Woman Rescued After Two Days Lost in West End Woods
Mrs. Edgerley a 62 year old resident left home Monday afternoon and wandered into the wooded west end near her daughter’s house. Found exhausted and unable to speak she was rushed home for care after two nights without food or water. She was bruised and weak but slowly recovering. The incident prompted community health conference notes in Madison with officials detailing wartime health concerns.
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Edgerley
West End
Long
Henry Stuhman
Mrs. Edgerley
Drop Feather Case at Ashland
George Buchanan and Ephriam Gay of Ashland, accused in the tar and feathering of Anton at Ashland, were released after a short hearing. Anton testified that Gay and Buchanan were present, while defense witnesses placed them at other locations. These are the only arrests tied to Ashland feather parties.
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George Buchanan
Ephriam Gay
Ashland
Anton
Gay
Buchanan
Shea
Dragnet for Draft Dodgers Sweeps City and DuPont Plant
A wartime roundup in Bayfield County nets 26 detainees after a night raid on the DuPont Powder plant and city streets. Civilians and Bayfield Guards cordon off areas, examiners check draft cards, and hundreds are escorted to the central court house station for review. The operation, praised as orderly, underscores the pressure to register and the reach of enforcement.
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DuPont Powder Company
DuPont
DuPont Company
Bayfield Home Guard Company
Court House
Bayfield Company
Cady
Bayfield State Guards
Bayfield Military Company
Bayfield Street
Central Station
Barksdale
Murray
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