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Washburn Times

Location

Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1921

Page

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School Board Appointments Confirmed by City Council

The City Council confirmed Mayor appoints to the School Board and Library Board. Eighteen appointments include Bryan Hans Swan Fred Anderson John Love Mrs J R Mitchell Mrs J D Manning H D Steele Mrs Frank Arseneau D A Monroe M C Lincoln and Mrs A W MacLeod. The former board resigned over funding shortfalls.

K. Bryan Hans Swanby Fred Anderson John Love J. R. Mitchell J. D. Manning H. D. Steele Frank Arseneau D. A. Monroe

Nitrate of Soda Hauls Reopened to Omaha Dock Use

Nitrate of soda shipments are resuming to Omaha via boat. The old Commercial Dock, rebuilt by DuPont, will handle loading from ships and transfer to the DuPont plant at Barksdale. First three boats expected within a week to ten days. strict no smoking rules in handling due to flammability.

Omaha Railway Company du Pont Company Omaha Chili South America Gulf States du Pont Barksdale

Young Couple Quietly Wed After Three Months

Miss Ivadel Schneider and Mr. Asa Willey have quietly married more than three months ago. Friends congratulate the couple whose wedding date had been kept secret. The bride and groom are praised for their popularity and broad circle of friends.

Ivadel Schneider Joe Schenider Asa Willey

Ed Delaney Visits City with Old Medford Friends

Ed Delaney of Medford was in the city during the past week visiting old friends.

Ed. Delaney Medford

Business Men Picnic Thursday Relocated to Memorial Park

Merchants of the city plan a fine annual outing next Thursday now set for Memorial Park. The Commercial Club will coordinate departure by car between 9 and 10 am, with a noon picnic dinner and afternoon sports. All local businesses will close to allow families to attend.

Salmo Memorial Park Commercial Club Commercial and Credit Association

Funeral for Canby Youth Rudolph Samuelson Held

Rudolph Samuelson twenty two year old Canby youth who was killed in an automobile crash near Salem last Saturday night and seven others injured was buried Tuesday at Zion Cemetery Canby. He was born in Tron Mountain Michigan and moved to Canby at age one. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. John Samuelson Canby and two brothers and two sisters Edith Ella Clifford and Lloyd Samuelson all at home. He attended Canby schools and graduated from the Adex automobile school in Portland.

Canby Oregon Washburn John Samuelson C. C. Clausen Rudolph Samuelson Salem Methodist Zion Samuelson Tron Mountain Mich Adex Portland Edith Ella Clifford Lloyd Samuelson

County Clerk Hurt by Foul Ball at Lincoln Mason Game

County Clerk Jake Yderstad wore a black eye after a foul ball struck him behind the catcher during a Lincoln versus Mason game on neutral ground in Sanborn. He was taken to Ashland for treatment and expects recovery. He joked his own team lost the game made the injury feel worse.

Jake Yderstad Jack Dempsey Jake Sanborn Ashland

Main Street as a personal beacon of home and progress

The essayist reflects on Main Street as a figurative path shaped by memory, community, and progress. He honors an old job press, cherishes schools, churches, and homes, and notes how growth and tolerance sustain a town’s life and identity.

Sinclair Lewis Gopher Praiie New England Kansas Gedd Washburn Wisconsin Bayfield Street Ress Main Street Paris London

N. P. Depot Damaged In Freight Car Collision

A freight car derailed near the Northern Pacific Depot smashing the wooden sidewalk against the building and nearly toppling it from the foundation. The crash shocked the depot agent who mistook the noise for a cyclone before crews repaired the track and depot.

Northern Pacific N. P N. Powr

Camp Site Memorial Park Aid From Local Firms

A committee including L H Henderson Ike Berman and W A Robinson visited the plant of the ont company to obtain additional equipment for the Memorial Park. Brenner & Co and Bosley Brothers donated sheet steel and lumber for slides tables and tent floors. DuPont offered trucks to haul gear and Henderson will install it at no cost to taxpayers. The project draws growing city interest and donors provide ropes signs and other items.

Bosley Brothers DuPont Company Henderson Wishburn

Lessons in ve by Gene ce-Fal announced for MGA event

The notice promotes a lessons in ve session by Gene ce-Fal at MGA on a Wednesday and Thursday. It emphasizes public attendance and author details are unclear due to OCR errors.

Connie YMCA Gene Ce - Falmade

Bayfield County Reinstates Visiting Nurse Anna M Thompson

Miss Anna M Thompson former Bayfield County visiting nurse will resume duties starting August 1 after resigning last year to pursue other work. She was the county’s first visiting nurse and is described as a very valuable official. Her health suffered from the county’s large area and heavy workload, leading to her initial resignation. The office had remained vacant until her return was approved by the Bayfield County Committee.

Anna M. Thompson Bayfield County Thompson Thompsons

Mrs Lillian Anderson Visits Washburn Folks

Miss Lillian Anderson arrived from Minneapolis last Thursday to spend time with her parents Mr and Mrs M S Anderson in Washburn town.

Iss Lillian Anderson Minneapolis Mrs. M. S. Anderson Washburn

The Mill to Start Operating August Ist

The booster picnic at Memorial Park drew hundreds as the American Legion Band played. Volunteers cleared brush and trimmed pines while local businesses donated lunch and rope for swings. Visitors from Duluth, Waukesha, Council Bluffs, Madison and other cities praised the park as a premier Northwest camping site.

Memorial Park American Legion Omaha Plant Moores Ungrodt’s Bergmann’s Amos M. Hansen Cheorge Cross L. H. Henderson J. C. Trowbridge H. A. Beau Waukesha Washburn H. E. Hendrickson Duluth HB. Borgen Northwest A. J. Pleasant W. E. Klingle Owatowana Minn F. J. Morgan Miss Casey Menomonie W. F. Blake Ashland C. L. Griffiths WH. Zuricker Madison

Willow River Lumber Transfers Lands in Bayfield County

In Bayfield county the Willow River Lumber company transferred land in Ranges 5 and 6 to the Park Falls Lumber company. Two deeds were filed for amounts of 160000 and 15000 with 165 dollars in revenue stamps. The deal traces back about two years when Hines company acquired Willow River holdings, with recording completed last week.

Bayfield County Office of the Register of Deeds Willow River Lumber Company Park Falls Lumber Company Ranges 5 Hines Company Willow River Company

Notable Chicago Guest at Doyle Gathering

Dr. Frank Quinn of Chicago attended a meeting hosted by Mr M E Doyle as the guest of honor. The event highlighted ongoing community affairs and featured remarks by local residents on civic matters.

Frank Quinn Chicago M. E Doyle

Kenfield-Lamoreaux Plant To Run Steadily By August

Plant manager Alex Gackowski of the Kenfield-Lamoreaux company ordered repairs after a Chicago telegram. A crew began work within thirty minutes, with plans to have the mill running by August 1, creating 70 to 80 new jobs and boosting the city’s economy as the big mill resumes operations and logs are rafted from Brule and North Shore.

Alex Gackowski Kenfield-Lamoreaux Company Chicago Jin Ashland Tron Gackowski Brule

City Books to Be Reinstalled to Meet Wisconsin Tax Methods

The City of Washburn will have the City Clerk and City Treasurer books reinstalled by a Wisconsin Tax Commission representative, E L Gunderson, after council approval. Estimated cost ranges from 100 to 200 dollars. past audit by Raglan Pearce cost the city about 1700 dollars and used Minnesota methods. Alderman Anderson urged recovery of funds, noting the city bore the losses.

Washburn Wisconsin Tax Commission E. L. Gunderson Raglan & Pearce Minneapolis Minnesota Tax Commission Wisconsin Ragan Pearce Anderson

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