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Newspaper

Washburn Times

Location

Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1902

Page

5

Tax Dodger Standoff With Ashland Lumber Road

Bayfield county officials clash with the Ashland and Siskiwit Railroad over taxation. The Ashland Lumber Company insists its logging road be taxed at a nominal sum, threatening to charter under state law to escape local rates. County supervisor Morgan seeks a fair assessment, while the road warns it can switch to state taxes if pressed.

Bayfield County Ashland Lumber Company Washburn Ashland George F. Morgan Madison State Tax Commission Ashland & Siskiwit Railroad Morgan

Northwestern Store at Masonic Temple

A fragment references the Northwestern Store located at the Masonic Temple with unclear surrounding details.

Silk Taffeta Ribbons Sold By Width And Shade

All silk taffeta ribbons offered in every shade and width with good quality. Numbers 5, 7 and 9 priced at 5c 7c and 9c per yard. Numbers 12 16 22 40 and 60 priced at 10c 12c 15c 20c 25c and 80c, choice 10c.

Children’s Wash Dresses and Inexpensive Sundries

Advertises children’s wash dresses in all sizes with material cost pricing. Also lists Sun Bonnets, hooks and eyes, toilet soaps in boxed sets, Menen’s Talcum Powder, feather stitched braid, and related notions at low prices.

Menen

Ladies' Ribbed Vests and Men's Balbriggan Shirts Sale

Retail listing of ladies ribbed vests priced 13c 14c and 10c 50c, alongside men's balbriggan shirts and drawers at 39c. Items described with varying low prices, typical of a mid 20th century sale advertisement.

Waist Shirt Sales Prompt Bargain Prices

Store offers shirt waists at 2.00 and 2.98 with White Lawn Waist 1.49 1.96 and 0.98. Hosiery and linens featured. sale focuses on white lawn waist prices and discounts across styles.

Wash Goods Prices Set for Public Sale

Read ye the announced prices for wash goods as listed for sale. The notice details competitive rates, urging buyers to act quickly before the stock runs out. Affected items include fabrics commonly used for household textiles and apparel.

Fragmented OCR note with scattered names and terms

A garbled OCR fragment lists various letters and fragments such as names and acronyms. It references no coherent event or clear entities beyond scattered terms like BSD, BMI, and Sarva delgies, with no identifiable people, places, dates, or actions. The note conveys a jumbled collection rather than a readable item.

Pure Food Laws Enforce Baking Powder Convictions

Several grocers in St. Louis were convicted and fined $100 each for selling baking powder containing alum in violation of pure food laws. Brands found to contain alum include Bengal I C Crown Calumet and Chapman's. Authorities urge buyers to insist on cream of tartar powders from reputable brands for safety.

St. Louis Bengal I. C CROWN Calumet Chapman's

Health for 10 Cents Lively liver and perfect health claim

Newspaper ad copy endorses Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a quick health remedy. Claims include a lively liver pure blood clean skin and bright eyes. Tablets stamped C C C sold by druggists at roc. Never sold in bulk.

C.C. C

Will Cure Consumption by Foley’s Honey and Tar

A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas says Foley's Honey and Tar is the best remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble. He claims it has cured consumption in the first stages and notes Frost & Spies sell it.

A. A. Herren Finch Ark Foley Frost & Spies

Guinand's Optical Store Promotes C A Sweet in Ashland

In Ashland you can get glasses and optical goods at Guinand's. Mr C A Sweet, recently from Dubuque Iowa, is skilled and offers absolute satisfaction in his work.

Guinand Ashland C. A. Sweet Dubuque, Iowa

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Ashland and Siskkwit Railroad County Board Proceedings Board of Supervisors of C. G. Bell Frank Drummond J. C. Daly John Brady A. B. Severson A. Habelt Ewing McBeath F. A. Bell Henry Mar- Hongaws D. W. Corning Chas Bros. Co Court House Yard Campbell Peterson & Hanson Beckman, Lien & Co IRISA Aida Albert Blexrud John Blexrud Miller & Co H. Sargent J. A. Paterson J.W. Tarter J. W. Tarter Wm. Young Paterson Drummond Chas Johnson Geo. A. Calder John Paleopiece F.S. Colquhoun Jenson & Linhart H.G. Lampson D. Crabham J. ‘Vanata Martin Nygard al. Williams L. H. Lien Joe Willis Papa Ganehee Leo Viert Boomueobi A. H. Wilkinson Coreas Jane John Froseth Geo. A. White H. P. Axelberg A. W. McLeod Hoy Jessie N. Smith W. H. Irish A. M. Warden W. E. Tripp ATSB Pees Pee Nue Andrew Score Jas Pederson Washburn A. & P. Co Estabrook & Olson Furniture Co W. H. Lemke Sioux River Neus Nelson Nelson Daly B. Ungrodt Ftay Ob Consoli Professor Burris Sion Geo. G. Loranger Northwestern Masonic Temple Ata Lonsdale Madras Paneer Das Weiss Wisconsin Bayfield St 6Th Avenue West L. N. Clausen S Insurance Miss Edna Europe America Shooting Stars the Great of the Zoological World Monarch Gordon Hat Packard I. Bierman Teh L.n.clausen
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