Bayfield County News Briefs Highlight Local Goings On
Washburn visitors include B J Mussell and Postmaster Nelson while attorney E C Alvord transacted business. Alm Wieslander returned to Assland from visits. E D Southmayd from the Bahamas stops to see old friends. H W Boutin attended a convention in Erie and toured Niagara Falls. Ashland youths head to Pike Lake with YMCA leaders. Weather slows haying as storms roll in. N P Washburn branch bridge gets filled and moved. Community events include a home baking sale at A Knowles Jewelry and a church ladies aid gathering. A farm south of town showcases July planted potatoes in flower with a high oat yield and ample clover nourishment. lakefront property features a dock and scenic views.
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N. P
D. C. Snider
Hughs Town Fails to Marry and Caps Blast Incident
Pioneer notes humor about Hughs residents as bachelors and fines imagined to fund town needs. Fred Strege suffers a close call from a dynamite cap blast while stump clearing. Charles F Morris seeks Republican district attorney nomination, praised for prior careful term and urged by Bayfield County to again lead as legal advisor and prosecutor.
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Hughs
Fred Strege
Charles F. Morris
Morris
Bayfield County
Cement walk laid at Keely institute property improves value
Our Correspondent reports a new cement walk laid in front of the Keely institute property and inside its grounds, boosting city property value. The W. C. T. U. held a successful meeting Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. P. J. Savage's home with many members and substantial business completed.
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Keely Institute
P. J. Savage
Steamer Mary Scott Returns on Summer Months 1908 Route
The Mary Scott steamer resumes service during the 1908 summer season, with trips scheduled on weekday week days. Officials announce revised timetable and fare details for passengers traveling along the river route.
Train and boat connections at Ashland and Washburn noted
Schedule notes indicate 6:15 a m and 1:15 a m boats from Ashland and Washburn link with N P and Omaha trains. All morning inbound trains at Ashland connect with an 8 30 a m boat to Washburn while Duluth trains connect with 11 30 a m boat. Afternoon 2 p m boat from Washburn pairs with N P to Duluth and 6 p m boat with evening south bound trains. Evening N P connections at Washburn link to 8 P m boat to Ashland. 7 25 boat to Washburn serves WOCN and NP trains, CAPT JOHN E DOHERTY manager.
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Ashland
Washburn Commercial City Dock Dock
Washburn
N. P
Omaha
MN. P
Duluth
W. O.C
N. W
Mother Carey feed her chickens question on sea voyage
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recalls a sailor’s wry reply to a flirtatious question about Mother Carey feeding her chickens. The captain answers that she feeds them in the trough of the sea, delivering a didactic maritime joke during the voyage.
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Mother Carey
Ocean River
Chicago Tribune
A Good Head and Industrious Hand Proverb Insight
Dutch proverb emphasizes the value of intelligent effort and steady labor across lands, suggesting merit and diligence bring success. The saying links capability with industry as universal worth.
On the Verge of Prostration
In a Chicago Tribune snippet Cholly asks for something to tempt his worn appetite. The waitress offers hot biscuits and he orders a hot biscuit stew as the meal. The exchange captures a moment of languid indulgence in a dining setting.
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Cholly
Chicago Tribune
Rebuttal Testimony Sparks Family Nervousness Question
The exchange features Mrs Bimm and a child as the Little Boy testifies his discomfort when guests linger too long. The boy explains he wriggles and kicks his chair during lengthy visits, while the mother denies nerves in her responses.
Landseer Presented to King of Portugal
Grant Duff notes that when Landseer, famed animal painter, met the Portuguese king the monarch declared I am so glad to see you I always like beasts.
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Grant Duff
Landseer
Portugal
Compromise Shoppers in Bookstore Prompt Antonym Mixup
A customer asks for Antony and Cleopatra by title in Harper's Weekly from a bookstore. The clerk offers a copy for one dollar, but the customer only has fifty cents and pleads for Antony. The humorous exchange centers on the mistaken request and the published weekly.
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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony
Harper’s Weekly
A Pocket Symphony
A brief quotation from the New York Globe compares a piano to pockets and notes that a wife finds only keys before music appears, illustrating a witty musicianly image.
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New York Globe
War Against Consumption Spreads Across Nations
A call to curb consumption, dubbed the white plague, as nations unite in the struggle. Foley's Honey and Tar is touted as a safe, reliable remedy for coughs and colds, claimed to prevent consumption, with Q. W. Frost endorsing its efficacy.
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Foley
Q. W. Frost
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Healthier Kidneys
The passage promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy claiming it will keep kidneys healthy and strain waste from blood. It attributes the claim to Q. W. Frost and urges taking the remedy to become well.
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Foley
Q. W. Frost
A Man Of The People Hatton Praised In Republican Notes
The New London Republican presents Mr Hatton as a trusted business leader with high educational achievement and strong labor relations. He is described as approachable by workers and capitalists alike, maintaining industrial harmony and a record of clean success.
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Mr. Hatton
New London Republican
The Wrong Bird Prank at the Magician’s Act
A London Opinion note recalls a magician who draws a hen from an empty sack then a rooster appears instead. The new assistant missteps during the act, the fowl roars, and the audience laughs while the illusion collapses.
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London
Angry Detroit Citizen Demands Dress Material Match
An irate man visits the Detroit trolley superintendent, claiming a conductor tore more than a yard of his wife's dress. He refuses blame on the company and demands compensation in the form of matching the torn material, revealing the cloth as evidence.
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Detroit
Harper’s
Witty Family Jokes and Rural Banter Across Papers
A trio of light notes from Chicago and Louisville papers blend humor about family life and neighborly wit with rural character. The records include a five year old’s quip about a baby’s affection, a king’s garden jest, and farm hands’ leanings at planting time, all delivered in classic newspaper tone.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Studying Costs Me Much, Says Father and Judge
A judge remarks on the expense of study while a dialogue reveals a student lamenting how little effort has been expended. The Greek proverb adds a reflection on the nature of the unknown as magnificent.
Chivalrous Chicago Reveres Women as Beauty and Joy Forever
A Chicago Inter Ocean editorial extols the city’s view of women as a priceless beauty and joy worth living, striving, and even dying for, claiming Chicago surpasses other places in admiring feminine loveliness.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Historical Mystery Solved The Man In The Iron Mask
A New York Sun report recalls a sensational historical mystery resolved with a confession. The imprisoned man laments his wife cutting his hair and receives sympathy from readers as the tale closes.
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Man In the
Iron Mask
New York Sun
Knights of Pythias Local Lodges Meeting Notes
Apostle Lodge No 139 Nels N Oscar C C a i Lien K R meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows Hall. North Star Tent No 4 T A Oscar Com E Bryan Rec Keeper meets first Monday each month at Meehan Hall. Morgenstjernen No 6 Vile Markatect Pres Nels Mybre See meets Thursdays at Johnsons Hall.
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Equitable Fraternal Union
Washburn
Wm. Dolan Pres
H. P. Axelberg
Odd Fellows Hall
Wright Sacham
Nels Ostrum
Knights of Pythias
Apostle Lodge No
Nels N
North Star
T. A. Oscar
E. Bryan
Meehan Hall
Washburn Lodge
A. W. McLeod
M. A. Lincoln
Morgenstjernen
Johnson's Hall
Eidsvold No
P. P. Stamnes Pres
Hans Moen
K. of L. Hall
Nordlyset No
Ole Fluttom
Gust Ogren See
Union Hall
E. Bergmann
Pres. Nels M. Oscar Sec
Washburn Colony
G. A. Calder W. B
Buzard
Northern Light
C. Pederson
E. Burdick
Wisconsin
Tim Kearns
Albert Beausoliel Sec
St. Louis Hall
Women’s Catholic Order Foresters
St. Placidus Court
Josephine Maher
C. R. Phoebe Arseneau
Chequamegon Lodge
D. W. Corning N. G. H. J. Finstud Sec
Independent Order of Foresters Court
Chequamegon No
P. J. Pedersen
C. R
Independent Order of Foresters Companion Court
Madaline No
Belle Petersen
C. R. Alma Sonderfin
Sec
Bay View
V.O. Robert Steinert
Rebeccas
Plunkett
N.G
Q. W. Frost
United Order of Foresters
Amos Hanson
Asa Freeman
Congressman Jenkins Delivers Address at Opera House
Congressman Jenkins spoke at the Opera House on topics of the day last evening. The report notes a heavy meal preceded by a medical tip urging Dean’s Regulets for easier digestion and bowel movement.
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John J. Jenkins
Chippewa Falls
Opera House
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Bayfield
From the Press
B. J. Mussell
D. M. Maxsy
Nelson
E. C. Alvord
Alm Wieslander
B. P. Hill
Assland
E. D. Southmayd
The
Bahama Islands
H. W. Boutin
Erie
Mr. Boutin
Niagra Falls
Mr. Hanson
Pike Lake
Lake Shore
Mr. Barton
N. P. Washburn
Christian Endeavor Society
A. Knowles
G.S. Barnes
Dr. Patterson
TFP
Mackinihee
A. H. Miles
Lyda Miles
Dr. Tarter
Iron River
Mary Scott
John E. Doherty
New PhowmeNe
Fifield Place
W. H. Hatten
Babylon
Louisville Courier-Journal
Ryetop
Deseret News
Pnaumonia
Lodge Directory
Knights of Maccabees
Hercules Club
W.H. Hamilton
Geo
Bec
BE. F
Sons of
Norway
Beavers Reserve Fund Fraternity
Lady Maccabees
Cathelic Order of Foresters
Marquette Court
Joseph Arseneau
Catholic Knights
Odd Fellows
Good Templars
A. P. Stone
A. Holgren
Jenkins
Department of the Interior
Wausau
Wis
Gander Olson
Raige
4Th P
Meridian
Circuit Court
Martin Ansbaugh
Charles U, Smith
Martin N, Thorsby
Louis M. Palm
John W. Miller
Register
Steamer “Skater
Mission Dock
LaPointe Dock
Apostle Islands
Oman
Frost & Spies
Beausoliel & Cross
Washburn, Wis
Lorenzo N. Clausen
Assembly
Rssain
Eee
the Perrys
Little Flossie
Pauline Perry
F. Tetzner
Fire Insurance
N. Clausen
CL. Willey’s
Berkshire
Rogers Bros
Rogers
International
Meriden
Conn
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