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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
3
J E Jones editor announces a weekly newspaper from Washburn Wisconsin dated June 1 1905 published every Thursday with a yearly subscription of two dollars. The paper touts itself as the only all home print weekly in Bayfield County.
A group of Pasadena millionaires proposes a private game sanctuary to stock southern California mountains with wildlife from Africa and other regions. Led by Macomber and backed by L. V. Harkness kin, they seek $100,000 and government privileges with forester T. P. Lukens and Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot to establish a non hunting, mammoth outdoor park and tree planting program.
Lieutenant Walter Martin reports to St. Louis relatives that Chief Antonio and Igorrottes arrived in Bangor fresh from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The group appeared with trunks and coats, studying clocks and yearned to learn about St. Louis including its cold weather and its dogs.
The Evening Standard reports the Culli nan diamond valued at £500000 was mailed from Johannesburg to London for 3 shillings. The ordinary packet was registered and insured for $2500000, but its present whereabouts remain secret with no exhibition plan.
Kansas contractor W R Stubs foresees electric railways supplanting steam by 1925 and a nationwide shift to interurban lines. He cites an imminent boom in railroad labor and says eastern Kansas will gain lines for passenger service and farmers markets. Lines near Topeka Wichita Olathe and Kan City are under construction or projected.
A St. Petersburg report to the New York American describes a clandestine supply of bomb making materials seized by authorities. Packaged in white metal casings with glass cross pipes and sulfuric acid, the bombs were allegedly assembled in St. Petersburg from Geneva shipments.
Archaeologist J G Crawford of Albany reports uncovering five prehistoric remains and a clay burned altar on a Calapooia river bank farm five miles southwest of Albany Oregon. He notes mutilation and suggests cannibal activity with hearts burned as offerings to a deity.
Admiral Bob Evans recalls a tale showing Japanese adaptability as a Jap servant earlier impressed him with quick learning and service. Later aboard a French port battleship the same captain, identified as Captain Kato, greets them in distinctive manner, signaling cultural assimilation.
Professor J. J. Thompson at the Royal Institute declares radium detected in wheaten flour and notes the flour would likely produce radioactive bread though the source could not explain how the radium entered the flour.
Harper's Weekly reports a French study by Professor C Phisalix showing radium rays curing viper and cobra venom after 50 to 60 hours exposure. Radium emanation in air alters venom solutions, neutralizing toxicity in hours, with glycerin prolonging this effect. The results suggest a method to study serpent poisons and distinguish between them.
A historical Medford meeting in 1701 sparked early women’s rights protests as gallery seating favored men. The dispute spread to Newbury where women built a separate gallery area, provoking vandalism by bachelors who faced fines and whipping. The piece links these events to the broader, long-standing struggle for women’s rights.
Classified notice seeking reliable individuals in each state to represent a wealthy firm. Salary $21 weekly plus expenses, paid weekly in cash. Horse and carriage provided when needed. References requested with self addressed envelope to Colonial 332 Dearborn St Chicago.
The famous pills from DeWitt’s are praised for gentle action on the bowels and liver, relieving billiousness and constipation without stomach upset or weakness. Once used, they are preferred. Sold by Fox Bros.
Hollister offers Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets described as a busy remedy for constipation indigestion stomach and kidney troubles eczema impure blood bad breath sluggish bowels headache and backache. Sold as tablets at 85 cents a box made by HoavisTea Cave Company Madison Wisconsin. Golden Nuggets for slow people.
The speaker asserts a firm guarantee that all crockery from the seller will be free from defects. They claim the guarantee is meaningful and reassure customers who have been annoyed by faulty ware.
The advertisement promotes Liversta the up to date Little Liver Pill available in 5c boxes with 15 pills 11e boxes with 40 pills and 25c boxes with 100 pills sold by Fox Bros in Washburn Wisconsin.
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