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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
4
Frank Brandl returned home Sunday with a broad smile after hosting a guest who will become the future President. Mrs Brandl gave birth to a son Sunday morning.
The Steamer Skater started regular trips to Bayfield and Madeline Island last Saturday and reports strong patronage. It will run all day trips among the Apostle Islands starting June 10 and may add two weekday runs as the season progresses.
Three stray calves wandered onto the premises in Washburn and are being held for the owner who must pay all charges and prove ownership. John Bergquist.
Berglund and Koenig win contract to install hardwood floors and improvements at A. W. McLeod residence. Residents Frank A. Holmes and Perley Swanley visit from Idaho and North Dakota, with plans and remarks on recent conditions. Horace Frost nears Duluth Business University finish. Hartman family relocates to Superior for work at Dynamite works. Fox Bros. Drug Store gains electric lighting with new fixtures by W. E. L. P. Co.
Narrator, a veteran ship keeper at Sierra navy yard, recalls Si the Puget Sound Indian boy nicknamed Siwash and their collision experience aboard the Humahuma and the Stalwart. He notes Si’s character, iron nerves, and life with his ma, plus glimpses of his own long service and clam digging along Puget Sound.
A skipper on the Stalwart narrates a fog bound encounter as the Humahuma collides with his ship at sea near a navy yard. The Humahuma sinks with a woman and child aboard while Si and his mother perish, and the narrator saves Si. Si is placed in a Grand Army coat for warmth.
In Scotland and Ireland May 1 marked Beltane anciently. Druids lit two fires on Beltane and drove cattle between them to ward off disease. A note from Every Move a Picture quotes a Pittsburgh Post remark about a movie star preferring sleep over posing for pictures.
Owen Davis meets two English actors in a Broadway restaurant washroom. The pair, slighty intoxicated, denounce Americans as a “frightfully ignorant race” while one boasts of five months in the U S and says no American knows what mica schist is. The other asks the same question.
40 or 89 acres finest fruit or dairy land overlooking Chequamegon bay. 10 acres under plow and 10 acres brushed. 5 miles from city and three miles from bay. For sale cheap. Half cash and balance on easy payments. Inquire of John W. Gibson for terms and particulars.
At noon ITV notes a hot August day as villagers rest. A booming fire bell rings from a lime washed belfry and a crowd rushes, with the Black Deluge Green Water Witch and Old Niagara racing down the street in shouted chaos.
A line from Sara Beaumont Kennedy reflecting on unseen paths and unknown destinations. The verse contemplates absence of milestones and guidance as a universal human sentiment about forgotten journeys.
Fragmentary lines reveal a quarrel between speakers ending in remorse. The note names Arthur L. Salmon and hints at vengeance through inner sorrow set to a defiant, lyrical exchange. The archaic diction and dramatic tone suggest a personal poetic fragment from a historical source.
A World’s Work meditation on how antique collecting reflects vanity rather than understanding. Wealthy buyers take Greek and Roman artifacts, display them as status symbols, and ignore origin, meaning, and the emotions behind ancient works.
A teacher questions a Chinese boy about signing Norah as his name. The boy insists Norah is the name of the famous American who built the ark, turning the exchange into a humorous lesson about names and history.
The stream flows rapidly at one fifth of the depth below the surface while its average speed equals two fifths of the depth above the bottom. This describes how velocity varies with depth in the current.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript quotes a quip about literature as a small appetite and cites Cherbilier on spotting chances. The Chicago Record-Herald notes a speaker who has declined political speeches, then contrasts it with others who had chances, implying differences in public engagement.
In Chile the condor is the largest flying creature and a national symbol of strength. A native killing method involved one hunter lying under oxskin with a partner nearby to ambush dawn swoop, capture the bird within the skin, then the partner would strike with a club.
A Chinese poultryman uses a centuries old technique with roasted rice and eggs in a tub. Layers of warm rice and eggs are alternated, forming about 500 eggs per tub. Daily the mix is reheated and repacked, keeping heat over three to four weeks until chicks emerge.
The document lists city leadership including Mayor E. Bryan Clerk and Treasurer Nels Lee. It also assigns roles for Assessor J. N. Kinney Chief of Police Gideon Chauvin Health Officer P H Frey and a long slate of Aldermen: Henry Johnson J A Sheridan R R Thomas E A White A Holgren Andrew Faulk Chas Lysager Andrew Peterson Ole Thoreson W A Robinson N Kurschner John Enouf.
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