Bayfield County News Highlights Road Delays and War Service
The piece criticizes Bayfield county highway delays from Nash to Ashland, noting contractor changes and calls for timely completion. It praises local volunteers joining the national effort, including a Bayfield company forming the Sixth Regiment. It reports relief from regional forest fires after weeks of effort by loggers, farmers, and settlers.
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Bayfield County
Ashland
Barksdale
Nash
Olson
Highway Commission
Swan Ogren
Port Wing
Germany
United States
Army
Navy
National Guard
Timber Fires Rage Across Drummond and Barnes Areas
Fires through brush and timber country caused thousands of dollars in damage. The worst losses were in Drummond and Barnes where tracts of timber were charred prompting summer cutting to prevent worm damage. Careless brush burning by settlers widened the fires during the dry three weeks.
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Drummond
Barnes
The Red Cross: Origins and American Role in Relief Work
The Red Cross began after Henri Dunant witnessed Solferino and proposed international relief societies. The American Red Cross, with 300000 members, operates through chapters under a Central Committee in Washington DC and aids military dependents, disaster victims, and famine relief. Membership is open to U S residents who pay a fee. Headquarters are in a former Arcade Restaurant building donated by Mr Williams.
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The
Red Cross
M. Henri Dunant
Solferino
Dunant
Geneva
American Red Cross
Washington
Army
Navy
Citzen
United States
Arcade
Williams
Methodist Church Schedule East Fifth Street Service Notes
Regular preaching next Sunday at 10 45 AM on Conscription. Special music by chorus choir led by W Bridge Jones. Evening sermon at 7 30 PM titled Lifes Pay Check. Sunday School at 9 45 AM Epworth League 6 45 PM. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 PM. You are invited.
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W. Bridge Jones
Epworth League
Nov Lutheran Church notices and events
The Nov Lutheran Church announces no services next Sunday. Ladies Aid meets at the church next Wednesday afternoon hosted by Mrs. A Berggen. Young Peoples Society will stage a Basket Social next Monday evening June 11. A five acre lot with house and barn available for rent or sale, inquire A E Farabar.
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Luth
Chr
Christianson
Ladies Aid
A. Berggen
Young Peoples Society
A. E. Farabar
Washburn’s Growing Repute With Twin Cities and Duluth
Ed Milises edits The Commercial Club and City Affairs praising Washburn’s rising profile. A traveling salesman notes Duluth business leaders discuss Washburn’s growth and prospects, reflecting broad regional interest. The piece urges citizens to gain perspective by statewide travel and to boost the city.
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the Commercial Club
Ed. Milises
Aemorercial Club
Washburn Commercial Club gains notice in Twin Cities
Secretary promotes Washburn in St Paul and Minneapolis attracting business interest. He leverages outside papers and prior Duluth visits to spark investment talk, with 100 plus inquiries following a short Minneapolis news item. Confidence grows in Chequamegon Bay district.
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Washburn
Twin Cities
Bayfield
Wisconsin
Duluth
St Paul
Minneapolis
Chequamegon Bay
Zenith
Chequamegon Bay District
Why We See Better In Moderate Light Than Glaring Light
An observer notes that in glare headlights objects at roadside fade from view. The eye adjusts like a camera. the iris contracts to limit light, causing temporary blindness until the pupil narrows, explaining why moderate light aids vision over bright light.
White House Dinner Diary From Jefferson Era
Manasseh Cutler kept a life diary now owned by Charles G. Dawes. It recounts a February 6, 1802 White House dinner hosted by President Jefferson for Cutler and six House members. The menu includes rice soup beef turkey mutton ham veal cutlets fried eggs fried beef a macaroni pie and desserts with ice cream and fruit. The entry notes a discussion about an onion substitute in the pie and mentions tea and abundant wines.
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Manasseh Cutler
Ohio
Charles G. Dawes
White House
Jefferson
Social
Columbus Dispatch
Americans' Physical Development Critique in Medical Record
The New York Medical Record argues that Americans show poor physical development despite potential in athletics and intellect. It notes pale undernourished youths and flabby men in urban crowds and urges regular physical training for individuals. It also contends country bred and city raised youths are not markedly different in this regard.
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New York
Why a lieutenant general ranks above a major general
The London Chronicle explains that the ranks trace to historical military districts from the commonwealth era. Originally, the senior rank was lieutenant general over districts under a captain general, with the sergeant major general as a lesser official. Over time the sergeant faded from the title.
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Cromwell
London Chronicle
Ocean Currents and Life According to Ancient Texts
The article discusses twenty seven permanent ocean currents plus many semi permanent ones driven by winds temperature differences storms polar ice and eddies. It then asserts life is built from faith virtue knowledge temperance patience godliness and brotherly kindness rather than money or status.
Seed corn and wheat from Bayfield listed for sale
560000 state inspected. Dunlap pivnts, carefully packed, trimmed ready to set. Bests ever grew. N W. Dent, Golden Bantam and Peep O'Day seed corn. Marquis spring wheat. Grown here. O. G. Mills, Bayfield, Wis.
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N W. Dent
Marquis
O. G. Mills
Bayfield
Wis
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City Drug Store
Rexall
B. A. Wiechmann
Washburn Times
Washburn Printing Co
W. A. Robinson
WE Retail
M. K. Sprague Lumber CO
Methodist Episcopal Church
East Fifth St
Washington Avenue
H. L. Goodrich
State Bank
Washburn, Wisconsin
State Depository
M. H. Sprague
M S Lamoreaux
Haugen
President Jefferson
Temple Theatre
Kford
Eleanor Gates
Maurice Tourneur
Apears
Trip
Boston
Niagara Falls
Puget Sound
California
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Park
Canadian Rockies
Colorado
Glacier National Park
Lake Superior
Isle Royale
Mackinac Island
Buffalo
Upper
O. Ry
G. H. Macrae
F. J. Brandl
St. Paul
Minn
H. M. Pearce
Demars Brothers
Ats
Bracken & MacDonald
the Union Meat Market
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