Marble Toss Contest Aims For Young Winners In City
Next Saturday at 2 PM C Barker invites all boys under twelve to compete in a marble-toss contest at the Mill and Main Streets corner near the Wisconsin State Bank. The boy with the most marbles wins a prize, while Barker promotes fun for participants. Also reported is the Town Board revoking John Clucky’s liquor license for selling to a minor, with Clucky planning to leave town.
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C. 4. Barker
John Clucky
Dechemp
Mill Street
Cluckey
Trap Nest Hen Privacy System Described
A self regulating trap nest for hens uses an automatic shutter and elevator to separate nesting and reception areas. The device guides hens to enter, reveals a secluded nesting space, and ensures timed egg laying while offering ventilation and light through a screened upper opening.
Humor and Philosophy Reflections on Advice Truth and Money
A collection of witticisms on truth telling risk tipping and money. It muses on giving and receiving advice the value of optimism and the fate of tipping in cottoned observations from a playful perspective.
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and Dean's Regulats Ad
An ad touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a quick cure for sore throats and general pain. It also promotes Dean's Regulats at 25 cents per box to correct the liver tone the stomach and cure constipation.
Green's Syrup of Tar refund pledge and Dean's Ointment ad
A dated testimonial style notice offers a refund on a 50 cent bottle of Green's Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs and colds, plus a 26 cent bottle guarantee. Also promotes Dean's Ointment for piles eczema and skin itching with broad druggist distribution.
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Fox Bros
Dean
Ashland Washburn Boat Train Connections Timetable
The schedules show 6:15 am Ashland to connect with morning North Pacific out of Washburn and a 7:15 am Washburn to Ashland link with NP and Omaha trains. Incoming Ashland trains meet the 8:30 am Washburn boat. The 11:30 am boat from Ashland links with Duluth train, and 2:00 pm Washburn boat pairs with NP to Duluth plus 3:40 pm Omaha to St Paul and 4:20 pm O&NW to Hurley. Evening patterns include 6:00 pm Washburn boat with southbound trains and 7:25 pm Ashland connections for Washburn with the 8:00 pm boat to Ashland. Listen for 2 whistles 15 minutes and 8 whistles 5 minutes before departure. Capt John E Doherty, Manager, Ashland Wisconsin.
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Ashland
Washburn City Commercial Dock Dock
Washburn
N. P
Omaha
Duluth
St. Paul
Washburn Resident Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs P Doyle of Washburn Wisconsin endorses Dean's Kidney Pills after years of back pain irregular kidney secretions and kidney soreness. She reports significant improvement with no back pain following use. For sale by all dealers price fifty cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agents Remember the name Dean's take no other
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Washburn
Dean
P. Doyle
Third St
Wis
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Weather forecasts available after 11 a m at central
Subscribers of the Bayfield Co Telephone Co may obtain daily forecasts and special warnings from the Weather Bureau. Forecasts cover a 36 hour period ending 8 p m the following day. Shingles cut from green cedar at Wm Olsons.
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Bayfield Co. Telephone Company
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Central
The Youthful Turk Joins the Human Brotherhood
A poem praising Turkey's emergence from stagnation. It celebrates modernization and the revival of Turkish vitality. The speaker greets the youth of Turkey as a sign of progress and hope for the advancing peoples.
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Youthful Turk
Human Brotherhood
Will You Be My Wife Or Widow
An aged millionaire asks a young woman to marry him. She replies with a queasy twist, saying she would rather be his widow, revealing a darkly ironic exchange that plays on wealth and desire.
Proper Place for Improper Things Question
Quote exchanges discuss order and ethics as a man asks about discipline and the proper place for improper things, exploring moral boundaries and the idea that there is a home for every action. No further context provided.
Edgar’s Dream of Presidency Gives Push Backlash
A brief dialogue shows a child named Edgar declaring he will become president after his teachers raise his pay. The exchange hints at aspirations shaped by wage increases and political ambition.
Bright boy seen entering in rain arouses police suspicions
Dialogue notes a child described as bright and clever. A passerby’s quip raises a suspicion a policeman is pursuing him, implying trouble or flight after rain. The fragment hints at a tense exchange around a mystery child and pursuit.
Silent Exchange Overheard By Deaf Man
A dialogue fragment portrays a deaf man overhearing a whispered affair with no explicit details. The exchange emphasizes absence of words during the overheard moment and hints at intimate activity without direct quotes.
Castro and The Sea: A Tale of Risk and Regret
A poem fragment imagines Castro as distant and indifferent, the speaker sensing danger and reluctance to help. The verses probe past loyalties and present ties, hinting at a stance toward the narrator and others left adrift.
Early Painters in Colonial America and Benjamin West
The piece traces immigrant origins of early colonial painters, noting Matthew Pratt and Benjamin West. West, born 1738, rose from Quaker beginnings in Pennsylvania to international acclaim, becoming president of the Royal Academy and receiving a grand funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral.
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Dale
Matthew Pratt
Philadelphia
Benjamin West
John Singleton Copley
S. West
Pennsylvania
Pennington
Rome
London
The
Royal Academy
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Circle Magazine
Falsifying an Old Proverb About Wet Weddings
A collection of customs from various lands describes how rain on a bride’s wedding day is believed to bring happiness. Some cultures allegorize tears and mourning to foretell joy, with practices ranging from brides being drenched with water to a ritual weeping day the day before the nuptials.
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Erza
Simbrisk
Hidden article on healthy exercise from housework
A mother and daughter argue over a newspaper article the daughter is reading. The mother claims she bought a second copy and read it through, finding nothing amiss with an article about the health benefits of housework.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Why Paperhangers Still Carry the Name
The term paperhanger traces to Arras France where tapestries called Arras hung as wall coverings. The workers who mounted them were hangers, and when wallpaper replaced tapestries the name stuck for those who install wallpaper.
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Arras
France
Barber’s remark on John's large head and brain size
The anecdote recounts a barber telling John Bright that a large head indicates a large brain, praising intellect as the most useful trait and associating it with nourishing the roots of hair.
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John Bright
Wanted trust worthy man or woman in each county
An old classified advert seeks a reliable person in each county to advertise receive orders or manage a New York mail order business. Offers $18 weekly permanent position with no investment required no prior experience needed and spare time valued. Enclose self addressed envelope to Clarke Co wholesale Dept 103 Park Ave New York for full details.
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New York
Clarke Co
Park Ave
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