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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
4
Cpl. R. L. McCormick of Hayward writes in the National Magazine of Boston arguing for separate education of young natives away from reservation influences. He claims that removing Indians from their surroundings and mixing them with other nationalities would lead to better outcomes and fewer Indian traits preserved.
The Cuban constitutional convention accepts the Platt amendments with no comment as required and proceeds to establish self-government. The United States has cared for Cuba and is expected to withdraw once Cuba's home government is inaugurated and naval stations are chosen. Many Cubans remain ungrateful toward their deliverers.
The article discusses dividing Chippewa county to form Gates county, with Chippewa residents opposing northern rights. It suggests reviving Washburn Business Men's Association or forming a Chequamegon Bay Advancement Association, and mentions Chauncey Depew shifting from McKinley third-term talk to backing Spooner of Wisconsin for president.
The text notes Governor LaFollette named C. W. Bowron of Oshkosh to a top post at his disposal. It emphasizes the appointment itself rather than motives and trails into incomplete analysis.
The writer notes that if all appointments matched this one there would be less fault. Bow ron deserves recognition and editors across Wisconsin are glad he landed a plum. Many editors from Wisconsin visited Buffalo this week for the big show while others on the lake labor hard, enduring heat or cold.
A skeptical reflection notes Admiral Dewey married recently and laments that the American people have largely forgotten him, accusing the nation of fickleness toward the celebrated hero of Manila Bay. The writer contrasts the once global applause with the present neglect of the famed naval commander.
Fragmentary quotation notes Democrats of past eras engaging in Republican factional disputes alongside stalwarts and other groups in a charged political scene. The text suggests cross alignment across party lines amid intra party tensions.
Senator Dewaynne Stebbins of Algoma died suddenly at his home last week. A leading Republican figure, his loss is sincerely deplored throughout the state by colleagues and constituents.
At Buffalo from May 1 to November 1 tickets sold from Wash burn to Buffalo and return for 26.75 valid for one week. On May 7 14 21 and 28 tickets available and sales continue daily until September 3 at 34.35 for round trip valid for sixteen days from sale date.
Raarup Bros. have enlarged their store and now carry a fine line of groceries in Washburn. Call and get a free sample of Wood Bros Coffee.
Eminent specialists of the English Medical Institute open a Ashland branch to provide three months of free services to in person applicants before June 29. consultations, examinations, minor surgeries and X ray checks are free. only medicine is excluded.
Classified items include a dentist reference Dr A G Hebberd and Dr T S Buzzard, sales offers for a Congre gational church building, land for sale on the Sioux river, ice cream freezers White Mountain from Colquhouns, a plow ad John Dew plow, liver pills Liverita, Band er Salve from Owen Frost & Co, Fox Bros drug sale, a steamer Hunter schedule from Washburn to Ontonagon Houghton Hancock and back to Duluth with weekly departures.
In Bayfield County Wisconsin the probate court of Washburn appoints Annie Johnson as administrator for the Knute Nelson estate and orders creditors to file claims by January 1, 1902. The court will hear claims February 1902 at the Washburn courthouse and publishes notice for four weeks in the Washburn Times.
Local ad touts Wood's Boston Coffee as the best thing in Washburn. The copy urges focus on business, warns dullness may resemble death, and claims men with brains reach goals. Rocky Mountain Tea marketed for 35c by Owen Frost & Co.
Advertising notice urges buyers to check for the C C C mark on Cascarets Candy Cathartic tablets and warns against counterfeit bulk sales, directing all druggists to ensure authenticity and avoid fraud.
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