Carranza and Wilson loom in Washburn editorial
The Washburn Times laments Carranza's actions toward the United States and warns of a firm response if aggression continues. It analyzes Wilson's Mexico policy, the 1916 campaign landscape with Hughes and Fairbanks, and notes Washburn's apparent growth with new construction and jobs.
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Mexico
Wilson
Carranza
United States
U. S
Marshall
Hughes
Fairbanks
Taft
Roosevelt
Washburn
Bayfield County Press Claims Official Paper Status
The Bayfield County Press continues to bear the official paper designation for Bayfield County, while The Times asserts the same recognition, signaling a dispute over newspaper status between the two publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayfield County Press
Bayfield County
Don
Mrs Charles Wickstrom Visiting Duluth Family Friends
Mrs. Charles Wickstrom of Duluth is visiting with relatives and friends in the city this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wickstrom
Duluth
Mule with notorious kick shocks Savannah planter
A Savannah resident who owns a Chatham county plantation bought a mule famed for powerful hind legs. After shipment to the plantation, a worker named Jim warned the owner that the mule can kick so hard it could spill coffee, a remark captured in a humorous anecdote from the Saturday Evening Post.
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Savannah
Chatham County
Darky
Jim
Saturday Evening Post
Restraints of Poverty Punchline in Medical Tale
A man with a head wound visits a doctor who scolds him to avoid bad company. The patient laments he cannot divorce due to lack of money, turning a cautionary tale into a wry joke about poverty and relationships.
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Henry
Locals Report Travel Purchases and Home Projects
Local items note Leo DeMars buying a Studebaker in Minneapolis for the Garage. P T Trowbridge family visits Chippewa County by their Ro car. M C Novak travels to Duluth to visit relatives. Several residents travel to Cornucopia and Bark Bay by car. Finance and Construction finish two cottages behind Lincoln school. Ted Mackmiller conducts business in Iron River. James Murphy’s nine room home completed on 2nd Avenue East. Victor Bergquist buys the Dahl residence on 4th Street and Washington Avenue. Various personal ads and small notices follow, including a widow seeking a housekeeper position and notices of visits and travel by local residents. Alfred Swanby recovers in England after Verdun injuries. Alfred Larson returns from Duluth. Omaha depot question appears. E C Alvord attends Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge in Watertown. Mrs. William Madigan moves to city. Louis Gessert and family visit. Mrs. Paul Reed and son Alfred from Chicago stay on Oscar farm for the summer.
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Amos M Hanson
J. S. Fletcher
E. Bergman
Cornucopia
Bark Bay
Finance and Construction Company
Lincoln School
Ted Mackmiller
Iron River
Goodwin and Fraser
James Murphy
2Nd Avenue
Murphy
Seance Tallies Royal Murder Foretold in 1903
Eleanor Calhoun later Balkan Princess Lazarevich Hrebelianovich recalls a British seance attended by W. T. Stead and others in which a medium predicted the assassination of King Alexander of Serbia. The foretold murders occurred in June after the March 1903 session.
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Eleanor Calhoun
London
James Russell Lowell
United States
Lazarevich Hrebelianovich
Mr. Stead
Alexander of
Servia
Stead
Notice of Forfeiture for Unfiled Corporate Reports
The state warns Pure Beer Brewing Company Washburn and Washburn Brick Works that their annual reports required by section 1774a R Ss 1915 were not filed. Corporate rights will be forfeited on January 1 1917 unless reports are filed and forfeiture fees plus publication costs are paid. J S Donald Secretary of State.
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Pure Beer Brewing Company
Washburn
Washburn Brick Works
J. S. Donald
State OF
Wisconsin
County OF
Bayfield
August F. Hoffmann
Andrew Latola
John Listola
Rantala Company
C. P. Lysager
F. Hoffmann
Co. P. Lysager
Conductor Refuses Fare for Young Boy Sparks Lesson
A city streetcar policy of passenger merit leads a conductor to refuse a fare for a boy under five. A father claims the boy is not yet five, the conductor corrects him, and the father admits they will pay for William after this. The episode ends with a family decision to start paying.
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Conduc
Father
William
Indianapolis News
Stamp collecting origins and Mauritius stamps history
The article notes Mauritius issued red penny and blue twopence stamps in 1847 with about twenty examples known. Two pairs sold for £680 and £1,921. It traces stamp collecting origins, citing English and Belgian claims, mentions Notes and Queries starting in 1860, and a Tunbridge schoolmaster’s earlier note. It also recounts a Danish eagle myth and a 1792 note found on a chained eagle specimen marked by N and C Anderson.
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Mauritius
Belgium
Cresswell
Tunbridge
London Standard
Nakskov
Denmark
C. Anderson
Pain not proof of appendicitis says Dr Nixon
Dr P I Nixon of San Antonio told a Texan medical society that pain at Moe Burney’s point is not definitive for appendicitis. The Medical Record published his address noting cases where operations contradicted the diagnosis and one exploratory operation found appendicitis without McBurney’s point pain. Diagnosis requires multiple symptoms.
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Jurden
Eau Claire
W. E. Jurden
M. D
S.farwell St
Wis
Moe Burney
P. I. Nixon
San Antonio
Nixon
McBurney
No Pedestal For Him
Senator Sorghum warns aides against overemphasizing his stature as a great figure. He notes pedestals imply isolation and being left out in the cold, reflecting a desire for modest public portrayal.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Icelandic Kissing Law Aims Social Moral Control
Old Icelandic statute punished kissing another man’s wife with banishment or a fine of cloth if the woman did not consent. Unmarried women kissed against their will also faced banishment. Even with claimed consent the offender risked heavy cloth fines per offense.
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Iceland
Right In His Line
A brief dialogue about acting without audiences suggests a recruiter seeking talent for moving picture dramas. The line hints at actors transitioning from stage to screen and performing without a live crowd.
Buried in Sleep Lehigh Burr Misses Morning Class
Lehigh Burr notes he is still in bed at quarter to 8 and fears being late for class as no one has awakened him yet. He mentions taking his watch from under his pillow.
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Smitty
Lehigh Burr
Two Eight-Room Homes for Sale in Prime City Area
Two eight room residences offered by W A Robinson in the Times Building. One modern with the exception of heat, the other partly so. Part cash will handle either property.
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Bette
W. A. Robinson
Times Building
Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil Advertises Household Remedy
An advertising note promotes Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil as a universal household remedy for toothache earache sore throat cuts and bruises sold in drug stores for 25c and 50c
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Boston Penc
B. A. Wiechmann
THE
Washburn Times
Washburn Printing Co
Ww. A. Robinson
Sam
United States Army
Amos M. Hansen
Leo DeMars
Minneapolis
Studebaker
P. T. Trowbridge
Chippewa County
M. C. Novak
DuPont
Baksdale
Victor Bergquist
Dahl
H. H Peavey Company
S . W. Bayfield
Box
John McDonald
John Page
John Gibson
Solon Springs
McCormick
Nels Westerland
West Bayfield Street
Alfred Swanby
Hans. BP. Swanby
Verdun
France
England
Alfred
Catherine
Mary Howell
Sykeston
N. D
William Madigan
City
Barksdale Works
Alfred Larson
Peter Larson
Omaha
Nels M. Oscar
E. C. Alvord
Watertown
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Louis Gessert
Park Falls
Paul Reed
Chicago
Oscar
W. EF. Jurden
Ccessul
Eau Claire, Wis
Lamoreaux
Dr.Jurden
Specia Hospital
Department of State
Benoit Co-operative Society
Benoit Town
Orchard Valley Co-operative Com
Pany
Tor
Him
Walsh & Morris
Plaintiff's Attorneys
F. Tetzner & Son
State Bank
Washburn, Wisconsin
State Depository
M. A. Sprague
M S Lamoreaux
A. F. Hoffman
Mary Scott
Ellen D
Waliam
Nelson & Berggren
Dairy
Nelson & Borggren
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