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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
4
The Washburn Common Council passes an amendment to ordinance 34 as amended by ordinance 45, changing the concert and moving picture show fee from 25 dollars to 50 dollars. The ordinance takes effect after its passage and publication dated June 1, 1915 in Washburn Wisconsin.
The church of the cordial welcome announces morning services at 10 30 and evening at 7 30 next Sunday with the subject Showing forth Jesus. Sunday school follows the morning service. Boys and Girls meet at 3 p m Epworth League at 6 30 p m Pentecostal meeting Tuesday 7 30 Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 Pastor H L Goodrich.
John Bergquist reports three calves strayed onto his premises in Washburn and are being held until the owner pays all charges and proves ownership.
William Day of Washburn displays winter rye sample measuring five and a half feet, collected June 23 from his field. Bayfield County Bank shows clover on sandy soil as a notable exhibit.
City Clerk L. N. Clausen prepares to issue cigarette selling licenses. Applicants must obtain a license from the city, with funds going to the treasury. The license requirement will be strictly enforced and penalties are described as heavy.
The notice states that Picture Show, Pool and Billiard, and Bowling Alley licenses must be paid by July 1 1915 or the establishments will be closed. Issued by Nels Lee City Treasurer. Advertisement for Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil sold by all druggists at 25 and 50 cents.
Interior of one of three studios at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco shows thirty foot statues to adorn vast courts. Nations including Argentina Canada China France Great Britain Italy Japan Panama Spain Sweden Turkey and more participate with 100 foot mural paintings and illuminated towers.
A student crafts a sentence using the phrase horse sense after ten minutes of thought. He writes that his father did not lock the barn door and has not seen the horse sense, reflecting a humorous take on the saying.
A magazine essay likens Peter the Great to Alfred the Great, framing him as Russia's exemplar czar in a century of Slavic achievement. The piece presents his crude methods as a defining expression of the Slavic race.
Hardy ants endure extreme temperatures including forty eight hours of frost without dying. One species builds nests in a blacksmith’s forge. Japanese gardeners in Japan receive high salaries and train to twist and shape young trees and vines into animal forms.
A light dialogue on kitchen instruction contrasts a wife and Mrs Wye. The page also features a legal maxim about not pleading what you cannot prove and an advertisement for Dean's Ointment promising relief for skin itch and rashes at 50 cents in drug stores.
Stephen Yardley recalls how a Red Cross dog he bought for five thousand dollars saved his life in a French wood during World War I. The dog hunted wounded soldiers, led to Yardley, and was finally claimed by the Red Cross after his perilous rescue.
A London Chronicle excerpt discusses remedies for mood drops suggesting rhubarb and soda, outdoor sunshine or fireside comfort and Kipling's advice to dig rather than brood. It then notes Labadist sects in Holland ban mirrors to curb vanity, highlighting Anna Maria van Schurman as a key female preacher and women’s rights advocate who aided Labadie’s followers at Wieuwerd.
Mayor E. Bryan clerk L N Clausen treasurer Nels Lee assessor J N Kinney chief Gideon Chauvin health officer P H Frey aldermen listed with 14 names. Standing committees include Judiciary Rules and Ordinances led by Lysager Robinson Thomas, Finance led by Sheridan White Johnson, Education and Public Property led by Johnson White Ole Thoreson, Sanitary led by Robinson Lysager Thoreson, Sidewalks led by Sheridan Enouf Faulk, Bridges led by Sheridan Enouf Faulk, Fire and Water Works led by Johnson Sheridan Lysager, Lighting led by Faulk Thoreson Kurschner.
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