Local notices and events fill Washburn week
H. D. Adams leaves Iron River Saturday. Rait block sold to Masonic Lodge and J. E. Jones. Madam Francis Leva White and Master Richard Vivian perform at the Opera House tonight. Several residents travel to Chicago Madison Milwaukee and Drummond. Local church services and a Ben Hur lecture are noted. The Carnegie library committee sets $15,000 goal. Real estate sales and public notices populate the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madam Francis Leva White
Opera House
A. W. McLeod
Madison
Milwaukee
Richard Vivian
T. C. Manning
Carnegie Library
L. N. Clausen
W. H. Irish
Carnegie
Fred T. Yates
M. A. Sprague
J. E. Jones
Haak Tragedy: Wife Dies After Lumber Camp Debt Dispute
Mrs. Fred Haak, shot by her husband amid a family quarrel, died this evening. The dispute began when he demanded $150 the wife earned as a cook in a lumber camp last winter and she refused to hand over the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haak
Thorpe
Fred Haak
Women Prefer Jewels but Health Needs Fortifying
An advertisement extols jewels as a woman's preference while warning that pursuit of beauty harms health. It recommends Dr. Boschee's German Syrup to counter coughs colds and bronchial troubles and claims it arrests consumption in early stages. Fox Bros. Pharmacy stocks Greene's remedies and almanac.
Local Dental Ads and Patent Medicines Highlight Washburn Area
Dr. T. S. Buzzard dentist opposite Hotel Washburn offers crown and bridge work. Fox Bros. sell Bellavira arsenic beauty tablets and 10 day or 30 day complexion treatments. Frost & Spies carry Foley's Honey and Tar with no opiates for asthma bronchitis hoarseness. Dr. Hebberd seeks dental work. L. N. Clavussen, secretary, promotes monthly loan payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Buzzard
Washburn
Crown and Bridge
Bellavira
Fox Bros., Washburn
Wistf
Foley
Frost & Spies
A. G. Hebberd
Local Paper Condemns Gambler Hess Publicly
The Washburn News criticizes Rudolph Hess a professional gambler for flaunting his trade in print. It denounces his independent wealth and gambling business while urging town officials to extend gambling restrictions to him as a defiant example of moral laxity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwood
Washburn
Bayfield Press
Rudolph Hess
Hess
Health Ordinance for Washburn Alleys and Lots Cleansing
The Washburn Wisconsin board of health adopts a yearly cleanup rule requiring owners or tenants to remove rubbish ashes and debris from alleys streets avenues and lots by May 10. If not done the health board will order removal at owner expense and may prosecute under existing statutes. The ordinance takes effect on adoption published April 18, 1899. C. O. Soweer, Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Haggedy
Washburn
Mike
West Superior
W. E. Tripp
Port Wing Junction
A. E. Jefferson
Hudson
Colonel Wing
Jesus
Board of Health
Town of
Bayfield County
Wisconsin
Town of of Washburn
Washtiurn
A. P
C. O. SowpeEr
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation with prices 10c or 25c and promises money back if it fails. It targets readers seeking quick relief and mentions druggists refund policy.
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. D. Adams
Iron River
Rait
The
Masonic Lodge
Little Bulah White
John W. Gibson
Chicago
Mrs. A.shaw
George
West
Miss Webber
Miss Picott
Drummond
Nels M. Oscar
Dr. Hebberd
Fourth Street
D. P. Bush
Harry Latimer
Colorado
Louis Gisness
Ashland
John McKay
John
Sam
D. M. Maxey
C. B. Simpson
St. Paul
Grace Twiggs
Boise
Idaho
McIntosh
Congregational Church
Robert S. Downs
Waukegan
Illinois
A. C. Frost
Bob
Frank Harwood
Harbor City
Messrs
Preston & Loveland
Franklin Investment Company
O. P Swanby
Franklin Eople
B. E. Bergeson
Graettinger
Nels K. Knutson
O. Monson
Story City
Iowa
Frost
E. T. Abbot
Western Union People
Justice Brown
Supreme Court
Guinand
C. A. Sweet
Dubuque, Iowa
Col. O’connor
Washington, D. C
Edgar O’connor
Battle of
Bainesville
Jenkins
Oshkosh
Wallace Coy
Northern Hospital For
Coy
Isthmus Plantation Company of
First National Bank
Wis
Herman Heese
Helmuth Bergmann
Heese
Bergstrom
Matt. J. Johnson
Higgins & Walters, Attorneys At Law
Joliet, Ill
Matt. J. Johnson Co
Minn
F. Higgins
Owen, Frost & Co
L. N. Clavusenn
Hinkley Bone Liniment Co
Saginaw, Mich
SI Insurance
Cuess & CO
Wen
Regent
Olaus Davidson
Monarch
Gordon Hat
Packard
I. Bierman
Estabrook & Olson
BoNeRat
Minneapolis
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