Bayfield County Curiosities and Community Notes
Bayfield County items report visits and travel by H C Nelson and Roy Southmayd. Riese of Antigo visits daughter Mrs Albert Miller then to the Pacific coast. Capt Harry Brower visits Ashland and will move. Commercial Club new quarters in Etzel building. fire department officers elected. Mr Pew suffers paralysis but improving. fires and property losses abated after rain. assessors and county talks. death of Mrs Finley at 28. funeral at Congregational church with Odd Fellows. local sports injuries and high school basketball. various local appointments, sawmills, and farm operations. Judge P J Savage assumes municipal judge role.
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Mr. Riese
Antigo
Albert Miller
Pacific Coast
Harry Brower
Ashland
Arthur Jones
First Street
Commercial Club
Etsell
Fire Department
Curtis Horn
Hook & Ladder Co
R. E. Johnson
Fred Hofele
Burt P. Hill
Wing Hose Co
L. M. Shapiro
Ton Wilson
H. Hannum Treas
Northern Pacific Railroadway Company
Jos. Verden
Eben Olson & Co
Leonwas
Landrant
Angel of Death
A. A. Enly
Finley
Washburn
Congregational Cnurch
Odd Fellows
Breaved
Olger
Hessey
Local Notes on Residents and Land Purchases in Fish Creek
Mr E Bradin delivered about 700 fruit trees last week and plants 200 apple trees himself. John P Olander visited Ashland over Sunday. Nels E Ledin spent Sunday with a friend in Mason. Carl Kallgren did paper hanging for Mrs A Pearce Tomkins at Eileen Stock farm. Mathilda Ledin returns home from Cable where she taught this winter. Jacob Ledin bought 40 acres in section 27, 476 West. Pete Holmquist builds another addition to his residence. Mrs Anderson of Birch Lake visited friends in Fish Creek Settlement and liked the place.
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Christian Endeavor
E. Bradin
John P. Olander
Ashland
Nels E. Ledin
Mason
Carl Kallgren
A. Pearce Tomkins
Eileen Stock Farm
Ofr
Imlan Magazine
Taylor Institute to Install Hot Water Heating System
Pioneer Manager McMurchy of the Taylor Institute announces basement enlargement and a summer installation of a hot water heating system. Excavation is underway as part of ongoing improvements to provide guests greater convenience. Nearby, forest fires near Port Wing Junction on the Washburn Branch of the Northern Pacific destroyed many railroad ties and posts piled beside the track.
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McMurchy
Taylor Institute
Port Wing Junction
Washburh
Northern Pacific
Familiar Lines Misquoted Says Tit Bits
London Tit Bits notes common misquotations across literature and scripture. It cites Coleridge Macbeth Shakespeare and Wolfe with corrected forms like Water water everywhere, Rule the waves, and The love of money is the root of all evil.
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Coleridge
Britannia
Macbeth
Fat Butler
Shakespeare
Nathaniel Lee
St. Paul
Timothy
Wolfe
Sir John Moore
Longfellow
London
Genesis Gen for Short a Bohemian Tale of Names
An OCR fragment recounts a Richmond visitor amused by a black shoeshine boy who introduces himself as Gen for short, claiming Genesis as his full name. The dialogue mocks racial naming and titles, with a punchline about the boy’s gleaming teeth and a biblical reference.
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Williams
John Mitchell
Richmond
Genesis
Washington Carter
Gen
Pororocca of the Amazon Waves Roar at Mouth
At the Amazon mouth a rare tidal surge called pororoca occurs during the dark moon. A multiple set of roaring waves, up to thirty feet high, travels the channel width, with one wave followed by others before the tide returns to normal. A dentist anecdote follows about a child believing prayer can summon outcomes.
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Amazon
Notable old world odds and ends in a curious column
A miscellany reviews haunted houses and exorcism ads, notes inscriptions in historic London panes, and recounts Alexander the Great’s escape tale. It lists famous bachelors from Newton to Meyerbeer and cites reading habits of Dickens era versus modern tastes.
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Tower of London
London
Jack Sheppard
Jack
John Woolley Brand
Alexander the Great
Pella
Macedonia
Philip
Alexander
Europe
Asia
Trio Return From Odanah Drive Work
Ea Finnegan and Jas Cavanaugh arrived home last evening from Odanah where they had been working on the drive for several weeks.
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Finnegan
Jas. Cavanaugh
Odanah
Fraternal Union and Lodge Meetings Noted in OCR Fragment
OCR text lists several fraternal groups and meeting times. Squitable Fraternal Union Washburn Assembly No 40 under Wm Dolan presiding meets at Odd Fellows Hall on the third Monday monthly. Wright Sacham Nels Ostrum C of BR. meets at Meena Hall on the third Wednesday. Apostle Lodge No 139 Nols N Oscar and Lisa Kf. meet every Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall. North Star Teat No 1 Oscar Com B Bryan Kee keeps Moots at Wechaa Hall on the first Monday each month.
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Squitable Fraternal Union
Washburn
Wm. Dolan Pres
Hl. P. Axelberg
Odd Fellows Hall
Wright Sacham
Nels Ostrum C. of
Meena Hall
iGaiguts
Pythian
Apostle Lodge No
Nols N
Oscar
Lisa Kf
North Star
Oscar Com
B. Bryan Kee
Wechaa Hall
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Roy Southmayd
Minnesota
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Bass Island
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Red Cliff
Fred Kopplin
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Brule
John Gibson
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Harry Hopplin
Mathilda Ledin
Cable
Acob Ledin
Sec. 27
Pete Holmquist
Rom the Pioneer
State Bank
Washburn, Wisconsin
M. A. Sprague
F.T. Yates
P. Swanby
Mary Scott Resem
Washburs
Uty Dock Dock
Susp
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Wash‘burn
Aukland
Duluth
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Cleveland Plain’ Dealer
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John Jones
St. Martin's Lane
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Dickens
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George Eliot
Bulwer
Trollope
Bronte
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David Copperfill
Ivanhoe
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Spinoga
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Bishop Butler
Bayle
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Buckle
Pitt
Charles James
Fox
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Michael Angelo
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Turner
Handel
Beethoven
Rossini
Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer
L. N. Clausen
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Alvin H. Ross
W. J. Maitland
Cusson
Department of the Interior
Wansua
Wis
Charles Brunner
Oircuit Court
Bayfeld County
Almant
Buries H. Saith
John Dona Nola Westerlund
Thomas Francis
John W. Sintex
Hogiater
State OF Wisconsin County Court
Abraham J. Astrom
Abraham U. Astrom
Port Wing
Ty Court
Said County
Lodge Directory
Washburn Lodge
A. W. McLeod
C. Lincoln
Hercules Club
W. H. Hamilton
Haas Moon
Kof Ual LS. Wa
Bordlyset
Ole Plattom
Gust Ogren
Union Mall
E. Bergmann
Nels M. Oscar
Hungay
Beavers Reserve Fund
Fraveriney
Washburn Colony
Samoue
Order of Foresters
Marquette Court
Joseph Arsoneau C
Wm. Dolan
St. Louis Hall
Tim Kearns
Albert Beausortel
St. Louis Mall
Women's Catholic Order
St. Placidus Court
Sophine Maher
R. Phoebe Arsene
Louis Hail
Cuequamegon Lodge
D. W. Corning
H. J. Finstad
Order of Foresters ‘Court
Pederson G
C. Sowder
Independent Order of Foresters
Madaline
Belle Petersen
C. K
Alma Sowder
Bay View
P. Axelberg
C. Robert Steinert
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