Local Gossip and Travel Notes From City Week
Joseph Vallincour of Bayfield visited the city last Sunday while working as a filer at Harbor City mills. Velor King returning from the Minnesota Iron range also visited. Ashland visitors flocked to the city, and Mary Scott’s harbor trip was ideal. Mrs Ground of Duluth, formerly Lyla Bell, visited friends here last week. A baseball game pitted city high school against Bayfield last Saturday. The baccalaureate will be delivered by Rev. Ross of Ashland at the M E church next Sunday evening. Kate Mussell of Bayfield visited this week. O Davidson, now traveling for a shoe firm, spent days here the first week. Maxey and Landrain testified in Minneapolis before a grand jury to identify Frank Schriber, held for murder. Ex Judge Sauve spent $55.75 on his re election campaign. Local men Jake Segal and others left for timber claims in northern Minnesota with County Surveyor Nelson. George F. Morgan of Minneapolis and Isaac Isaacson of Iron River were in town. Isaacson was adjudged insane and committed. Several others, including D M Maxcy, traveled to Minneapolis. Franks seed potatoes advertised by Frank Marion. A note on black paper pulpwood savings and a Wisconsin box artist, Douglas Knight, starred in a UW game. C A Nye of Cornucopia prepares to run a saw mill all summer. Mrs S A Severson and daughter visit Bemidji. L M Dickerson, formerly Omaha road agent, visits. Hans Ambly heads to Deer River for summer work. All city soda fountains now running and busy.
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Joseph Vallincour
Bayfield
Vallincour
Harbor City
Velor King
Minnesota
Ashland
D. M. Maxey
Wm. Landrain
Duluth
Frank Schriber
Sauve
Iron River
Jake Segal
Ike Berman
Andy Murray
Frank Meehan
John Gautschi
Nels Myhre
C. A. Nye
Cornucopia
Hans Ambly
Deer River
Minn
Ambly
Rev. Hanson
Hayward
M. E
George Tracy
Oscar Christiansen
Tuxbury
Thompson Docks
Chicago
Wm. Olson
John Edwards
Spooner
John Talbot
Barrons
John
Mrs. Gullard
Superior
Mike Flouray
Odanah
Grand Colony Meeting At Washburn Urged For June
Fraternal council asks all colonies to send delegates to the June 17 1908 gathering at Washburn to decide vital points. A. D. Campbell urges last year’s delegates return for informed voting and notes the journey will be worthwhile.
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Beaver Campbell
Washburn
A. D. Campbell
G. C
Richland Center
Wis
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises 100 Dollar Reward
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 100 dollar reward for an uncured catarrh case. It asserts F J Cheney & Co of Toledo stands behind the claim with 15 years of honorable business conduct and financial ability. It also notes the remedy is taken internally and priced at 75 cents per bottle, with testimonials available. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Health Coffie: a coffee substitute from Dr Shoop
Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin presents Health Coffie a coffee substitute made from toasted grains malt and nuts claiming no real coffee and a minute preparation. Sold by Geo W Posey.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
Geo. W. Posey
The Call of Spring Cleaning Traditions
The poem reflects spring cleaning duties and seasonal greetings with lines about waking early and scrubbing chores. It contrasts romantic and domestic duties while humorously noting gender expectations and the inevitability of housework each year. A closing quip about advertising and tradition ends the piece.
Mixed Local Notes and Economic Outreach Across Town
Community updates note new shade tree plantings and beautification efforts in the city, ship arrivals like the Tuxbury lumber boat at Thompson docks, and bids for dry maple and birch firewood by Wm Olson. The Geological Survey offers Wisconsin farmers road and bridge planning help with a $10,000 appropriation, plus machinery grants. local writings laud John KE Jones and his Massachusetts State House pieces. Also listed are ads, medical book offers, and homestead contest news involving George Francis.
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Highway Division
The
Geological Survey
Wisconsin
Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets Headache Relief Claim
Advertises Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets to stop any pain in 20 minutes by redirecting blood pressure from pain centers. Claims pills labeled Dr Shoop's Headache Tablets ease all pains, with price 25 cents for a 20 tablet pack sold through all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Article 248 of Discipline in Methodist Church Debate
The New York conference urged major changes to Article 248 at the Baltimore general conference. The article bans dancing theaters horse races circuses dance parties and similar amusements. It traces back to Wesley's General Rules and reflects Puritan sternness once common in Methodism.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
New York
John Wesley
United Societies
Jesus
Wesley
Methodist Church In
America
General Conference
New York World
Dentist Says Dentists Fool People Not Themselves
A city dentist defends the profession against charlatanism and graft noting that frauds exist among all ranks but honest dentists can judge peers quickly. He asserts, a dentist can fool the people but not a fellow practitioner, citing patient inquiries and quick judgments.
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New York Globe
Five Little Girls Write About Nails at School
A primary class in a young ladies' school held a writing exercise on nails. Five girls spoke, with Sadie M. age seven delivering a poised piece listing four kinds of nails finger nails door nails toe nails and tacks. Her calm recital amused the room as the others produced ordinary answers.
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Young Ladies’ School
Sadie M
The Insect and the Net
Observers note insects avoid nets with meshes larger than their bodies while birds pass through. Scientists explain the insect eye is faceted, giving the mesh a continuous appearance, causing hesitation. The bird perceives the gaps, so it flies through without delay.
German Merchant's Wife Recalls Awkward Dinner Incident
A German merchant's wife told a friend that her husband Fritz, considered absentminded, hurled a bad fish and the entire dinner at her head in a restaurant. The anecdote appeared in London Scraps.
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Fritz
London
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Rev. Ross
M. E. Church
Kate Mussell
O. Davidson
Frank Marion
R. F
Clausen
Douglas Knight
University of Wisconsin
Purdue University
Tion
D. J. Estabrook
John A. Jacobs
Mr. Estabrook
Episcopal
Reform School
Houghton Park
Omaha
Falls
Cement Construction Co
Richard Pengilly
Will Hanna
George Francis
Will Cavanaugh
Will
Hall
S. Lindell Petterson
Wim. Olon
A. B. Severson
Mason
Charles Rogers
Bratley
Clara Marsh
Grace Legacy
Ragna Lund
Bert Harrington
W. J. Maitland
Cusson
Oie
Chippewa Falls
Ole Hovind
Interstate and Foreign Committee of Congress
Lake Superior
C.H. Flynn
State Geological Survey
John KE. Jones
the Times
National Magazine of Boston
State House of Massachusetts
S. O. Bigney
Jones
A. Paulson
Mount Horeb
Black Earth
S. A. Oscar
Ironwood
Washington
Ole E. Olson
Wausau Land Office
Mr. Francis
Shoops
Beausoliel & Cross
Washburn, Wis
Masury
Kalso
B. Ungroot
H.J. Finstad
State Bank
Washburn, Wisconsin
M. A. Sprague
F. T. Yates
A. F. Hoffman
Feets
Anibenemien Deany
Patterme
Rogers
A International Inven Co., Muznzipvex, Comnscticur
Pioneer Store
D. W. Corning, Prop
G. A. Hering
Meehan
Bayfield St
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