County Board Proceedings Special Session Report 1908
The report from the Committee on Illegal Taxes and Tax Certificates recommends allowances and authorizes the County Clerk to draw orders for amounts shown. The Public Grounds and Buildings and Roads and Bridges committees present plans, approvals, and instructions for highway work, bridge materials, and county road outlines with a deadline of May 25 1908. A resolution concerns taxation and valuation of Mason and Iron River townships and their high tax costs.
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Bayfield County
Wisconsin
Washburn
Wis
Honorable County Board
Committee On Roads and Bridges
Commissioner of Highways
Ole Anne
L F Kinstler
L Shepherd
Committee On
Mason
Iron River
John O'Sullivan
Sundeen Bros
Willey
Cramer & Co City Elec & P
Court House
Steinert & Co
Washburn Plug & Hig Co
Washburn Water Worksco Water
Mason Town Detachment and Iron River Addition Vote
Bayfield County Wisconsin supervisors approve detaching part of Mason and adding to Iron River. The record lists aye and nay votes with names and concludes with a resolution to hire an assessment assistant for up to ninety days at four dollars per day. Meeting dated May 12 1908 in Washburn.
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Washburn, Wis
Board of Supervisors
Bayfield County
Wisconsin
Confession of Mouth A Dentists Honest Gauge Endorsed
A city dentist defends the profession against charlatanism and graft, insisting frauds exist in all fields but notes that fellow dentists can’t fool one another. He says patient interviews reveal honesty or deceit within minutes, as reputations crumble when compared to professional standards.
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New York Globe
Four Kinds of Nails from a Primary Class
A young ladies school primary class prompts envy from the senior class with a writing task on nails. Sadie M., seven, delivers a clever list identifying four kinds of nails finger nails door nails toe nails and tacks, drawing a smile from readers.
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Young Ladies’ School
Sadie M
The Insect and the Net
A long known fact shows insects cannot fly through nets with large meshes while birds pass through freely. Scientists explain the insect eye is faceted, making the net appear continuous and opaque, causing hesitation. The bird sees the meshes clearly and proceeds.
The Pororoca of the Amazon Tide
The article describes the pororoca at the Amazon mouth. During full and new moons the tide swells to great heights for minutes, producing a distant roar heard five to six miles away. The approaching wave, thirteen to feet high, spans the channel and is followed by multiple successive surges before normal flow resumes.
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Amazon
Misquoting Famous Lines Across Literature
A London Tit-Bits piece catalogs common misquotations from Coleridge, Shakespeare, Butler, and others. It contrasts incorrect sayings like "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" with authentic endings, and notes errors such as "Rule, Britannia" and "Pride goeth before destruction."
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Coleridge
Britannia
Macbeth
Samuel Butler
Shakespeare
Nathaniel Lee
St. Paul
Timothy
Wolfe
Sir John Gore
Longfellow
London
Short Names Among Southern Negroes In Bohemian Columns
A Bohemian column recalls African American naming quirks with examples like Hope Above Williams and Have Faith to Be Saved John Mitchell. A Richmond shoe shine boy says his official name is Genesis XXX 33, but locals call him Gen for short, illustrating racial humor and phonetic mischief in era slang.
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Williams
John Mitchell
Richmond
Gen
Washington Carter
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County Board Proceedings
O L Shepherd
EK Bergmann
Anderson
RA Winkler
Geo. Mertz
Luther Bates
M Hopkins
H M Juell
M Schweisthal
L D Perry
E A Goodwin
Jacob Yderstad
LP Anderson
E Bergmann
George Mertz
Ole Aune
AI Lién
Ole Ramstad
George S Barnes
Peter Soronen
H A Waterston
Chas S Hobbs
Mike Hopkins
George Vester
Erick Johnson
Pearce Tomkins
Nels M. Oscar
Minneapolis Tribune
Washburn Times
United States
World
Northwest
Washburn Printing Co
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