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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
8
An ad promises health benefits for liver and stomach with Burdock Blood Biters, claiming blood purification and digestion aid. It seeks agents for a Chicago company offering $36 weekly or 400 percent profits, with free samples and catalogs.
The Skater steamer operates round trips between Ashland and Bayfield with departures from Mission Dock and Washburn Dock. Read times show morning leaves from Ashland at 9.00 and 9.35 arrival Bayfield at 11.00, returning from Bayfield at 11.05 to Ashland by 1.00.
Captain John L. Doherty, manager, Ashland Wisconsin, announces phone number 141 for inquiry at 7 Fifield Place. Public notice seeks business or service arrangements with local residents and clients.
Fry's Magazine muses on how gambling anxiety gnaws daily work and patriotism. The piece contrasts a gambler’s suspected losses with quiet labor, noting the mental strain from facing potentially lost money and the impact on public spirit.
A New York Times anecdote recalls a four year old boy watching an electrical storm. He asks his mother if the sky hurts when the lightning tears it, illustrating child imagery and language reflecting nature’s force.
A well known German actor chronicles his life with humorous tallies in a pamphlet. He lists 455 parts in 371 plays across 98 towns on 3683 occasions, plus many fictional deaths and dramatic fates including beheadings and assassinations. London M. A. P.
A man pledges extreme devotion to win a woman's consent to marriage. He vows to do anything to prove his love, asking only for a task she will set, while she calmly suggests the idea of marriage as a possibility. He contemplates whether proving love is harder than it seems.
Subscribers of the Bayfield Co. Telephone company may obtain the daily forecasts and special warnings of the weather Bureau of the United States Department of agriculture from central after 11 a.m. These forecasts cover the 36 hour period ending at 8 p.m. of the following day.
An advice notice argues cosmetics fail to remove facial dullness and promote skin glow. It claims a healthy liver cleanses and enriches blood, improving complexion and curing constipation biliousness and nervousness. A trial bottle of Green's August Flower is offered at 5 cents and 75 cents at Rost & Spies.
J M Eagen buys N P Edmunds livery on First street and will run it anew. He is known for ice trading and strong local standing hoping for good patronage. Edlund retires here to start business in Ashland. Boutin buys former Bagen ice work. as town treasurer he promises prompt service.
Reverend Gibson plans to cut timber on land near Bena this winter with Bert Gibson in charge. Most logs will be shipped to the Hessey mill for manufacture. W T Neander is in town taking testimony in cases involving Orienta and Barnes towns and Iron River school board. Attorneys Morris McLeod Walsh represent respective sides in settlement disputes over divided towns. Sheriff elect Happie visited the county seat to inspect his new residence and conduct county business.
In the Matter of The Estate of Angeline Clevett Deceased Bayfield County Wisconsin notices claim submission. Creditors must present claims to the Bayfield County Court at Washburn by June 1909 for examination and allowance. Court date set for the first Tuesday of June 1909.
A Washburn Wisconsin resident Lena Lahaie testifies to relief from back pain and kidney distress after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She cites prior severe backaches and kidney infection, credits Sweet's drug store and Foster Milburn Co. as suppliers, and urges others to use Doan's.
Seed potatoes set extraordinary price records at an English sale with El Dorado tubers earning £56 8s 6d for five ounces, amounting to about £402,658 per ton. Other prices included £11 for a potato and 10 guineas for another, plus £3,000 per ton for a new Sir John Franklin variety.
The excerpt discusses prehistory and human evolution with notes on brain growth, skull formation, and expanding food supplies across two millennia before history. It links intellectual progress to future discoveries and links fluency to abundance of ideas and vocabulary, citing London Museum Gazette and Dean Swift.
The exchange defines irony as expressing one thing while meaning the opposite. The childU questions whether a statement like I don t want a nice big piece of cake is ironic when spoken to an auntie about a rainy day it seems to contradict.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt notes college women reacting to a missionary sermon that urged women to abandon study and go abroad as “fishers of men.” The students mocked the appeal, while the missionary complained of perceived levity from the audience.
In a witty quip, Grabbit leaves bank clerking to take a conductor post on the electric cars. The move prompts amused chatter and a noted pun about an odd change.
Cheap accident insurance claims Eclectric Oil by Dr Thomas stops wounds and is sold by all druggists. The note promotes its quick healing claims and widespread availability.
A Danish proverb notes that each songbird has a unique voice. The saying highlights individual expression and the value of diverse perspectives in a community.
Winter blasts ease and Foley's Honey and Tar is urged to cure coughs and strengthen lungs. The ad claims the product prevents serious winter outcomes and targets obdurate coughs and colds, attributed to Q. W. Frost.
A London Tit-Bits passage notes widespread misquotations of lines from Coleridge, Shakespeare, Butler, and others. It lists examples like Water, water everywhere, Rule, Britannia, and It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, explaining the correct wording and common errors with each reference.
A Bohemian excerpt notes peculiar names given to black southerners such as Hope Above Williams Have Faith to Be Saved John Mitchell and Genesis XXX 33 So Shall My Righteousness Answer For Me In Time to Come Washington Carter. A Richmond visitor recounts a coal black shoeshine boy who introduces himself as Gen for short, prompting questions about the abbreviation.
An old passage notes birds’ great muscular power with an eagle lifting a pig and an ostrich kick feared. A humorous Town and Country quip contrasts courting on foot with modern auto courtship, collecting momentum instead of daisies.
Jaggs retorts with a sharp quip about coming home late, calling the husband foolish for assuming he has a chance to speak. The exchange captures a tense domestic moment and sharp humor.
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