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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
5
News of the week reports W J Dolan resigning due to poor health from his engineer position at the Walker school building. He and Mrs Dolan plan to move to South Dakota for health recuperation in a couple of weeks.
A Washburn column records births visits and illnesses among families including A son of Mr and Mrs John W Gibson born last Saturday and several residents traveling to Neillsville Ashland and Bayfield. It mentions a M E Ladies fair success, a school board meeting, football game reminder, property rentals and sales nearby, and multiple small notices on health travels and local business.
A Card We the undersigned agree to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle of Green's warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold We also guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. Fox Bros
The ad asserts that when lungs are inflamed germs cause pneumonia and consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar kills cough germs, cures obstinate coughing, heals the lungs and prevents serious results. The genuine product comes in a yellow package. Q. V. Frost.
Anam Bazina and Frank Bear were jailed for six months after assaulting Conductor Fred Hofel of the Bayfield Transfer Railway on a train. They created a disturbance, the train halted, and one man reportedly hurled a coal piece at the conductor, striking him and causing multiple gashes. The pair received six months to serve.
If you suffer from constipation and liver trouble Foley's Orino Laxative will cure you permanently by stimulating the digestive organs so they will act naturally. Foley's Orino Laxative does not gripe, is pleasant to take and you do not have to take laxatives continually after taking Orino. Why continue to be the slave of pills and tablets, Q. w. Frost.
The December 3 filing deadline for election expense statements was set by the Attorney General for post Primary expenses. Many candidates filed. others must file within 30 days. Reports show varied costs, contributor totals, and notable small sums. Sheriff elect Max Happle reports 301.60 spent. others cite minimal or zero campaign outlays.
Grandview held an inquest led by District Attorney Alvord and Undersheriff Johnson into the death of Christofer Christensen of Ridgley Dunn Co. The Christensen brothers, en route to Willow River Lumber Co. camps, were resting when a rifle discharged, instantly killing Christensen with the bullet entering the back of his neck. The body was returned to Ridgley for burial.
The Congregational Church men gathered at the Commercial Club to organize a permanent group for church work. The effort intends intellectual and social contributions, with a men cooked supper planned to raise debt funds. Committees are in place and formal announcement is coming soon.
Captain T. C. Morton recounts a Confederate picket near a creek who faced a live mortar fuse. John Ford scooted into the sand, others shouting Scratch John, scratch as the shell exploded nearby. He emerged unharmed and called out cheerfully, prompting a line-wide cheer and laugh.
During the great rebellion Sir John Trevanion, prisoner in Colchester castle, reads a jailer delivered letter. A prearranged cipher uses every third letter after a stop to spell a panel at east end of chapel slides. Trevanion exploits the code to escape with aid of a bribed hour of private devotion.
Local shop promotes a selection of sought after goods offered at moderate prices, inviting customers to browse a curated range of popular items and bargains.
In April 1797 Austria sought peace with France and negotiators met near Leoben. Napoleon warned that France would set its own government as the Austrian plenipotentiaries agreed to recognize a republic. The Campo Formio treaty was signed in October 1797 after Napoleon smashed a vase to press his point, showing a forceful argument led to the settlement.
A city dentist defends the profession against charlatanism and graft, arguing that fraud dominates at times among high‑end practitioners. He claims dentists can spot honesty in fellow dentists within moments, stating a patient may be fooled by the public but not by a dentist.
The Norwegian Lutheran Church holds morning and evening services next Sunday in Norwegian. Communion at Engoe is scheduled for 2 30 p m. The Helping Hand society meets next Wednesday evening at the sheriff s residence.
Next Sunday services will be held at the Congregational church and the Congregational ladies will host their annual fair and oyster supper on Tuesday December 8. The England of the eighteen sixties valued nature and language deeply with birds and animals named in vivid ways such as the hen called Dame Partlet, a phrase echoing Chaucer’s Pertolette.
A method shows crystallizing grasses by boiling water with alum to a dense solution. After cooling the strained dried grasses placed in the solution form a mass of striking crystals, creating decorative bouquets.
Tennessee oath and Andrew Johnson and Gustavus A. Henry debate history. Johnson taunts Henry as the eagle orator with no flesh in its talons, from the Mississippi to the Unaka mountains. Henry fires back that the American eagle is a proud bird and feeds not on carrion.
A German merchant’s wife recalls an embarrassing incident at a restaurant where her husband Fritz, reacting to bad fish, threw the entire meal at her head. The anecdote, relayed to a friend as a London Scraps quip, highlights his absentmindedness.
A short promotional notice urges readers past middle age to try Foley's Kidney Remedy to cure kidney and bladder disorders. It claims the tonic restores vitality as Q A. Q. W. Frost endorses starting the remedy today.
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