Bayfield High Team Promising. Institute Guests Visit
Bayfield County press reports a likely strong fall football squad under coach Rev. Keyser despite light lineups. County superintendent Miss Jessie N. Smith plans a teachers institute in late October with notable conductors Prof. Asa Royce and Prof. W. H. Cheever. Locals including Mrs. J. B. McElroy and Ed. Salter are back from visits. real estate man F. N. Lang notes western industrial gains as he returns to Harbor City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie N. Smith
Smith
Asa Royce
Superior Normal School
W. H. Cheever
Milwaukee
J. B. McElroy
Mert J. Bell
Bellwood
Finch-Bell Co
Ed. Salter
Virginia
Henry Fiege
Superior
F. N. Lang
Lang
Harvor
Real estate boom and grape samples lift Iron River hopes
Real estate men report a brisk sale of farmland with outsiders visiting daily and many planning to move this fall or spring. Several thousand acres have changed hands as North Wisconsin lands attract buyers. Wm Moulton shows off grapes from the Verden farm that ripened well on a north slope, suggesting careful selection can yield successful crops in the region. Frankie Babb recovers after sausage-related illness. John A. Pettingill helps redraw the county jury list for the October term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn
Wm. Moulton
Verden
Woman Interrupts Political Speaker By Coughing
A well dressed woman interrupted a political speaker by continual coughing. The ad notes Foley's Honey and Tar would cure the cough and expel the cold, highlighting its lack of opiates and yellow packaging. Signed Q. W. Frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Q. W. Frost
August Flower Promises Clearer Complexion and Health
An advertisement praises cleansing the blood through the liver as the path to better skin and claims Green's August Flower cures dyspepsia and related ailments. It promotes a 25 cent trial size and 75 cent regular bottle at Frost and Spies. Weather forecasts for Bayfield subscribers are available from the Bayfield Co. Telephone after 11 a.m. daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frost & Spies
Bayfield Co. Telephone Company
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Central
Notice to Loggers for Contract Logging Work
Notice to loggers about contract logging and log ead handling priced by the thousand. Contact Eugene Newhouse & Willette in Washburn Wisconsin for work opportunities and pickup of logs by the thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Newhouse & Willette
Washburn, Wis
Cure Kidney Ailments With Dean's Kidney Pills
A historical advertisement urges cures for kidney disorders and related symptoms using Dean's Kidney Pills. It cites Mrs. N Larson of Washburn Wisconsin reporting relief after use and cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York as sole U S agents. Also promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a cleansing blood tonic for skin issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Bright
Washburn
Sweet
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Renti-Seven Room House On E1st Bayfield Street
Water and sewer service required for a seven room house on E1st Bayfield Street. Apply to Mrs William Barnhart at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayfield Street
Wm. Barnhart
The Skater Excursions From Ashland Schedule
The Skater makes regular trips among the Apostle Islands on Thursdays starting June 20 leaving Ashland at 9:00 a.m. and returning 6:00 p.m. Lunch served on board. Sunday evenings when weather permits travel from Ashland at 8:00 p.m. stopping at Washburn and returning 10:30 p.m.
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Apostle Islands
Ashland
Washburn
The World of Homer as Homer Saw It
Sir Spencer Walpole argues in the Contemporary Review that Homer's world was a small flat world centered on Greece with limited acquaintance beyond the Aegean. He notes Homer knew Egypt and northern Africa but could not fit geography to facts, and that the ten years' war was a local contest, not a global epoch.
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Greece
Balkans
Levant
Aegean Sea
Africa
Egypt
Italy
Lemuel Gulliver
Swift
Australia
Mr. Gladstone
Herodotus
Mediterranean
Aegean
Homer
Atlantic
Sir Spencer Walpole
Contemporary Review
Estate of Arthur Hicks Probate Notice in Bayfield County
State of Wisconsin County Court Bayfield County provides notice for creditors and claimants in the estate of Arthur Hicks deceased of Cable town. Claims must be received examined and adjusted at the general term in Washburn by April 6 1909 and six months from September 22 1908 is the limit for presenting claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Wisconsin
Bayfield County
Arthur Hicks
Cable
Bayfield
Washburn
Optical Illusions Observed On Travel and Perspective Faces
A New York Telegram item describes everyday optical tricks such as trees and houses seeming to rush by, walls appearing tilted toward the observer, and wind instrument cups seeming to spin unpredictably with changing breeze. The piece notes perspective creates these effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
Summer Months 1908 Ashland Wisconsin Rail Boat Schedule
The timetable outlines morning boat connections from Ashland to Washburn with 6:15 and 7:15 a m boats and 8:30 a m boat for Washburn. It notes train links from Duluth and outbound trains to Duluth, plus evening services and connections for N P WOC C N W and N P. Capt John and Doherty announce the schedule from Ashland Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Washburn
N. P
Omaha
Duluth
John & Doherty
Wnfield Place
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Constitutional Amendments Packaged in 1908 Legislature
Wisconsin lawmakers propose changes to section 10 article 8 limiting governor veto, require two thirds votes to pass after objections, and set journal entries. The document includes resolutions on public highways funding, citizenship for foreign born electors, and income taxes with graduated rates and exemptions. County Clerk Nels M. Oscar signs the proclamation in Washburn on August 10, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Wisconsin
United States
Assembly
Washburn
Seal Nels M. Oscar
Notice of General Election in Bayfield Wisconsin 1908
Novice 18 announces a general election in Bayfield County on the first Tuesday of November 1908. Voters will elect 13 presidential electors and state officers including governor lieutenant governor secretary of state state treasurer attorney general and commissioner of insurance with terms expiring January 1909.
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Douglas
Rusk, Sawyer
Pierce
Bayfield
Barron, Dunn, Burnett
Polk
Chippewa
Washburn
St. Croix
John J. Jenkins
Ashland
Price, Sawyer
Taylor and Washburn
Albert W Sanborn
Sawyer
Lorenzo N Clausen
Nels M Oscar
John Wroseth
Andrew B. Severson
Herman G. Mertens
Circuit Court
Frederick A Bell
Elias C Alvord
Nels Myhre
EJ Brigham
Offce
State OF
Wisconsin
United States
James O. Davidson
W. D. Connor
James A Frear
Andrew Dahl
Frank L Gilbert
Insurance
George E. Beedie
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Keyser
Iron River
Washburn Citizen
Lippircats Eee
Farry
Suront
Jetrs MoveLis
ZNO
Beausoliel & Cross
Steamer “Skater
Mission Dock
LaPointe Dock
Mary Scott
Washburn City Commercial Dock Dock
Saainass
Washington
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
BD. C
Casnowe
Pacific Northwest
Via
Homeseekers
Montana
C. W. Mott
St. Paul
W.B. Duffy
Agt
Northern Pacific By Co
Rogers
Sher
Rogers Bros
Intenational Silver Co
Meriden Britannia Company
Meriden
Conn
N. Clausen
Hines Property
Robinson
Times Office
the Meehan
Chequamegon Bay
Meehan
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