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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement claims most skin eruptions like scrofuma pimples and rashes come from impure blood. Burdock Blood Bitters is presented as a cleansing blood tonic that will make you clear eyed clear brained and clear skined.
Schedule details show morning boat departures from Ashland to Washburn and connections with Northern Pacific trains from Duluth and Omaha. Evening trains link at Ashland with boats to Washburn, including a 7:25 boat and 8 PM boat, under Captain John and Doherty management at 141 No.7 Fifield Place.
In a Boston interview W Bourke Cochran says he will back Bryan as the Democrats candidate but lauds Taft as the best qualified nominee. He calls Taft a wonderful administrator and a greater man than Roosevelt, predicting he will excel if given same opportunities.
The speaker accuses Democratic leaders of years of anti business rhetoric with no reform or legislation to curb abuses. Taft, in Greensboro, NC, frames Republicans as faithfully applying platform promises while Democrats boast of a patent reform.
A Washburn Wisconsin notice features many local testimonials praising Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble backaches headaches weakness and dizziness. Mrs. M Cousineau credits relief after weeks of use and urges others to buy from Sweet's drug store. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Joseph Chevalier reported grand larceny after his wife and child vanished with a man named Mike DeMars. The missing pair were caught near Mason on an eastbound train and the charge was dismissed after a local settlement.
Bayfield press notes local residents Mr. and Mrs. Saunders move to Marshfield yet keep Bayfield ties. Obituaries report Gretchen Marie King infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles King. A serious paralytic stroke endangers O L Shepherd after a buggy ride. Wisconsin constitutional amendments and state legislature actions are recorded, including changes to bills and elections processes, plus local government term expirations and official appointments.
A proponent argues cosmetics cannot improve skin and urges purging the blood by a healthy liver. Green's August Flower is advertised as liver tonic curing dyspepsia constipation and biliousness. Frost & Spies sell a trial bottle. A New York Globe dentist exposes widespread fraud and insists professionals can tell honest work from deceit.
A well dressed woman interrupted a political speaker by continual coughing. The ad invites using Foley's Honey and Tar to cure coughs and expel colds, noting it contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes, Q. W. Frost.
Subscribers of the Bayfield Co. Telephone company may obtain the daily forecasts and special warnings of the weather Bureau from central after 11 a.m. These forecasts cover the 36-hour period ending at 8 p.m. the following day.
Residence charges include full Metallic service at 12 dollars annually and extension phone at 6 dollars per year. Business lines show full Metallic at 24 dollars per year and extension phone at 12 dollars yearly. Four party business line at 15 dollars with 3 dollars per year for extension bells.
Notice states Wisconsin Bayfield County holds a general election on the first Tuesday of November 1908 to elect thirteen Presidential electors Governor Lieutenant Governor secretary of State State Treasurer attorney General Commissioner of Insurance and other state officers with terms beginning January 1909. Balloting occurs in towns wards villages and precincts as specified.
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