The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17

Banner salve, the most healing
medicine in the world. For sale by
Frost & Spies.
A young boy named Arthur
Greenwood had finger pinched
at the Thompson mill yesterday. DR..
Mertens performed an amputation,
and the lad is doing nicely.
A prisoner at the county Jail, serv-
ing sixty day sentence for stealing
a hat at Iron River, got away from
the officers while working on the
Court House grounds last Friday.
He was not re-captured.
Common reports has it that
gambling is going on in some of the
saloons, and that the evil exists to a
large extent in Washburn. Thought
we were not going to have these
things this year? How about it,
Messrs. Town Officials?
DIR. T. r. Spears returned from
Chicago Monday, where he has been
for two weeks with Mrs. Spears,
who has been in hospital, under
going an operation. Mrs. Spears is
progressing nicely, but will likely be
away about two weeks longer.
Miss Hanna B. Johnson, of Waseca
Minnesota, has been engaged as pri-
mary teacher in the Lincoln school
building, in place of Miss Alice
| Arnold, resigned. Miss Johnson is
a graduate of the Winona Normal,
and has had two years experience as
a teacher.
John T. Avery, who has been in
charge of the local exchange of the
Wisconsin Telephone Company for
the past year, left Wednesday for
Eau Claire, where he will be in
charge of the office in that city Mr..
John Hanson, of New London, has
arrived in the city, and taken charge
of the exchange.
The Milwaukee Sentinel is not
complete without the four page
sporting section, cOntaing all the
latest and best sporting news. If
YOU are interested in football, bowl
ing, horse racing, bicycle racing,
chess, checkers, boxing and billiards
you cannot afford to miss reading
the Sentinel every Sunday. Order
of your newsdealer now.
We are under obligations to Edi-
tor J. E. Jones of the Washburn
Times for a historical description of
one of the greatest places in north
ern Wisconsin, Madeline Island.
This little book was written and
published by Mr.. Jones and is
strong mark of his ability as a
writer and of his knowledge of the
history of his surroundings
Bloomer Advance.
Backache should never be neg
lected. It means kidney disorder
which, if allowed to run too long,
may result in Bright's disease, dia
betes or other serious and often
fatal complaints. Foley's Kidney
Cure makes the kidneys well. For
sale by Frost and Spies.
Sheriff L. Fl. Lien took Henry and
Jean Rondeau to the ST. Francis
Home for Children at Milwaukee,
last week. The boys are aged ten
and eleven years, and are the child
rem of Peter Rondeau, who seemed
to be incapable of looking after
them properly. The St. Francis
Home is sort of Industrial School
The Northwest tern Teachers
| Association is to meet at Eau Claire
Friday and Saturday of this week.
and it. is probable that mum Der
from here will attend. The progam
has just been received, and we
notice that Professor D. E. Cameron
of this city, has paper to be read
before the Association, entitled:
"Teachers Work in Relation to that
of other grades. !"
II. G. Prudhomme arrived in, the
city today from Washburn, to enter
the services of the New York Life
Insurance company, with offices at
418 Manhatten building MIR.
Prudhomme has conducted a large
fire insurance and real estate bust