The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-11-21

eat.
John McBeath left for Iron Belt
the first of the week, where he will
work
J. B. Nichols and P. O. Houghby,
of Ashland we're Washburn visitors
Sunday evening.
For SALE CHEAP:-A cloak for a
three year old child. Call at Wash
burn Steam Laundry.
Mrs. McClatchie, mother of Mr..
Earl McClatchie and Miss McClatchie
is in the city, visiting.
Auditor Vary, of the American
Express Company, checked over the
local office here last week.
The genial and fascinating James
Donnelly looked after his customers
among the merchants here Tuesday.
Howard Bailey, of West Superior,
spent Sunday in the city, visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Bailey.
The schooner w. K. Moore and the
schooner A. M. Peterson unloaded
coal at the Northwestern Fuel dock
this week.
| AL. Stewart, foreman for G.. B.
! Simpson in the latter's camp, came
to town last Saturday night, and
has been quite sick ever since.
Walter S. Raft, for many years a
resident of this city, and at one time
town chairman, was in the city yes
terday, and called on old friends.
Come and see us in regard to
family washing and also fannell
washing.
WAsHBURN STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Ladies of the st. Louis Con-
gregation will serve Oyster Supper
in the St. Louis Hall Thanksgivin g
day, Nov. %. All are cordially in
vited.
Bellavita, Arsenic Beauty Tablets
and pills for the complexion; 10 day
treatment SOC. 30 days treatment
$1.OO. Sold by Fox Bros, Washburn'
Wis. If.
|. Rev. III. Peterson, formerly of this
city. but now of Duluth, will preach
in the Union Hall next Sunday
morning and evening. The sermons
will be in the Norwegian language.
Peter J. Bestler has accepted a
position as special Agent for the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Milwaukee, with
Douglas, Bayfield, and Ashland
counties as his field of operation.
No paper but the progressive
Minneapolis Tribune would think Of
distributing 81, 800 among it's readers,
/ 81, 600 of which will 90 to the first
person to make the correct count in
the new dot contest, about to be
sprung.
Mr.. Andrew Hughes and Miss
Saundry Johnson were married al
the home of the groom Tuesday
Reverend Father Patrick officiating.
The groom is very sick man, and
the ceremony was performed while
he laid on the sick bed.
Mrs. H. Johnson, the Masonic
Temple milliner, of Ashland, is dis
playing one of the finest and pretiest
selections of hats and other millin
cries, at the most unheard of prices
known on the bay. 1t will pay the
ladies of Washburn to call on her.
There will be social at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Thos. Moore on Fourth
street east next Friday evening
Warm biscuits and maple syrup to-
gether with coffee will be served, the
charge to be fifteen cents. Proceeds
will be used lor the new Congrega
tional church. Everybody invited
Ashland had a $4,000 fire Tues
day evening, at which time the tug
keystone, valued at $15, 900 and t
entire lumber dock of the keystone
Lumber company burned. 1t is es
timated that more than 1000, OO(
feet of lumber was burned Owing
to the bad condition of the water
pipes and the absolutely insufficient
equipment about the Keystone prop
erty the utmost difficulty was exper