Kellner notes and holiday travels in local area
Mr and Mrs John Chein and family returned from Stratford and Marshfield after a short visit. Mr and Mrs Jesse Worden came back from near Tripoli deer hunting. Gus Helke returned from a north trip with a fine deer. Mrs Hierstedt is listed sick this week. Mrs A Buss spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Grand Rapids. Burns and family hosted visitors from Chicago early in the week. Mr and Mrs Rosenthal host relatives from near Stevens Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chein
Stratford
Marshfield
Jesse Worden
Tripoli
Gus Helke
Hierstedt
Chicago
N. Rosenthal
Stevens Paint
Rosenthal
First Victim of Hunting in Wood County
Pittsville Record reports William Rede penning northwest of the city as the first hunting season victim in Wood county. He injured his wrist when his high powered gun discharged while leaning it against a slump Sunday. Hospital in Marshfield says amputation not needed but wrist damage will limit use. The piece ends with social commentary on advice and circumstance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsville
William Redepenning
Wood County
E. C. Redepenning
Marshfield
Economic worth of dairy output in Wisconsin cows
The article muses on dairy wealth by comparing Wisconsin’s 1.8 million cows with varying butterfat outputs and prices. It estimates potential state wealth from full production, citing $144 million at 200 pounds per cow and $403 million if all cows matched a high percentile, then shifts to humorous maxims about money, love, brains, and onions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
SIGEL Socials and Moves Across Town
Last Monday evening a mixed shower at Mr and Mrs John Heden’s honored Miss Signe Heden with games and gifts with a late luncheon. Several residents, including Join Buege and Miss Signe Woedon, are noted for recent travels and nuptials while a Red Cross basket social supported the Dist No 4 school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heden
Signe Heden
Miss Heden
Join Buege
Grand Rapids
Berdina Berg
Rey
Anna Anderson
Rapids
Dist
Red Cross
Chas. Blomquist
Larkin Club
Hear Home
Louis JL. Mao
Signe Woedon
Chicago
Gary
Indiana
Uth Henrickson
Grand Rayside
City Point Couple Married in Milwaukee
CITY POINT ace Lula Newon and Geeu Hoover of Pittaville wed in Milwaukee on November 19. Neighbors celebrated Mrs. I. Nelson’s birthday on Saturday afternoon November 17. Rev Bulster of Mendota held services at the Congregational church last Sunday, November 25. Wm. Curtin clerks in M. Franson store during the illness of Franson’s son. Mrs. Sullivan and daughter Edith traveled to Rochester Minnesota for hospital consultation. an operation is planned. Wm. Henderson acts as agent at Dexterville during Leo Amundson’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Newon
Geeu Hoover
Pittaville
Milwaukee
I. Nelson
Bulster
Mendota
Illinois
Wm. Curtin
M. Franson
Franson
Sullivan
Edith
Rochester
Minn
Wm. Henderson
Dexterville
Leo Amundson
Wisconsin club women urged to back Christmas Seal drive
Open letter from Mrs. J. D. Harvey of Menomonie asks Wisconsin federation club presidents to mobilize members for the Red Cross Christmas Seal campaign. She notes wartime tuberculosis care needs in army and civilians, praises past Wisconsin work, and urges clubs to support fundraising, volunteer locally, and back Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association in aiding France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NTN
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Sale
J. D. Harvey
Menomonie
Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs
Federated Clubs
Untion
France
America
Special Commission of Tuberculosis
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculous Association
Red Cross
G. I. Bellis
Muirdale
Milwaukee County
Slater
Wisconsin Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Louise F
State Federation Public Health
Lillian B. Harvey
Tears and tears women shed in love and woe
A humorous, period voice essaying on women crying as a social art. It lampoons slyly how tears are used to influence husbands, noting Shakespeare lines and old wisdom. It contrasts female weeping with male indifference, using playful aphorisms and mock advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Honia Lashom
Shakespeare
Newspaper readers chase quick news and tabloids
A compact critique of modern newspapers likening daily papers to quick meals that feed but fail to nourish the mind. It contrasts condensed headlines, cartoons, and editorials with literature’s long view and notes Time is scarce in a newsroom. It ends with a remark on loyalties toward enemies versus relatives.
Local social notes and harvest threshing update
The Guat Geronemeyer and Ludlow families visited the Poters home Sunday. A schoolhouse social last Friday netted 16.05. Aug Buss of Kellner visited Gasch and Robt Len homes last week. Wirtz and Carl finished threshing season and are home. Dominick Schilter spent time at home Saturday and appears well in army life. John Shear and Mr Blair each report killing a deer. Several lads worry work might be done too well as they strive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Dominick Schilter
Army
Lowely
John Shear
Blair
Bath night memories and the lure of cleanliness
A reflective, humorous sketch on childhood bath night and parental insistence. The narrator recalls resisting the family tub while acknowledging the broader idea that physical cleanliness matters less than cleansing the soul. It notes children prefer outdoor swims and that opinions from others can sting and shape character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee Willie
Percentage of sick at army camps under two percent
Returning from inspection trips to ten army and aviation camps Col Weston P Chamberlain of the Surgeon General's office reports the percent of sick ranges from below one percent to slightly below two percent. Common treatments include severe colds tonsillitis slight injuries and other minor ailments. Pneumonia was the only serious disease found. Each national army camp has a thousand bed hospital equipped with modern facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston P. Chamberlain
Surgeon General's Office
National Army
Man Injured in Hunting Accident Near Irma
Alfred Winkle of Irma suffered an ankle wound and back injury when a gun discharged as his brother tried to shoot at a fox while they rode a hand car during a deer hunt. He was brought to Ravn hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Herald
Alfred Winkleman
Irma
Alfred
Ravn
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