Local items from the Sigel area ere long
Local notes report road and home improvements, visitors in Tomahawk and Sigel, and farms near Sigel including McDonald and Berg. Citizens renew subscriptions, new homes rise on Grant street, weddings planned at Emmanuel church, and travels to Milwaukee, Kenosha, and New York for visits and sales.
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Otse Blewart
Joseph Franks
Tomahawk
Lee City
Mia
Martin Nanzey
Hasel
H.W. Brown
Tomahawkel
McDonald
James Jensen
Milwaukee
Waupaca
Marshfield
Grand Rapids Tribune Contest Offers Prizes for Subscriptions
A vintage advertisement invites readers to enter a voting contest by submitting nominations to the Contest Manager. Starts with 5,000 votes, prizes include a Five Passenger Ford and a $200 piano, plus a $5 silver mesh bag for top fundraisers to June 30, 1914. Weekly cash reports earn a 10 percent commission for non-winners, contest rules note possible typographical errors and final arbiter decisions.
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Grand Rapids Tribune
Reichel
Barnes Circus Promises Thrilling Wild Animal Acts
The Al G Barnes Wild Animal Circus headlines with 660 trained animals and 65 acts across two rings in a three hour show. Notable features include Herr Roth's 24 man eating African lions, Mile Fiorine with Persian leopards and jaguars, Mable Stark's Bengal and Siberian tigers, Big Bill the wrestling grizzly, 660 horses and ponies, 12 clowns, and a glittering four band street parade at 10:30. Performances to follow at 2 and 5 p.m. on Friday, June 26.
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al. G. Barnes Wild Animal Circus
Barnes’ Circus
Barnes Animal Acting Troupe
Plain
Desert
Herr Roth
J Mile. Fiorine
Mable Stark
Big Bill
Uanger
Dynamite
Watering lawns misfires and best methods urged
The U S Department of Agriculture landscape adviser says poor watering creates shallow roots and weak lawns. Use a gentle spray for 6 to 12 hours twice weekly, soaking soil several inches deep, divide the area into six parts, and avoid runoff to prevent root exposure and damage in July heat.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Knights Denounce Mock Oath Story at Beloit Convention
At the Wisconsin Knights of Columbus state convention in Beloit on May 18 and 19, delegates denounce a widely circulated fake oath attributed to Fourth Degree members. They declare no such oath exists among their order and note a Philadelphia court found the oath false and defamatory.
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Knights of Columbus
Beloit
Wis
Order of the Knights of Columbus
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
The Pesky June Bug at Platteville
J J Davis of the U S Agriculture Department reports June bugs are hauled away by wagon load beneath ten electric arc lights at Platteville Wisconsin. He notes extensive defoliation of trees nearby and says damage is greatest in Michigan Illinois Iowa, more than Wisconsin. Baraboo News says a farmer yielded five bushels of June bugs in eleven traps. Marriage licenses list John Wilt with Margaret Rob Marshfield Edward C Mechler with Estelle M Tice Marshfield Frank A Meunier Grand Rapids with Sophia P Oson Biron F O Friday with Ida Schiller Hansen
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Joan Jagodzinulli
Sigel
Tribune
Jagodzinski
Tc. H Inte
Rudolph
Imig
Auburndale
Wood County
John France
Norwich
Conn
Grand Rapids
South Side
Platteville
J. J. Davis
United States Agricultural Department
Davis
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Baraboo
John Wilt
Margaret Rob
Marshfield
Edward C. Mechler
Estelle M ‘Tice
Marshfeld
Frank A. Meunier
Sophia P. Oson
Biron
F.O. Friday
Ida Schiller
Hansen
Undertaker contact details from Ragan and Eraser entries
Classified contact notes list J R Ragan embalmer and undertaker at Ford Building East Side with store phone 313 and address Beat ford’s Building. John Eraser residential phone 488 appears in the same fragment.
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Beatford's
East Side
John Eraser
Grand Hapida Inquiry On Paste Diamond Distinction
Dear Sir, I seek explanation of a Paste Diamond and how to distinguish it from a genuine diamond. Please provide clear criteria and any practical tests to separate the two in everyday diagnosis. Your guidance is requested with respect.
The Real Diamond vs Imitations in Jewelry
Dear Madam explains that genuine diamonds resist wear and moisture differently from imitations. It details common fake materials like quartz and paste, describes a high heat synthesis method, and notes tests such as humidity behavior and thermal conductance to distinguish real stones.
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Carl Wells
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Otto R. Roentus
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Ted Chapman
West Side Market Square
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