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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
12
Milwaukie visitor Geo Eising on business and various local items fill this Auburndale gossip page. News covers illnesses and recoveries, weddings anticipated, travel to Appleton and Marshfield, school sewing circles, visits by relatives, and social events including an Easter ball at Baierls. plus a product endorsement for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy marketed by Rasaca.
Garrett Fenhhouse left Thursday for South Dakota. Mrs. E. G. Ingham visited Rae lar Tioga last week. Miss Rispa Crowell spent Friday with friends at Stevens Point. Mrs. L. Messer came from Unity for a week with friends. Grant Damon of Fond du Lac came home sick. Miss Joyce Graves returned from Loyal for vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Holmes attended Addie Winters funeral at Unity. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Andrews hosted a card party. Anton Carlson and spouse plan to reside in Stevens Point. Mrs. W. F. Blaisdell returned with daughter-in-law. Alfred and Alice Cowles of LeRay visited Hansen and Farrington homes. Miss Richardson opened spring millinery showing hats. Easter dance April 10 at McW. Av hall by Lotus Quartette. Concert before dance. Ladies’ Aid Easter Bazaar in G A R hall Monday afternoon with 25 cent supper to benefit church painting.
Lent returned home from hospital last Saturday. Miss Mary Zenner learns dressmaking at Marshfield. No school in district No 1 due to election. Miss Ellen Tinkham returned from Waupaca last Thursday. Wm Zenner lost a horse last week. Miss Nellie Stowell visited her sister Mrs Wm Kiesling. Cacus held in the school last Friday. officers nominated as last year except for supervisor. Elias Noble and Severan Haggen named supervisors.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune features a quirky exchange where a boy named Wi complains of an itchy back while his mother scolds him for his facial expressions and squirming. The dialogue captures colloquial humor and social dynamics in a local setting.
In use for over thirty years and the kind you have always bought Castoria.
Harley Fittcraft hurries to get home for the $08 train when a glimpse of Griggs sparks a belief that misfortune could strike any married man. He buys his wife roses, a gesture he has never made in eleven years, sparking praise yet masking remorse that leads to strained dinner talk and a concert invitation.
The library lists new books including Four Gordons and Dawn O Hara by Ferber plus Vagabond Journey Around the World and American Government. A donation from Mrs. W H Upham brings two bound Smithsonian Life Histories volumes on North American birds. Also noted are university pamphlets and a joke about naming politics from Senator Sorghum.
A pithy critique of boastful men who promise much but achieve little. The speaker notes that loud claims rarely translate into real outcomes, illustrating a cautionary view of overconfidence and self-promotion.
The Circuit Court in Wood County Wisconsin grants a sheriff sale to satisfy a judgment in favor of G W Henderson against Jacob Schuler and Bertha Schuler. The sale occurs at Marshfield City Hall north front door on May 15 19?? at 10:00 AM. Property described as Lot 4 Block 40 First Addition to the Village of Marshfield.
In Wood County Wisconsin the last will of G Hahn of the Town of Arpin has been admitted for probate. William Hahn petitions probate and letters testamentary, hearing set for April 2 at 10 o'clock in the probate office Grand Rapids City. Notice of hearing to interested parties will be published three weeks in the Marshfield Times. Court: W J Conway County Judge CB Edwards Attorney for Petitioner.
The finance committee of the common council of the city of Marshfield will receive bids from the Gans in Marshfield up to the hour of ten o clock in the forenoon of the cpath day of April. They will pay interest on daily balances of funds deposited as by depositary and furnish city exchange free of cost. They also will furnish bonds for safe keeping of said city funds and reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Envelopes marked Bid for City Funds and addressed to CS Vedder City Clerk, Marshfield, WEW2, Vedder, City Clerk.
A Britisher cabby described the offered fee as shy meaning too modest a sum. The Hubbite and Bostoz Tran senpt reflect slang usage where shy equates to insufficient payment and insufficient generosity in the fare proposal.
A newspaper note hints at no front feature this month and suggests a blanc pase with a fly spect placed near the top to label it as the latest aeroplane. The quoted line implies minimal content and an experimental display.
A brief literary sketch captures a tired figure and an exchange where the younger man jokes about doing nothing while the elder insists on a pause. The dialogue conveys fatigue without action, framed in a simple, momentary scene.
Plaintiff’s attorney serves a summons to the defendant ordering appearance within twenty days after service to defend the action in court. Failure to appear may lead to a default judgment. Address details for the plaintiff’s attorney are provided in the notice.
An Indiana scientist offers 50 sick Times readers a free large proof package of a celebrated medicine. The offer promises to prove the treatment’s supposed cures for rheumatism kidney and digestive disorders among others by asking readers to mail a case description or fill a coupon to James W. Kidd in Fort Wayne Indiana. No money or charges applied and the offer is time limited.
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