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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1918
Page
4
Marshfield and the nation set clocks ahead for summer time as the sun stays up longer. Citizens adjusted quietly, with trains, churches, and theaters following the shift. The extra daylight will aid home gardens and crops to support the war effort and soldiers abroad.
Otis Ferell Ruel Nason and Miss Misabea Hipske visited the high school Friday honoring Alison Blyday. Miss Ross stayed at home in Watson. In tryout for oratory and declamation the winners were Donald Bulmer first Scharmanm second Grant Ve third and Corinne Klinor fourth. Melville Maxton visited Monday afternoon. Marjorie Poston Breve ens Point Normal School engaged to fill vacancy left by C B Wilson. Tiger expected around the 22nd with engravings and material to meet deadline.
Advance notices promise a capacity crowd for High school pupils presenting A Nautical Knot at the Adler theater under Miss Mario L. Runkel. Thirty actors rehearse daily as they prepare for tomorrows performance, aiming to please with professional level effort. The piece features music and dance, plus an Irving Bertin musical Watch Your Step at Adler Theater for one day only, Sunday April Tin with matinee and night shows.
Tonight features William Hart and Billy West, top screen stars in feature films. Thursday offers the high school play A Nautical Knot. Also showing Peggy Hyland in The Other Woman and the disaster tale The Tis cania torpedoing. Watch Your Step closes the week with a major traveling show.
Local and otherwise notes Corporal Burkhead praising Marshfield as hospitable and sociable during a brief recruitment visit. The column also lists numerous locals visiting relatives or traveling for Easter, with frequent appeals to buy government bonds and support Liberty Bonds.
A letter from Lieut William Beseler of Company A, 127th Infantry, printed with the permission of Mrs. W. H. Besley, recounts voyage to sea aboard a ship with a printing office and daily issues of The Hatchet. He describes seasickness, weather, censorship, a burial at sea, limited meals near the danger zone, and plans for landing and rail transfer, ending with greetings to friends and a bakery job ad.
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