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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
6
A call to readers to patronize local merchants, stressing the benefits of buying locally over mail order. It urges loyalty to hometown shops like Sparks & Sport, highlights taxes, community projects, and the home paper, and warns against outside printers and ordering houses that siphon dollars away.
C W Hart operates a modern meat market at 210 South Central Avenue offering fresh meats, groceries, and reliable service. Formerly with South Coompany, Hart emphasizes honesty, industry, and fair dealing, noting the store’s growth since opening two years ago.
The Tiger Buffet at 11 South Central Avenue under Frank X. Schneider is praised for a dignified atmosphere and businesslike conduct. The piece credits Schneider with elevating the trade, avoiding disreputable sample room practices and earning respect across classes.
The Marshfield Times lauds Mr. Schneider for a well run buffet offering bonded whiskies fine wines and refreshing beers. He has operated in the city for 16 years and is portrayed as an honest upright citizen admired by the community.
A reader wonders if sending money to distant mail order houses returns dollars as quickly as shopping locally. The piece urges readers to buy at home to keep the dollar circulating and support community commerce.
Kenly Hull writes about Peter Mees a longtime Draper Street merchant in Marshfield at 110 South General Avenue. Mees ran a tobacco pipe confectionery shop with groceries and baked goods all at fair prices and known for friendly service. He has lived in the community for decades and taught locally before managing the store and building a strong patronage.
The Eagle Hotel, run by J. M. Daul since six months after Peter Daul’s death, features fourteen modern steam heated guest rooms with electric lights and American plan meals at 1.50 per day. The two story building is owned by Mrs. Peter Danl and the dining room is busy with locals and travelers alike.
H Schroeder at 113 Chet nut street proclaims proper shoeing cures horse ailments and improves travel. He notes 21 years in the trade and offers practical horseshoeing and blacksmithing, claiming to stop knee hanking interference forging stumbling and lameness from bad shoes. Schroeder is a Wisconsin native and occupies an old stand since November.
In our city a popular buffet at 209 South Central Avenue, run by John Brackendorf for three years, caters to professionals with pure liquors, rare whiskies, wines, cognacs, brandies, and cigars. A connected first class restaurant serves short orders day and night. A blackboard records snorting events. Brackendorf, a Badger State native, emphasizes quality in a refined club atmosphere.
Montreal House occupies a new hotel site on TLS South Central Avenue opposite the Chicago and Northwestern depot. The European plan rates at 50 cents per day. The two story steam heated building offers electric lights and twenty eight guest rooms with a dining room available.
The Pleasant Hill Meat Market at Cherry and Fourth streets is run by J J Regent with 27 years in the trade. He cures meats, makes sausage, sells fish and oysters, beer, groceries, and operates a clean, sanitary shop with a rear counter. Alex LaPoint, proprietor, has run the house four years, drawing patrons for neat rooms and attentive service.
The piece argues that overextended credit to customers causes buyers to desert local merchants when bills grow large. It notes customers repay distant creditors when needing food or supplies, labeling this practice unfair and all too common in town trading.
The Andrew Brothers operate a billiard parlor at 125 South Central Avenue offering three standard pocket tables and one stand care table with full equipment. Managed by A. Pi and J. G., the business emphasizes order and quality, selling tobaccos, confectionery, soft drinks, and other goods. Established in the city for two years.
John Luis at 414 South Central Avenue runs a sanitary modern livery offering both horses and first class autos. With twenty head of stock and twenty five years in business, he also operates an ambulance and sale stable. Trusted by local merchants for integrity, the enterprise adapts as autos grow in popularity.
The Majestic Hotel at 112 114 South Central Ave continues under Anton Siegert and has drawn steady patrons. A two story brick building with sixteen guest rooms, a dining room on the first floor, and a popular hotel in the city. The proprietor is well regarded and many locals and former pupils visit when in town for meals and lodging. The hotel also operates a connected boarding house known for clean rooms and good meals.
Marshfield extends a hearty welcome to all legitimate enterprise inviting them to partake in the health wealth and prosperity that characterizes this growing city.
The New Adler Opera House, seating 650, at 109 East Second Street, bills road attractions and high grade moving pictures from Paramount and Metro. Established 1897, manager John P. Adler is a trusted local leader ensuring clean, topquality entertainment with ventilated, comfortable seating and a balcony.
For three years the Unique Theatre at 126 South Central Avenue has offered top tier amusements with modern pictures. The popular venue seats 250 in comfortable opera chairs and hosts nightly performances and Sunday matinees featuring Mutu Masterpictures and Vox Films. Admission is five or ten cents. Manager W Rice runs a clean, well ventilated house, ensuring patrons receive value and a healthful, pleasant experience.
The Times invites the public to inspect a newly opened wiper plant, claiming it is among the best in a city of its size in the United States. Visitors are welcome at a single inspection time.
The Marshfield community celebrates the opening of the Thiel Theatre, a modern 600 seat venue praised for public convenience and city improvement. Triangle pictures headline the opening, with plans for future screenings expected to rival those of the debut night at this new entertainment hub.
Marsifield retail merchants carry the finest in their respective lines and sell on margins under the motto Live and Let Live. They urge patrons to support home industries and sustain local business.
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