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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1914
Page
4
John Hill, son of farmer George N Hill, jumped from a frightened buggy when a double team bolted past Central avenue school. He landed on the pavement and suffered two broken bones in his right ankle. John had been laid up recently with a hand injury and was aided by his father to obtain surgical care.
Grace Lupient won first place and Mary Schultz second at McKinley High School annual declamatory contest held at the Presbyterian church. The two winners will represent the school at the league contest in Medford later this week. The program included readings by Agnes Noll Olive Lange Benita Berg Mary Schultz Grace Lupient and Marie McDonald.
The Lawrence Dramatic club will present Dickens David Copperfield at Adler Opera House on May 4. The group, touring with its own scenery, has three years of state-wide touring and strong reception. This year’s production is staged with extra care and promises a rare treat.
H A Frantz of Granton writes to The Times recalling shared service in Company L and Company I of the Fourteenth U S Infantry. He and Sergt Daniel of Marshfield, once stationed at Fort Porter and involved in guard duties during McKinley’s illness, plan a reunion. Frantz requests Daniel’s address or a letter to arrange the meeting.
Sister Aegidia of St. Joseph's hospital was seriously injured Monday evening when washing the hospital operating room ceiling she fell from a ladder. She fractured several ribs, lost pulse, and lay unconscious before revival. condition listed as critical. Home in Wichita, Kansas.
On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at West Fourth Street Mrs John H Burns hosted bridge parties with Mrs Burne and Mrs Leo Schoenhofen as hostesses. The houses were decorated in yellow and white with jonquils white flowers and southern smilax. Teas were served as guests were entertained.
County Superintendent George A. Varney of Vesper announced upcoming teacher examinations. Varney was in the city yesterday for administrative matters and to outline the schedule for the tests.
Marshfield authorities relocate the three day teachers certificate exams from crowded McKinley High to City Hall, continuing Monday through Wednesday and open to all. Certificates cover first second and third grades. Alderman MacFarlane praises the move and urges hiring Marshfield graduates as teachers, replacing the old rule barring local women. Vernon Prest returns home from Lindsey after his father’s house burned there. fire details appear elsewhere.
Local resident Ethel Milligan visits Greenwood for health recovery on a farm stay. J Kieffer of Auburndale weighs trustee candidacy for Wood county asylum. Nifty Steger attends his brother John Steger’s Park Falls wedding. Mrs W A Sexton and companions return from eastern trip via Baltimore and New York. Fortnightly Musical club meeting postponed. Gilbert & Sullivan Mikado planned for May benefit. Armory redecorated. Three young men host a dancing party to boost community house fund. Woman’s club meets to discuss civic progress and social policy. Large Bushman family from Greenwood en route to a funeral in Manitowoc County. noted as unusually tall and heavy yet nimble.
An inch of rainfall equals about 603 barrels of 48 gallons per acre and weighs more than 1130 tons. The text marvels at how light air and clouds can transport such vast water, noting that even one inch is not a heavy rainfall in meteorology.
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