Personal visits and travels in Marshfield area
A long list of personal mentions shows numerous residents and guests visiting Marshfield and nearby towns. Names include Michael Thomas in Wausau, Dr. H Wahle on a business trip to Wausau, John Bauer and family in Neshkoro, Catherine Weiland and others calling on Wausau friends, and many more from Edgar to Stevens Point with trips to Oshkosh, Park Falls, and Rhinelander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Wahle
Wausau
John Bauer
Neshkoro
Catherine Weiland
Hubert Berges
Edgar
Mattie Wavelock
Stevens Foint
Dingeist Frank B
Wing
Abbotsford
Lena Browning
Aniwa
J.C. Marsh
E. Emes
Butternut Lake
B. McGlachlin
Stevens Point
Jennie Reily
Stand Rapids
Laura Biche
An S. Schmidt
Oshkosh
Ethel Kelly
Grand Rapids
Cora Vaighn
John Grasser
W. C. Tufts
Withee
Chas. E. Beer
West Bend
Leonard Horr
Rhinelander
Merrill Iron Works
Pacific
Burr
Klondike
F.L. Peabody
Madison
City
David Harney
Mrs. Peabody
Marshfield
A. Suelfjohn
Milwaukee
Fred Schalow
Annie Suelflohn
Concert Lecture in London Shrouded by Fog and Shadow
Mark Tale in no for marks a Dumorist night in London as fog enshrouds Dumorist lecture rooms. A shadowy figure in a royal box appears amid muffled whispers and flickering footlights while the audience’s muffled murmurs rise from depths unseen. The lecturer begins with a weather remark and claims to be present though unseen, addressing Sandwich Islanders and a hazy crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Tale
Mark Twein
Dumorist
London
Wmuetn
Royal Box
Mark
Praying on Horse Power in Venezuela Warship Tale
A wealthy Venezuelan agriculturist turned minister orders the navy to remove 120 horses from a warship and replace them with mules, arguing mules are cheaper to feed and more fatigue resistant. The anecdote frames a satirical view of improvised naval procurement and resource use in an era long past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Uririne
Hiw
Connack Customs Among the Cossacks
Describes various Cossack practices tied to days, dietary rules, and rituals. It notes that no mat changes clothes on Monday, no fat or fresh meat on Thursday, wool spinning halted on holidays, a bem receives an odd number of eggs, funeral leftovers are cast into the river, and bread must be broken, not cut.
Apollo and Mercury Create Lyre From Tortoise Shell
The tale describes Mercury shaping a nine string lyre from a tortoise shell for Apollo hence inspiring the harp. It notes Apollo as a master musician and links the lyre to Greek antiquity and the nine muses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
Mercury
Matrimonial Dyspepsia Joke From Ledger
A friend asks how to manage married life. A man who boasted of wealth says he is a case of matrimonial dyspepsia. He quips that his wife never agrees because she is too rich, the exchange echoing a Philadelphia Ledger joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Philadelphia Ledger
Found Dead in Unity Pasture Heart trouble suspected
A Unity woman Mrs Albert Fos bender is found dead in a pasture near her Unity home. Heart trouble is the apparent cause. She left two small children and her husband at a wooded farm two miles away. The husband searched for her Sunday noon and found her on her side with no signs of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al. Meffert
Omaha
Nes. A. M. Corbett
Miss Tupper
Greenbush
Fond du Lac
Chas, Yahn
Sexton Drug Store
Arthur Hoene
Geo. Sommers
Dubuque
Ed du
Albert Fosbender
Unity
Cullen Ayer
Ayer
Unity Register
Piles Treatment Ad Claims Immediate Relief and Cure
An old advertisement touts Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil as a permanent cure for piles including external and internal hemorrhoids with immediate relief. It offers three sizes at 95c, 80c, and 1.00, sold by druggists or mailed prepaid from Immphyreya Medicine Co., New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Immphreya Medicine Co
William and
Toba
New York
Humphreys Homeopathic No 26 Remedy Ad
Nervous debility weakness and frustration from overwork and other causes advertised. Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 26 touted as the only successful remedy used over 40 years. Priced at $1 per vial or special packages for serious cases $8 sold by druggists or prepaid on receipt. Humphreys Med Co Willan & John Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Humphreys! Med. Co
Willan & John Stay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Michael Thomas
Carl Jonson
Rochester, Minn
Baker's Restaurant
Fred Paszek
Edgar Liveryman
Arthur Finney
Oxspkosh
Len Barber
Merrill
Guy Barber
A. S. Devereaux
Stanley
Charles Yabo
Park Falls
Geoge Pickett
C. Whitney
Louise Stimson
W.H. Budge
Joe Thomas
Bayfield
G. H. Kruschke
Shennington
James Rogers
Emma Martell
Rose Bros
Chicago
Marie Arndt
Wausau Hospital
J. Hahn
Watertown
Ralph J. Baker
Rochester
Mion
Herbert A. Brooks
Teachers’ Institute
H. A. Lathrop
Ohio
Tom Maloney
Oshgosh
E. Schmidt
Col. W. HW. Duke
Lake View
Michigan
Fred Masten
Detroit
Buffalo
Martha E. Shea
Mexico
E. M. Rowan
J. C. Wayward
Fred K. Kamps
FA. Cady
Michael Gebus
St. Paul
Register of Deeds
E. C. Kretlow
Albert LaBelle
Butternut
Rosa Frenter
Geo. A. DeLap
Ellsworth
Hazel
Camp Douglas
New Lisbon
C.J. Lundgren
Amy Dahlquist
Charles F. Rowe
Barckhoff Church Organ Company
Pomeroy
John Brackendorf
Mike Griffin
W. H. Kamps
Frank Noll
Frank Vaughn
Herman Hoer
Fred Beell
Bear Lake
Col
W. H. Lake
Eau Claire
Christian Crusaders
Congress
Senate
Douse
James McAuley
Mr. McAuley
Northwest
Wil
Fred Beel
District Court
United States
Wlacoude
Dankruptes
World's
Pair Union Stora
Matubdeld
Wis
Websters
Marsfield
County of Wood
Bankrups
World's Fair Union
Ita
Lewin
Danvresid
A. D
Corenoon
M. Lewis Areferee Fi Bankrupucy
LAMB
Richmond
Lamb & Tackmas
Altorners
Ad & Bey
Witolt Waal
John J. Mettelka
Marshfield, Wis
William Voss
C. C. Thresher
Ten Gent
Laemle's Corner
Laemle's
N. A. Nielsen
Tiffault
KAMPS
Mercol
Gentral Avenue
Wioanang
Sale
Charles Schmirler
William Hirth
Overiog, and
NoTaNe Puntio
Ymirler’s
Ray
Prea Buu
Marshfiald, Wis
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