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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
6
A Plymouth Skat tournament will occur this Sunday during the fountain dedication, with local Skat players attending. The Skat club of Plymouth will donate the fountain to the city, and many regional players are expected to participate.
A reflection on the life of a showman, praising honesty, public joy, and the impact of spreading happiness. The speaker credits the showman with lifting spirits, building smiles, and leaving a positive legacy, while noting some in the trade lack virtue. The piece ends noting performances at Adler's Opera House all week.
John Hicks notes Marshfield in Oshkosh North western account. A Marshfield man recommends Stevens Point for its central road hotel, praising Marshfield’s hotel as the best stopping place with clean rooms and attractive staff. Upham, longtime local figure, is recovering from illness while the Upham saw mill has halted due to lumber shortages.
A London Saturday Review tale recalls a boyhood Verdi, praised for his Latin gift, urged by a village priest to enter the priesthood. Instead he served as a church organist at Roncole, earning about seven dollars yearly, until a mass move by Dr Selett revealed Verdi’s true vocation. The priest reversed course, declaring him a musician, and opened doors to a renowned career.
A short biographical note on Haydn states his life spanned from 1782 to an unspecified end, with his first notable public performance at age twenty and a lifelong prolific output. It claims a fifty seven year active period and a catalog totaling 128 symphonies, sixteen masses, two large oratorios, and numerous concertos, duets, quartets, and instrumental works.
A new state law sets a universal 2 cent per mile rail fare for all classes starting tomorrow August 5. No tickets will be sold below that rate, and special excursion or colonists rates are canceled except for certain through-state business. Commutation tickets cancel except to Chicago and Milwaukee, 500 mile books discontinued though existing ones are honored if not exhausted, and ministers and others on special half fare must pay full fare.
London Ball recounts an anecdote from Balmoral where Lord John Russell asked Victoria’s piper for a performer like himself. The piper replied that there are many lords but few pipers, boasting his unique craft in a witty retort to the statesman.
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