Local notes and visits fill city scene this week
Claire Welsch of Minneapolis visits friends Dr W T Pond dentist near Woolworths. Frank Shribeck of Camp Grant and Melville Masten from Great Lakes stop in city. D A R flower mission, Winterburn Drug ads, and theater ventilator upgrade punctuate busy week. Major Tack promoted, Kaiser film at Adler theater, and local civic events plus trips to Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien, and Camp Grant noted.
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Claire Welsch
Minneapolis
W. T. Pond
Woolworth
Winterburn Drugs Company
William Lavaliec
Donchard Music
G. Lawrence
Camp Douglas
Harry Andersen
Lind
Adler Block
Wool
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
Minn
Miriam “Tollefson
Verna Baer
Milwaukee
Homer Radcliffe
Albert Kreisch
Winterburn Drag Company
Abt
Liberty Loan
Hildegarde
Kleinheing
Hattie Roder
A. C. Backus
Louis Hartt
Fannie Cole
Ate Jorney
John F. Cole
Peter Luis
Rose Berg
Chicago
Camp Grant
T. D. Spalding
A. G. Felker
H.C
Winterburn Drug Company
St Ptf
Young People’s Sodality
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Adler
Adler Theater
American Society of Equity
Lincoln Park
Bakerville
Local ballplayer known as Red passes away
Known in this city as Red, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McDonald. A longtime member of the local baseball team, he played centerfield for several years.
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War Headquarters
Washington, D. C
Thomas F. McDonald
Marshfield
Wis
Marine Recruit Depot E
Mare Island
Cal
University of Wisconsin
McDonald
Red
J. J. McDonald
Wheat and rye seed guidance for farmers this fall
Farmers are urged to plant winter wheat and rye this fall to boost the national food supply. Wood county aims for 1000 acres. seek pedigree rye and proper seedbeds, with brine treatment if ergot present. Instructions emphasize seed selection, drying, storage, and early planting, plus a Marshfield Fair exhibit. W. W. Clark, Emergency Demonstration Agent.
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Wood County
Marshfield Fair
W. W. Clark
Potato Pest Control With Kerosene Torches
D Grether of Neillsville Times suggests placing kerosene torches three to four feet above potato vines at intervals and lighting them at night to attract and burn pests as millions fly toward the flames. If two cannot work, one should.
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D. Grether
Neillsville
Dutch Hollow Clears Parasites By Recurrent Ordeal
The narrator recalls a disturbing intervention in Dutch Hollow to kill parasites. Repeating the ordeal twice or more, the neighborhood reports millions of parasites eliminated, while survivors stay on the defensive. The plan involved walking between rows to brush vines with a torch.
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Dutch Hollow
President Wilson Calls Nation to Keep Laws in War Spirit
President Wilson lauds the nation's wartime energy and urges men and women to uphold U S laws and honor in victory. He says a true liberty champion must revere and obey America’s laws, rejecting those who imitate enemies.
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Wilson
War Time Verse by Walt Mason Calls For Bombardment of Germany
A wartime poem by Walt Mason urges American troops to invade Germany and lay waste to towns and industry along the Rhine. It argues Allied forces must show Germans the horror of war, while condemning indiscriminate slaughter and calling for decisive victory to prevent future aggression.
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France
Dame Ald
Rhine
Waler
Teutons
Walt Mason
Fifteen Pounds Wanted by San Francisco Enlistee
Jack Charles Read of San Francisco vowed to shed fifteen pounds in fifteen days to qualify for U S Marines after being told he was overweight. He said a dieting and exercise plan under his physician would let him reappear at the recruiting station with the required weight. Read quipped Shylock had nothing on the Marines.
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San Francisco
Jack Charles Read
Read
Marine Corps
Shylock
To Hell with the Kaiser at Adler Theater
Tomorrow night the spectacular feature opens a two night engagement at the Adler theater with reader previews. Saturday promises a Fox program of exceptional merit for patrons. Sunday offers strong programs starring Neil Shipman in The Home Rail. A Vital graph production with Hearst-Pathe News and a big comedy will accompany the show. Next Monday and Tuesday August 19 and 20 manager Adler headlines The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, a graphic western feature.
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Adler Theater
Fox
Neil Shipman
Rail
Hearst-Pathe
Adler
Local News Roundup From Nasonville Aug 12
Leo pold Donnerbauer hauled a load of cheese to town for Arthur Ott. Miss Anne Neustifer of Oshkosh visits the John Donnerbauer family. Many townspeople attend the Marshfield circus. Mr and Mrs Joseph Stine Jr travel to Grand Rapids to see a brother serving as selectman bound for Camp Shelby. Rev John Neumnberg of Manitowoc visits. Farmers busy finishing grain harvest. Anton Prijatal conducts Marshfield business Tuesday.
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North Nasonville
Leopold Donnerbauer
Arthur Ott
Anne Neustifer
Oshkosh
John Donnerbauer
Marshfield
Joseph Stine, Jr
Grand Rapids
Camp Shelby
Hattisburgh
John Neumnberg
Manitowoc
Stine
Anton Prijatal
Hewitt Notes and Baseball Win Over Rozellville
Hewitt events include visits by Mrs. Charles Dean of Manrepas Louisiana and Mr and Mrs Paul Cramer hosting friends. Hewitt baseball beat Rozellville 16 to 12. Mrs F X Durst and Mrs F X Waselberger visited Dorchester. Herman Meyer must report to Grand Rapids for U S Army camp. Local attendance at U S E picnic in Bakerville.
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Grand Rapids
Bakerville
War ends in four months, draftsman predicts
A Stockbridge drafted man predicts the war will end in four months, noting he has never held a job longer. A local politician claims he is entitled to as many opinions as his business requires, while in peacetime girls prepare the...
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Stockbridge
Boston Globe
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