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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
6
A tall oak about 400 feet from William Dent’s residence was struck by a double lightning bolt during a severe Saturday storm, peeling bark from two opposite sides and tossing debris. No other damage reported. Services held at 1:30 pm and will resume 6 pm August 19. Community notices follow with local visits, health updates, and weather-related harvest notes.
Richfield reports a Sunday night storm with road and bridge damage including a partially undermined bridge south of Klondike. Local items note Max Bock taking a colt to a veterinarian, a serious illness prompting a call to Merna, Neb, for Mrs. George H. Knapton's mother, and multiple social events including a box social at the M B church and a Norwegian Ladies Aid pig social.
Market rates show prices for potatoes per peck, dairy products, beef and veal by live weight or dressed weight, pork and veal per hundredweight, sheep and calf hides, beef hides, and chickens by weight. Values include ranges and per unit costs though OCR irregularities obscure some figures. Local items indicate agricultural trade activity and price reporting.
Mature cows producing forty pounds of butterfat are listed by owner, cow name, breed and date fresh with butterfat yields. Remarks note E E Royce Holsteins as top milk producer and W R Burhopp Guernseys with the highest average test.
Mrs J Ross Porter hosts her Madison cousin while Henry Woolstrum travels to Grand Rapids for army draft examination. Ruth Hammiston had a minor hospital operation last Thursday. Neighborly greetings urged for a home coming at the fair.
Mohle Aug 11 Ben Miller returns to Sheboygan on short leave Andrew Eckes fills in during absence Lisa McClung visits John Regel Norma Baer stays at John Regel residence John Neimer visits Ed Leniherr in Camp Douglas Georgia West from Oshkosh visits farm then goes to Camp Douglas to see son William Company A draft notices for George Nelson and Josie Ecker Henry Mier threshing machine being prepared Tom George hauling stone and sand for home expansion George Eckes plans a new silo with Danish sons visiting from Denmark Wis
August Manthes made a business trip to Wausan on Saturday. Mrs. Fred Fisher's brother from Menasha, who supervised building their house, returned home Saturday. Albert Hoff left for western harvest fields Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Buckmaster drove from Milwaukee on Saturday.
They will spend weeks at the home of Mr and Mrs A R Buckmaster. Will Holt visits Colfax for a few days. John Frey of LaCresse visited Henry Frey home last two weeks. Henry Frey with two children enjoy an outing at Rice Take with the trip by auto. Mrs Frank Martell is bed bound after illness. George Popp travels to harvest fields in the west. Joe Zohn worked as a Bakerville waller Sunday.
In Mill Creek on August 12 the fairs are bustling with harvest activity as residents haul hay and cheese to Marshfield. Charles Seidel and his sons bring in roe from Arpin while neighbors attend a dance hosted by Joseph Kohbbeck at Auburndale.
Mrs Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven New York extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for her seven year old and other family members noting dependable relief from colic and bowel troubles. The ad also records a profane coachman quip about his horse and maker.
Northwest railroads through their war board are mobilizing all available freight cars to move crops. G W Murnane secretary Twin City Sub committee says the car situation is better than last year. Ship early is a motto to ensure merchants receive merchandise promptly. Increased rail traffic from the war will bring high demand for freight equipment soon. A problem facing managers is securing enough coal for the region to prevent winter shortages. More coal has been hauled inland, but riverboat deliveries remain woefully short.
In Bakerville on August 13 a birthday party celebrated Charles Zintheter’s 49th with a large crowd and a nice lunch. Sunday marked the first solemn communion at Chili with Corpus Christi church singing. Miss Meicklinger and mother visited Chili relatives. John Schlinger, John Gell, and Fred Tuejeck worked on leveling school grounds and removed several trees. Fred Tuejeck sold his 80 acre farm last week for 13,200 dollars and the buyer will take possession in October.
Rup Lingree locals share weekend visits with families and relatives. Jim Curtin and William Cohn of Rup Lingree travel from Rup Lingree to Camp Douglas with son in Company A. Rudolph Wiech returns from business in Chicago. Kay Me and Mrs. William Topp host with August Korth family in Hewitt. F E Sullivan entertains two Madison sisters, who depart Monday. Mrs Gallatin of Mill Creek visits Mrs William Happ Thursday.
Mrs W Anderson of Marshfield reports kidney pain and backache eased after using three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims complete relief and recommends Doan's Kidney Pills, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, as the kidney remedy. Price 50 cents at dealers.
A truncated passage notes the telephone was invented to place timid men on equality with more aggressive fellows. It frames the device as a great leveling force and suggests a shift in social dynamics driven by communication technology.
The piece discusses how voices can project power over the telephone, noting even small individuals can seem formidable. It mentions Hillsboro Wisconsin claiming the oldest and youngest Red Cross members, including Mrs Adelaide Tow at 97, and an unnamed son of Ralph Bain who died at 97 seconds old.
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