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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1914
Page
2
Patient in Snow Hill North Carolina suffered from dysentery for about two months with weight loss from 145 to 125 pounds. After using two bottles of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he reports permanent relief. For sale by all dealers.
Local market report lists price paid for hay No 1 kimoothy nine pounds per hundredweight. Onions per bushel thirty one and three quarters. New potatoes per bushel six hundred. Butter dairy products two dollars forty two cents. Eggs per dozen twenty cents. Beef live weight per hundredweight four dollars eighty six cents. Pork dressed per pound four ten. Veal live weight per hundredweight seven eighty. Veal dressed per hundredweight eight eighteen. Sheep live weight per hundredweight four forty. Beef hides and calf hides listed. Poultry spring chickens and other items noted with prices.
The Stevens Point Journal recounts wartime pranks and notices from locals including Harry Bemis and AH Mann amid German and Irish enlistment rumors. It also includes quips on palmists, ditzy dispatches, a spineless cactus anecdote, and a iffy “Refused Notice” vignette about John Blank and a late subscription debt.
Bethel reports a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baker on August 11. The infant son of the Bakers dies Friday evening. Repairs continue on the Bethel church as the girls dormitory receives a fresh coat of paint. Dr Moffat of Arpin made a professional call at the Indian camp. William Palmer Jr and wife welcome a daughter born August 11. Mrs Graham hosts her Duluth relatives. Prof H T Elliott travels the region for academy work. Miss Mable Peterson and Fern Peterson arrive to assist summer operations. Threshing resumes in the area.
The Mill Creek column notes a well attended picnic in William Ohm's woods last Sunday. It records visits by Fred Wundrow who worked days earlier, Mr and Mrs John Arts visiting relatives, Mr and Mrs Martin Nelson with Nelson's parents at Fremont, Miss Hattie Shultz at Chili, and Lizzie Kate Wanke at Thos Hom's.
Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee runs September 14 to 18, 1914 featuring exhibits of agricultural livestock industrial and educational interests. For information contact C. B. Strouts ticket agent Chicago and North Western Ry City phone 287 AA.
Wm Ohm begins construction on a new chicken house. Francis Durst and family of Hewitt were seen passing through the area last Wednesday en route to Richfield. John Curtin called on Thos Horn’s business Saturday.
Mohle Wisconsin notes Mr and Mrs Charles George visiting in Dodgeville. Mr Kidd trades farm for eighty acres west of Klondike and plans immediate move. Mrs Peter Heckel stays with sister in Richfield. Mr and Mrs Morey and Mr and Mrs Peimey visit Ebbe. Oats nearly all threshed. crop forecasts poorer than expected.
Richfield notes report Walter Clark family visiting George Kmp ton and Lina Johnson from Edgar visiting sister Mrs Merle Tut tle. Local residents praise Marcus Hansen's chalk talk at S C C event.
A new Polish daily titled Codzienna Geviaza Polanna or The Daily North Star appears this week from J Wor galla's sons. It is noted as the only daily Polish newspaper published in Wisconsin. The text also mentions the upcoming Marshfield Fair scheduled August 25 to 28.
Madison report says Aylward leads in Democratic nominating contest with Progressive backing. Karel struggles to draw crowds as the Republican faction shifts away. Husting and Aylward campaign in Janesville and southwestern Wisconsin shaping the race.
Japan issues an ultimatum to Germany demanding evacuation of Kiachou and withdrawal of German warships from the far east. The deadline passes next Sunday. Foreign Minister assures US ambassador that American interests in the region will be safeguarded and China’s integrity upheld.
Excursion trips on sale daily until September 30 to many cities in the Black Hills, Colorado, California, North Pacific Coast and Yellowstone Park. Scenic routes and favorable stopovers offered by Chicago and North Western Railway. C E Strouts, Marshfield, Wis. phone 287, plans and literature services.
Paid advertisement by Hugh Goggins of Grand Rapids Wisconsin announces his bid for District Attorney on the Democratic ticket. Primaries set for September 1. Official notice states ad is written and paid for by the candidate.
The president and his daughters attended Central Presbyterian Church in mourning for Mrs. Wilson and took a country drive after. In Wisconsin a house fire caused by Julian Carlton ended Frank Lloyd Wright’s romance with Mrs. Mamah Cheney Wright. Wilson rejected banker loans for belligerent nations while allowing loans to neutrals. Wireless censorship sparks bitter debate as Europe’s powers clash. Poles are promised freedom if loyal to the czar, and English ports will soon ship 60,000 transatlantic passengers, tripling American arrivals.
A widow offers 400 acres of wild land in northwest Wisconsin for 8.00 per acre with one third down and the balance on purchaser’s terms. Tracts can be divided and adjacent lands sold to suit buyers including rental or purchase of nearby improved farms. Danbury resident EDL Peet invites prospective buyers to write.
Miss Laurie Crumb daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Crumb and Mr Sidney E Brooks of Nekoosa were married at the bride’s parents home in Grand Rapids on August 11 the ceremony performed by Rev H B Johnson. Only relatives and close friends attended with Mildred Brooks and Frank Crumb present.
A Madison reader notes fewer flies this summer due to swat and starve campaigns aided by more automobiles and fewer driving horses. Stable closures and car garages reduce fly breeding. urban sanitation may improve but continued effort is needed to maintain gains. Also mentions a local driver with a 1:20 mile record at Marshfield fairgrounds and invites readers to watch others attempt to beat it.
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