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Marshfield Times

Location

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1914

Page

8

Flora DeVoss Co Opens Eight Night Run at New Adler

The Flora DeVoss Co opens eight nights at the New Adler opera house Sunday evening August 23. The bill includes Get a Divorce, The Coward, How He Won Her, The Land of the Midnight Sun Thelma and The Man of The Hour with Willis Twin Sisters as added vaudeville. Cast features J. W. Bayley Thos J Coulthard James J Craig J W Franklyn David Rivers Geo J Markeet Miss Avo Gordon Miss Cecile Elliott Miss Flo Carleton Miss Josephine Willis Miss Elsie Willis. Directed by J B Roumour to satisfy the popular amusement crowd.

Flaza DeVoss Co Adler Opera House France Land of the Midnight Sun Thelma Romour Willis Twin J. W. Bayley Thos. J. Coulthard James J. Craig J. W. Franklyn David Rivers Geo. J. Markeet Avo Gordon Cecil Elliott Flo Carleton Josephine Willis Elsie Willis J. B. Roumour

Don't Lie to Your Wife at Campbell Adier Opera House

G S Primrosa's company presents Don't Lie to Your Wife on Friday August 21 at the New Adier opera house in Campbell B Casad's riot of laughter. The production, once a Whitney Chicago hit, follows three men planning a night away while wives seaside, with fashionable gowns, strong scenic mounting, and a talented chorus that sings and dances.

G. S. Primrosa New Adier Operas House Campbell B. Casad Whitney Opera House Chicago Casad The New York Herald

State publicity drives flood Wisconsin offices

State officials flood newspapers with mailed publicity during the campaign season. Editors critique the broad effort as costly and aimed at explaining high taxes and praising a Wisconsin idea driven administration. Insurance Commissioner Ekern cites state fire insurance in a sample memo.

Wisconsin Ekern

Taxpayer funded campaign pamphlets stir debate

A lamented university regime faces criticism alongside a costly three page bulletin defended by the university board and paid by taxpayers who also cover postage. The state election pamphlet is cited as taxation run mad with analysis promised elsewhere in the paper.

Board of Rewents

Wisconsin Fire Insurance Claim Raises Questions

A Madison dispatch reports Insurance Commissioner Ekern sent every Wisconsin fire chief a typewritten letter detailing city premiums and losses. The letters claimed residents overpaid fire insurers by 15 million dollars in ten years, prompting questions about the commissioner's duties.

Madison Wisconsin Ekern

Protect the Quail slogan spurs agricultural bulletin

The Waupaca Republican Post urges broader protection for game birds as a farmer near Waupaca notes quail abundance helps insect control. He cites limited potato field treatments and advocates extending the quail season to aid farmers in pest management.

The Waupaca Republican Post Paris Green

Quail Season Postponed Until September 1915

The Republican Post notes that no open season for quail exists currently as the law protecting the birds remains in force until September 1915. The piece suggests the next legislature may respond to the appeal.

Republican Post

Central Wisconsin State Fair standards displayed in city

Through the generosity of Railway City council No. 189 United Commercial Travelers the Central Wisconsin State Fair association has been presented with white standards used at the recent state UCT convention held in this city. This week the standards will be re-erected along Central avenue as part of the decorations.

Railway City Council United Commercial Travelers Central Wisconsin State Tair Association Central Avenue

Marshfield Sees Dietz Petition Spark Fair Week Decor

The piece recalls past Marshfield visits by Leslie Dietz seeking signatures for his Cameron Dam pardon petition. Dietz’s lack of local support reflected opposition to the anarchist figure. A Pittsburgh dispatch reports Dietz’s arrest for intoxication and a ten day sentence.

Marshfield Leslie Dietz John Dietz Cameron Dam Leslie Dietz Pittsburgh

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