Monument to Shiloh dead to rise in Wisconsin
The Marshfield Times reports the commission to erect a Shiloh battlefield monument has contracted work and will begin immediately. The fourteen foot monument features four panels detailing Wisconsin regiments Fourteenth Fifteenth and Eighteenth Wisconsin Infantry and their Shiloh losses. Estimated cost is 15009 dollars.
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Shiloh
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Wisconsin
Columbia
Fourteenth Wisconsin Voluinteer Infantry
Sixteenth Wisconsin
Sixteenth
Eighteenth Wisconsin Infantry
County Teachers Seek Stronger Schools Under New Changes
Superintendent Robert Morrié reported a countywide teacher examination with 17 tested locally and 72 countywide, most passing. Notable improvements include new and expanded departments at Sherry Biron Bakerville and a Remington Dexter joint school, plus a new training school for teachers opening in Grand Rapids under Prof. M. H. Jackson as other schools plan September openings.
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Robert Morrié
Morris
Remington
Dexter
Sherry
Biron
Bakerville
Grand Rapids
M. H. Jackson
Will Wrestle at Stanley Opera House
A wrestling match is arranged between Fred Beell of this city and Dan McBride of Detroit Michigan at the Stanley opera house next Friday evening September. The bout is part of the carnival attractions in Stanley next week. Both men are evenly matched though McBride is heavier. Beell's friends will attend.
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Fred Beell
Dan McBride
Detroit
Mich
Stanley
McBride
Beell
Postoffice Hours and Holiday Closings Noted
Weekday hours 8 a m to 5 p m Sundays 1 15 to 12 15. holidays office closes at 10 30 a m Money order office closes at 6 p m Agmp F Cols Postmaster
Sewer Progress Quells Rain Delays in City Work
The sewer project advances with 3.5 miles laid and under five miles remaining. A water main was breached by a small machine near the post office, requiring bail-out. Chestnut Street work contends with quicksand while Central Avenue storm sewer suffered over sixty feet washout from Monday night’s rain.
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Masonic
Chéstnut Street
Central Avenue
Chestnut Street
Jcorner
Fifth Street
Post Ofice
Third Street
Vine
Ninth Streets
Contested Will Case Sparks Courtroom Banter
The transcript shows a judge and witness exchange over familiarity with a testator, revealing tactics and tension in the proceedings. The dialogue exposes conflicting claims of acquaintance as counsel and witness spar over memory and presence in court. The piece also recounts primitive sleds from George II era, noting barrel staves fashioned into sleds called jumpers and buckers, highlighting inventive yet crude travel devices.
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Hin
Tim
George
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Bro
Aide
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contains Mercury
Mercury in catarrh remedies can destroy smell and harm the whole system. Use only prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family pills praised. Open season for small game starts next Tuesday Sept 1. State game wardens assert strict enforcement to protect wildlife and prosecute illegal hunters. Thirty five wardens stationed in Wood Adams Portage Waushara counties with others in deer areas. Wardens directed to arrest anyone hunting without a license.
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Hall
F. 3. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Chas. Nelson
Spere
Wood
Adams
Portage
Waushara
Two Trains to Radisson From Omaha Daily Except Sunday
The Omaha runs two trains daily from Radisson Junction to Birchwood and Radisson in Sawyer county Wisconsin. Promising land for seekers and ideal camping for sportsmen with many lakes and streams. Low excursion rates daily. For full information contact the local Omaha agent or T. W. Teasdale G P A St. Paul for map and descriptive matter about Radisson and surrounding country.
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Radisson Junction
Birchwood
Radisson
Sawyer County
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T. W. Teasdale
St. Paul
Radjisson
Short Jaunts For Busy People Booklet Ad From Rail Line
A compact notice describes a Chicago & Northwestern booklet titled Short Jaunts Por Busy People, touting nearby summer resorts, hotels, boarding houses, and rates. It mentions sending for it with a 2 cent stamp to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago, with agent contact for rates. Also advertises a sale of a nearly new three centre pole tent 40x80 at very cheap price with application noted.
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Chicago & Northwestern Ba Y
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Agenta
Chicago & Northwestern R'y
When Umbrellas Were Heavy
A dated reminiscence on 19th century umbrellas noting their weight and poor materials. The piece recalls feather darings, oilcloth, and whalebone ribs, plus an anecdote about Bernard Shaw reacting to a lone booing spectator during ArmA and the Man's London debut.
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Fabrica
Electric light amazes town woman shopper
An elderly woman in the town is astonished by electric light. She visits a grocery, asks how it is made, and learns it is due to a series of electric currents. She jokes that if they weigh a pound they could be used for other tasks.
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Maister
Atmospheric mixture density and volume changes with water vapor
Dry air weighs more per cubic foot than moist air at the same temperature and pressure. Adding vapor expands the volume of the mixture in free air, since water vapor has about two thirds the density of dry air at the same conditions, affecting overall density.
Butcher Customer Fight Over Dog Meat Incident
A passerby in a northern Kansas town witnessed a rough altercation between a butcher and a customer at a local shop. He intervened to separate them and learned the customer intended to buy dog meat while the butcher urged readiness to wrap it up.
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Kansas
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