County board weighs new Wood county asylum plan
At the county board session George W. Brown Pittsville E M Deming Marshfield and George T Rowland Grand Rapids were named to study other counties asylums and report if funds should be appropriated to build a Wood county institution. The article notes Wood county spends thousands yearly on state and other county asylums and that a local facility could be a strong investment citing Wausau profitability and Marathon county recent integration of poor farm management with the asylum trustees to house the poor nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Brown
Pittsville
E. M. Deming
Marshfeld
Geo. T. Rowland
Grand Rauids
Wood County
Wansau
Marathon County
The Bronco Buster comes to the opera house
The Bronco Buster opens Thursday December at the opera house promising a Westward life drama. The production features complete special scenery painted from photographs by author De Corsia who spent three years in the West as a cowboy. Manager Philip Adler aims for a full house with ticket prices 25 55 50 75 and seats at Strauss Drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
West
de Corsia
Philip Adler
Strauss Drug Store
Easter Dates and Celestial Schedules for Next Year
The article lists fixed and movable church days with Easter on March 31 and related observances. It also covers ember days, Thanksgiving and Labor Day dates, and celestial notes showing Mercury Venus and Jupiter as evening or morning stars across the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
St.John Baptist
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
High School Notes Show Improvement In Second Six Weeks
The second six weeks report indicates overall improvement over the first six weeks. High School visitors Tuesday evening included Wallace Puerner Otto Schubert Augusta Bartman and Alice Kassilka. The Tuesday session was successful and students practice the play Who's to Win Him for presentation in the Literary Society December 2. WanTED Basswood Bolts by Marshfield Bedding Co. are listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Puerner
Otto Schubert
Augusta Bartman
Alice Kassilka
Curing Diseases by Correspondence Offer
A doctor advertises treatment for venereal and related ailments offering free initial counseling. He claims rapid permanent cures, mentions uterine pains and migraines, and invites sick individuals to write for questions and a pamphlet, noting secrecy and home treatment by correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jisrof
Death of Capt. Alexander Upper a Milwaukee memorial
Captain Alexander Upper aged 70, once a salt water sailor who sailed between London and British Guiana, died at 279 Twenty-Fifth Street Milwaukee. He traveled with Dr. David Livingstone seeking the Nile source, served in Chilean navy, declined a Japanese commission, lived in Milwaukee since 1875, worked in hardware and grain firms, and was a long-time member of the chamber of commerce since 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Dee
Alexander Appen
Twenty-Fifth Street
Germany
London
Hrntisy Guiana
Africa
David Livingtone
Chile
Japan
Evitelat Flardware Company
Neri
Frm
F. Krause & Co
Patilysts
F. R. Morris & Co
Chamber of Commerce
Sinc
Wisconsin Will Get Much Money From Inheritance Tax
Milwaukee November 29 Judge Paul D Carpenter rules gifts made before death count toward estate for inheritance tax. State attorneys probe other estates for similar treatment risking large increases to the general fund in the state treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Paul D. Carpenter
Pabst
Shire
Treasury
Carpenter
Frederick Kraus
A.C. Zinn
David Friend
David St. Johnson
William Pairt
3Irs
TL. Johnson
Milwaukee Strike Ruling Allows Union Organizing and Picketing
Judge James J. Dick rules unions may form and strike without prior court action and that strikers may use persuasion to keep others from taking their jobs. The case followed contempt proceedings against A. C. Humphrey and three unions for defying an injunction restraining interference with reduction workers at a foundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
James J. Dick
Teaver Dam
Wis
Bus
G Davision
A. C. Humphrey
Len
Ryn
Atiavite
The Study of Medicine and Notable Odes
A compilation excerpt notes that medicine blends man with environment and demands sacrifice for others. It then cites Dryden and other poets as exemplary odes, lists notable works, and ends with a quip about a renamed country place and a humorous garden anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uveg
Social Fire Department
N.C. Fowler, Jr
Thoughtful Economy Quotation From Survess Mage cian
A quoted aphorism contrasts wise economy with stinginess and penny pinching. It argues that frugal habits do not replace bold action by men of large minds. The author cites Survess Mage cian as the source of the remark.
Father resting before dinner in sleepy pose
A boy reports his father has come home early and is napping. He tells his mother that Papa is "asleep but his pose," hinting at a relaxed, unworried mood before the meal. The scene captures a quiet domestic moment.
Uncle Benjamin Awarded LL D Degree Drowns in Death Talk
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Leratch notes a humorous exchange about Benjamin receiving an LL D degree from another college. The speaker fears a lack of festivity upon his uncle's death, reflecting a sardonic tone on honors and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Benjamin
Mitch
Chicago
Leratch
Mean Dig Miss Passe Romance Exchange
A playful exchange unfolds with Miss Passe asserting many chances to marry and a recent offer of love, while Miss Pert presses for the suitor’s stated lady’s name in a dialogue likely from a society page or comic snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passe
Miss Pert
Meggeniorfer Blatter
Sacred Topic Behind Closed Doors Cited In Cartoon
An Illustrated Bite cartoon hints at religious beliefs in a family, noting Stoney practices his faith while a wife fears to ask about it, deeming the topic too sacred to mention. The dialogue foregrounds private religion as a delicate matter in domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoney
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Wisconsin
High School Notes
Basswood
Marshfield Bedding Co
Turbin
Berlin
Marshfield
Blodgett Hotel
Doctor Turbin
Randolph St
Oncy
Mary Diy
Tha
Dial Pulty
C.at
Loins
Tin Yue
Badger State News
Alexander Upper
Livingstone
The
Nile
New York Port
Bette
Youdee Lac
Mary Salchert
W.C. Reindy
Prousg
Yun
Mower
Guinet
Path Ltd
Rerenah
Jack O'Leary
Andy Rezenah
Cincinnati
Badger Athletic Club
Madison
Chicaipo
St. Paul
Secretary of State
Chan. H. Chamberlin
la Crosse
Charles Fe. Chamberlin
United Commercial Travelers
Grand Council of Wisconsin
Macaulay
Dryden
Alexander
Richard Garnett
Spenser
Milton
Shelley
Wordsworth
Tennyson
Duke of Wellington
Munson
Chicago News
VacSimdes Signature of
New York
Wss Se
Bears
Castoria
Incorporated
Taylor & Scott Co., Wood County Abstracts
Grand Rapids
John J. Mettelka
Pasone
Marsnfeld, Wis
C. J. Lundgren
ART
Post Office Building
Vedder
Vedder, “Zart
City of Fine
Louis Hahn
the Tailor
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Houser Data Company
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