City levies higher taxes for 1908 across real and personal property
City Treasurer M G Fleckenstein handles the 1908 tax roll with a rate of 2.912 per 100 valuation, up from 2.29 last year. Total city valuation is 3 048 018 51, personal property at 630 888 51 including horses cattle carriages pianos watches bank stock and merchants stock. A paving fund was created to surface Central avenue with decomposed granite. State tax 6 345 96 County tax 8 983 17 Co School tax 5 310 59 total levy 70 406 75 with grand total 20 837 72.
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M. G. Fleckenstein
Central Avenue
LAX
Stratford News Brims With Local Visits and Postings
Jennie Kaiser visited friends in Wausau on Thursday. Fred Kuehlman stopped in Marshfield Saturday between trains. Roy Gayne of Wausau visited here Tuesday to Wednesday. Pearl Rogney visited her cousin in Wausau Saturday and returned that evening. Walter Franzen resigned as book-keeper for R. Connor Co to join Milwaukee Lumber Co in Milwaukee. Chas Lillge John Obernber gs Gustave Verdi and Frank Wolf will work for Connor Lumber at Laona as the company upgrades its plant. The new bank’s eight thousand pound safe cracked through the floor during placement and the bank opened Thursday. An entertainment by Stratford High School is set for Friday December 18 featuring the play Popping the Question and a student cast. Admission is .15 and 25? cents with proceeds for a high school project. A lengthy poem by Eliza Hayes appears, and the program includes many local names. Andy, December 18th program notes and Santa Claus references appear as well. Perry Ford spent Sunday with his sister Mrs F W Heath. M E church notes and Christmas Eve plans are announced. Will Martin sustained injuries loading rails on the McMillan branch. Elmer Blankenbury, recovering from a diseased bone, returns home with improved mobility. Co H Hall reports his brother-in-law Robert Prentice killed in Seattle. the Spencer residents had many friends here who mourn the loss.
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Jennie Kaiser
Wausau
Fred Kuehlman
Marshfield
Roy Gayne
Chas, Lillge
John Obernbergsy
Gustave Verdi
Frank Wolf
Laona
Connor Lumber & Land Company
Ellen Murray
Nella Gardner
Babbin
Miss Winter Blossom
Elsie Schiffer
Miss Biffin
Elsie Schunk
Henry Thornton
Frank Burkart
Henry Primrose
George Kroening
Eliza Hayes
Jean
Santa Claus
Stratford
Andy
Tbs
Tingle Percy
Elmer Blankenbury
St. Joseph's Hospital
Co. H. Hall
Seattle
Wash
Robert Prentice
Local News Nada Yet From Marshfield and Beyond
Spencer Geo Hayward and wife shopped in Marshfield on Wednesday. Born to Mr and Mrs E Le Messer on Saturday December 12 a daughter, Miss Hazel Whitmore. She is recovering slowly from an appendicitis attack. Miss Anna Lundablof Abbots-
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Geo, Hayward
Marshfield
E. le Messer
Hazel Whitmore
Anna-Lundablof
Abbots
Plague Stamps Sale Noted With Holiday School Breaks
Local notices report stamp sales tied to a Plague fund by Tiftanic-Kamps-Mer. Co. Stores sell the stamps amid public interest. City schools plan a holiday vacation with a January 4 reopening. arrests and other local items include a copyright dispute and a prison sentence.
Residents and visitors visit local area amid farm sales and travel
Henry Wondrow handles beet pulp loading for stock as Paul Blum visits friends in Campbellport. Chicago’s Herbert Batbrick outs to handle business and meet locals. Ewald Baensch prepares to sell out as the area loses its medicine man and farmer. Mrs Sullivan and children return from Dane County visit. Will and Louie Wondrow return from Montana with tales of hard times. Henry Federwitz buys Baenseb forty and gathers scattered farm tools from the property.
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Ewald Baensch
Local Happenings in Vesper and Nearby
The Misses Merrick shopped in Grand Rapids on Saturday. Carpenters work continues on the new foundry. Young people enjoyed skating all week. J Hessler and C Carlin visited Chicago area for sight seeing last week. A new barber opened in the old Rate house. Sunday School preparations are under way for a Christmas Eve program. Mrs Hayes, Mrs McVicar and Mrs H Trentel made business trips to Grand Rapids. Mrs B E Swans and children left for Greenwood to make it their future home.
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Merrick
Grand Rapids
Rate House
Hayes
McVicar
H. Trentel
BE. Swans
Greenwood
Miladore Social Roundup Shows Local Visits and Plans
Blenker resident Frank Hoffman served as Mila dore caller last Sunday. F J Schneider acted as a business caller in Miladore Friday. Miss Theresa Grassel of Hewitt visits M Grassel home. A program is set Friday evening at district school No. 6 by Miss Jewell Anderson. Another program is scheduled Friday afternoon at district school No. 4 by Miss Armean Varsho.
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Theresa Grassel of
Hewitt
M. Grassel
Jewell Anderson
Armean Varsho
Lost watch crystal found and reward offered
Lost between sun set and sun ksh a Watch crystal, finder please return to Miss A. V. and receive reward. Miss Rose Kelnofer who has been seriously sick for the past few weeks at the Marshdeld hospital, returned home Wednesday. Prayer meeting to be held by the U. i. society Wednesday evening for a snow in the near future ail are waiting for a sleigh ride.
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A. V
Rose Kelnofer
Marshdeld Hospital
U. i. Society
Stradt Notes and Local Social Updates
Willie Sofi returned home after a two week northern visit. Edna and Charlie Wix visited their uncle Henry Wix on Sunday. Henry Kautzer sold his farm and bought a fine house and lot in Marshfield. The wood market is opening up gradually and people are making good use of it. Mr and Mrs Joe Kautzer traveled to Marshfield on business Saturday and enjoyed a snowy ride.
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Edna
Charlie Wix
Henry Wix
Henry Kautzer
Marshfield
Joe Kautzer
High School Notes Recital Draws Big City Hall Crowd
The Ret2 Garns recital at city hall drew a packed house with standing room. The high school orchestra performed before and after, directed by Louise Wegner, with Karl Doege Joe Glassner on strings, Louise Seubert on piano, and Peter Miller on drums. Seniors won last week’s basketball, and plans arise to rent the opera house for February. The Sophomore English class rehearses part of The Merchant of Venice, the physics class studies light, and the Parnasus Literary Society awaits a Medford high school debate challenge.
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Louise Wegner
Karl Doege
Joe Glassner
Louise Seubert
Peter Miller
Miss Dunn
Parnasus Literary Society
Medford
Otto
The True Artist Among Street Musicians
A cheerful Washingtonian waiting for a streetcar notices a young Italian organ grinder. He praises the steady crank and good timing, while the grinder explains he is not a fool but an artist. The exchange ends with the grinder like a monk and the crowd appreciating the music.
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Hs Atreet
Harper's Weekly
Washingtonian
Milk Dealers Ordered to Avoid Deliveries to Quarantined Homes
A notice directs milk dealers to not leave dairy containers at quarantined homes. If delivery to such homes occurs, advise the occupants to place containers outside the residence and pour contents into the customers’ own vessels to prevent contagion. Signatures include Ent. Kuiner, T. J. VaRvey, Gerunge Marx.
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Kuiner
T. J. VaRvey
Gerunge Marx
Wisconsin Business University Catalogue Ad
Sound advice urges sending for a catalogue from Wisconsin Business University in La Crosse run by the Tolands. Mid winter term begins Monday January 4th. The notice encourages inquiry, claiming mutual loss if one does not investigate the school. Includes a short persuasive appeal and year 93.
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Wisconsin Business University
da Crosse
Tolands
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