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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
5
Fifteen years after doctors feared he would die Richard Roe survived tuberculosis and built a thriving business. He studied patients at the sanatorium, developed a personal philosophy, and maintained confidence that he would recover. He now enjoys better health and a richer life than many peers.
The article notes mahogany as an early material in ship repair with Sir Walter Raleigh at Trinidad in 1495 using planks for a vessel. It claims the scarce wood later lay unused for over a decade before practical application emerged.
A long, mixed local report recounts community Christmas tree plans in Menasha and Winnebago Indians tribute near Stand Rapids, soldiers’ returns and honors, a physician’s Washington call, a fatal murder conviction in Superior, and municipal financials. It covers firefighting heroics at Fountain City, ship losses near Gibraltar, Wisconsin university memorials, and state banking appointments plus Oshkosh tax data.
A Marshfield resident confirms three year relief from kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Louis C. Schmidt reports back pain spells and headaches were eliminated, and lasting benefits persisted. Price 60c at dealers. Poster Milburn Company Buffalo New York.
A brief postal notice touts buying W. 8. 5. savings with Uncle Sam to earn four percent, contrasting with banks offering only three percent. The message urges action this month at the post office.
Discussion in Wisconsin and France considers memorial highways as enduring tributes to wartime sacrifice. References to Rome’s Via Appia and other ancient roads linked to victory frame proposals for a 400 mile memorial road from Alsace to the North Sea. Memorial buildings arches statues and grand highways emerge as fitting tributes to heroes and national sacrifice.
F A Cannon argues in Good Roads for Wisconsin that memorial highways spanning counties would better honor sacrifices than monuments. He envisions a state wide Via Victoria from the state line to Green Bay and major routes linking Milwaukee Madison and other counties. The proposal favors bonds to fund long ribbon like roads carrying memories across communities.
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