Abbotsford Notes Reflect Holidays and Visits
Spancer reports Will Johnson in Abbotsford for the holiday. Karl Bolmet heads to Rib Lake for will work. Effie Williams returns from Fifield for two weeks. Cora Hance from Abfeld for vacation. Ed Heath Jr. returns from Soo Line work in North Dakota. Chas Davel and wife visit brother John Davey in Athens. Dr. Whitney of Sherry visits Rev Bonseholder. Mrs. W. B. Parks and son Kern of Phillips visit. Lena Whitney returns from Sherry Collegiate Institute for holiday break. Mrs. Will Kennedy of Abbotsford attends Ladies Aid Society Sale at G A R Hall. sale raises funds after supper. Harry Bodle visits Abbotsford, then Rib Lake to see sister Mrs Bernard Hoey. Mr. and Mrs. Knute Thompson of Marshfield view McAhattan farm. Public school closes two weeks for holidays. Chamberlain and Hogue go to Greenwood. Blais vacations at home. Farmers Institute sessions praised. orchestra help from Jad Harvey and Will Tessner. Langdons receive navy sons Claude and Clark’s card from the Philippines. enlistment ends next fall. Ermie Whitmore’s house fire damages roof after children play with stove. neighbor action prevents worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Kennedy
Abbotsford
Ladies’ Aid Society
God
D. Bodle
G. A. R. Hall
Harry Bodle
Rib Lake
Bernard Hoey
Knute Thompson
Marshfield
McAhattan
Mr. Chamberlain
Miss Hogue
Greenwood
Miss Blais
Farmers’ Institute
Jad Harvey
Will Tessner
C.D. Langdon
Claude and
Clark
Philippians
San Francisco
Ermie Whitmore
Bethel School Terms Close Amid Holiday Plans
The Bethel Academy primary department closes for winter and the Bethel Academy plans a two week vacation after the 22nd. Mrs. George Crandall of Roth Co Wisconsin visits her mother Mrs. Clara Palmer. Local residents describe sleighing due to last week’s storm and wood handling. Mrs. Livina McChesney returns from Madison sanitarium. Misses Mabel and Anna Cutler visit, daughter from Wisconsin tract society. An academy program at Bethel S D A includes songs declamations and essays on spiritual life and mental well being. Mrs. Ethel Rosa returns to Wenoshea Wisconsin due to her husband’s finions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethal,Academy
George Crandall
Roth Co
Wisconsin
Clara Palmer
Walter Jennings
Chas. McCrillis
Marshfield
Ethe
Rosa
Pearl
Jennings
Damé Soaning
Livina McChesney
Madison Sanitarium
Bethel
Missea Mabel
Anla Cutler
Wisconsin Tract Society
Grand Rapids
John Cutler
Bethel School
Bethel S. D. A
Ethel Rosa
Wenoshea
Perry Mora
Gladys
Can
Elgin Butler Market Prices and Local News Summary
Local notes report Elgin Butler Market at 31 tents per pound and weekly prices. Miss Rosa Barth sewed for Mrs Seubert. Neighbors rejoice at snow enabling sleighing while others travel for wood. Mrs Jog Specht returns from Stevens Point. Gustav Karan suffers foot injury with blood poisoning but improves. School plans a Christmas program and tree on Dec 23. Born to Mr and Mrs B Fladel a daughter. John Quicker helps neighbors harvest trees. A wolf scare prompts a neighbor to borrow a double barrel gun, but no tracks were found.
Holstein Breeders Meet Addresses Taxation Issue
A Central Wisconsin Holstein Breeders meeting at city hall discussed purebred versus scrub valuations, urging tax relief for purebred sires. Speakers including J C Kieffer and T F Vannedom backed reform, with plans to pursue state inspection and licensing of sires and a committee to push legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Wisconsin Holstein Breeders’ Association
City Hall
T. F. Vannedom
John P. Hume
Yannedom
Heinté
Mr. Home
J. C. Kieffer
M. Hosterman
J.C. Kieffer
J. P. Heintz
Mr. Kieffer
Mr. Heintz
Heintz
Vannedom
John
P. Hume
Vannédom
John FP
Hume
Hewitt Christmas Jottings From Hewitt Residents
Hewitt notes report Mr Ewald Benish acting as Hewitt caller on Sunday and Mike Wenzel purchasing a new cream separator. Chas W Schroeder traveled to Klondike on business, while Francis Durst and Ferdinand Schroeder built a wind mill. J Heckel’s children recovering from scarlet fever, and Chas Meyers with Frank Seidel gathering wood for Poerner creamery Co. at Hewitt. Korth and Chas W Schroeder just returned from Athens after cutting logs and pulpwood for Ferdinand Schroeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Wenzel
Chas. W. Schroeder
Klondike
Chas, Meyers
Frank Seidel
Poerner Creamery Co
Hewitt
Geo
Korth
Chas
W. Schroeder
Athens
Ferdinand Schroeder
Richfield and Stratford School News of Mercy and Ceremony
Richfield reports L Bastar buying a horse from J E Gadson. Geo Knapton builds a large woodpile. District five closes for a week. John Klumb and R Gandt fed corn fodder for Wm Doll prior to a Christmas Eve service at M E Church led by Pastor M E Fraser. M E Sunday school plans a Christmas Eve entertainment. The new Stratford brick schoolhouse was dedicated with a program. County Supt W J Farrell gave the dedication address on the value of school to town and individual. H Stoever of Marshfield is principal, Margaret Bieler teaches grammar, Anna Bradley intermed grades, Rosalia Bury primary. Bradley and Bury are Marathon County Training School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Knapton
John Klumb
R. Gandt
Wm. Doll
Stratford
W. J. Farrell
H. Stoever
Marshfield
Margaret Bieler
Anna Bradley
Rosalia Bury
Unclaimed Letters in Marshfield Post Office 1908 Notice
Unclaimed letters remain at the Marshfield post office up to December 22, 1908. Names listed include Chas Hens, A Heixe, Carl Ratliff, Mrs S Schroeder, Ed She, Mary Persons, and John F Cole P.M. Please say advertised if called for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Hens Chas
A. Heixe
Carl "Ratliff
Schroeder
Mary Persons
John ‘F. Cole
P.M
The Judge Girl and Wise Guy Musical Farce at Adler
The American made musical farce The Judge The Girl Tha Wise Guy shown at the Adler Opera House on Monday December 28. Tickets on sale at the usual place priced 25 35 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler Opera House
Reminder to subscribers on year-end arrears payment
A note urges subscribers in arrears to settle accounts before year’s end. It requests payment by check money order or in person at the office and asks readers to mark the date on their paper.
Diamond Mishap Sparks In Sausage Supper Tale
Beloit women hunt for diamonds among crops of the feathered aristocracy. L. Percy Williams of Manitowoc, an electric theatre singer, claims the diamond found. Earlier John Kadow, summer sausage maker, advertised a lost diamond in sausage mix and offered a reward. Williams reports he found the stone and bit into sausages at supper with the diamond in his teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
L. Percy Williams
Manitowoc
John Kadow
Williams
Wood Co Liquor Dealers Elect Officers at Grand Rapids Meeting
At the annual Wood County Liquor Dealers association meeting held in Grand Rapids last week officers were elected. James Mason was named president with C E Krause as vice president, Chas A Giese as secretary and Jobn Hartl as treasurer. Joe Reimer was chosen trustee for three years and Andrew Zurflug named as sergeant at arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wood Co. Liquor Dealers Associaion
Grand Rapids
James Mason
C. E. Krause
Chas. A. Giese
Jobn Hartl
Joe
Reimer
Andrew Zurfiub
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Spancer
Will Johnson
Dygart
Karl Bolmet
Effie Williams
Fifield
Wateron
Cora Hance
Abfeld
Ed Heath Jr
Nthe
Soo Line
North Dakota
Chas. Davel
John Dave
Dr. Whitney
Sherry
D. S. Bonseholder
W. B. Parks
Kern
Phillips
Lena Whitney
Mr. Austin
Luke
Hadling Wood
Elgin Butler
Rosa Barth
Jog. Specht
Henry Frey
Stevens Point
Gustav Karan
East Lynn
Mrs. B. Fladel
Conrad
District No. 2
James Quicker
Jim
Mann
Zu Schleppen
Hound Corbett
Judas
Ewald Benish
Francis Durst
Richfield
L. Bastar
J. E. Gadson
M. E. Church
M. E. Fraser
Stratford School
Lee
Ala Daily Eat
WasaHsurn-Crossy Co
Cary
Rose Bros
C. C. Thresher
A. E. Kump
M. Steinmetz
A. J. Meidl
Tiffanyt~ Kamps Mercantile Co
B. Belishowalky
L. A. Wright
Kestel Bros
L. Nick
First National Bank
Shfield
Georgiana
Imocxa
Wood
Burt & Wagner
Sexton’s Drug Store
the Marshfield Times
Wisconsin Farmer
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