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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1918
Page
3
A neighbor's son falls seriously ill after a cough and fever despite claims the influenza epidemic is over. The piece urges continued precautions against germs, including avoiding crowds, covering coughs, and keeping distance from those with colds. It warns the epidemic persists through winter and stresses personal hygiene and food conservation.
The piece reflects on December as a time of memory and anticipation, contrasting northern winter quiet with the warmth of gift giving, love, and Christmas. It cites Joy, benedictions, and the religious significance of Christ’s birth, credited to J. C. Oliver in the Los Angeles Times.
Beloit college closes due to influenza, dormitory fire causes nearly $5,000 in damages at Liberty Cottage. Incorporation filed for Cereal Products Co. at Manito. Government tug launched at Death Team & Smith yards in Sturgeon Bay. Wisconsin officials arrest Claude Lindsey in Kenosha for impersonal or harming a soldier. patriots fund to aid 200 French fatherless children with $7,500 appropriated. State Horticultural Society convention in Madison January 8–10. Banking Commissioner Cousins to be confirmed by Senate. Van Hise estate probate items include $155,000 personal property and $16,000 real estate bequests to Mrs. Van Hise and daughters. Police raid on American cafe yields whisky seizures. several arrests. Oshkosh primary nominations for third district council seat. Great Lakes ensigns commission for 50 officers. Wisconsin men commissioned include Erdman and Keans. Fire damages Beloit college dormitory as influenza closing reduces occupancy.
A compressed reflection on Christmas as a season of charity and generous feeling. Quoting Washington Irving, the piece links festive hospitality to broader kindness in society.
Travelers describe Rome at Christmas as a joyful, liturgical scene with church processions, mosaics, and crowds at St Paul’s Episcopal Church while Dr Grenfell and Mrs Grenfell enjoy a brief European holiday. They reflect on the Coliseum’s aura of shared faith and the festive fair by Porta San Giovanni.
Madison 1918 recounts the origin of Wisconsin’s nickname. Lead miners in southwestern Wisconsin, called badgers for wintering in dugout huts, settled the region while rivals from Illinois earned the moniker suckers for winter departures. The pair defined state and local identity.
The text extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted cure for winter colds. It urges following bottle directions to speed recovery and notes long trusted use by many families. It emphasizes proven merit and minimal adverse results when used as directed.
A reflective adage from Charles Reade on hidden virtue and the moment when many unknown men and women will be recognized for great deeds and noble sorrows, as obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs rise in memory at last.
Madison reports from the December Wisconsin Magazine of History note that despite the Ordinance of 1787, enslaved people existed in Wisconsin through the territorial era. Southern settlers moving up the Mississippi from Kentucky and Missouri influenced local views on slavery and even brought enslaved individuals with them, as exemplified by figures like George W. Jones.
In Grant County a Methodist minister named Mitchell faced sharp debate over his wife inheriting two enslaved girls from her Virginia father. The matter drew no local church objection at first, but Wisconsin’s New England faction harshly criticized him, and a local church historian says he was eventually expelled from the conference.
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