Wisconsin Winter Wheat Planting Rises 11 Percent
Farmers of Wisconsin sowed 112000 acres of winter wheat this fall, up from 101000 a year ago, an 11 percent gain despite weather and fieldwork delays. December 1 conditions stood at 92 percent of normal. Rye planted statewide reached 473000 acres, with similar rising trends in both crops as the 1909 census era baseline noted. United States fall planting totals show 42,200,000 acres of winter wheat and 6,120,000 acres of rye, with December 1 conditions around 64 percent and 92 percent of normal respectively.
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Madison
Wisconsin
United States
Remember Your Country by Your Mother Edward Everett Hale
Poem urges loyalty to country above self and authorities. The speaker recalls duty to defend the flag and bless the nation, comparing it to loyalty to a mother. It emphasizes unity, sacrifice, and reverence for the country as a living entity.
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Cod
Edward Everett Hale
New Editor Named for Forward Official Council Journal
Blair Convers appointed editor of Forward the official publication of the Ionan Shite Council of Votense. Convers serves as assistant journalism instructor at the University of Wisconsin and will oversee monthly reports from the county and city councils of defense.
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Ionan Shite Council
Votense
Blair Convers
University of Wisconsin
Council
County Counvils
Badger Captain Resigns from National Guard
Washington reports Capt. Ivo H. Schoenhofen of the Wisconsin National Guard has resigned, a move accepted by President Wilson. The resignation was announced by the War Department on December 24.
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Washington
Thae War Department
Ivo H. Schoenhofen
Wisvanein
Fragmentary market list for potatoes and meat products
Readable items show live weight and dressed weight pricing for potatoes, pork, veal, beef hides, calf hides, and poultry. Some terms are garbled but indicate standard early market rates and commodities such as spring chickens and various weight measures.
Seek Out Collector This Year To Pay Your Taxes
Wisconsin readers urged to support federal income taxes alongside Liberty Bonds. Prospect of a January return deadline and penalties stressed as Collector Bart Williams plans nationwide tax form distribution to aid filers.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Uncle Sam
Tasiaivers
Bart Wilftants
al Williams
Unite States
Ma. William's Gorge
Williams
Watke
Erreur
The Slacker at Adler and Wee Lady Betty at Adler
Emily Stevens stars in The Slacker at the Adler theater Friday and Saturday with a diverse cast depicting a melting pot of nations. Bessie Love appears Sunday in Wee Lady Betty, a Triangle play about Kilcorney estate tenants and a stern ruler.
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Emily Stevens
Adler Theater
Columbia
Bessie Love
Kilcroney
Wee Lady Betty
O'Reilly
New Naval Establishments Boost U S War Navy Facilities
Washington reports continued expansion of U S navy yards and stations to support wartime needs. Projects include White Dellphin Naval Aircraft Factory and Hampton Roads base, with plans for a landing station in Gulfport and submarine bases at New London and San Diego. Charleston gun plant and San Diego expo buildings repurposed as drain stations. Anglo Sans recruits being formed. Kilburn suffers shortages in shipbuilding and other work. Civil Service Commission offices provide information and supplies. no written exams required.
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Washington, D. C
Neross
Cuas
Naval Aircraft Factory
White Delphin
Pao
Naval Anerating
Hampton Roads
Frysion
Naval
Cal
Navy
Cours
Kilbur
Civsis
Positiees
Senator Hanged in Effigy at Madison
At a patriotic mass meeting at the University of Wisconsin students formed the Student's Patriotic League. A crude effigy was burnt while the crowd chanted old football songs with new words praising unity and war effort. Resolutions pledged support to the United States. the league reportedly includes 3,000 university men and women.
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Badger
Unite
United
Wisconsin newspaper pioneer John Hicks dies at 69
John Hicks of Oshkosh, owner of the Oshkosh Northwestern, died in San Antonio Texas last Thursday of a heart condition at age 69. He, a self made man, began his newspaper career at twenty at the Northwestern and educated himself at Lawrence College Appleton. Burial took place in Oshkosh.
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Uni
John Hicks
Oshkosh
San Antonio
Tex
Oshkosh Northwestern
Wisconsia
Northwestern
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wisconsin
Christmas Home Visits and School Program At Hewitt
Dec 24 Hewitt residents Norbert Ley Edeurd Cramer Arthur Cramer Oscar Cramer and Alois Zenthefer return from college to spend Christmas and New Year with family. Frank Rau left for Arlington Saturday to visit relatives over the holidays. An entertainment by district No 1 public school featured by Miss Schultz drew a good crowd. Mr and Mrs FLX Durst left for Dorchester to visit Mr and Mrs George Lev over Christmas. A number of last June registrants have received their questionnaires this week.
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Howill
Norbert Ley
Edeurd Cramer
Arthur Cramer
Oscar Cramer
Alois Zenthefer
Christmias
Frank Rau
Arlington
Miss Schultz
Flx. Durst
Dorchester
George Lev
Christmas and community notes from Mann area
Louise Butcher student at Adventist Nee in Marshfield enjoys vacation with her father. Local residents, including George Butcher Joe Sehlagenhals and Henry Guwman, attend holiday visits and work on farm projects. Mrs A Stickney and son Pierre celebrate Christmas with a Weyburn sister. Various locals travel, visit, and report on carpentry, hay baling, births, weddings, and a December new home move. A southbound freight collision destroys a caboose and disrupts service. a wrecking train cleans up debris.
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Mann
Louise Butcher
Adventist Nee
Marshfield
George Butcher
Joe Sehlagenhals
Wis
Henry Guwman
A. Stickney
Pierre
Weypaud
Vanderberg Tyres
Carl Hell Ware
Chas
Jeanette
Tony
Robert ‘Krohn
Uhur
George Spang
Meroy
Mattie Tochm
Theodore Hall
Park Falls
Carl Holt
S. Paupke
Wilbur Johnson
Whitt
S. D
Huldah Egger
John Beger
White, &. C
Munn
Sonc
Teonard
William Wenzel
Chas. Hassow
Spencer
Local notices and holiday season updates from Stratford area
Muhle West Marek Geid district events report hay work and a district four program last Friday. Relatives visit Stratford. Camp Grant furloughs and Christmas plans noted. Red Cross meeting at Mrs Charles George home. townsfolk read about ice in ice boxes and beer cooling during holidays.
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Muhle
Marek Geid
Der
Lehnherr
Mann
Distriet
Patt
Robinson
Lindsey
Hospital Sands
Conrad Wittman
Cecil Kelsey
Stratford
Ed. Lehnherr
Marsh Rapids
Red Cross
Charles George
Wenzel Eener
James Tremeiling
William Heckel
Peter Heckel
Kad
Unclear steam turbine note with partial technical terms
Fragmentary OCR describes steam entering top of turbine wheel hitting yarddies and a pressure regulator set to 22 pounds. It mentions a very thick cream and vague details about a long spindle and power estimates, but the overall meaning is obscured by garbled wording.
New Books at the Marshfield Free Library
Announce new adult non fiction and children titles with varied topics from education and botany to folklore and adventure. Included are works on teaching methods flower lore aeronautics foods and geography along with novels for young readers and a vintage collection reflecting period tastes.
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Marshfield Free Library
Bagley
Beals
Collinis
Grisssy
Wyman Sells Farm. Family Moves Back to Minnesota
In BAKERVILLE a Christmas update notes Mr Wyman, a local schoolteacher, visited Monday and sold his farm to neighbor Mr Hollander, the former Tujetelh owner, prompting the Wyman family to return to their Minnesota home. Parochial school children prepared a holiday program Sunday. Private dos Schuster from Camp Urant returned home for Christmas visit, plans to leave the 26th. Andrew and Frank Gleichsner attended an Hewitt auction last Monday. Mrs Gessert visits Arlington, Illinois, to see her parents. Anna Gleichener spends holidays with her parents. Mr and Mrs Fred Gessert visited Frank Gleichner and family.
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Andrew
Frank Gleichsner
Hewitt
George Gessert
Arlington, Il
Anna Gleichener
Fred Gessert
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