Richfield box social and local happenings reach Feb social items
Richfield notes a box social at Frank Henbest residence Friday February 5 with all invited. Frank Belton entertains cousin Clarence Thompson. Gem-related tasks, ice-house activity, and creamery business update local winter conditions. Richfield Aid to host play and pie social February 19 at M E Church. Frost bite injuries among children noted and community reminders accompany small-town life.
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Richfield
Otkers
Frank Henbest
Frank Belton
Clarence Thompson
Gottlorb Leaherr
Joseph David
Richfield Aid Society
M. EB
Ed Sutton
Stanley Walters
Prest
Thomas Harshner
Prof
Clark
Grand Rapids
Lisey
Fiftyone
Farmers Institute in Lindsey draws large turnout
February 2 The Farmers Institute held here the 28th and 29th drew a large audience with profitable lectures. Griswold spoke on daily questions from 20 years in the business. Topics covered drainage soils seed selection disease and horse breeding by Wyatt Hauser and Hicks. Prof Clark lectured on poultry on the farm and a Salter Mercantile Co dealer closed a Tilton store deal in town. Alfred Burdick plans to move to Endeavor next week. Local Equity society members met Saturday evening.
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Lindsey
Farmers Institute
Griswold
Wyatt
Hauser
Hicks
M. E. Lines
Clark
Wood County Agricultural School
L Salter
R. BB. Salter Mercantile Co
Pittsville
Tilton
Salter Co
Julius Kramer
Matchfield
Alfred Burdick
Here
H. D. White
American Society of Equity
Interesting New Members Visit Local Families
Miss Edith Kampine of Chili visits at sister Mrs. Sam Muir’s home. Nellie Broker returns from a brief Marshfield trip. William Haertl prepares the Tilton store building for the Seulter Bros. stock reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Kampine
Chili
Sam Muir
Nellie Broker
Marshfield
Wm. Haertl
Tilton Tore
Seulter Bros
Local Tradesmen Visit Stratford Lumber Camps
Hewitt P P Cramer and FF J Durst of Durst and Beidel drove with liveryman Albert Schill to Stratford lumber camps Thursday. Schill guided them, citing camps near Laona. They left tired after the tour. Durst traveled to Marshfield on business Friday evening. Matt Kautza received fence posts Monday. Local saloon men stock ice houses. Hilary Warshu died last Thursday. funeral at St Michael Church. Mrs Prark Ebgen and children of Marshfield visited the Rapps Monday. Francis Durst attended a Farmers Cooperative Packing Plant director meeting in Wausau. Matt Rapp danced at Bohmerwald last week Tuesday.
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P. P. Cramer
Sea Line
FF. J. Durst
Durst & Beidel
Albert Schill
Stratford
Schill
Mr. Cramer
Mr. Durst
Mr. Schill
La~ona
Cramer
Durst
John
Marshfield
Matt Kautza
Ice Hilary
Leo Warsh
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Prark Ebgen
Wm. Rapp
Francis Durst
Farmers Operative Packing Plant
Wausau
Matt Rapp
Bohmerwald
Local Social Notes From Auburndale
Auburndale February 1 local notes list trips visits and arrivals. H E Palmer of Portland Oregon visiting at Hoffmans house. Henry Guenther of Chicago visiting his brother Joseph Guenther. Minnie Schmidt and Miss Ruth Ross among visitors. Mrs John Markee and Miss Cora Rognex in and near Marshfield. News of dairy course completion by Carty Lawrie and births and a death reported in community.
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Auburndale
H. E. Palmer
Portland
Ore
Louis Hoffman
Henry Guenther
Chicago
Joseph Guenther
Misa Minnie Schmidt
Miladore
John Markee
Milladore
Fredrickson
Oshkosh
John Kennedy
Carty Lawrie
Madison
Anna Baiers
Lenore Johnson
Arpin
Ruth Ross
Lydia Glabe
Andrew Regan
Phiox
Glaire Welch
Owen
Pioneer settler of Auburndale laid to rest at St Marys
The longtime Auburndale pioneer woman died after her husband passed years earlier. She had lived with her daughter Mrs Chernenka in Merrill. Her remains were brought to town Monday for interment at St Marys Catholic church following services there.
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Auburndale
Chernenka
Merrill
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Dr Aaron Comfort Ie Dean Dies After Hip Fall
Dr Aaron Trans Comfort, a 23 year surgeon in National Soldiers' Homes with Civil War service, serving at Fort Leavenworth and Milwaukee, died in Milwaukee from hypostatic pneumonia after a hip fracture from a fall a week earlier.
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A. Comfort Ie Dean
Milwaukee
Aaron Trans Comfort
National Soldiers
Fort Leavenworth
Regular Army
Fire Destroys Wisconsin Farm Home After Stov e Overheat
Merill Wisconsin February reports a family barely escaped a blaze at their farm house when an overheated stove caused a fire. A family member woke to start a fire, then returned to bed as flames engulfed the home and its contents. The family fled with difficulty but all escaped unharmed.
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Snooze Coats
Merill
Wis
Flerman Buerg- Ner
Uhken
Washburn Sawmill Busy Under Double Shift
Kenfield Lamoreaux company in Washburn Wisconsin has begun night and day operation of its sawmill to handle the winter wood supply. The doubled shifts provide work for several additional men as lumber volumes increase after a heavy snow.
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Kenfield-Lamoreaux Company
Washburn
Wis
Winnebago Indian trust fund sequestered at bank
The First National Bank of Baraboo, Wisconsin, designated by the secretary of the interior as depository for the Winnebago Indian trust fund. The fund is set aside for the Indians with monthly payments in small amounts. Many elderly Indians cannot write and will sign checks with a fingerprint as identification.
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Baraboo
Wis
National Bank of
Big Etry
Secretary of the Interior
Winnebago Indian Trust Fund
Indiana
Lamb Marke
Practical Joke Costly Letter Sentenced in Green Bay
In La Crosse Wisconsin on February 2 Melvin Skogstad cashier of the First State Bank faced a blackmail scare when Jesse Hogue eighteen confessed to writing a threatening letter demanding $500. Detected by handwriting analysis the hoax led to Hogue's arrest and a judge sentencing him to one year in the state reformatory at Green Bay.
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Green Bay
la Crosse
Wis
Suum
Melvin PL Skogstad
First State Bank
Skogstad
Jesse Hogue
Hogue
Bray’s fall triggers repeal bid on travel step law
Wisconsin story recalls Senator W. M. Bray who championed a removable movable step for tower drops to aid travelers. After injuring his ankle using a portable step, he urged Governor Davidson to veto the measure he had backed six years earlier. Now Bray seeks repeal of the law he once secured, vowing to work as hard to undo it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
W. M. Bray
Assembly
Bray
Pray
Milwaukee
Davidson
Senate
Brayn
The Editor’s Favor Drives Distinction in Newsrooms
In pursuit of professional recognition, journalists aim to win editors over, positioning themselves for better assignments, visibility, and career advancement within their outlets. Strong relationships with editors shape coverage opportunities and career trajectories.
Villa Suffers Big Defeat at Guadalajara
Washington reports the constitutionalist agency says Carranza forces under Dieguez and Morgia routed Villa troops northeast of Guadalajara. Villa generals Contures and Ortega are reported killed. The enemy lost supply trains including 700+ cars, 30 locomotives, 12 cannons, ammunition, machine guns, clothing and horses. About 500 Villa soldiers were killed and 1000 taken prisoner.
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Washington
Constitutionalist
Carranzs
Guadalajara
Dieguez
Morgia
Carranza
Villa
Contures
Ortega
Last to Leave Gettysburg Soldier Dead in Morrisville
Robert Shoemaker Dana, once reputed as the tavt union soldier at Gettysburg, has died in Morrisville Pa. Born in Circleville Ohio, he studied at Jefferson Medical College and served in the Civil War. He was not wounded during his service.
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Trenton
N. J
Robert Shoemaker
Dana
Gettysburg
Morrisville
Circleville
Jefferson Medical College
Michigan Central stockholders seek receiver in federal suit
A group of Michigan Central Railroad stockholders filed in the U S district court to appoint a receiver for the line. They allege New York Central Railroad diverts business from Michigan Central to benefit other roads controlled by New York Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit, High
Peb
Michigan Central Railroad
Hatch. Org
United States District Court
Michigan Central
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Arctic explorer Amos BenSali dies at 85 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia February 2 Amos Bensali last survivor of the Eligha Kent Kane Arctic expedition of 1953 died at his home aged eighty five His death marks the final end of a perilous journey that tested endurance and curiosity in the frozen north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Amos Bensali
Eligha Kent Kane
Arctic
Millionaire mail order head indicted for tax dodging
Country merchants smile as grand jury indicts the head of a great mail order house for tax dodging. The alleged unpaid taxes amount to 26 million dollars, a figure described as a mere mite in comparison to the business empire.
Congress Retrenchment Moves Amid Self-Interest
A brief report notes Congress appears to trim spending in many areas while shielding its own perks and privileges, suggesting a pattern of restraint that favors lawmakers over broader constituents. The piece highlights the tension between public duty and personal gain in legislative action.
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Ethel McDonald
Mills & Lewis Comedy Company
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Convention Generale
Ay Wmetteville, Pa
N.C.R.R
Congress
Stele
Tilaca
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