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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1915
Page
6
An Oshkosh Northwestern reprint from February 1 presents a sharp editorials note on mail order competition. It highlights a Chicago firm declaring a twenty percent extra dividend, bringing total dividends to fifty percent since the business began, illustrating investor payouts alongside market competition.
The text argues that mail order profits, including a fifty percent gain on original investments, hinge on broad, energetic advertising. It warns local merchants that without aggressive campaigns they will lose customers to mail-order houses, which offer quick delivery and home-focused benefits, while suggesting education and fair pricing could keep spending local.
Local merchants face off against mail-order firms, arguing that curb of outside trade harms community welfare. They urge merchants to adopt mail-order tactics, advertise actively, price fairly, and encourage customers to place orders to cut handling costs.
The Frank E Long Co Stock Campact opened Monday night with The Country Boy as the opening play. The company demonstrated clever talent and all around ability, drawing a capac audience in the city for their first show here. Tickets were priced at 10, 20, and 30 cents.
Muscoda farmers forming a cooperative named Muscoda Farmers' Shinning Association to improve studyings market coalitions and shipments. Members standardize breeds, learn shipping, and seek better returns, with potential gains of 4 to 10 cents per pound versus local stock prices. Organized January 1, the co op shows growing ideas and activity with guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture.
A report from Wisconsin cites a single fect and mouth outbreak with quarantine measures in Brown Dane Dodge Jefferson Langlade Lincoln Rock Walworth Washington Waukesha Exeter Grocklyn townships Green County. Officials plan to lift quarantine by March 1, allowing shipment of stock from recently quarantined counties to Union Stock Yards Chicago under inspection.
In New York on Sunday February 7 1915 a gallery event drew attention with crowd chatter about state theaters biennial performances and farce comedy dominating the program. A foreign observer asks how Lord Kitchener’s new army might secure guns, suggesting seizing from the enemy. The Mexican war drags on amid trenchless combat and continued hostilities.
An article reports a British sergeant major noting city recruited regiments perform best in battle due to training and exposure to noise. It cites a mayoral claim about working in a factory and discusses urban labor conditions, contrasting rural and urban soldiers amid World War context.
Harry Mestayer recalls a film scene where he endured a tainted audition with cigarettes and beer, watching a pretty actress usher him toward a kiss amid multiple takes. He insists the director pressed for repeats and implied rewards for continued rehearsal. He expects more cigarettes and beer tomorrow and plans to reward the director if more work follows.
Military experts debate the lance as a shock tactic and cavalry weapon noting its strengths in charges. German Prussian use is cited as formidable while concerns about deep penetration and extraction are raised. Experiments consider a ball-bearing mace beneath the lance head to reduce withdrawal issues.
The Women’s Journal notes Arizona will seat Frances Willard Munds in the senate, Oregon will have its first woman legislator Misa Marian Towne in the House, and Colorado features two successful women candidates Mary Bradford and Evangeline Heartz. Heartz joins Helen King Robinson in the Senate, shaping the coming session.
California's Fish and Game Commission says 2,099 mountain lions have been killed since 1967, with 118 slain in the six months ending June 30. A $20 bounty per lion has cost $41,980, Humboldt leads counties, followed by Mendocino, Trinity and Siskiyou in the period. Los Angeles County reported bounty payments for 15 lions in seven years.
A maid complains about a rich young suitor courting Miss Ethel being stingy. A second maid wonders at his motives and overhears him uttering a puzzling remark about "thoughts."
The new federal law imposes penalties on selling habit forming drugs and requires physicians to issue prescriptions. Offenders face fines and possible imprisonment after March 1, with dealers using illicit channels facing harsher penalties. The article notes the tightening measures will disrupt existing supply chains for cocaine and morphine.
Farmers from the vicinity will gather for a Holstein breeders meeting at ten o clock this morning at City Hall. The gathering, announced publicly only to members, will be open to all interested parties. Topics include issues common to dairy cattle raisers of this well known breed.
The Marshfield council seeks a $200 license fee for moving pictures, an extortion claim. Other towns levy smaller licenses and property taxes. theaters like Della, Gem, and Ident pay $25 to $73 plus building taxes. The piece argues tame licensing sustains affordable, lawful amusements for the public.
The annual meeting elected officers including President J I Wilson and Secretary H Ramtham with a $400 salary fixed. A motion changed the date due to rain and cold. September fair at Chilton was cancelled for 1915 and a deficit of $2599.00 was reported. New officers chosen include President Rosend Grassold Vice President William Siedler Secretary Emil V Ortlich Treasurer Henry Rollmann. Lone folks wander in their minds but are never able to stray far.
In Monmouth Illinois a tired nervous woman describes weakness poor appetite and thinness improving after using Vinci a cod liver oil and iron tonic. The ad claims strong restorative effects and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to benefit. Vinolix? Prescription Store handles distribution.
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