Edith Mitchell Hambright Dies After Illness at Home
Edith Mitchell Hambright, born February 14, 1882 in Menominee, Michigan, died at 7 15 PM last Saturday after a long tuberculosis illness following the birth of her son eight months ago. Survived by husband Mr Hambright, parents Mr and Mrs F A Mitchell of Oak Park Illinois, sister Mrs Blake of Philadelphia, brother W A Mitchell of Chicago, and other relatives. Funeral services were held at the West Fourth street home and at Menominee Episcopal church with bank officers attending in mass and the infant son thriving under care.
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Edith Mitchell Timbright
Hambright
Marsufield
San Antonio
Texas
Stevens’ Point Sanitarium
F. A Mitchell
Oak Park
Ill
BR. Os, Blake
Philadelphia
W. A. Mitchell
Chicago
Menominee
Mich
West Fourth Street
William Carter
Llam
B. Pulling
H. F. Below
G.H. Reynolds
H. E. Mann
E. S. Bailey
E. E. Finney
Pollard
John P. Hume
C. G
Florence Hambright
Milwaukee
Notes of Interest Anniversary Prompts Local Events
February 12 marks Abraham Lincoln s birthday anniversary with a Marshfield Fire and Police banquet at Hotel Blodget hosted by Mayor Upham. St Valentine s Day arrives Friday with Valentine customs. February 22 honors George Washington s birth with planned features. January council minutes include election officer names. Fortnightly Musical Club plans a sleigh ride to Mrs Below s home with members and guests.
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Marshfield
H. F. Below
Color gasoline for safety amid deadly Grand Rapids crash
A Wisconsin discussion urges coloring gasoline itself rather than cans to prevent mix ups like the Grand Rapids tragedy where Dr. Charles Pomainville and a domestic died after mistaking gasoline for kerosene. Proponents say state testing and enforcement could require coloring without extra cost, reducing explosion risk on farms and in factories. The article also reports on a Wisconsin Louisiana Land Co meeting electing officers and notes a lost-and-found discovery of a black horse and a cutter near McMillan.
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Grand Rapids
Charles Pomainville
Wisconsin
Horac
Big Found
BF. McMillian
McMillan
Eutet
Milladore
Wausau Beats Marshfield in Armory Clash for Appleton bid
Marshfield and Wausau high schools clashed Friday evening with Marshfield’s seven wins in eight games underscoring their state tourney contention at Appleton. The locals executed clocklike teamwork to defeat Wausau 46 to 20, as Witt Patterson Warfield Krahn Faber led Marshfield while Johnson Schaer Campbell highlighted Wausau efforts. Referee Scholes umpire Oto. Death of Anton Gerspach: longtime Marshfield area resident dies after illness. funeral held at Catholic church with mourners and family left to mourn. The veteran farmer born in Baden Germany in 1844 would have turned 64 next month. Insurance agents in the city pay two percent tax on premiums. list shows payments to Support at Tecal fire department. Civil Service exam for post office clerks and carriers held. attendees include Miss Bessie Helexon and several named residents.
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Armory
Marshfield
Wausau
M. H.S
Appleton
Witt
Patterson
Warfield
Krahn
Faber
Johnson
Schaer
Jones
Lake
Campbell
Scholes
Oto
Adten Gerspach
Anton Gerspach
Richfield Road
Direh
Baden
Germany
Bakerville Road
Henry Kalsched
Tecal Fire Department
He Reynolds
John P. Burne
Hahn & Hahn
Lo. S. Vedder
E. M. Deming
R. A. Kalbskoff
Fred Doli
Arthur Hoen
M. G. Fleckenstein
Concert Prospects For Choral Society Under Edwin Howard
Early March sees the Choral Society primed for its first concert with the full chorus, solos, and quartets. New voices arrive as rehearsals continue Thursdays under Mr. Edwin Howard whose quiet directing and musical knowledge have fused a large, inexperienced group into a capable chorus. The conductor’s skilled interpretation promises an artistic success and hints the ensemble will back future light opera ventures.
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Choral Society
Firll Chorus
Edwin Howard
Howard
Coral Society
Plans for spring athletics at the high school
Prof. C. W. Otto, faculty director of athletics, outlines plans for a strong spring campaign with a good track team and fair baseball nine. The school has ample athletic material, the cinder track will be finished soon, and several field meets are planned for the term.
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C. W. Otto
Otto
Prank Gotch Defeats Beell In Two Falls In Chicago
Prank Gotch the champion wrestler defeated Fred Beell of Marshfield in Chicago last Friday evening in two straight falls. The first fall lasted fifty four minutes and three seconds with Beell yielding to a bar lock. The bout was closely contested as Gotch wore down Beell with weight and strength and won the second fall in twenty minutes with a bar lock and hammer hold. Gotch is slated to wrestle Hackenschmidt for ten thousand dollars a side on April 5, likely in Minneapolis or Chicago.
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Prank Gotch
Fred Beell
Marshfield
Chicago
Gotch
Fred
Iowa
Hackenschmidt
Minneapolis
Will Argue For New Trial In Neillsville Hearing
Judge Fowler informs Clark County district attorney and Christman and Vogel boys lawyers that he will be in Neillsville next Monday February 17 to hear arguments for a new trial. Readers recall the Christman and two Vogel boys were recently convicted of rape, facing a maximum thirty years in state prison.
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Judgeowler
Clark County
Christman and Vogel
Neillsville
Times
Christman
Vogel
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Mrs. Hambright
Aprahm Lincoln
United States
Washington
The
Ost
City Bell
Ed. F. Rafftery
Bessie Helexon
Chas
A. Schubert
Almon
Atwood
Wm. E. Neider
Peter Walterback
John P. Wissink
Ae Custome
Aun
Japan
Swift
Monarch Brand
Wisconsin Club Peas
Waterloo
California
Beell
Will
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