Old Fraternal Order Insurance Lodge 96 marks 23rd anniversary
Marshfield notes the Old Fraternal Order Mechanics Lodge No 96 A O U W celebrates 23rd anniversary on January 23, 1885 founding date. It now has about one hundred members and meets at Sexton’s hall with history tracing back to Upham’s store and Hatteberg’s house before settling. Charter members listed and Ella Page Lodge No 23 is the women's auxiliary established December 17, 1903 with its officers named.
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Mechanics Lodge No
Marshfield
Sexton's Hall
Workmen
Pennsylvania
Upham’s
Hatteberg’s House
Presbyterian Church
Sexton’s Hall
A. K. Hatteberg
T. F. Vannedom
C. £. Smith
C. H. Johnson
E. J. Sprague
F. P. Cross
L. Wollesen
L. Sigwell
K. H. Hatteberg
Hans J. Johnson
Ella Page
Amelia Cummings
Mary F. Cole
Lettie Mac Otto
Minnie Cummings
Zella Milligan
Maggie Fitzgerald
Margaret Cummings
Lucy Dietel
Nellie P. Edwards
Emma Lang
Fond du Lac Cheese and Butter to Build New Cold Storage Warehouse
Plans for a 40 by 100 foot brick cold storage warehouse on Cherry street are finalized. Architect Marshall C Pillsbury of Fond du Lac designed a up to date facility with maple fittings, yellow pine finish, cement lower floor, Carey’s Magnesia roofing, and a large elevator between receiving and shipping rooms. Wright and Thompson supplied cement blocks. foundation to commence in March. projected cost about 7500 dollars, aiming as a leading regional cold storage depot for Marshfield’s growing enterprises.
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Fond du Lac
Wright & Thompson
Marshfield
Bigelow Lecture Feb 22 on Hugo's Les Miserables
Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow will deliver a lecture titled Victor Hugo's Les Miserables the Book and Its People at city hall on February 22. Admission is free. The first lecture drew strong attendance and favorable quotes from educators including Stevens Point normal school president Pray who praised the speaker for arousing interest and leaving students with appreciation.
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Herbert S. Bigelow
Victor Hugo
Num
Bigelow
Pray
Stevens Point Normal School
Money for Arpin Colony Help from Baron Hirsch Committee
A.W. Rich reported to the Baron Hirsch committee in New York that Arpin Wisconsin will receive funds for another year to educate eighteen Jewish families from Europe to farm. The Milwaukee settlement will see at least previous-year support, with a sizable grant expected. Rich completed his first annual report on the Arpin colony and praised the progress.
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Arpin
Wwis
Baron Hirsch Committee
New York
A. W. Rich
Milwaukee
Europe
Mr. Rich
Milwaukee Sentinel
Park Falls Hoop Factory Ambitions Move Forward
Louis Laemle of Marshfield and JE Patterson of this city drive a planned hoop making industry in Park Falls. They have purchased timber and seek more, plan to use black ash, offer nine dollars per M for logs and seven dollars per cord for five foot bolts, with seven bands employed to hand-make hoops.
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Louis Laemle
Marshfield
JE. Patterson
Park Falls
Travel Class February 19 with Long and Hawthorne
Readable fragments mention Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Mrs Fish Nathaniel Hawthorne and James Russell Lowell with a Marsh music duet. Names appear alongside dates and places in a travel class style item. The text provides limited context but centers on literary figures and a musical duet involving Mrs Finney and Mrs Doege.
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Henry Wadsworth
Fish
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Miss Reily
James Russell Lowell
Marsh
Finney
Doege
Steel Range Explosion Wrecks Kitchen at Home
An early Thursday morning accident at the Cedar Street home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kelley involved a large steel range exploding. Mrs. Kelley was cut by flying debris as windows and a door shattered, and the kitchen was wrecked. The tank attached to the range heated water for the house water system, and experts said frozen water in pipes prevented steam escape, causing the blast. Verney Kelley escaped injury.
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E. J. Kelley
Cedar Street
Following the Hounds Dogs Return After Wolf Chase
John Brackendorf and Joe Mettelka reported two wolf hounds named Trailer and Dan lost near Spencer during a wolf chase. After days of tracking a hunter party followed the wolves all day, camped nearby overnight, and found the dogs in Spencer. Louis Thompson rewarded the dogs with porterhouse steaks.
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John Brackendorf
Joe Mettelka
Trailer
Dan
Spencer
Louis Thompson
Ehrhardt Herd Tested for Tuberculosis
On Saturday M Ehrhardt of the Clearview dairy had a herd test under state veterinarian guidelines for TB. Dr Fred Warsinske conducted the test with thirty five cattle inoculated. no signs of tuberculosis were found, proving the herd in perfect condition regarding the disease.
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M. Ehrhardt
Clearview
Fred Warsinske
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OLD Fraternal Order
Degree of Honor
Monater Storage Warehouse
Arpin Colony
A.W. Rich
W. H. Kamps
Chicago
Hobson
Stevens Point
Fargo
N. C
Central Limited
St. Paul
Omaha
Central
Santiago
Hoop Factory
Ehrhardt
Valenciennes
Clark
Monarch Linen
Children’s Hosen
Dic
Hamburg
Keay Aces
R. B
E. F. Mechler
Marshfield Wii
THE
Marshfield Bedding Company
First National Bank
Wisconsin
Apa Harer
Willliam Uremrrer
B. F
McMittay
L. Th, TuHom
Tuomas Daly
Free Voriaar
Leanner Choate
U.S
First National Bank OF
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