Roddis Lumber Plant Fire Prompts Marshfield Rally
A Sunday fire gutted the Roddis Lumber and Veneer Co main building in Marshfield, causing $60,000 in damage and halting operations for months. The plant, a key local employer, was insured for $43,000, with residents forming a mass meeting to urge rebuilding.
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Roddis Lumber and Veneer Co
Roddis Company
Roddis
Veneer Company
C. B. Edwards
Louis Leamle
B. Wable
Marshfield
Martha Opera Night Promises Strong House Return
Manager Adler arranging with Standard Opera Co to present Martha at the opera house on March 14 with Miss Lult Elvis in the cast. The company’s Bohemian Girl production last fall drew the best house of the season.
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Adler
Standard Opera Co
Miss Lult Elvis
Martha
Opera House
Marshfield forms committee to draft chamber of commerce by laws
At a mass meeting in city hall a five member committee was appointed to draft by laws for a chamber of commerce or improvement association in Marshfield. The group aims to promote city welfare and attract manufacturing concerns to locate there, leveraging railroad access and skilled labor.
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Chamber of Commerce
Marshfield
Fares Reduced to 2 Cents Per Mile in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Railroad Commission ordered passenger fares cut to 2% cents per mile. Railroads accepted the decision, relieved that 2 cents a mile was not lower. The commission also urged issuing family mileage books of 100 miles for $10, at 2 cents per mile.
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Wisconsin Railroad Commission
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Wisconsin
State
National
Iowa
Illinois
John P. Hanove
Hume
Gentimen
Upham
I. P. Tiffand
John Juno
Herman Kehrberg
E. S. Bailey
W. H. Roddis
Park Falls
Great Northern R. KR
Minnesota
Wm. M. Seymour
Seymour
Minneapolis
John P. Hume
Afinneapolis
Valenciennes
India
John J. Clark
Lafayette
Weigeters
Bon.Ami
Monarch
Queen Louise
Extar
Hamburg
Arthur C. Hoene
Marshfield, Wis
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