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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1912
Page
4
Store announces a full day Thursday closure to prepare for a major January clearance sale. Large hand bills advertise sensational prices and special Friday opening day inducements. Shoppers urged to attend on opening day to maximize dollars and cents.
The piece humorously argues that Uncle Sam will redraw U S money to honor new designs. It notes changes across pennies and coins, from Lincoln cents to a buffalo nickel, predicts slimmer paper money, and laments the evolving appearance and morality of those who hold wealth, all in a playful nostaglia.
A citizen remarks on cherished past events and seasons, praising memories of dances, dinners, theater, and ideal weather from 1912 and 1913. He notes that hard times heighten appreciation for good days and urges a positive view of the year’s experiences.
In a largely agricultural country Serbia Becula describes a system where nearly every peasant cultivates his own freehold, illustrating widespread smallholder farming and property ownership among common people.
A newly issued state map shows Wisconsin roads and major routes, with color coding for rock types, elevations, streams, lakes, counties and cities. It includes rail lines, is mounted or unmounted, and is offered by the state to schools and property owners for cost, through the Superintendent of Public Property in Madison.
On and after January 1, 1916 the subscription price by mail will be 2.50 per year. The first class newspaper every day in the year costs less than one cent a day.
French writer Racine composed Mithridates while pacing quickly and shouting lines in the Tuileries, was mistaken for a madman by nearby workers, and upon returning home penned scene after scene in prose until he declared the tragedy done.
A Washington Star excerpt quotes Farmer Corprossel railing against the Congressional Record for misleading content and self-promoting speeches by a congressman. He complains about its occasional suspension of publication and the record reflecting government overreach.
County Judge W J Conway played a major role in county business on Monday and will seek re election next spring. Sheriff elect A J Cowell appointed Geo W Davis as deputy for the coming term, a popular choice. Indians on nearby marshes have trapped Mob rats earning over a hundred dollars in bounty plus valuable rat skins.
University of Wisconsin professor M W O Shea warns tobacco use among public school boys surges due to peer pressure. He cites 50 to 80 percent of high school pupils smoking, noting negative impacts on discipline and academics and calls for anti smoking action in tobacco reliant communities. A related case accuses K elsoge s toasted cornflakes makers of fixing prices and controlling interstate traffic to create a monopoly.
A federal equity suit was filed in the United States district court by order of Attorney General Wickersham. The government accuses Kellore Toasted Corn Flake Co of violating the Sherman antitrust law by using a patented carton to pack flakes as a subterfuge to evade the law and seeks injunctions to stop the company and its officers from controlling prices after manufacture.
An advertisement for the O W Kerr Company offering land in Bitter Root Valley Montana with developed and undeveloped tracts. The copy highlights climate, scenery, water, mild winters, cool summers, and hunting and fishing, inviting readers to write for prices.
The London Chronicle recounts astronomer Lalande striking Neptune with his glass on May 8, 1785 and again two days later. He first logged it as a star, then noted it as two pieces, realizing a star cannot move in 48 hours. He nearly became famous for a misread observation.
The text argues anxiety poisons life and spawns sins and miseries. It questions whether worry can change events or outcomes. It notes wisdom guides preparation for dangers but cannot fully resolve uncertain fate.
Dialogue from a Boston Transcript clip shows Gibbs warning about a risky umbrella, the other man bluntly counters that he carries it precisely when Gibbs is nearby. The exchange reflects a safe weathering of danger or sarcasm in a casual urban scene.
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