Second Regiment Band Captures Southern City
The Second Wisconsin Infantry band at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson draws San Antonio praise for concerts and parades. Led by Theodore A. Steinmetz, its Marshfield roots and disciplined rehearsals, with 23 members, highlight a long service record and a reputation for quality music reflected in frequent downtown performances.
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San Antonio
Marshield
Fort Sami Houston
Camp Wilson
Second Wisconsin Infantry
Theodore A. Steinmetz
San
Ginve
Wisconsin
Steinmerz
Ali Steinmetz
Marshfield
August Wolf
Albert J. Rasmussen
Steinmetz
Gunter Hotel
Travis Park Methodist Church
Seventh Field Artillery
Aptain Thomas B. Beveridge
San Antonians
Theodore A. Steinmeta
Louis M. Lament
August G. Wolfy
Floyd F. Volk
John J. Huehl
Victory W. Nehs
Herbert C. Bartman
Emil Sehjenberg
Edwin J. Augustine
John L. Berg
Plainfield Pastor Promotes Trade Ads for Weddings and More
Plainfield pastor Rev. G Stanley Joslin launches a high profile ad campaign in the Plainfield Sun offering services for weddings funerals baptisms and christenings with a playful twist. The notice draws mixed reactions as observers compare the marketing stunt to modern advertising trends and wonder about its impact on church outreach.
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Plainfield
Sedate
Saber
G. Stanley Joslin
Fortnightly Musical Club Program and Jokes
The Fortnightly Musical club meets Friday with Mrs. B. El Vin presenting History of Music. Performances include Russian Ballet, Arabesque, Valse, Bagatelle Italienne, Lilacs and Morning, Etude in F Sharp, Prelude in G Minor, Song of the Lark, and Power of Love among others. Interleaved are witty quips and jokes attributed to various figures.
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B. EL Vin
Karganoff Mes. Schaefer
Arensky
Barr
Bagatelle Italienne
Schaefer
Rachmanioff
Williams
Parent Teachers Plan Programs of Special Interest
The Lincoln school Parent-Teachers Association will meet Thursday at 4 PM in the Lincoln school building. The program includes music from Robert Burns, readings, vocal selections, and talks on home and intelligent suggestion. A reception will follow. the notice also references an unrelated exchange about community life and quotes from various papers.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association of the Lincoln School
Lincoln School
Robert Burns
Burne
Orb
Agnes Noll
Teachers’ Association of Upton
Kathryn Connor
Hamilton Rodd
Av Bulmer
Pate Trene Swartling
Prof
O'Shea
Mir
E. J. Sizer
What an Education Cost in the Forties in Wisconsin
In October 1845 Platteville Academy invited applicants with a promise to match top American academies and offer boarding at 1.50 to 2 dollars per week. The Grant County Herald editor argued it should be 1.25 to 1.50 per week. The piece notes ongoing disputes over living costs then as now.
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Wisconsin
Plattevilla
The King's Courtesy To Aberdeen Ladyship Tale
The account recalls King Edward VI's measured courtesy at Aberdeen where he knighted the lord provost. During a meal he noticed Mrs Lyon and altered her place card to Lady Lyon, then handed it to her with a gracious remark, illustrating his noted graciousness.
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Edward VI
Europe
Aberdeen
Family Harmony and Frugal Fashion Talk
A stout lady boasts of easy use and long life for shoes, tweed, hats, gloves, and stockings, claiming seven years for her coat. Her daughter remarks with a single quiet line about their father, who is not part of the easy consumption.
Conserning Ideals Incomplete Dialogues At Auntie Exchange
Fragmentary exchange shows two speakers discussing kit Ideals and personal satisfaction. The text is garbled with typos but suggests an auntie language and a character named I le claiming presence of Txchanee. The fragment lacks clear event or outcome.
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Auntie
Amd
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Charles Reade
Milwaukee
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Adler Theatre
Franz Lehar
Merry Widow
Arthur Albro
New York
Tion
Metropolitan
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Lucy Fields
Ruth Thompson
Adelaide Messmer
Horace Ruwe
le Roi Operai
Salvator Solte
George Williams
Clyde Hunnewell
Andreas Dippel
Ensemble of
Milan Roder
Davidson Theatre
Uromnad
First National Bank
United States
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
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