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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
12
C D McCrellis, owner of a new ice cream factory south of the Omaha tracks, has added to the plant this fall and winter. A commodious office and a large ice house are under construction. He plans to put up and market much ice this year, suggesting Marshfield may avoid last fall’s ice shortage.
Anton Sumrak enlarged his farm by acquiring 40 additional acres adjoining his existing 40 acre tract known as the Bartz 40. The purchase cost him 15 dollars. Henry Joergensen cut feed for Stine Bros. on Saturday and Monday. Walter Peterson hauled a load of cheese to town Monday for M. Duvall. Frank Balance bought a fine black driving horse and expresses pride in the animal.
Mr Otto Vroman returns to the woods after holidays at home and Mr Charles Eyers also comes back. A baby boy weighing 6 lbs born to Mr and Mrs Wellmana on December 81. Mrs Geo Eyers travels to Oshkosh to visit her son and relatives. The R N A and M W A will be stall officers Saturday January 10 with all members and families invited.
In Richfield John Peters Jos David and U S. Fewer purchase gasoline engines. Mrs B E Noble returns to health and attends services. Mrs Henry Brooks and Mrs John Maxwell improve but remain home. A boy injures himself in a barn trap door and is taken to hospital for care. Lutefisk dinner at Barney Seprents New Years crowds. Laura Robinson returns to Kalmetes. Walter Knapton visits then returns to Marshal after days with relatives. Ladies Aid meets January 13. Fred Mews visits from North Auburndale. Chas David visits his father Jos David. Herman Bock visits friends. New Years dinner at W F Crackleys attracts fifty. Wedding bells soon. Wm Jones visits relatives at Dousman. Frank Henbest family return from Waukesha. W H Pembee visits his father. Lenhert child improving after appendicitis operation. Teachers have returned to duties.
Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale recalls a husband treating a wife as a child and contrasts that with a worker who leaves a cart with smashed china after two years of toiling. He explains he “shied at a piece of paper” and quit for a better job, whistling away to a new start.
An essay traces the frock coat from a versatile staple to a symbol of a refined class. It notes fashion shifts push the traditional tailcoat aside while suggesting a compromise where the frock remains for distinguished men such as statesmen lawyers ministers and other high status figures.
Senator Frawley in Albany ridicules a corruptionist by telling a country anecdote about a boy with water in his ear. The tale shifts to a memory of boyhood pranks, including hopping on one foot and tapping with stones, ending with a humorous interruption about eating watermelon.
The Danish court marshal sent a telegram to the Thalia theater requesting tango music to introduce the dance at the Copenhagen court. The reply stated no tango music had been published and only a manuscript could be obtained for a high price. An order followed: pay any price and mail the manuscript at once. The Thalia theater manager delivered the manuscript and charged $400.
A clergyman visited a recovering drinker and warned against excess. The man replied the doctor prescribed liquor, noting it helped him by allowing him to carry the key around the room, illustrating a warped sense of progress.
A colossal sea lion owned by Carl Hagenbeck roamed the enclosure and, after feeding, seized the keeper’s coat and shirt in a single bite. The animal, though strong and playful, left Hagenbeck bare to the crowd as he covered his shame with an overcoat while the sea lion watched from nearby.
Dr F M Sandwith lectured at Kensington Town Hall tracing early surgery 4000 years before Christ. He cited Nubian splints and graveyard remains showing fractures set with palm fiber bandages and reef knots, noting ancient surgeons used strong splints though many died.
A physiologist warns that both gray and white salts carry high bacterial counts. He explains gray sel contains mud and 6,000 to 76,000 colonies per gram, while refined salt retains about 2,000 colonies per gram from clay. He urges pure food officials to target salt refinement to remove germs.
A reader recalls gifting a Stevenson book to a friend's mother on her anniversary, misreading the occasion but receiving a humorous acknowledgment. The piece then notes Civil War losses, estimating about one million deaths on both sides with 100 000 and 90 000 killed in battle for the North and South respectively, and higher sickness mortality overall.
In a restaurant scene A E Anson, now playing in Romance, argues with a waiter about salmon. Anson teases a journey from British Columbia as the salmon turns out to be Scotch imported, prompting a comic exchange about origins and taste.
Hewitt reports that students Mike and Norbert Ley Edmund Cramer and Alois Zinthefer returned to Mount Calvary Tuesday after Christmas and New Year visits with parents Emil Schroeder left for Athens to start a lumber business on his ranch Geo Schuster traveled to Marathon on Monday Theo Wondrow got a new gasoline engine here last Monday Peter Bairl is very ill Norman Hoehn spent Christmas in Fond du Lac with grandparents and will attend school locally all winter
In Sleepy Hollow Mr and Mrs Fred Hohenstein from Alma Genter spent days with Mrs Hohenstein's parents Ernest Thomas. John Kanth butchered Tuesday. The district 4 school starts Monday January 5th. George Alexander of Alma Center called on Henry Frantz last week. Mrs Robert Machel spent Christmas and New Years in Stevens Point. Children skated on Machls pond Sunday evening and a large crowd attended the oyder Sunper in the town hall.
R P Rasmussen and son John visited J C Peter and family in Waupaca on Sunday. Henry Ebbe improves from typhoid fever. Hazel Thiel left for Oshkosh after holidays. Adelaide Wiken returns to Grad Rapids studies after holidays. Oscar Peterson cuts his foot while underbrushing for Fred Gea sart but expects to work soon. Hallie Matson Otto Vroman and Peter Christensen went to the woods Monday night. Peter Peterson is home from hospital and progressing well. Mrs Lorenz Kohl and daughters of Marshfield visited Glen Fetersons.
The piece reflects on Russell Sage’s estate totaling 66 million dollars, noting his reputation as the “Apostle of Thrift.” It praises his frugal habits and integrity while contrasting thrift with the notion that wealth requires luck or reckless speculation. It argues thrift plus industry and brains can bring success, though not everyone can emulate Sage.
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