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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
13
Ed Finoay aims to organize a gun club while town talks of post office matters, theater chair upgrades, feasts, dances, births, weddings, and community notices. The snippet notes a Christmas to New Year pause, a Klondike plan, memorial services, and various local personalities and events in Marshfield era Stratford.
Sherman reports a potential link between the Handke murder eight years ago and the suicide of Lene Fields. Fields was said to know the killer and may have been hanged to shield the murderer, with Norris Sutherland claiming the killer and Fields shared the same fate. An investigation is underway amid rising public interest.
Skagway reports mild Christmas weather with little snow though interior Canada endures severe cold and long trips from Dawson City. Letters describe river hazards, spring plans, and hopes for Youkon gold finds while town business grows with rail access and growing city amenities.
A fragment notes a suggestion that Bennett’s wager reading is likely a railroad project. A special Christmas edition is promised to show progress since the first tent pitched at Skapuay. Mirthful Christmas wishes close the letter from Ansen Stroxe.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Wisconsin has for years supplied lumber camps with literature and small comforts. Led by Mrs. W. H. Upham and Mrs. Emma A. Shores, the program spans multiple states and relies on voluntary contributions from numerous lumber companies and individuals to maintain supplies and support winter relief efforts.
Merchant Athmoist visited Menasha while Alderman Will Kamps tours Ghilton. Emil Klemer traveled to Milladore on business. Roussier departs for Milwaukee. Fred Allman from Stratford and Charley Ducklow's Witton visit. Lydia Whitwan of Chippewa Falls stays with the Thomas sisters in Marshfield. County Clerk Ira Bradford en route to Spencer and Ed Wayhart visit. Elizabeth O Brein, Northwestern nursing graduate, considers locating here. Abbotsford residents Bean Peony and Lottie DeLapy attend Owl club dance. Yoho A Carlson reviews Reitbrook-Halsey Lumber Co. ice rowdy efforts. W H Depp plans move to Port Townsend then Washington coast.
Mrs Theo Kemnitz of Green Bay visited her daughter two weeks and left for home last Friday. Theo Kemnitz attended New Year baptism of Rev L Thom’s son. Rev C K Helland, now in Wittenberg, passed through on return from Canby Minn for his mother’s funeral. Mrs Coroling Larson Helland was 83 and widow 40 years. Advertisement about newspaper subscription arrears and calls for payment. Mention of a souvenir edition from the Wausau Daily Record with 100 pages of lore and portraits.
Desiring attendees for night school may learn terms by asking Norwood Point at the Band of Hope Hall on Tuesday and Friday nights.
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