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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1913
Page
6
The Stevens Point Journal reports the city has banned suggestive dances and will not pay for dance music during such performances. Weber's Orchestra has formed a band to defend traditional dances like the waltz and two step, amid a national trend toward more provocative moves.
The State Highway Engineer A R Hirst appeals for competent foremen to lead road construction as Wisconsin expected road work to jump from 1 000 000 to 2 500 000 dollars in 1913. Counties faced a shortage of foremen last year and may again this year, with the engineer urging mustered foremen to apply and be placed at good wages.
Cowell, newly elected sheriff, assumed duties Monday January 6 with six boarders. Since then two were discharged leaving four inmates. W E Little appointed deputy and turnkey at the jail. F G Gilkey named deputy at the Court House and now on duty during the current session. Miss Sadie Cowell acts as matron. Grand Rapids Reporter.
Promote a large, developed land tract in Bitter Root Valley Montana on the Pacific side of the mountains. Claims perfect climate mild winters cool summers and abundant water for busting and fishing. Encourages writing for prices to O W Kerr Company 206 Andrus Building Minneapolis Minnesota.
Carriers on rural free delivery routes out of the city now carry maps guides and parcel post stamps so patrons may secure them directly from carriers. The system brings city post office services to rural residents enabling parcel sending without a trip to town. Usage has been limited but is expected to rise as carriers promote the service.
The article explains Easter will occur on an earlier date this year and for several years past, with Easter Sunday tied to the first full moon after the equinox. It notes Lent starting Ash Wednesday February 5, and remarks that moveable feasts depend on Easter, having varied since 1900 and projecting into 1925 and beyond.
The Soo railroad adds 16 trouble points Tuesday by opening a new four-pocket fifty ton capacity standard coaling plant at Spencer operated by a gasoline engine. Increased business has led to extra staff at many coaling stations, including the city plant, where two more men were added. Water supply remains strained as water tanks prove inadequate for the large number of locomotives.
The passage argues that imagined troubles drain strength and nerve, leaving a false prop against real adversity. Fear of the future slows action and stifles important deeds, as worry often arises from imagination rather than actual events.
ALOVER Schreiney recalls a lost gem tale from Africa about children finding a bright stone like a diamond, lighting it in light and realizing it was a huge diamond after years. The piece also notes a London Mail anecdote about the “brother Scots” in a dry district sharing whisky, with a quip about Jock Anderson getting drunk.
A country minister asks a farmer if his son will return to college. The farmer replies that the son has a degree but needs more athletics, noting his help with harvest and crops shows practical learning beyond books.
A Baltimore American item reports a heated dispute over parenting and discipline with stark language about punishment. The piece reflects a tense exchange where one side asserts control while the other defends the child amid a charged domestic moment.
A dictionary of Terma presents vivid contrasts between value and labor. It notes that Rockefeller can transmute a few words into $50 000, the US stamps an ounce of gold into money, a mechanic turns $7 in material into $2 000 worth of springs, a woman buys a tool for $3 yet wants a $380 model, and a ditch digger labors ten hours to move heavy dirt for $1.25, labeling each as Toolishness or labor power and efficiency.
The countess of Desmond, famed as a merry widow, died in 1094 aged 140 after a long life marked by preserved faculties and travel. Her portrait inscription at Muckross Abbey notes she renewed her teeth twice during a lengthy pilgrimage. Her longevity record appears unlikely to be surpassed.
The article notes doubts about the historic basis of the Downes of Batgeworlly and the giant John Lidd of Oare yet acknowledges Blackmore’s Exmoor romance’s pull. Thousands visit the Hitle churches at Oare and ride Exmoor ponies along the Valley to the water slide, proving the story’s enduring allure even amid skepticism.
An editor ponders who spoke the most famous line in history. Figures like Caesar Socrates Lincoln Nelson are considered, but Euclid is crowned for best wisdom. Euclid travels to Alexandria to teach Ptolemy, while a student seeks a simpler path to learning.
Copenhagen shoppers praise the citys fish trade noting fresh fish for sale in harbor boats and water tanks near homes. The text describes live fish kept in water and sold at doors, with buyers visiting markets and public spaces to obtain seafood directly from vendors.
A humorous press snippet recounts a batch of applicants for a city force post in Washington. One large rural candidate answers questions about nativity with a garbled reply, claiming origin from "the Oost state in the Union" and misnaming Alabama in a wordplay exchange.
A Scotsman claims an old Scottish castle revealed wires proving early telegraph use. An Irishman retorts they found no wires, implying knowledge of wireless telegraphy in Ireland centuries ago. A humorous exchange contrasts tradition and invention.
The New York American notes astrology is an ancient art, celebrated by early civilizations from Chaldeans to Egyptians and Greeks. It persisted through the Middle Ages, surviving until modern science and natural law reshaped beliefs about stars and fate.
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