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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
4
Frigid conditions grip the city with readings from eight to thirty-two below as pedestrians battle drifting snow. Local teams face cold impacts with M. H. S and Edgar High school basketball schedules unsettled, while coaches and players travel to Wausau and plan future games amid record lows.
Miss May Curran was out of town causing classes to be led by Miss Marie Sexton during her absence. Six weeks quizzes and semester exams are set for the week with Commercial arithmetic students facing a three day test from today to Friday. Miss Alvin Bartholomew of Green Bay visited Monday. Basketball suits were ordered Monday for the Stevens Point game in this city on the twenty ninth. Superintendent W Otto spent Friday in Wausau where he refereed a high school game between Wausau and Wittenberg, which the Wausau team won 29 to 26. A total of twenty eight.
Miss Caroline Wundrow is very ill with a nervous disease. Henry Smith broke part of his hay press while baling for Thomas Horn last Saturday. Adolph Wundrow sawed wood for William Ohm last Wednesday. Miss Mary Schill has been sick with the grip the past week. Miss Laura Wundrow left work to tend her ill sister amid cold weather.
Boxing fans expect better luck as Marshfield Athletic Association unveils a ten round night with Tommy Krieg versus Anton the Greek, Hal Clark against Young White, and Spider Kelly versus Duffy Downey. Kid Blettler meets Freddie Dart in a six round opener. George Duffy referees. Mark Bellis timekeeper.
After two weeks of preliminary shooting, Armory A opened competitive shooting for prizes. First prize goes to the top scorer, with other cash awards making up six places. Top ten for the week list includes Mitchellstead, John D., Zeck, Beseler, Spearbecker, Purdy, Wits, Arendy, Han, and Morel. The event is limited to enlisted men serving their first enlistment since January 1, 1915.
A brigade order from Madison ends officer elections for Company A and the regiment. Future second lieutenants must be recommended by the company commander, not elected. Examinations become stricter with a written mental test replacing the former oral exam. A three-officer Madison board will review answers, including at least one army officer. A 75 percent score is required to qualify for a company command.
The piece warns that eating after eight breakfast times and long gaps between meals provoke indigestion and urges a five hour interval between meals. It also notes wasps ranking next to higher ants in insect intelligence.
Marshfield upset Medford High 36 to 17 in Friday’s opener. Marshfield led 21 to 9 at halftime and dominated with sharp passing and stifling defense. Louis Thomas led Marshfield with a flashy points, while Medford’s O’Malley and Williams stood out for the visitors. Next Friday Marshfield hosts Wausau.
George De Carleton, a lead in Fox’s The Nigger, visits a Georgia courtroom where an old colored woman accused of stealing chickens faces a jury. The foreman finds her not guilty as the prisoner vows she will not steal again.
A resident of Farmers Mills New York I B Wixon reports long use of Chamberlains Tablets for stomach and liver woes and says they are the best he has ever used The Times advertises the product as effective and widely available with an endorsement style note
The article notes many pedestrians suffer frost bite to feet hands ears and noses during a severe cold spell. It mentions churchgoers in a Catholic congregation and trains on the Soo Line hindering crossings as freight and people waited for passages. It highlights wood markets and farmers hauling wood and hay, and praises the Chicago and Northwestern railway for a year with no passenger fatalities due to Safety First efforts and modern signaling.
The Times notes the ongoing debate over railroad safety, stating the paper does not back railroads yet has historically shed light on issues surrounding railroad safety practices and related sub topics.
John Paul Jones, born in Virginia to a gardener named John Paul, sailed young and began as a slave trader before joining Congress in 1775 to command a ship. He later led a French fleet, won several key victories over Britain, served Russia as rear admiral after the Revolution, and died in France in 1792.
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