Wisconsin teachers to get minimum monthly salaries bill proposed
A Wisconsin statewide bill drafted by the Wisconsin State Teachers Association committee chaired by Superintendent Tabey sets minimum teacher salaries. It fixes forty dollars for second grade cert holders, fifty dollars for first grade or normal school diploma holders, with provisions for district deficits, state treasury aid, and apportionment forfeiture if the act is not complied with, per the Wau Sau Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Wisconsin State Teachers’ Association
Tabey
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Board of Education
Secretary of State
Wausau Record
Carnation Day Honor For William McKinley Memory
Yesterday January 29 marked Car nation Day when reporters and memory circles honored William McKinley with carnations. The Carnation League of America has spread to many cities to foster sentiment for the late president. Tuesday marked the sixty fifth anniversary of McKinley’s birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKinley
President McKinley
Carnation League of America
McKinley
United States
Chinese New Year customs and local notices
The article notes Chinese New Year begins Sunday Feb 17 and lasts two weeks with feasting and fireworks. Mongolians settle debts to join celebrations. editors benefit from delinquents paying. A bill to curb teacher contract violations is likely to fail. Also ad blurbs for Chamberlain's Salve, Sexton Bros meats, and an eye ear nose throat practice near the American National Bank.
The Origin of Valentines in Roman and Christian Traditions
A compact account traces Valentines Day origins from Roman Lupercalia customs and a bishop Saint Valentine executed on February 14, 270 A D. It notes the calendar linkage, early church efforts to replace girls names with saints, and the spread to Britain and America via valentine missives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Valentine
Pan
Rome
St. Valentine
Marcus Aurelius
Wheatley
Allen Butler
Great Britain
America
Beell Defeats Demetral In Chicago Wrestling Bout
Fred Beell of Marshfield defeated William Demetral in a three fall match in Chicago. Beell won the first fall in 25 minutes 36 seconds, the second went to Demetral on a Nelson and grapevine, and Beell clinched the final fall in 1 minute 1 second. Beell, angry after the second fall, pinned Demetral to the mat and then challenged Gotch for $500 and planned to meet Hackerschmidt next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Beell
Marshfield
William Demetral
Chicago
Demetral
Beell
Fred
Nelson
Fleming
Dametral
Frank Gotch
Charles Hackerschmidt
Legislative press club formed by newspaper men
Grassie in the Evening Wisconsin notes a group of editors and writers from Marinette Eagle-Star, Reedsville Review, Fenimore Times, Kickapoo Chief Waureka, Vernon County Censor, Chippewa Falls Independent forming a legislative press club. Roles include foreman, devil, transportation agent, financial agent, copy reader, and office cat. Meetings will be called to order when a delinquent subscriber pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. LeRoy
Marinette Eagle-Star
John T. Hughes
Reedsville Review
H. E. Rothe
Fennimore Times
Jeremiah O'Neil
Kickapoo
Waureka
C. G. Munson
Vernon County Censor
T. J. Cunningham
Chippewa Falls Independent
Civil Service Commission
Grassie
Wisconsin
Eclipse of the Moon Seen Early Morning
A partial lunar eclipse was visible yesterday at six o clock as the moon entered total shadow before moonset. Few people awake at that hour noticed the event though the sky seemed unusually dark.
Rev Fr Daniela Buys 18000 Acre Land Deal
Rev Fr W Daniels of Marathon City and formerly of Hewitt, a Marshfield figure, passed through on Monday en route to Cologne Minn. where he and two Watsat parties completed a deal for 18000 acres to be sold in smaller tracts to settlers. E C Kretlow of Wausau handles the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. W. Daniels
Marathon City
Hewitt
Marshfield
Cologne
Minn
Watsat
E. C. Kretlow
Wausau
Would Give Land Away In Marshfield Inquiry
A Marshfield man who bought a vacant Central avenue lot years ago now owes 35.28 in taxes after a new sidewalk and sewer were added. He asks the city treasurer to locate a recipient for the land, saying he will not burden a poor man or a “wood citizen” and hints at driving out certain residents, misapplying the Single Tax idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weryauwema
Central Avenue
Marshfield
Mrs. Kate Ridsdale Safe After Kingston Quake
Anxiety rose in Marshfield area over Mrs. Kate Ridsdale once of Marshfield who was in Kingston Jamaica during the earthquake. She reports safety to friends and relatives Mrs. Chas Farnum and Miss May Farnum, traveling with her. They stayed at Ellesmere Kingston and endured several days outdoors but escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Kate Ridsdale
Marshfield
Mrs Mert Wall Relinquishes Rights to Three Boys
Mrs Mert Wall of Calby appeared before Judge Miller at Wausau last Friday and signed a document relinquishing all rights to her three sons aged two, three, and five. The children were taken to the state school at Sparta and will likely be separated to find homes.
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Mert Wall
Calby
Edee Sentenced to Waupun for Four and a Half Years
Burglar Edee, arrested by Officer Griffin in the city, pleaded guilty in Wausau and was sentenced to four and a half years in state prison. He had robbed a house of watches jewelry and money. Judge Marchetti told him he would serve the full term. Sunday will feature a special Methodist Sunday School visitors day with a program including Dr Harrington and Miss Rasmussen among others.
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Edee
Griffin
Wausau
Waupun
Marchetti
Methodist Sunday School
Dr. Harrington
Miss Radtke
Rasmussen
Eorge Harrington
Dale
High School Literary Society Notes and Play Practice
At the Literary Society meeting last Thursday the program included roll call, Shakespeare quotations, the President's Address by Craig Connor, and a section on music with Amy Dahlquist. The Juvenile Templars of Perseverance Temple No 59 met Saturday, electing Leah Plumb chief templar and naming officers for the year including Hazel Poerner, Olive Payne, Raymond Suter, Lenora Garrison, Agnes Veers, Olge Oleson, Elmer Boyer, Bessie Corer, Albert Rhyner, Ralph Milligan, and Ellinore Van derhoof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Society
Rollcall
Craig Connor
Mpromptu
Wayne Deming
Olive Ehrhardt
United States
Canada
Walter Drotlinger
Selma Bartman
Marie Sexton
Irene Plum
Alya Reily
Imprompto
Mabel Couture
Amy Dahlquist
Templars
Perseverance Temple No. 59
Sexton Building
Templar
Leah Plumb
Hazel Poerner
Olive Payne
Raymond Suter
Lenora Garrison
Treas
Agnes Veers
Olge Oleson
Marshall
Elmer Boyer
D. Marshal
Bessie Corer
Albert Rhyner
Ralph Milligan
Kimmerman
Ellinore Vanderhoof
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Wehrwein
Sexton Bros
Wenzel
J. W. Burns
American National Bank
Valentines
Daniela
Marshfield’ Bedding Co
Iron Works
South Depot Street
Tiffault-Kamps Mercantile Co
Ladies
Fur Boas
Ashan Jackettan Jac
Tiffault-Kamps Merc. Co
Lutterman & Eckes
Yours Truly
Upham Banner Mills
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