Sherry News: Evans Former Postmaster Dies in Marshfield
Richard O. Evans, longtime postmaster and merchant of Sherry, died Thursday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield after years of ill health. Funeral services were held in Racine on Monday. He is survived by two sons, Thomas and Richard, and a daughter, Jennie. Local items note Ernest Ossmani returns from the lumber camp, a dance announced for February 6, and visits by Ray Luedike, John and Glen Lounsbury, Rev A J Anderson, with several residents moving or selling property including a farm sale to Mr Gilbertyson from Dodgeville.
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Sherry
Richard
Riverside News Roundup
RIVERSIDE January 27 report notes William Brick hauling sand to Marshfield to build a summer house. Local McMillan Lutheran group met at Mos. Robert Noll’s. River folk danced at Weigelsdorf to a large crowd. Brad Weidman Sr. celebrated a birthday last Friday. Nellie Boun, district No. 6 teacher, visited Nyla Burlington’s home. A Sunday snowstorm blocked rural delivery. main highways required teams to break through drifts up to four feet.
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Rile
William Brick
Marshfield
Alfred Lust to St Paul ice carnival trip
Alfred Lust of Madison visited his coach Ingham Hankel for a week and left Monday for the ice carnival at St Paul. Eugene Hankel, son of Mr and Mrs George Hankel, has pneumonia but is much better now. A wedding dance was held at Peter Eckes in honor of Miss Eleanor Eckes and Mr Ernest Buelow with neighbors shivareeing them. A new separator and tank installed in the factory Sunday, with several farmers helping. the total cost is about five hundred dollars.
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Mohle
Alfred Lust
Eugene Hankel
Mrs
George Hankel
Peter Eckes
Eleanor Eckes
Ernest Buelow
Lindsey News Notes From Lindsey Wisconsin
Jan 22 report from Lindsey cites a small schoolweek due to grip illness among pupils. Mr Paulson shipped a carload of cattle Monday. Mrs P J Tilton, ill with grin, is improving. August Waiters hosted the Ladies Air gathering last Thursday. R N A installation last Wednesday drew many members and families with Deputy Irene Hobbs presiding. Miss Helen Washburn and Roland Washburn hosted the Overcomers last Tuesday. Perry Hahn will entertain them on the 28th.
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Lindsey
Ingle
R.N. A
Irene Hobbs
Neillsville
Helen Washburn
Roland Washbirn
Agnes Whits
Perry Hahn
Mannville items and notices from a local town
Jan Mann sold a load of hay to Mr. Brickeimer of Marshfield. A.C. Molander bought a horse from R. A. Buckmaster. The town awaits telephone service restoration this week. Evangelistic meetings continue in Spencer school district No. 6. Mannville Telephone installs new lines for Frank Zeck Joe Aweek and others. Ernest Butcher of Brookfield visits family. Mann Co-Operative Dairy stockholders meet at 1 o'clock February a at the schoolhouse. R. Koch is secretary.
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Emil Kara Loadlea
Mr. Brickeimer
Marshfield
Spencer
Mannville Telephone Company
Frank Zeck
Joe Aweek
Prank
Robert Ernest Butcher
Brookfield
Goerze ‘Butcher
Mann Co-Operative Dairy Company
R. Koch
Local notes from Bakerville and surrounding farms
Michael Ertl of Oshkosh visited Bakerville over Sunday and left Tuesday for home. Farmers shipped stock Monday via the American Society of Equity. Mrs. G Lenhart of Marshfield visited her parents the past week. John Sicklinger Jr of Chili stayed with his parents Wednesday. Anna Zinthoefer, recently employed at Albert Kramer's, is home again. Theresa Schuster, wintering with her parents, left recently for Marshfield. Caroline Kramer, recovering from knee surgery at St Josephs hospital, remains there. Mr and Mrs William Nickolai and family visited Mr and Mrs Charles Zinthoefer Sunday, with Joseph Nickolai of Marshfield among them. Andrew Gleichsner bought a gasoline engine after windstorm damage to his windmill a week ago, gaining pumping independence. Wenzel Binder left Aloys Youngwirth’s farm to help with the new fort acre place.
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Local Births and Social Notes From Auburndale
In Auburndale on January 11 a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Schill. A baby boy arrived January 22 to Mr. and Mrs. George Bersdan, another boy to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rewling, and a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Platterer, all reported in weekly notes. Mrs. R. A. Connor hosted friends Sunday evening. Miss Frances Aldrich of Oshkosh visits Miss Margaret Wohlbeck. H. M. Blumenstein attended a Chicago convention and returned. Mrs. Pd Hughes of Bakersfield, California, spent a week with her parents, while Edward Britten and family moved to Laona where Mr. Britten takes a new edge work for the Connor company.
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Auburndale
N. L. Schill
George Bersdan
Mrs
Julius Rewling
Joseph Platterer
Pd. Hughes
Bakersfield, Cal
Joseph Eibl
Joseph Plat
Teter
Winter notes and small town births and deaths
Lindsey notes an old fashioned winter lingered as Roeland Washburn visits Clark county. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs William Grady, and the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Richards buried after a few hours. J T Slexser returns from Milwaukee for family illness amid tranchitis in two children.
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William Grady
Mrs. Richards
Richfield Notes on Willing Workers and Local Happenings
Mrs. Ella Fritzsche elected president and Mrs. Della Henbest secretary as the Willing Workers install new officers. Community reports note sickness, visits, a Fifteen Cent Luncheon for church funds, local travel, and a cow tester’s figures showing high milk and butter fat yields from the area herds.
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Richfield
Llewellyn
Roland
Ella Fritzsche
Della Henbest
Matti Hard
Auburndale Notes and Upcoming Games and Events
Auburndale items include residents visiting Marshfield Stevens Point and Laona, with Robert Connor, Miss H Bliss, S W O Grien, Miss Lydia Grebe, William Kergol, and George Annas Jett noted. The Auburndale basketball team lost to the Stevens Pointers. A Reading Circle met in Grand Rapids with Auburndale attendees. Principal B Helen Miller attended a state principals meeting. Upcoming games against Stratford and a musical recital are scheduled for February 16 and mid February.
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Auburndale
Grand Rapids
Marshfield in Farly Days Told by Times Files
Thirtyfour Years Ago Today reports weather, a threefoot snow in the woods, and trains behind schedule. Eugene Pilon returns from Canada while local events include Merkel Bros. ponies in action, Essinger property matters at Hewitt switch, and preaching by Rev. Case. Judge G L Park inquiry into illegal votes prompts Marshfield scrutiny and trips to nearby towns. Billy Baker welcomes a son weighing eight pounds. A Mannville group clashed with Marshfield youths at J Luis’s saloon.
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Milwaukee Market Prices Report January 26
Milwaukee Market reports fair demand for flour with mixed grain prices. Wheat remains steady to active with No 2 hard at 1.13 and No 1 at 1.01, others listed. Oats rise, corn quiet, provisions higher with mess pork at 17.56 cash and January, lard at 10.80, live hogs down to 5.80 6.15, dressed hogs desired at 7.00 7.15.
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Playing the Second Fiddle in Life’s Orchestra
Cleland McAfee reflects on the phrase playing second fiddle from a concert analogy. He notes second violins support or rival first violins, carrying melodies at times, unison at others, and asserts many unseen helpers keep life’s music moving. He cites Carlyle and Washington as examples of essential, overlooked contributors.
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Liat & Certiia Gan
Carlyle
Washington
Prida of Musician Viett the Euiller in Versailles Scene
Prida of Musician Viett famous eighteenth century French musician shows contempt for royalty. Summoned to Versailles to perform before Marie Antoinette, he stops as a cry demands the Comte d Artoig and walks out with his Ko Lin under his arm.
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Meaning of the Motto Learn to Say Yes
Young Canfield visits the country house of an eccentric father with ten daughters. A motto over a door reads Learn to Say Yes and prompts the decorator to ask its meaning. The daughters explain it is the father's idea, reflecting their large family.
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Canfield
National Monthly
A Game of Catch Between Field and Graham
The dialogue centers on John Graham and David Dudley Field as they spar over legal codification. Field aims to craft strong laws while Graham jokes about testing them, noting his habit of finding weaknesses and repeatedly challenging Field’s proposals.
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Stone Layng Ceremony Sparks Humorous Misprint
A London Globe report notes a stone laying ceremony followed by a misread wire to the builder. The message claimed “Stone laid with great color” while the builder, audibly upset, exclaimed “Am other new foreign cement.” The exchange underscores newsroom wit on a ceremonial day.
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London Globe
Why He Liked the Camel in a Sunflower County Tale
Harris Dickson recalls a hunting trip in Sunflower County Mississippi meeting an old darky who had never seen a circus. When a season later the show came to Vicksburg he took him to the train arrival tents parade and all. The old man whispered he enjoyed it but confessed the camel impressed him most for its noble smell.
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Darky
Hiafe
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Anit’ Dickson
Mistah Dickson
Ab Shore
Boas
Faithful Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Story
A story of the faithful dog Bobby near Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh. The statue honors Greyfriars Bobby for sixteen years of mourning after his master’s death in 1858 and burial in Greyfriars Churchyard. Erected by Baroness Burdett Coutts, the tale notes Bobby sheltered under a tombstone and died beside his master's grave, a testament to loyal devotion.
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Single Exception and Memory in Spring Chickens
A brief quip from the Wankington Star quotes Farmer Corn taase debating whether memory helps a man with dates. He concludes it matters little when selling spring chickens, illustrating a rustic humor about timing and aging in agricultural life.
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Farmer Corntaase
Wankington Star
Practical Health Hint on Skin’s Waste Elimination
The skin acts as a major waste removal organ along with kidneys and liver. Sweat glands excrete waste as a watery solution. moderation in eating meat and ample water aid the body in discharging waste, reducing strain on organs and preventing later life troubles.
Frederik the Great at Adler Theater in Marshfield
Frederik the Great and his all star company close two days at the Adler tonight. The magician presented a strong program with new tricks including the dream in mid air and The Golden Ball of Osires. Miss Inez Nourse enchanted the audience as a banjo specialist while Frederik showcased nail escape and other feats in a two hour show.
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