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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1898
Page
13
A jumble of short items reports deaths, a law firm dissolution, a barber shop ad, troop dispatches, crop yields, a charity meeting notice, fines for breaking into a town pound, a dressmaking opening, funeral attendance, storm damage, family outings, church services, social visits, and a fatal mill accident at a Nekoosa paper mill with a worker torn apart by machinery.
Tramur Smith nearly drowned in the factory pond on Wednesday and was saved by John Bumgarner during a third submersion attempt. Meanwhile a church group postponed its officer installation to July 1 and hosted ice cream and a social. Earl Smith, eight, battling blood poisoning after a cut, shows improvement. An August Milwaukee excursion is arranged by St Joseph's Catholic society for German benevolent groups, with a Badger State Band performance. Communities report parade, race, and war news alongside numerous personal notices.
The council met last night for its regular monthly session. Neillsville residents Chas Gilman Emil Nick attended as guests of Solon Reily Libel and Charlie Cole departed for an extended visit with relatives in Faribault Minnesota. Mrs Wm Wolf and family plus Miss Emma Wolf of Kaukauna were guests of Tu Hart's family earlier in the week.
Notice announces a Republican city convention at City Hall Maralefeld Wood County Wisconsin on Monday July 11 at o'clock A M to nominate a city treasurer and conduct other business. Ward representation listed including delegates for six wards and precinct caucuses on Saturday July 2 at specified locations. By order of the Republican city committee dated July 6 signed Demina Chairperson Dare.
The Marshall city council met with mayor and seven aldermen present and approved a resolution for a special election on July 1, 1898, to fill the office of city treasurer. Separate ward elections were set for each ward at specific halls, and the clerk was instructed to issue five days’ notice of the vote.
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