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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1914
Page
6
Railroads promote northern Wisconsin resorts with bulletins saying large patches and shipments of fish mark the season. Dispatches across the northern half of the state report better than ever fishing. Railroads boost vacation travel, aiding natural resource development and inviting new visitors to invest in the area.
The annual parade delighted residents and visitors with a top prize for Burke Lawder Co. wagon trim. Milwauk ee guests Clara Garoke and Paul Otto visited Arthur Trimbor. Miss Berry of Wausau stayed with J A Pennebeck. Norman's Grove picnic drew many, as haying benefited from good weather. Staadt band, led by Joe Kautzer, provided music. Kautzer joked about heat after being found in a hay mow.
A wedding themed notice promotes WASSERBERGER AND DICKOFF The Harness Men offering high quality harness. It emphasizes durable workmanship and finish for horse owners preparing for marriage and expects customers to buy at their shop.
Earl Campbell of Wild Rose visits relatives in the area while Guy Blairdell and family from Eau Claire stay briefly. A J Gardiner of Minneapolis visits his mother Mrs J Gardiner. Geeif Bradt of Rice Lake stays with Mrs Agnes Rickett. Jon Whitmore leaves for a funeral at Waupaca Soldier's Home. Elgie and Martha Fredricks of Wausau visit. Frank Hayward of Rib Lake arrives for the Fourth. Two new barns are raised this week for Frank Allan and Lawrence Driscoll.
National Scout Commissioner Daniel G Beard corrects a New York paper claiming American origins for the boy scout idea. He cites American figures such as Daniel Boone Siwash Kenton George Tigers Clark Davy Crockett and George Washington and notes Baden Powell acknowledged borrowing the concept from the United States. He traces the birth of the movement to 1910 when various groups united to form the Boy Scouts of America.
Secretary Daniels lauds Boy Scouts training as a path to better men. Attendees at a Raleigh hotel meeting praise the movement and compare it to Navy aims, noting swimming semaphore and signaling, and youth appeal of life aboard battleships. Speakers include Nelson Clapp Verdil Juan Johnson and Greeley from agriculture.
A passage extols the Boy Scouts of America promoting physical strength, mental alertness, and moral character. It outlines the scout oath and law, loyalty to leaders, family and country, truthfulness, helpfulness, courtesy, kindness to animals, obedience, cheerfulness, thrift, courage, cleanliness, and reverence to God as guiding principles for youth.
Scouts in Philadelphia tackle vacant lots after school during Cleanup Week, clearing rubbish and nonbiodegradable litter. Real estate agents back the khaki clad groups, granting them access to tidy up areas and promote urban renewal.
A new gasoline powered self guiding farming device, featured in Popular Mechanics, travels along circular spiral rows toward the center. It attaches plows ridgers cultivators and sprayers, requiring only start and stop inputs. Suitable for small scale truck gardens, not large farms.
Mrs G Stengle of Plainfield New Jersey reports a stomach trouble case eased after using Chamberlains Tablets. She credits letters from cured users in an advertising booklet and says she has taken nearly three fourths of a package and can now eat almost everything she wants. Sold by all dealers.
Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor exercise, insufficient chewing, constipation, torpid liver, worry and anxiety, overeating, and unsuitable foods. Correct your habits and take Chamberlain's Tab Jets and you will soon be well again. For sale by all dealers.
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