Banker and Lumberman Puts Faith in Western Marathon Roads
B F McMillan, banker and former lumberman, advocates removing sod from graded country roads to improve New State Highway quality. He notes sod is waste and nuisance but compost for fields, and cites a recent road north of his home near McMillan village as a practical example without crushed stone. He plans to dismantle his mill this fall with lumber used on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. McMillan
First National Bank
McMillan
Marathon County
Wisconsin
Times
McMillan Plans Dam Raise and Cattle Expansion at Eau Pleine
Mr McMillan intends raising the dam to its former level to create a boating area on the Eau Pleine. He has about 200 Dakota feeder cattle purchased in St Paul to be sold after the season, plus a Holstein herd led by Pontiac McMillan Korndyke De Kol. He recently paid $500 to the Michigan state asylum farm at Pontiac for the fancy animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMillan
Hhe
St. Paul
McMillan Farm
Pontiac McMillan
Nelson Genett nuptials at Menominee Michigan
The Waupaca Record Leader reports Miss Mildred A. Nelson and Mr. William M. Genett were married Monday June 30 in Menominee Michigan. Nelson is daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Nelson of Lakestreet while Genett formerly worked in the Waupaca Record office and later edited the Iola Herald. The couple will reside in Marquette Michigan where Genett works in a newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupaca Record-Leader
Menominee, Mich
Mildred A. Nelson
Wm. M. Genett
Nelson
Andrew Nelson
Lakestreet
Genett
Iola, Herald
Marquette
Mich
Marshfield
Gets His Auto Back Again
Herbert R. Bathrick recovered his stolen touring car after a supper at a Rogers Park cafe. Gary police located the vehicle in Marshfield and three colored men were taken with it. The car was damaged but Bathrick planned to have it repaired and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Bathrick
Rogers Park
Gary
Ind
Marshfield
Mr. Athrick
Flags Bought by Rand Aid Marshfield Fourth Celebration
The Second Regiment band owns the flags once displayed over Marshfield streets for the Fourth. Funds from the celebration committee financed fifty regulation sized flags, preventing rental costs for future holidays. The flags, fast color, withstood Friday night rain and were raised again Saturday. Band members, aided by a dray and fire department ladders, put them up. one flag burned Friday night during the hose war, scorched by a stray roman candle flame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield Streets
Second Regiment
Raise Alfalfa Crop Gains Credence In Area
Conrad Guckenberger of Wood Marathon route area presented a sample of alfalfa grown on his farm this Summer. The sheaf, nearly three feet long, was heads up and impressed the editor. The piece notes alfalfa rising from superstition to a practical feeding crop as viable compared with clover or timothy.
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Times
Conrad Guckenberger
Wood
Marathon County
Guckenberger
Wisconsin Advance Aids Adams County Census Take
In reply to an inquiry, the Wisconsin Advance notes Adams County Mississippi shows a population drop of 16 percent from 1900 to 1910, fewer improved acres by 1,130, and 24 percent fewer farms. Of 1,974 farms, 1,646 were run by non-owners. yields include corn 15.3, oats 14.7, peas 3.7, potatoes 92 bushels, and cotton under one tenth bale per acre. Farm value averaged $365 with $111 per farm spent on labor fertilizer and feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Advancement Association
Adams County
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Old Time Fourth of July Delights a Marshfield Crowd
A Marshfield Fourth of July celebration featured a dense program with prizes totaling substantial sums and paid promptly. Winners included Willie Wenzel in the 100 yd dash for under 12, Mrs. C. E. Hewitt for heaviest nomad, and Oscar Wee in the open dash, among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Regiment
Willis Arnold
C. E. Hewitt
Sadore Seidl
Eli Christensen
Joseph Schindler
Frank Monahan
William Bliesener
Oscar Wee
Winthrop Reynolds
E. R. Brooks
Henry Martens
Frank Wilner
Frank Wanke
Claire Gadson
William Wisbrook
Esther Erlich
Esther Leonhard
Claude Disbrow
Lloyd Stringham
John Wanke
Leonard Dix
Fred Bichler
Tony Andress
ClarenceLeinwander
Clark Gadson
Wisconsin Farmers Institute Petition Information
Farmers and public spirited business people in Wisconsin may request a blank petition and information letter to establish a Farmers Institute in winter 1913 1914. Any town in a farming district with a good hall can qualify, and organizers should contact Geo McKerrow Superintendent Madison Wis for blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Geo. McKerrow
Supt
Madison, Wis
Insuring Pure Bred Stock Under New Lyon Mutual Rules
The Lyon Mutual Fire Insurance Company board changed premium rules for live stock. Pure bred animals may be insured separately with specific policy amounts: mares and stallions 100 to 400 by age, calves under one year 35, animals over one and under two 75, and animals over two years 125.
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The
Lyon Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Heratofore
Bamford Cheese Dealer Declares Bankruptcy in Milwaukee
H. J. Bamford, a major Plymouth cheese dealer, filed for bankruptcy in Milwaukee with $150,000 debts and about the same in assets. He cites a drop in cheese prices between January and April as the cause, with creditors spread across Wisconsin. The Marshfield branch, operated as Bamford & Co, has been managed by R. J. Beutler and has reportedly halted payments as shipments continued in hopes of later collections.
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Sheboygan
H. J. Bamford
Plymouth
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bamford
Marshfield
H. J. Bamford & Co
South Depot Street
Cedar Street
A. Piggott & Co
Fond du Lac
Piggott’s
R. J. Beutler
Plymouth Mars
Advertised Letters Week Ending June 26 1913
A list of names alphabetically arranged as letters advertised as unclaimed at the local post office for the week ending June 26 1913. Names include Veres Bennet Frank Baydoc Andrew Brown Geo W Boahlg Gail Christianson Fred Herbeck Ernest Ingals Helen Kluge E R Lynch Mrs Wm Long Mrs S J Means Mrs Hattie Miller Frank Norman Mrs Chas Guimby E 8 Sturm Mr J Tomis Mrs B C Wallace and Miss Alma Wunbrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veres Bennet
Frank Baydoc
Andrew Brown
Geo. W. Boahlg
Gail Christianson
Fred Herbeck
Ernest Ingals
Helen Kluge
E. R Lynch
Wm. Long
S. J. Means
Hattie Miller
Frank Norman
Chas. Guimby
Sturm
J. Tomis
B.C. Wallace
Alma Wunbrow
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F. McMillan
Menominee
Waupaca
H. R. Bathrick
Chicago
Chamberlain
Palms Restaurant
Central Avenue
Blodgett
RAND
Like
Arthur Persons
John Sartell
Carl Ostinski
Elmer Furstenburg
Stratford
Auburndale Scrubs
Fatty Pfahning
Marshfeld
Grand Rapids
Norman Thomas
Raymond Cramer
Herman Witt
Henry Miller
Anton Wellner
M. J.vandechauf
Rev. H. Lothian
Joseph Quinn
Reynolds
Messrs
Quinn
Hoerl
Arnold
Warsinske
Wilhelm
Supt. McKarrow
Lyon Company
House
Marshfield State Bank
State Depository
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