Times Automobile Contest Seeks Busy Candidates for Special Prizes
The Times announces a special prize auto watch in its Times Automobile Contest. First standings to be published next week with leading candidates in Marshfield and other towns receiving watches. Any girl may join, start now, and gain votes and potential grand prizes. Contest details include non reliance on sympathy, fixed paper price, and that each candidate is an authorized solicitor.
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Marshfield
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Times
Schaefer Buys Marsh Property Corner East Third and Cherry
P. J. Schaefer the cheese dealer has purchased from the Bissell Wheeler Lumber Co. the three lots and two houses at East Third and Cherry streets forming the J. G. Marsh property. After the Marsh family moves to the Hume property they bought, Schaefer will rent the houses temporarily and plans to build a fine residence there next spring.
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P. J. Schaefer
Bissell-Wheeler Lumber Company
Threefots
East Third
Cherry Streets
J. G. Marsh
Hume
Schaefer
Marshfield Business College Sold to Milwaukee and Michigan Partners
The Marshfield Business college changes hands from A. M. Erling to T. J. Williams of Milwaukee, head of nine schools, and J. C. Runk of Michigan. Mr. Runk will assume active charge of the school.
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Marshfield Business College
A. M. Erling
T. J. Williams
Milwaukee
J.C. Runk
Michigan
Mr. Runk
Upham Visits Oshkosh Shares Patriotic Outlook
Former Wisconsin governor William H. Upham of Marshfield stopped in Oshkosh visiting his daughter Mrs. Phil H. Sawyer and old business friends. He declined party ties saying he is not a Progressive but a patriot and noted the Roosevelt badge as a symbol. He traveled from Kewaunee after attending weekend events and plans another Oshkosh return aboard the Badger Queen. Notables at the banquet included Congressman Thomas E. Konop and Justice W. H. Timlin. Upham recalled working for his former store in Kewaunee forty years ago.
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Oshkosh Northwestern
William H.upham
Marshfield
Phil H. Sawyer
Chicago
G. A. RK
Upham
Kewaunee
Oshkosh
Jsolon
Mr. Saveyer
Mr. Upham
Thomas £. Konop
W. H. Timlin
State Supreme
Exceptional Talent Booked for Coming Chautauqua
Utility and entertainment blend in the Chautauqua program opening next Sunday. Dr Franklin Menges will lecture on practical farming to boost crop yields, while Florence Stitzel performs as a soprano soloist. The program includes a tented venue between Fourth and Fifth streets with events on the tennis grounds.
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Franklin Menges
Florence Stitzel
Nekoosa hosts, Marshfield wins in high hay fever days
In a July Wisconsin transcription, Marshfield tops Nekoosa in a baseball clash as Wood and Christensen drive in runs and Dixon delivers key hits. The report also humorously riffs on hay fever sweeping Central Wisconsin, detailing its effects on daily life and local residents amid July heat and harvest activity.
New Arrivals Reported at Multiple Local Homes
A boy was born to Mr and Mrs George A Plank at their home. A boy arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs John Bibb at Pwingits. Another birth occurred at the home of Anton Eosen. A boy was welcomed by Mr and Mrs Frank Badrhe at Alon Manday.
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George A. Plank
John Bibm
Pwingit’s
Anton Eosen
Aga
Mrs. Prank Badrhe
Alon Manday
Sherman Farmer Dies in Spencer Area After Illness
Henry Facklam of Sherman, four miles from Spencer, died last Tuesday after a short illness. Born in Germany on November 24, 1859, he came to America 28 years ago. His first wife died some time after arrival. In 1906 he married Marion McVean, and three children survive him. He was a...
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Henry Facklam
Sherman
Spencer
Germany
America
Marion McVean
South Side Park Fund Aims to Create City Breathing Place
Residents along Park avenue start a subscription to raise 1000 dollars for grading and parking a triangular plot at Central and Park gifted by Fox River Land Company. They fund a new park for band concerts and a lasting Marshfield booster memory, hoping for a soldiers' monument as a future memorial.
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Park Avenue
Central
Park Avenues
Fox River Land Company
Busy at Wood County asylum farm barn rise
Work on a new barn at the Wood County asylum farm progresses with inmates and staff supervised by a carpenter. A May Pontiac bull, grandson of Hengevelt De Kol, shipped from Michigan, joins the herd. Hengevelt’s line includes 16 registered daughters and 49 provis sons, linking to Grace Vane Is Homestead, seven day milk production champion.
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Wood County
Pontiac
Hengevelt de Kol
Michigan State Asylum
Hengevelt
Grace Vane
Gettysburg encampment brings three evergreens home
W G Hinman of James G Blaine post 110 recounts a Gettysburg encampment visit. He praised the arrangements, endured heat, and collected three evergreen saplings as personal mementos while reconnecting with Iron Brigade comrades and veteran James Davidson.
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Gettysburg
Uncle Sam
Pennsylvania
Bute
W. G. Hinman
Hinman
Iron Brigade
James Davvidson
Battery B
Mr. Hinman
Wisconsin
Yees
James G. Blaine
Many at Summer School at Stevens Point Normal
Marshfield young ladies studying at the Stevens Point Normal summer session include Emilia Hel ena Magdalen Luella Jmelda Kilinia Arnolda and Mises Ethel Faleska Hulda Egger Helen Mechler Nettie McTavish Iris Nelson Florence Wesler Frances Tice Louise Tice Lora Schroeder Eleanor Seidl Mildred Royce Catherine Rattchell Thyra Hansen Sarah Icke Mabel Johnson Sadie Anderson and nearby locals George O'Brien Auburndater Sarah Ably Marie Taylor Gertrude Kourtzwell Francis Lipke Stratford Clara Farrell Milladore Anna Frederickson Arpin Ella Dough erty Dexterville Alice Casey Babcock Ethel Ingle Granton Army Blankenburg Spencer
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Marshfield
Stevens Point
Emilia
Helena
Magdalen
Luella
Jmelda
Kilinia
Arnolda
Mises
Ethel Faleska
Hulda Egger
Helen Mechler
Nettie McTavish
Iris Nelson
Florence Wesler
Frances Tice
Louise Tice
Lora Schroeder
Eleanor Seidl
Mildred Royce
Catherine Rattchell
Thyra Hansen
Sarah ‘Icke
Mabel Johnson
Sadie Anderson
George O’brien
Auburndater
Sarah Ably
Marie Taylor
Gertrude Kourtzwell
Francis Lipke
Stratford
Clara Farrell
Milladore
Anna Frederickson
Arpin
Ella Dougherty
Dexterville
Alice: Casey
Babcock
Ethel Ingle
Granton
Army Blankenburg
Spencer
Stamps Serve Their Purpose For Parcel Post Changes
Dispatches from Washington explain that parcel post stamps were made interchangeable with ordinary stamps to help the department measure business volume. The article argues that distinct rates between parcel post and express would have provided real public benefit.
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Washington State
Why I Am Going to the Chautauqua
A speaker argues money must be earned and spent wisely, choosing value over flash. He plans to attend the Chautauqua, paying five dollars for six days of lectures, concerts, readings, and shows, promising to attend twice daily to get full value.
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Shandy
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Braem
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Spooner
Dixon
Kehrberg
Benz
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Heaven
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Huber
Sherman Farmer
Clark County Friends
South Side Park
Park Avenue Triangle
Asylum Farm
Historic Field
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Dinman
Stavans Point
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