Debate over naming Marshfield junior high after Purdy
At a Marshfield school board meeting last Monday the crowd debated whether the new Junior High and Vocational school should be named after Sergeant Willard Purdy or Franklin. Many citizens urged honoring Purdy for his heroic wartime sacrifice, arguing the Purdy name embodies American values, while others favored Franklin as a patriotic, fitting tribute. The piece also touches on business consolidation in Wisconsin and miscellaneous reflections from the era.
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Franklin School
Purdy School
Willard Purdy
Franklin
Borde
Purdy
Marshfield
United States
Mershfield
Mke
America
Willard. Purdy
Company A
127Th Infantry
Wis
Unpardonable Sin Educating Children in a Town Rotarian
A Rotarian piece condemns a life spent consuming a town without contributing. It urges active participation to build a community and warns against passivity and exploitation. The essay underscores civic duty and personal responsibility.
Report of the City Librarian for Marshfield Free Library
The Marshfield Free Library annual report covers the year ending June 30 1918. War influenza closures reduced activity. after Christmas reading revived and March proved the busiest month with 4752 main library circulations. Total circulations reached 42774, 2734 below prior year, due to interruptions. Borrower additions were 491 with 766 withdrawals, totaling 8151 borrowers including 400 outside the city. Automobile and parcel post expansion narrowed rural distance to the library.
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Marshfield
Benefit Dance Promises Support For Marshfield Baseball
The newly organized Marshfield baseball team will stage a July 24 dance at White City Pavilion to raise funds for uniforms. No outside fundraisers are planned. tickets sold on site will fund the team and boost local interest. The Marshfield Chamber of Commerce backs the event as canvassing of local business blocks proceeds to generate support.
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Uni
White City Pavilion
Marshfield
Marshfield Chamber of Commerce
Barnes Circus Delights City Audiences at Fair Grounds
The Al Barnes wild animal circus played Friday at the Fair grounds to fairly good crowds. All acts were new and well received. The opener featured Alice in Jungleland commanding the troupe as the dreamer. Spectators called the show a pest of years that returned.
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al. G. Barnes
Alice
Jungleland
Barnes
Richfield Farmers Fund Rest Room Project
The Richfield Community Club reports a 10 dollar donation from local farmers to equip a rest room to be completed and occupied by the first of next month. The Chamber of Commerce praises the gesture as evidence farmers will support and patronize the facility, which will host offices and public use once finished.
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Richfield
Chamber of Commerce
Marshfield to Have Baseball Rest of Season
Marshfield forms a new local baseball team at a spirited Eagles Club meeting. Adam Emmerich elected manager Floyd Apfel secretary treasurer and Bred Bream captain. First home game scheduled Sunday July 20 against a strong outside team. Chamber of Commerce supports the effort and fans urged to turnout for a strong start.
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Marshfield
Eagles Clab
Adam Emmerich
Floyd Apfel
Bred Bream
Fred Bream
Herman Bream
George Johnson
Krahn
Reeths
Leitner
Nulicheck
Anderson
Christenson
Wright
Lamson
Chamber of Commerce
Marshfield Man Heads New Lumber Company
Connor of Marshfield is elected president of a newly formed lumber corporation capitalized at 4.4 million dollars based in Victoria British Columbia. H A Bly of Marshfield is chosen treasurer. The company owns a large modern sawmill in Victoria and plans to add office space on Central Avenue, with several hundred workers expected.
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Qwd. Connor
Victoria
British Columbia
H. A. Bly
R. Connor
Contern
Marshfield
Connor Company
Central Avenue
Holway Requests Ex Service Men Read Letter On Guard Reorganization
Wisconsin National Guard reorganization steps announced under the National Defense Act. Veterans who served as US Army officers between April 6 and November 11 1918 and discharged may receive a commission equal in grade to their former rank. Applications to The Adjutant General Madison Wisconsin with grade evidence and discharge details. Continued on Page Six.
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O. Holway
Wisconsin
National Guard
Sjeady
Congress
National Guard Reserve
US Army
United States Army
Cars per capita featured in Wood County statistics
A Wisconsin Motorist table shows Wood County residents own cars at near the state’s top levels with about one car for every 11.1 people, roughly half of county families. Adams, Juneau, Portage, and Green counties appear among leaders. Wisconsin state ownership averages one car per 13.2 people, ranking fifteenth nationally.
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Wisconsin Motorist
Wood County
Adams County
Juneau County
Portage County
Green County
Wisconsin
Ford Motor Company marks three millionth Model T cast
The Ford Motor Company celebrated its three millionth Model T casting on April 8 this year, following the one millionth cast on December 15 and noting output over 2,000 cars daily with fewer than 100,000 orders backlogged. The Catholic Knights of Wisconsin convene in Wausau on July 28 and 29 with about 800 delegates expected and a class of 100 candidates to be initiated.
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Hoye
Ford Motor Company
Ford Car
T Motor
The
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin
Wausau
Order
Local Experiment Farm Hosts Two Day Sessions
A two day session at the Experiment Station Farm will split the Marathon and Taylor Counties meeting on July 23 and the Wood and Clark County Farmers meeting on July 24. Programs begin a.m. with hog feeding trials led by Mrs Morrison and include crop and soil discussions tied to Colby soils. Miss Stillman oversees home demonstrations as Farm WB. 2, newly acquired by the State, hosts the events.
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Experiment Station
Marathon
Taylor
Inca
Wood
Clark County
Taylor Counties
Station Farm
Morrison
Colby
WB. 2
Auto collision injures Felker worker near Pittsville
Last Sunday near Pittsville two Felker Manufacturing employees were riding to berry patches when Chauncy Seymour of the Felker car failed to slow for a bend, colliding with Ray Finucane driving his own auto. Felker car suffered major damage. Finucane car had a punctured tank. An occupant, Frank Bauer, was thrown forward and required stitches after the crash.
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Felker. Manufacturing
Berrying
A. G. Felker
L. A. Miller
Ray Finucane
Berry Marshes
Pittaville
Felker
Finucane
Chauncy Seymour
Seymour
Pittsville
Frank Bauer
Felker Tnetory
Wisconsin to create prohibition commissioner post
A new state official, the prohibition commissioner, will be appointed before January 20, 1920, by the governor and confirmed by the senate. The four year term pays $4,000 annually, overseeing enforcement of the 2.5 per cent beer limit, with a department budget of $15,000 per year.
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Wisconsin
Prohibition
Mulberger
Senate
Negro Jubilee singers to perform at Presbyterian Church
A choir of Negro Jubilee singers from Uties Mississippi will appear at the Presbyterian church next Sunday July 20 at 8 pm. The program includes old fashioned plantation melodies Negro folk songs dialect readings and other features. The group is described as highly trained and the community is promised a treat.
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Uties, Miss
Nex City
Presbyterian Church
Highway Legislation of 1919 Wisconsin Road Rules Update
F A Cannon outlines major 1919 session highway laws including speed up to 30 mph, headlights standards, and state bond proposals. The article covers advertising sign removal near intersections, 1000 foot sight-clearance rules, keeping brush trimmed to 330 feet near railroad crossings, and penalties for obstructing drainage or sign defacement. It notes state authority to mandate open roads by petition and the new duties of the Industrial Commission to set safe lighting standards.
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F. A. Cannon
Good Roads Association of Wisconsin
State Highway Commission
Industrial Commission
Wisconsin
Young
Dentist Dr W T Pond Located Over Woolworth Store
Dr W T Pond, a local dentist, operated a practice above the Woolworth store in town. The note places his office location and identifies him among area professionals in the business directory.
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W. T. Pond
Woolworth
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New York
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Ghamet
Foxton
Richfield Farmers
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Germany
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