Amusements at local theaters tease week with stars
The Unique presents a spicy program headlined by Violet Tomi and Charlone Walker with serials and features including The Blindness of Love. Next week promises Blurdhe Sweet in Stol en Gods and The Love Route with Edward Ponte. Beckoning with Jets and Brown Eyes, Losing, and The Price of Power screened this weekend along with multiple other films.
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Violet Tomi ix
Panions Puremount
Hindling
Charlone Walker
Leon Claw
Itature
Vice
Auehl
Metro
Thiel
Pessie Barriscale
Perey
Helen Holmes
Leo
Gerri Johnson
Aisa Patty Avhnekle
Mahle Normand
Marriage in Auburdale Catholic Church
The marriage of Mr. Henry Hees and Kohthook Kohthook was celebrated at Auburdale Catholic Church Tuesday morning. A wedding dance followed that evening at Auburndale House. All parties reside in Auburdale and are well known locally.
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Ith Kohlbeck
Henry Hees
Conrad Heeg
Vf Kohthook
Metval
Kohtheel
Auburrdale Catholic Church
Auburndie House
Auburdale
Humor in Visitors Books At Hotels Across The World
A string of witty and blunt remarks left by guests in hotel visitors books shows cultural quirks and biting satire. Entries praise or criticize service, cuisine, and comfort, from a Pellean pun in Spain to a garlic friendly Argentina recommendation and a Lancashire ye olde house quip about dinner clothes.
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Speials
Eine
Quin
London PhirDils
Speenhant
Argentina
Poluta
Lancashire
Work of the beavers and misused English in South America
The article discusses beavers building dams to regulate water height and protect burrows, noting their intelligent yet imperfect behavior in dam construction. It also mentions South American mission schools and English mistakes influenced by Spanish, with sample slips like "I don't could" and "My watch is not well."
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Denver
Cpot
I Alreum
South America
York Glois
Camp News From Wisconsin Guard Headlines
The Marshfield Times will feature camp news from Wisconsin National Guard units on the southern border and other posts. Two correspon dents will report weekly on Company A and the Second Regiment, with loyal color notes and brigade updates. Warren B Bullock will provide a weekly letter on the Wisconsin brigade and a Tuesday telegraph letter with late news from the regiment and band. Orders to subscribe are urged to stay posted.
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Wisconsin National Guard
Marshfield Times
Wisconsin
Warren B. Bullock
Wisconsin Brigade
Bullock
Milwaukee Sentinel
Times
Times Today
Travelers Tales Prove Some Ancient Voyages True
The article notes famous travelers faced disbelief for years yet were later vindicated. It cites Herodotus and Phoenician mariners testing Africa's circumnavigation, with caution that early reports may seem implausible but can be confirmed. It emphasizes the endurance of truth in explorations and the need for skepticism.
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Renee
Bruce
Paul du
Neco
Egypt
Africa
Straits of
Gibraltar
Tlerritotus
Oriental cunning and a princeling’s ruse with jewels
In a New York Post account, a princeling in an oriental country rewards a boastful minister with a fake set of imitation jewels. The minister admires the stones, unknowingly wearing them as the prince schemes to outdo him. The coup ends when the prince awards the minister the Order of the Golden Gort, a mock affront implied by a true test of vanity.
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Valle
Order of the Golden Gort
New York Post
Bend Your Knees in Elevator Fall
New York Letter recounts a sixteen story building elevator incident where a car dropped from the seventh floor to the basement. Seven passengers rode it. six complied with the operator’s safety instruction to bend knees and turn away from the door, escaping unharmed. One passenger faced the door and suffered fractures and lacerations from flying glass when the car crashed.
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Fiere
New York
Pittsburgh
Marshfield Boys On Slow Texas Train
Marshfield lads travel through Texas on a slow train toward Texarkana arriving near evening. They join a crowd at the city band stand as the Second Regiment and troops from New York and Indiana parade. The Texas Arkansas boundary area becomes a busy main street with speeches by Board of Trade members and Col. W. M. Lee.
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Texarkana Ab
New York
Indiana
Appleton Quarel
Texas-Arkansas
Board of Trade
Hoard of Trade
Col
W. M. Lee
Long Passenger Train Record on Texas Route
Soldiers recount a southbound journey from Texarkana to Texas with a long passenger train, two battalions, a grain car, and oil-harness power. They note delays from wrecks, record speeds of 104 miles an hour, and Company A enjoying meals and scenery while engaging with local natives.
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Texas
Texarkana
Oda Fi
Letter from E. O. Wat on pay rolls and Texarkana distance
An on board train dispatch from Company A thanks the editor for payrolls sent weekly. The writer notes they are about 84 miles out of Texarkana and signs as E. O. Wat.
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Times
Company A
Texarkang
E. O. Wat
Writing Letters Home Amid Texas War Telegrams
Soldiers report civilians frightened of troops and rely on dialects as the unit contemplates potential long stay in Texas. Lieut Witt interacts with a darky who replies in a respectful English dialect. News notes Villa as a key objective, while an accident rumor circulates across six states.
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Lieut. Witt
Villa
Texas
Train Crew Delays Halt at Longview on Texas Train Ride
After a long wait in Longview and a swim at an artificial lake the troop train resumed along the L and GN with 40 cars and two engines. The band held a cotton field concert as darkness fell and soldiers shared songs, while Privates Hanus and Dumas posed for photos. Officials note travel to Mexico unlikely as the trip stalls continue, and locals observed Mexicans at a depot platform with mixed reactions.
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Ubursdar
Longview
Vexus
Bro Am
Sheerty
L & GN
Purner
Texas Hills
Cotteon
Witt
Bescler
Mexico
Priv
J. Hanus
A. Dumas
Nick Aninnies
Germany Plans Partial Army Return for Elections
Germany seeks to gauge national sentiment under altered conditions by allowing half of its army to go home for the elections if a suitable truces can be agreed upon.
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Germany
Wausau Lumbermen Fire Destroys Main Plant
A large fire gutted the Main Lumber manufacturing plant in Wausau destroying the main building and stock. Thousands of dollars in lumber veneer and freight cars were burned with an estimated loss near 100000 and about 65000 insured. Mohr factory boiler house damaged leaving charred machinery. About seventy five employees affected.
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Wausau
Underwood Veneer Company
Mohr
Carranzista Quitters Marine Rejection Stuns Newark
Newark July 18 Special Alerto Minardo a former Carranza lieutenant who deserted to avoid fighting the United States forces was rejected for enlistment by the Newark Marine recruiting station He failed to meet physical requirements despite being described as robust in Mexico Minardo is in New Jersey seeking members of the Madero family.
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Newark
N. Y
Alerto Minardo
Carranza
America
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Mexico
Minanda
New Jersey
Madero
Enlisted Civilians Join Atlantic Naval Training Cruise
Eighteen Hadgers enroll in a civilian naval training school cruise on the Atlantic from August 14 to September 12. Halver Christensen of Dodgeville registers his ninth child as No 9 Christensen. Rev E Morris of Ferguson Pa notes men reach marriage age at twenty four. Wisconsin guardsmen muster totals before July 1 1916 show 4738 across the south with the Second Regiment numbering 1297.
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Naval Training School
Atlantic Ocean
Halver Christensen
Dodgeville
Christensen
E. Morris
Ferguson, Pa
Wisconsin
South
Bean of Vesper Seeks Wood County Clerk Nomination
Notice announces T. W. Bean of Vesper Wood County Wisconsin as a Republican candidate for county clerk in the September 1916 primary. Bean cites four years residency and training as qualifications for the office.
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T. W. TH
Bean
Vesper
Wood County
Wisconsin
Wood
Anta W. WH. Bean
Marshteld Pair Dates Noted in 1916 Event Notice
A dated notice references the Marshteld Pair event on August 29, 2031 and September 1, inviting friends to attend. Inquiries are to be directed to R. R. Williams, Secretary, with settlement unspecified.
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R. R. Williams
Notice of separation and debt nonresponsibility
Notification that wife Mary Boucher left home without just cause and that the signer will not be responsible for any debts she may contract.
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Mary Boucher
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