Trip to the Country through Wisconsin Farms and People
A travel account recounts a Thursday excursion with city treasurer E. S. Renne to rural Wood and Clark counties in Wisconsin. The trip highlights fertile farms around Bodahs, Rouschs, and Nasons, mentions prominent locals like Al Brooks and Frank Hoover, notes harvest activity, and observes wide prosperity in the countryside. The narrative frames the journey as a daylong observation of farms, windmills, and hamlets along the M. and S. P. road and into Lynn and surrounding towns.
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Caur
Offea
Treassurer
E. S. Renne
Reone
Nasonville
Tke Bodahs
Rouschs
Nasons
Wood County
Beon
Clark County
Agriculture
Wisconsin
Snow Post-Office
George Kleinschmidt
Will Nieson
Jim Clark
al. Brooks
Lynn
Jaineotn
Racis
Fremont
Tynn
Nevius
John L. Sullivan
Bess
Fahim
Army worm damages spread across burnt districts
The army worm continues to cause heavy damage in farms west of town and in Auburndale, focusing on districts burned last summer by forest fires. Reports from Marathon county note the pests crawling northward near the Big Rib river, devouring crops as they advance. Local farmers discuss control measures including plowing, burning straw furrows, and encouraging birds, with a note on a toxic precaution using water and carbolic acid.
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Das
Tal-lant
Auburndale
Perri Cranmer
Marathon
Big Rib
Medford Sur and
News
Fagan
Johnson
Cyclopedia
Varee
Vis
Odd Fellows Lodge Marshfield Holds Private Installation
O of O F Marshfield Lodge No 120 a prominent lodge with strong membership and solid finances held a semi annual installation. S H Vedder installed officers including Phil Buchmann Matt Wright 2 B Arnold GS Vedder Pete Allman G A Lopient James Clark P Catlanach and J Tasse l in a private ceremony attended by circle members in the Vanuedom block across from Pun Toyeca.
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Marshfield Lodge
Pun Tyocea
Vanuedom
S. H. Vedder
the Order
Henee
Mr. Vedder
Phil. Buchmann
Matt. Wright
Arnold
Vedder
Pete Allman
G. A. Lopient
James Clark
P. Catlanach
Northwestern Stave and Loading Association Meeting
The Northwestern Stave and Loading Association will meet in this city on August 15. Founded near Eau Claire it counts many manufacturers of barrel heads and staving among its members. Secretary Ti. E. Winch of the Marshfield Stave Company will host the gathering.
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Northwestern Stave and Loading Association
Ag Ab Sau Claire
Ti. E. Winch
Marshfield Stave Company
Man Kicked by Stallion in Nusonville Mishap
Duncan McTavish of Nusonville Wis was kicked in the head during a horse riding incident last Wednesday morning. He suffered a broken wrist and severe bruising to the forehand and was unconscious for several hours. Doctors report improvement and expect recovery.
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Tre Toews
Duncan McTavish
Nusonville
Wis
Lash
Will Ecover
Harmony Prevails As Marshfield Beats Stevens Point Normals
The Marshfield team hosted the Stevens Point Normals in a baseball game on a sunny afternoon. Over four hundred spectators attended as Marshfield won 7 to 18 with Augustine and Agnew on the Normals and Tutte and Dona hue for Marshfield. Umpire Coon officiated. the game featured cordial reception and no major disputes.
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Marshfeld
Jossery
Arctit Boulduie
Bosworth
Stevens Point Normals
GA. Coun
Marshfield
Augustine
Agnew
Tutte
Donahue
Coon
Move to Medford for Bert Griffin and family
Mr Bert Griffin and his family, longtime Marshfield residents for five years, moved to Medford last weekend after securing several local contracts. He loaded belongings with his teams Friday and departed Saturday morning. He has rented his Marshfield residence.
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Bert Griffin
Marshfield
Medford
Times
Tan Bar
Edgar
George Enlarges His Place of Business in Marshfield
George Seubert, an early Marshfield settler, expands his brick block business by enlarging the front room, re papering and repainting. He plans a lunch room with Westphalia ham sandwiches and will serve farmers at reasonable barn times prices. Janwrance Kohl, famed painter, will handle the work and vows to do his best.
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George Seubert
Marshfield
George
Janwrance Kohl
City School Census Shows 1547 School Age Children
City census clerk R L Kraus reports 1547 residents aged 4 to 19 in the city. Males total 743 with females predominating at 804. The data imply a need for a new ward shop building and two more factories to house an additional school room for working families.
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R. L. Kraus
Lightning Strikes Barn Leaving Two Injured in Nasonville
A lightning bolt struck a barn at W. Low in Nasonville injuring two men, Tavs armal Russ Tienne and neighbor, with Tanne severely hurt and later dying as he lay in the doorway. The others endured shock and prostration but recovered.
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W. Low
Nasonville
Tavs Armal
Happy Old John and the Marathon County convention tale
A Spencer resident named John, long a Democrat, recounts his conversion moment in the woods in winter, declaring loyalty to the Republican party. He describes a solitary vow with odds and ends of logging life and ironclad conviction, culminating in news of his role as a delegate at the Marathon county convention.
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Spencer
Boundry
le Tres
Upham
Jim James Hor Thompson
Govidess
John
Anu
Marathon County
Teachers Examinations Schedule Noted for Multiple Towns
The schedule lists teacher examination dates and locations in Viutavilly Marshfield Centrolis and Benainalings with start times at 9 o clock on the first morning. County Superintendent Grad Rapids Wis notes the details and directs attention to signs displayed for access.
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Viutavilly
Marshfield
Centrolis
Summer School in Centralia Led by Professors Paulus and Hamlin
The summer school in Centralia is thriving under Professors Paulus and Hamlin. Paulus oversees grammar history algebra constitution and furniture while Hamlin runs arithmetic physics geography theory of teaching drawing and music. A large roster of teachers and dancers is listed, including numerous names across Centralia and Grand Rapids.
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Paulus and
Hamlin
Om Cenltdlia
Palas
Tamlin
Huy
Do Not Patronize Them S
A Point Gazette warning urges shoppers to favor legitimate local merchants over itinerant peddlers. It argues traveling traders undercut towns, deceive customers with inducements, and quickly depart, leaving higher prices and dubious goods in their wake. Patronizing home merchants protects the community and economy.
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Ned Nod
Point Gazette
Unusually High Temperature Strains Wisconsin Crops
Reported extreme heat across the portion of Wisconsin from Pourtt to Wednesday raises alarms for harvest and hay fields. Local showers were scarce since last Saturday, drying soils and stressing crops, with a fatality in Lynn linked to the heat and multiple heat related incidents noted nearby. Across the region wheat and rye face danger while hay crops suffer, as army worm damage compounds agricultural stress.
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Wisconsin
Thia City
Lynn
Granger
Forest Fires Threat Pittsville Area Defenses
Fire reports circulated yesterday afternoon that Pittsville, a settlement on the C M and St Paul line about miles north of Babsack, faced forest blazes near the surrounding outskirts. Boyd, Chippewa county, notes fires raging around the area with residents fighting to save timber and sawmills, while residents urge caution amid drought and fire risk.
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Pittsville
Pinsville
C. M. & St.Paul
Babsack
Boyd
Chippewa County
Burglary at Depot Leaves Mixed Loot Behind
Thieves broke into the depot on Tuesday night and robbed a watch, a box of cherries, and clothing. The wake case was opened with scattered tickets but none missing. The express safe was drilled but no explosives used. The next night the night operator Cadot was held up and forced to surrender about to which he had in his possession.
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Tha 'Fhorp Gourier
Miss Dorothy Upham Finney Joins Finney Household
A lite girl arrived at the residence of Mr. B. and Mrs. Finney on the first Saturday after an occasion, and appears set to join the family. Dorothy Upham Finney named for Mr. Finney’s mother-in-law, bringing sunshine to the Upham home as friends celebrate.
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B. &. Finney
Dorothy Upham Finney
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