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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1915
Page
11
With Wallenu leading after a win over Grand Rapids the home team must travel with high hopes to overtake the league leaders. A win would place them atop the standings. Wausau seeks to erase earlier defeats as fans are urged to attend and boost the team.
The Wausau baseball team of the Wisconsin Valley League faces financial trouble after posting debt due to small crowds. Officials may relocate remaining games to Marshfield Grand Rapids or Stevens Point if local attendance does not improve.
Wisconsin’s new cigarette law took effect July 4 banning distribution of cigarettes or papers without a $5 license. First offenders face fines from 25 to 100 dollars. second offenses carry up to 200 dollars or sixty days in jail. District attorneys report confusion among habitual distributors wary of jail time for sharing a box.
Blinding searchlights mounted on the sides or windshields of some cars have provoked anger and near accidents as other drivers confront owners of the vehicles. The traffic hazard has sparked heated reactions among motorists.
Autoists complain that searchlights blind oncoming drivers and risk crashes. A motorist warns of a fight if lights remain tilted toward him while driving with family aboard. He urges turning off searchlights when another car approaches to prevent injuries.
Henry O Day, a storied figure in baseball for over thirty years, began as a pitcher for Washington in 1876 and later pitched for Toledo and Savannah. He starred in crucial 1889 NL playoff games for New York, became a renowned umpire for about twenty years, then managed Cincinnati, briefly led the Cubs, and helped Milwaukee Free Press recount his varied career.
A humorous verse ponders a lawmaker’s dream to curb the annoyances of being first. The speaker detours from morality to complain about the man who always beats others to doors, seats, and counters, provoking lawful urges to ban such swift behavior.
The Blum Brothers Box team, bolstered by Marshfield league players, topped Nekoosa 4 to 1 at Marshfield Pair grounds. Pitcher Johnson fared well in muddy conditions, Revoyr hit a homer, and Delmore caught as Berg and McDonald staffed infield. McDonald’s error drew audience amusement.
Johnny Evers returns from a nine week layoff with a bum ankle and delivers a standout performance for Boston against New York. He endures jeers from Giants fans, taunts Giants players, and hits a clean single in the second game while braving crowd hostility. He signals his value to Stalling's outfit with spirited play and vocal defiance at the plate and in the field.
Madison State Journal notes Johnny Cobb energized the Braves with a powerful four hit day including a single double and a homer driving in a run and lifting Boston past Detroit. The bench chatter centered on Gay and Cobb as fans praised his impact on the team.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh. It claims the treatment cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Salts for constipation.
In Janesville Wisconsin thirteen year old Willard Rothermel was struck and killed when a street car wheel ran over him as he moved from a grade school to the high school for a weekly manual training lesson. The accident occurred in view of fellow students who reacted with horror.
Madison dispatch: The gene site adopted the Arnaig Joint restitution for an amendment to the state constitution providing home rule for cities. The senate approved the resolution 22 to 8, while the assembly has not yet acted on it.
In Ashland Wisconsin three men drowned last Tuesday in the Narfield Madeline Island channel. The missing are Chauncey Wright Charles Russel and Nelyn Tlegen. Searchers recovered the bodies as authorities continue inquiries into the incident.
Four year old Richard Matouf was struck and killed when a street car hit him while he played in the street in Green Hay Wisconsin. No funeral details provided.
From Richfield July items announce a song set at Charles Deiter’s next Sunday evening and a Richfield Aid Society annual picnic on July 28 at John Sutton’s lawn with hopeful baskets. Visitors from Wausau and Appleton are noted along with local marriages and a well accident where a horse fell into a well.
Arthur McDonald of Washington analyzes baseball statistics, finding that players born in the country and those born in warmer months show higher success. He reports 61 percent of top players born in the country and 69 percent born in warmer months, with city-born players lagging. Additional data cover heights, weights, and batted ball types from a sample of 10 074 balls.
The article urges broad community involvement for the forthcoming fair, encouraging everyone to prepare exhibits and participate actively. It stresses that collective effort will determine the fair’s success and emphasizes cooperative, hands-on action.
Mrs Sadie P Clawson of Indiana Pa suffered from indigestion bloating headaches belching and constipation. Her daughter recommended Cham berlain's Tablets and they provided relief after other remedies failed. For sale by All Dealers.
The navy has approved a contract for the first dirigible to be built for naval use. It is to be delivered in September at the Pensacola aeronautic station for experimental and training work. The craft measures 175 feet long, 58 feet high, with 110000 cubic feet of gas and eight crew capacity. It will fly about 25 miles per hour and have a two hour radius of action when fully loaded.
The plan reduces crew by using gasoline in place of weight, cutting craft cost to 45 636 dollars. Curtis flying boats and Burgess machines join the fleet, with three more hulls planned. North Carolina to be rebuilt as an aviation ship and stationed at Pensacola after overhaul, per Popular Mechanics.
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