Wisconsin Guard Wrangles End of Camp Douglas Maneuvers
The Wisconsin National Guard including Company A and the Second Regiment band returned to Marshfield after a week at Camp Douglas. Over 3,000 troops, reinforced by Milwaukee cavalry and artillery, conducted Reds vs Blues maneuvers highlighting field work and unit unity. The governor observed a grand retreat parade marking a highly successful encampment with broad official participation and extensive rail transport planning for possible mobilization.
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Wisconsin Guard
Marshfield
Camp Douglas
Wisconsin National Guard
Milwaukee
Reds
Blues
Green Bay Perry
Holway
Lee
The Telephone Girl and the World She Serves
A playful poem portrays the telephone girl at a stiff chair answering calls from both patient and irate subscribers. The wagging voice, the need to stay pleasant, and the tireless rhythm of the wire highlight her demanding, unruffled routine amid general fatigue and unwarranted blame.
Harvest accidents not so numerous this season
Reports indicate a marked decrease in harvest season accidents due to improved farm machinery. One injury involved Wilbur Kluge of Grant suffering cuts from a mowing machine, while Idaward Krahn of Marathon lost his right foot and part of his leg in a canning factory incident.
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Wilbur Kluge
Grant
Grand Rapids
Marathon County
Idaward Krahn
Marathon Village
Andrews Named on Income Tax Board
Marshfield man R. E. Andrews chairs Wood County Board of Income Tax Review to hear complaints and make corrections at Grand Rapids on August 17. The state tax commission announced appointments for county review boards to assess income taxes and adjust assessments. Other boards include Clark County with A A Huckstad W J Marsh and David Minholz, Marathon County with B J Benson E P Gorman and Gilbert.
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Marshfield Man
Board of Income Tax Review
Wood County
State Tax Commission
R. E. Andrews
Marshfield
C. J. Leu
Vesper
George T. Rowland
Grand Rapids
Andrews
Times
Clark County Board of Review
A. A. Huckstad
W. J. Marsh
David Minholz
Marathon County
B. J. Benson
E P. Gorman
Gilbert
Death of Mrs Anna Goldbach in Lincoln town area
Mrs Anna Goldbach wife of Anton Goldbach of Lincoln died Wednesday at the homestead near Bakersville aged nearly seventy five after a six month illness. Born in Germany she lived 40 years in Wisconsin with 18 years in South Milwaukee and 22 years in Lincoln. Survived by husband and eight children Joseph Marshfield W J Chicago Frank Bakerville Martin William Mrs Louis Kasberger Mrs Charles Nowak Anton. nineteen grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Corpus Christi church Bakerville with Father Miller officiating. pallbearers from Lincoln and Cameron.
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Anna Goldbach
Anton Goldbach
Lincoln
Bakerville
Germany
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Joseph
Marshfield
W. J
Chicago
Frank
Martin
William
Louis Kasberger
Charles Nowak
Anton
Corpus Christi
Father Miller
Lambert Michels
William Zenner
Mr. Kasberger
John Sicklinger
George Koenig
Louis Baumann
Cameron
Sleep Overturned Sulky During Neillsville Runaway Incident
Ray Livingston bought a sulky cultivator in Neillsville on Friday and briefly slept at the wheel. The team dashed into a fence, breaking the cultivator tongue. Earl and Horace Lawrence viewed it as a runaway until Tay emerged from under blankets as the horses were halted.
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Ray Livingston
Neillsville
Earl
Horace Lawrence
Tay
West York
Loyal Tribune
Oneida County Cheese Convent Opens Plant
Within the next week residents of Rhinelander will get a chance to taste cheese produced in Oneida County. A Crescent Corners plant recently installed by Albert J. Keuschel of Clintonville has begun operations.
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Rhinelander
Oneida County
Albert J. Keuschel
Clintonville
Wis
Crescent Comers
Marshfield Hosts Farmers Picnic At University Farm Next Week
Farmers invited to all day program at the university experimental farm just east of the county asylum property in Marshfield next Thursday August 6th. Four short addresses will cover farming institutes value and better agriculture. Speakers include C P Norgord F B Morrison and Mayor A G Felker with others from the university faculty.
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University Experimental Farm
County Asylum
FL. Musbach
Eau Claire
Asylum
C. P. Norgord
Farmers’ Institutes
F. B. Morrison
Nasonville
University
College of Agriculture
Morrison
A. G. Felker
B. J. Delwicher
F. L. Musbach
the Agricultural College
Mcletridge
Oshkosh
Leome
Johnson Damas wedding in Algoma prompts reception
John Johnson and Eleonor Damas of Algoma planned a July wedding in Algoma. Friends hosted a cordial reception at Liese drug store in Marshfield before the couple, who reside in Waupaca, move to housekeeping at the Paulus house on Third and Cedar.
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Arthur Johnson
Liese
Johnson
Marshfield
Waupaca
Mr. Johnson
Paulus
Third
Cedar Streets
Eleanor Damas
Algoma
Wismeth and Stemler Wed At City Hall
Walter Wismeth of this city and Miss Lillian Stemler of Stratford were joined in marriage by Court Commissioner C B Edwards at the city hall after Judge Wagener was unavailable. Witnesses were Fred Wismeth and Elizabeth Stemler. The bride wore blue silk maire. They plan to reside in Marshfield.
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Hugo Wegener
Wagener
Vera Randles
C. B. Edwards
Edwards
Walter Wismeth
Lillian Stemler
Stratford
Fred Wismeth
Elizabeth Stemler
Marshfield
Storm Causes Light Local Damage and Hail Reports
A early Monday thunderstorm with wind caused little property or crop damage in the territory. City hail noted but surrounding country reported none. corn and grain were flattened in spots.
Rib Lake mill blaze destroys Rib Lake Lumber plant
A blast and fire gutted the Rib Lake Lumber Company saw mill on Friday. Two hundred workers narrowly escaped injury as the blaze consumed the mill and its timber stocks. Officials estimate the loss at about 50 000 with nearby structures saved.
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Rib Lake
Rib Lake Lumber Company
Rest House and tomb to rise at Hillside Cemetery
The Hillside cemetery board will solicit bids from contractors to build a 26 by 50 foot rest house and tool store on the grounds with a speaker’s stand for Memorial Day events. W. D. Connor orders a four-lot mausoleum by Harrison Granite of New York City. L. Wolleson to handle concrete work. Estimated cost about $10.
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Cemetery Board
Hillside Cemetery
Hillside
W. D. Connor
Harrison Granite Company
New York City
L. Wolleson
Systematic effort to recover two buried men in well shaft
In Prentice two men have been buried alive for four weeks. Owners with county officials have hired two Ironwood miners to recover the bodies. A new shaft, braced with 8 by 8 inch timbers, is being sunk like a mine. The search reaches about 80 feet underground, with the shaft now halfway down.
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Prentice
Ironwood
Wisconsin Fight Signals Senate Split in Progressive Ranks
The season’s sensation in Wisconsin politics is the Friday and Saturday slaps between LaFollette and McGavert. The clash, between a senator and a senate hopeful, may reshape the governor race and test leadership within the Progressive ranks. The outcome will reveal who commands support among voters and county leaders.
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Wisconsin
LaFollette
McGavert
Senate
Hull
Halton
Dahl
Philipp
Roethe
McGovern
Seibel Bros Show DUE Saturday at Marshfield
Seibel Bros Greater Shows and Trained Animal Exhibition return to Marshfield for two performances on Saturday August 1. The show promises new acts and is billed as the best trained animal exhibition on the road. A noon street parade is advertised. The venue has not yet been announced. Seibel Bros are a Wisconsin outfit based in Watertown.
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Seibel Bros
Marshfield
Wisconsin
Watertown
Mary Coram Johnston wedding linked to Jamestown ND
Miss Mary R Coram elder daughter of Rev A J Coram wed Mr Andrew W Johnston of Jamestown North Dakota Saturday at the bride’s East Third Street home. Rev S A Bender of Eau Claire conducted. Attendants included Arthur Coram Roswell Harrington. bridesmaids Miss Viroqua Agnes Winston Grace Wilcox Geneva White. Bridal party wore white Mesaline with Spanish lace. A wedding breakfast followed served by Geneva White and Mrs Frank Campbell. Newlyweds to spend two weeks near White Bear Lake MN before returning to Jamestown. The groom is a prominent Jamestown druggist. bride taught in North Dakota. They will be at home in Jamestown after August 15.
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Mary R. Coram
A. J. Coram
Andrew W. Johnston
Jamestown
N.D
East Third Street
S. A. Bender
Eau Claire
Mr. Johnston
Arthur R. Coram
This City
Roswell Harrington
Abbotsford
Miss Coram
Viroqua
Agnes Winston
Menomonie
Wis
Grace Wilcox
Elroy
Geneva White
Lindsey
Frank Campbell
Augusta
Omaha
White Bear Lake
Minn
Marshfield High School
North Dakota
Roddis Lumber President Returns From East Trip
Roddis Lumber and Veneer president W. L. Roddis returned from a brief eastern trip noting widespread pessimism among manufacturers and business leaders amid daily delays from the Interstate Commerce Commission on railroad rate decisions. He reported crops across the region from Wisconsin to the coast as spectacularly high.
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Roddis
Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reddis
New York City
Mr. Reddis
Wisconsin
Large sums on deposit in Marshfield banks show strong year
The three Marshfield banks First National Marshfield State and American National report total deposits of 1 837 758 56 nearly two million dollars and resources of 2 244 619 10 with a surplus over deposits of 106 230 54. The figures reflect a healthy local economy linked to the dairy industry and rising bank usage among farmers and merchants.
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Marshfield
First National
Marshfield State
American National
Comntroller
Wisconsin
Pastor A. J. Coram to Take Year Off in Health Refusal
At the fourth quarterly conference of the local Methodist church the Rev. A. J. Coram was announced to relinquish his pastorate at the end of August. He plans to spend the coming year in southern spring resorts to recover from inflammatory rheumatism. A successor will be chosen by the West Wisconsin Methodist conference in Richland Center in August. Coram will preach four more Sundays if possible.
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A. J. Coram
West Wisconsin
Richland Center
Coram
Veterans Hold A Reunion Between Two Spanish War Vets
A notable reunion occurred yesterday when H L Frantz of Granton met Sergt Prank Daniel of Marshfield in The Times office. Frantz and his two sons traveled to Marshfield to see the sergeant, whose military service was featured in a spring issue. The men served together in the same regiment during the Philippine insurrection, the Boxer uprising in China, and were later at Fort Porter New York when President McKinley died in Buffalo on September 0.
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H. L. Frantz
Granton
Sergt
McKinley
A. Feesin
Buffalo
Society wedding at Rapids soon
Invitations were issued Friday by Mr. and Mrs. Bernard R. Goggins of Grand Rapids for the marriage of their daughter Grace Harriet to Mr. Edward Peck Gleason of Port Edwards. The ceremony takes place on Wednesday morning August 5.
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Bernard R. Goggins
Grand Rapids
Grace Harriet
Edward Peck Gleason
Port Edwards
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Income Tax Board
Oneida
Varsity Farm
W. H. Kamps
Fire Department
W. H. Kamas
Johnson-Damas
Bride
Avismeth-Stemler
Johnston-Coram
Marshfield Young _ Lady okomes Bride of
Drugkist
Ness Community
MR. Coram
Times Office
Rapids
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