Memorial Day Honors In Marshfield With Veterans Pageantry
Under clear skies Marshfield honored Memorial Day with a street procession led by the Second Regiment band and including Company A1, the German Krieger Verein, Boy Scouts, and local officials. At the cemetery Grand Army post rites were held, veterans' graves adorned, and Attorney C B Edwards delivered a patriotic address praising Union soldiers and the women who aided in the war.
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Marshfield
Father Abraham
Central Avenue
Pickett
Gettysburg
Sherman
Company
Herman L. Sommers
Krieger-Verein
Boy Scouts
Graeme Davis
Grand Army Post
Badger Aerie No
Order of Eagles
Fire Department
C.B. Edwards
Edwards
Illnesswide impact on Wood county pioneers
Two pioneer residents of northern Wood county are reported quite ill. Frances Boyd of Nasonville, among the oldest settlers, is at St. Joseph's hospital. John Sheriff, Civil War veteran and lifelong Mason, is ill at his home with sudden heart disease and faces a potentially serious condition.
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Francis Boyd
Nasonville
Wood County
St. Joseph’s Hospital
John Sheriff
Miller Cluxton Bride Weds D L Miller In Modest Mankato Home
Miss Georgia Cluxton of Mankato Minnesota married D L Miller from Marshfield yesterday at 2 30 PM in the bride’s Mankato home. The ceremony was simple due to a recent death in the groom’s family. They depart for a honeymoon until June 15 and plan to reside on West A street in Marshfield. Mrs Miller is the Cluxton daughter. Mr Miller is a Feiker Bros Manufacturing partner and popular in town.
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Georgia Cluxton
Mankato
Minn
D. L. Miller
Marshfield
J. J. Mettelka
Miller
R. Cluxton
Feiker Bros. Manufacturing Company
Will Be Wedded Today At Immanuel Lutheran Church
The ceremony at 2 30 PM unites Lena Schlafke and August Bubolz in marriage with attendants and witnesses named. A wedding dinner follows at William Schlafke Sr s home. The couple will visit Manitowoc and Milwaukee before returning to live on a Bubolz farm. Out of town guests include Misses Bubolz Fred Schlafke and Theodore Schlafke and Mrs LaMere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel’s Lutheran Church
L. Th. Thom
Lena Schlafke
August Bubolz
Schlafke
Bertha
Augusta Bubolz
Ela Schlafke
Hannah Reese
Fred
Theodore Schlafke
William Schlafke
West C Street
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Hospital Hill
Daniel Bubolz
Bubolz
Fred Schlafke
Ogema
Virginia
Minn
Joseph LaMere
Park Falls
Manito man clocks brisk 1504 mile motorcycle run
Alfred C. Kraase of Manitowoc to Nasonville and back set a fast time on a 1504 mile journey. He rode to attend his parents silver wedding, using the Appleton route with puncture repairs and meals en route. He left for the return trip Saturday evening and arrived in good order by Monday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Kraase
Nasonville
Manitowoc
Fred Kraase
Kraase
Appleton. Waupeca
Stevens Point
Marshfield Edges Past Stevens Point Here For Narrow Loss
Stevens Point beat Marshfield 18 to unknown score as Marshfield’s Stachen atoned for walks by leaving his suit. Jim Christensen expects to return from leg injury soon. Next Sunday Marshfield plays Stanley, then Stevens Point hosts Marshfield.
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Marshfield
Stevens Point
Stachen
Stanley
Jimmie Christensen
New Land Agency Opens In Marshfield At Central and Sixth
The West Bissell company of Milwaukee leases the brick building at Central avenue and Sixth street to sell Clark County lands owned by the Homemaker Land company. George F Grassie, a former newspaper man, now heads the office and has moved his family to Marshfield, occupying one of the MacFarlane houses on Arlington Heights.
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H. Wipperman
Chilton
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Land
The
West Bissell Company of
Milwaukee
Central Avenue
Sixth Street
Clark County
Homemaker
Land Company
George F’. Grassie
Max
Grassie
MacFarlane
Arlington Heights
Marshfield
Delegation to Janesville for 1913 convention
A Marshfield group from Railway City council No 139 United Commercial Travelers leaves Friday at 4 45 am by Northwestern line for Janesville to attend the state convention. They aim to secure the 1914 meeting city and invite others to join. Local council raised funds to take the entire Second Regiment bands to boost parade display and morale for the vote.
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Railway City Council No. 139
United Commercial Travelers
Janesville
Second Regiment
Cheese Board Dies Naturally in Its Infancy
The Central Wisconsin Call Board of Trade collapsed at its fifth meeting in City Hall, failing to sell cheese by open bid. Attendance was small and most bids were withdrawn before sales, leading officials to suspend meetings despite efforts and factory support suggesting the board was unnecessary without full offerings.
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Central Wisconsin Call Board of Trade
Class Play Next Week at New Adler Opera House
The Senior class play When the Near Boy Graduates will be staged Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the New Adler opera house. Seats may be reserved Saturday at the box office for Tuesday and Monday for Wednesday. Cast is competent and expected to please. Thursday evening address to graduates by President John A. H. Keith of Oshkosh Normal School is Dead Levels of Attainment in Life. Rev Father Graeme Davis to deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the seniors next Sunday at the Presbyterian church.
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New Adler Opera House
John A. H. Keith
Oshkosh Normal School
Graeme Davis
The
Presbyterian Church
First Concert At Park Draws Big Crowd
The Second Regiment band gave the first concert of the year on Friday evening at the park, drawing an estimated crowd of over 2,000. The park and adjacent streets were crowded, with the program pleasing throughout. Leader Steinmetz and associates are praised, and concerts are planned for subsequent Wednesdays unless canceled.
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Second Regiment
Steinmetz
Officers School Trip For Two Lieutenants
First Lieut. Frank Reigel and Second Lieut. Edward Witt of Company A left yesterday for Camp Douglas to attend the annual school of instruction for officers. The trip is in preparation for the camp opening next month.
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Frank Reigel
Edward Witt
Company A
Camp Douglas
Huge iron stack at Roddis Lumber crashes in Marshfield storm
A Wednesday gale toppled the Roddis Lumber & Veneer stack at the Marshfield factory, causing hundreds of dollars in damage and a temporary plant shutdown. One guy wire snapped, the post was pulled, and the stack fell across the main building, bending a blower and breaking roof joints. The 174 ton stack, built from 700 pound sections, distorted three floors as it settled. Millwrights began repairs Thursday morning.
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Marshfield
Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company
Nasonville Barn Burns in Thunderstorm
A barn owned by Henry Leonhart in Nasonville burned to the ground during a Wednesday electric storm. Losses included machinery, 5000 feet of lumber, 500 bushels of wool, hay, oats, corn, two calves, and about 40 chickens. Horses and buggies were saved. Insurance on the barn was $1450. machinery and lumber were not insured. Leonhart plans to sell the property and move to his other farm.
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Henry Leonhart
Nasonville
Bulgrin
Nason
Barty
Leonhart
Lindsey
Fishing at Pike Lake opens with eleven anglers
A party from Fifield Price county including Drs R P Potter D A Kanlans W S Heaton and others set out Thursday for Pike Lake. They returned Monday with 83 fish, 18 muskellunge and the rest pike, signaling a strong opening season.
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Wisconsin
Pike Lake
Fifield
Price County
Drs. R. P. Potter
D. A. Kanlans
W. S. Heaton
Messrs
E. E. Finney
Frank A. Noll
J. ©. Marsh
Arrest in Tomah. Moran Held on Warrant
Tomah police acting on an outstanding warrant arrested a man who gave the name J. A. Moran on Thursday. He had worked at various places around town and was taken to Tomah for trial.
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Tomah
Marshfield
J. A. Moran
Veterans Dance Quadrille at Club Banquet in Marshfield
The Sunset club closed its year with a Grand Army banquet at the armory honoring Marshfield veterans post members. Illness of Father Condon of LaCrosse prompted an impromptu program led by Rev. Fr. Graeme Davis.
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Sunset Club
Armory
Grand Army
Marshfield
James Hutton
R. Olin
Patrick Harkin
Henry Chilcote
M. Leahy
Frank Eno
Joh Sheriff
James Ward
G. W. Henderson
W. G. Hinman
Ben Powell
James G. Blaine Post
Methodist Church
Second Regiment
Father Condon
LaCrosse
Graeme Davis
St. Alban’s Church
United States
Father Davis
United States of America
C. B. Edwards
Mary
Federal building site under review for Kew Marshfield
Postmaster E A Upham is tasked by the government to select a site for a federal building in Kew Marshfield. He is preparing a diagram of the business district to accompany his report, with several sites under advisement. The move hinges on Congressmen Browne's $100 000 appropriation bill passing.
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E. A. Upham
Upham
Browne
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Altoie
Miller-Cluxton
August Bubalz
Lena Schlatke
Chilton Man
Alfred Kraase
River Nine
NEW Land Agency
West Bissell Co
News OF the
Roosevalt
Madison Legislative
Ekern
Supreme Court
Gattysburg
Svanenwaheuser
Washington Letter
Barisal Glory
Cheese Board
Cal
Roddis Veneer
Leonhart Place
Warshfielders
G. Alr. Post
Kew Marshfield
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