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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
5
The piece surveys June as a month of long days and shifting clocks with Cupid anticipation and fashion trends. It notes Jupiter shifting to evening star on June 15, Saturn to duty after a week, and says summer begins around June 22 though it lingers earlier. It hints at nocturnal revels, spending, and the harvest mood as the month progresses.
A retired cavalry officer named George Washington Lee explains the origin of jitney. He cites a Louisiana French dialect phrase mettons jetnee danz si trou meaning put a nickel in the slot for a ride. The piece notes jetnee is the ancestor of jitneys and that the modern bus swaps electricity for mule power, a distinctly Southern link.
The Freeport Journal laments the loss of barefoot children once common on streets. It recalls when shoe wearers were rare, mothers forced shoes on Sundays, and boys played barefoot despite dusty streets, ponds, and obstacles like geese and cows. The piece likens childhood to simpler times.
A humorous critique argues that both sides during war poorly treat prisoners and that both England and Germany fail to offer decent accommodations. It envisions a grand, satirical prison complex and suggests advertising such models to entice enemy surrender, highlighting the absurdity of wartime propaganda and bids.
The Wisconsin Sunday School Association announces girl’s camp outings on Wisconsin lakes this summer with two two week sessions. Camp Wisuseas on Lake Chetek runs June 15 to 29 and Camp On-Isch-O-La-Wa on the Chain O Lakes at Waupaca runs July 8 to August. Rates are four dollars weekly including meals and activities. Led by Mrs. P. F. Stair, chief guardian of Camp Fire Girls of America, the camps seek fellowship, training and fun for girls at low cost.
A U S Department of Agriculture survey compares Jefferson county Wisconsin and Middlesex county Massachusetts showing eastern farms spend more on labor fertilizers and buildings while western farms yield larger, cheaper operations. Eastern farmers hire more labor and pay higher costs though gross income favors the east. overall New England remains unfavorably placed, with room for more dairy expansion in Wisconsin.
The Sheehan Opera company brings Cleopatra and Cavalleria Rusticana to New Adler on June 12. A discussion of top tenors notes Joseph F. Sheehan as unmatched in high C technique, with praise for his repeated use of the high C in Cavalleria Rusticana and Faust. The piece surveys famed tenors like Caruso Tamagno De Reszke and others, highlighting American and European leaders and the evolution toward robust high notes. It concludes with Sheehan’s frequent performance of the high C in William Tell and in encores.
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