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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
11
Walter A Webster argues against blanket municipal ownership as a cure for corporate abuses. He praises private enterprise's growth driven by individual effort and warns that public ownership risks inefficiency, political interference, and overcapitalization, urging regulated reform and accountable public service without seizing private assets.
A Cedar Falls editorial argues municipal ownership supports socialistic ideas but warns private water would harm stockholders. It urges funding or an appropriation to build a reservoir and prevent typhoid risk, insisting action is needed now before an epidemic.
A Chicago letter dated April 27 198 from Mayor Fred A Busse asks the City Council to authorize expert assistance to determine the exact cost and current value of the city’s municipal electric lighting plant. It states records show only annual cash appropriations for maintenance and operation and urges a full international cov er covering the split cost and present value of the plant.
Chicopee Falls residents who use the municipal electric plant petition the council against current meter rates and request a hearing. Some consumers say their bills have doubled since meters were installed, sparking a public protest reported by Municipal Journal and Engineer.
In Middleboro Massachusetts Aqil reports a price rise for gal supplied by the municipal plant from 2.75 to 3.50 per thousand feet, reflecting a substantial increase in the local water and fuel provision.
The Chief Justice Waites remarks that a government succeeds best when it performs all duties while interfering the least with the rights of its people, underscoring restraint in governance and respect for civil liberties, during a public address.
The piece explains pennyroyal as a practical flea remedy gathered from farms. It notes that a bruised pennyroyal bunch in a bag repels insects when rubbed on bedding, and that essential oil rubbed on clothing drives fleas away. Sprinkling the room aids in clearing an infestation.
A man with a relentless zeal for calculating time debates with his wife while she adjusts her hat before a mirror. They hurry to reach their train for the theater as he estimates how much time a woman spends before the mirror, prompting a sharp retort and the missed connection.
A short humorous sketch on photography limits and a letter from Aunt Hannah to her nephew James about a portrait. She notes the pose and asks for adjustments, joking about arms, mouth, and a California trip. The piece captures early photo culture and family wit.
At a London dinner after marriage El len Thorneycroft Fowler recounts a guest mocking Miss Fowler’s writing style by saying “Everybody laughed” about her tricks. Fowler reveals he is Eden Thorngrott Fowler and states I wrote them, and then, indeed, everybody laughed.
A widow in the northwest provinces of India, wife of a gardener, afflicted with leprosy, persuaded her husband to bury her alive to prevent transmission to her children. The husband complied after her pleas, with four neighbors helping dig the grave. The burial occurred and the woman died. The case was investigated in a magistrate court and proven.
In a neighborhood vignette a few residents confront a boy swinging on a gate asking if his home is nearby. The boy answers and mentions walking a mile. A judge's library remark notes the hero’s strong face and a critic adds his face falls when meeting the heroine.
In a short exchange, a landlady and a new boarder discuss the boldness of eggs and the boarder’s nerves. The dialogue hints at social tension and restraint, with a recalled line about a man who fails then shields his fault with conscience in a Washington past context.
Readers are urged to grab the Zone Sports Afield issue with Northern Ontario fishing on the cover. The magazine offers wildlife travel tales from Nebraska to India, New Mexico cliff dwellers, and Mississippi River sport by E K Stedman, plus articles on Alaska Mexico Idaho and more. Readers are invited to obtain through newsdealers or license mailings to Sports Afield in Chicago.
Advertises cheap round trips to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and North Pacific Coast points via Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line with daily departures June 1 to September 15 and liberal return limits plus stopover options. Also promotes Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets for rapid relief of pain including headaches neuralgia and menstrual cramps. 20 tablets 25 cents. Sold by Sexton Bros.
All kinds of talking machines and the best records on sale at P L 2weeks jewelry store. Moderate prices on standard machines. Full line of wares clocks and jewelry. Special attention to repair work.
An ornate advert promotes Dr. R V Pierce Favorite Prescription as a safe, alcohol free remedy for women’s ailments. It lists ingredients, asserts professional endorsements, offers free consultation, and advertises related products like Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery.
May 20 to July 1 court window in Wisconsin Wood County orders sale of mortgaged properties. Under a May 11 1907 decree the mortgagee will expose the property at public auction at Marsfield City Hall front door on July 2 at 10 o clock. The cited promissory notes include principal interest taxes and costs with counsel fees. Sheriff J T Welch and attorney B A Williams oversee proceedings and the parcel details list a lot in Marshfield.
Wood County Wisconsin court in probate announces a filing by Emma Dackhuus requesting administration of Otto A Tackaus Backhaus estate. Hearing set June Bath 12 2008 at 12 oclock noon in Grand Rapids with notice by publication for three successive weeks.
Court grants and schedules probate for the will of William Noll of Grand Rapids. Creditors must file claims by the first Wednesday of December 1884 and publish weekly notices for six weeks in Marshfield Times.
Notice of bids for autidize cement walks and curbing around City Hall per plans. Bids due by 7 o'clock PM on June 198. Envelopes marked Bid for City Hall Sidewalk. Public Works, May 25, MG field, Wisconsin.
Notice is given that bids will be received for repairing Saliba and pataeyng the work and radiators on the main corner of City Hall. Bids must be marked Bids for Pointing and received by 1 o’clock P.M. on the day specified. The City Clerk’s office will be open for inspection. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated May 5, 1000.
Daily sale June 1 to September 30 on the Chicago Union Pacific Northwest Line. Return by October 31. Two through trains to Colorado daily including the famous Colorado Special with one night in Denver. Booklets and full information at any North Western Tickets agent. For sale by Fresh Milch Cowen. Enquire at this office.
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