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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
1
Mayor Adolph Pankow calls a mass meeting of business men and citizens at City Hall Assembly Room at 7:50 pm to form committees, canvass the situation, and decide on a summer street fair. A large turnout is urged as the town seeks a festive, promotional event with agricultural features and free attractions.
J Marsh of this city was elected president for the coming year at the Wisconsin League of Gun Clubs tournament near Rhinelander. Marsh won third in 250 birds with 930 blue rocks, while J M Hughes and Guy Deering posted 259 and 236 respectively. Marsh also earned a forty acre lakefront tract. Talks of a competitive shoot with Wausau Gun Club loom, with potential visit to Rhinelander by ten Wausau shooters.
Wisconsin Telephone plans long distance entry here to be settled by amicable agreement this week. Stokerintendent E B Cottrill of Milwaukee will confer with Hon J C Marsh to set route from northern line. Three Stevens Point to Chippewa Falls circuits will be looped into the central office with a test board to fix breaks.
W. W. Noll sold a half interest in the North Side livery to Otto Mill, who will assume full charge. The sale includes about fourteen horses and carriages and all related assets. Noll will devote summer to racehorses and plans to retire from trotting, selling most stock this fall. Harry Bain will drive for Noll this summer, aiming for Marshfield’s strong showing again.
Residents urged to buy from Marshfield stores to support local merchants who pay taxes and avert out-of-town peddlers. The piece also promotes Republican caucuses on June 28 to elect delegates and back Senator Spooner and a governor opposed to La Follette, listing ward locations for the meetings.
Mike Plaska, a well known farmer from the town of Eau Pleine in Marathon county, died by shooting last Friday in a family dispute. An inquest directed by Justice Archie Muir found no foul play. Plaska, who had lived near March Rapids twenty five years, possessed a good reputation until recent trouble with neighbor John Wesley. He had previously been jailed sixty days for cruelty to animals, later released on habeas corpus, and had just returned home when he shot himself.
A delusional mother, Mrs. Natt Shelp, killed her six month old infant with carbolic acid in March Rapids. Held after showing insanity, she reportedly described a divine vision and will be examined to determine her sanity. The husband, a respected sawmill employee, is grief stricken. the baby died within minutes. The case may avoid murder charges if she remains irrational and is committed to the state hospital.
Ida Waidel, a Colby girl sentenced for disorderly conduct, is committed to the Milwaukee Industrial School for Girls for six years. She was transported to Milwaukee last week.
Dr. K W Doege installs a late model N Ray machine in his Third Street office. The twenty plate device has ten revolving and ten stationary plates and delivers a nineteen inch spark. Manufactured in New York, it features a handsome leak case and modern improvements for surgical use. The apparatus enhances Doege’s operating room and fits a modern, well heated office building housing multiple medical departments.
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