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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
3
Fragmentary notice from The Marshfield Times condemning fraudulent advertising. It cites printed ads claiming confidence in character and religious virtue, warns readers about misleading representations and advertiser failure, and references a quote attributed to Stephen Decatur on national policy.
The text urges continued support for Red Cross with a target of 14 000 dollars in seven days, arguing war effort demands sacrifice and noting opposition to Liberty Loan should bear responsibility if Germany prevails and profits from war.
Physicians, using microscopes, identify hookworm infection as a widespread disease. It afflicts barefoot youths in poverty, who carry worms from the bowels to the feet, highlighting sanitation as a critical factor in transmission.
A 19th century style critique links widespread TB to laziness across the south and north. It argues a cure exists but poverty after the Civil War prevents treatment, suggesting many are energy drained by an unseen disease and urging medical screening for fatigue and weakness.
The article argues that business must pivot from peacetime production to war needs. It urges workers to shift from autos and shoes to army trucks and weapons, with savings redirected to government funding. It calls saving a patriotic duty to finance the war and build a cash reserve for the nation.
A discussion notes that one fourth of an ounce of butter wasted daily by 1 in 100 homes would amount to over one million pats daily, requiring 262 million gallons of milk to produce. The piece argues butter is valuable and every scrap is useful in cooking.
An editor urges pairing labor with economy, urging Americans to make labor fashionable. The call argues that combining thrift and workforce effort will help the United States prosper, appealing to professionals and the public alike.
Professor Bobitt from the University of Chicago analyzed high schools in the North Central Association, estimating the cost per thousand student hours for subjects like algebra, geometry, Latin, English, history, and modern languages. He notes wide variability, with median costs ranging from about 42 to 72 dollars per thousand student hours and safety zones spanning roughly 30 to 90 dollars, urging schools to adjust class frequency and duration to improve value.
In a July issue piece Sid stysi portrays a boss famed for harsh criticism. The subject mocked any spark of enthusiasm and amputated fresh ideas with gloomy words, yet his death left a warning about praising good work to spur better performance. He urged managers to reward and explain, guiding young workers toward improvement.
A collage of brief editorials and quotes from Milwaukee to Marinette on war references, finance calls for the common man, coal prices, prisoner locks, oil royalties, and corn meal as food. Voices from Madison, Wausau, Racine, Oshkosh, and other papers urge duty, government control, and national resilience amid hardship.
A wartime style protesters chant urges workers to till soil and grow crops with a battle cry to feed the nation. The verses advocate unity in labor, rallying around the hoe to cultivate vacant lots and aid national food production.
Wisconsin reports 75,887 miles of public roads and ranks fourth nationwide in road mileage imported with stone and gravel, reflecting extensive paving and material usage across the state.
A catalog style listing of recent acquisitions and summaries. Items cover education theory texts from the American Academy of Political and Social Science, education authors Thwing Atwood, and works on home economics, cinema management, drama, European history, opera histories, poetry anthologies, child hygiene, and a fiction spread including Abbott Benson Buchan Fitch French Hall Harker Hough Melfeol Martins and others.
An amendment to the laws governing legal notices sets publication fees at 73 cents per folio for the first insertion and 50 cents per folio for each additional insertion. Approved May 16, 1917, and effective upon passage, it raises the former 60 cent first insertion and 5 cent subsequent rates. The act, also affecting supreme court proceedings except in criminal actions, caps first insertions at 75 cents per folio and 50 cents per folio for later insertions.
H. Murphy a Wellsburg druggist endorses Champerlain Tablets as the most satisfactory stomach trouble and constipation remedy he has sold in thirty four years of drug store service. Obtainable everywhere.
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