Spectacular Runaway Crash On Central Avenue
A double runaway accident on Central avenue last Saturday night left six injured and two cars badly damaged. Frank Backus driving a buggy with two travelers, and James Johnson with a lively team, collided with Peter Paulson’s Ford after the horses struck it. Mrs Johnson, the Johnson child, and Backus’s party were treated for injuries. all are improving. Paulson and his daughter faced cuts from glass. Paulson’s car suffered severe damage while Backus’s vehicle was also heavily damaged.
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Central Avenue
Ward School
Frank Backus
Neillsville
James Johnson
Riverside
Backus
Tig
Dashig
Mr. Paulson
Crow Whitcomb Wedding Today
Miss Ethel Whitcomb will wed William Crow of Monroe at eleven this forenoon in the bride’s home with Rev Coram officiating. The ceremony will be quiet, attended by relatives and intimate friends, with decorations in the parlors. Afterward the couple will tour briefly and reside in Monroe where the groom is an assistant postmaster.
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Coram
Ethel Whitcomb
William Crow
Monroe
Roddis Vencer Co
Threw Rock At Train On Soo Line
Trouble on the Soo line as miscreants throw stones at trains. At Skunktown near the tannery a large rock shattered a smoking compartment window on train No. 4 injuring no one thanks to a heavy curtain. Passengers F. F. McFarlane and Al Campbell were present. Similar incidents occurred at Colfax and other points. Detectives are on the case hoping to nab the hoodlums before serious injuries occur.
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Skunktown
Stanley Sature
F. F. McFarlane
al Campbell
Colfax
The Big Eagles Convene in City for 1912 Meeting
Central Avenue gleams with decorations as Eagle state officers and delegates arrive by train from Eagle strongholds. The convention opens with welcomes by City Attorney E C Pors and State President Toll, followed by a busy agenda including sessions, parades, band concerts, rides for visiting ladies and a banquet at the Armory. The schedule rolls from Tuesday through Friday with a grand parade and closing session at the convention hall.
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Janesville
Menasha
Hartford
Deming
E.C. Pors
Toll
Opera House
State Aerie
Convention Hall
Blodgett
Park
Armory
State Aerie and
State Aerue
the Park
Eagles
the Armory
Woman fires shot at neighbor over stray cows
Mrs. Paul Gehrke of Marathon county was arrested last Wednesday charged with firing at Frank Boncher while cows on the road were being moved by landowners on both sides. Adjourned hearing before Judge Marchetti at Wausau set for Thursday.
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Paul Gehrke
Marathon County
Frank Boncher
Gehrke
Boucher
Fenton
Marchetti
Marshfield chosen for 1912 Wisconsin asylum superintendents convention
At Jefferson last week Sup t Gilson and Secretary Ward secured Marshfield as the 1912 convention site for Wisconsin county asylum superintendents and trustees. The meeting will be held in June, drawing many officials in the field. Gilson and Ward receive congratulations for securing the selection for Marshfield.
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Jefferson
Sup’t Gilson
Ward
Marshfield
County Asylums
Wisconsin
Jane
Messrs
Gilson
Graduation Exercises at Marshfield High Draw Crowded House
The Marshfield High School graduation held last Thursday at the opera house drew a capacity crowd of relatives and friends. Fourteen graduates were men and twenty women, with a program featuring eight student orations, a violin duet, and remarks from E. E. Finney. Also wedding news: Marié Hoerl and Herman Kuethe married Wednesday in Ironwood, Michigan, returning to Marshfield to begin life together. Kuethe is a local business professional.
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Marsafield High School
Opera House
Board of Education
Gleevent
E. E. Finney
Marié Hoerl
Herman Kuethe
Marshfield
Ironwood
Mick
M. Hoer
Elier Lang & Scharmann
the Times
Kuethe
Flower of the Ranch to Open June 30 at Regional Show
Manager Adler has secured a date for The Flower of the Ranch and the company will perform for three nights between Chicago and Minneapolis. They will appear in Minneapolis for a week during the July celebration, billed as one of the strongest attractions staged locally.
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Adler
Chicago
Minneapolis
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Our City
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Hart, Schatiner & Marx
Cassimeres
Abie
Melvin R. Laird
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Alms Kelly
China
Carolyn Haast
Margaret Kraus
Irene Leonard
Inez Noll
J. H. Stoever
R. G. Wilson
Wm. Glassner
Louise Tice
Weilding
Ironwood, Mich
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