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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1913
Page
4
Former Marshfield residents are urged to visit for a lively summer of attraction. A Fourth of July celebration by the renowned band leads into a two week chautauqua and a week of music and speeches, followed by the Central Wisconsin State Fair in late August with notable exhibits. The article also praises a strong local theater season and critiques legislators chasing sugar lobbyists.
The piece argues tariff reform and cheaper living costs are key, criticizing both parties for self interest. It says Democrats must deliver a square deal on tariffs to avoid losing power in 1916, and notes voters want cheaper staples like sugar and shoes. It also mentions Grand Rapids fish stories and a Marshfield election on street roaming.
A humorous column riffs on how country editors profit from life events from birth to death with sly jabs at editors ministers doctors and subscriptions. It notes local anecdotes including George B. McMillan in a Ford tourer Miss Matilda Apfelbeck and Mr Norbert Schraumnagel wedding and tales from Mill Creek and Marshfield about rain wind and a barbed wire fence.
A Kansas ranchman uses a gasoline tractor with a powerful searchlight to sow corn all night. The piece muses on advances from 1813 to 1913, predicting electric controls for farm operations and automated feeding and milking, with humorous nods to Ben Franklin. It also notes crimes of violence remain, slot machine worries, Dr Friedman profits, paving in Marshfield, and Senator Stephenson’s age plus a wedding question.
A 1912 Wood county notice asks farmers and landowners to contribute top samples of garden produce field crops and hay for a state fair exhibit in Milwaukee. Supervisor J J Iverson and committee members urge timely cooperation, asking readers to notify them or committee members with suitable items for selection.
Fred Dempsey of Chicago brings his aging father’s body back to Auburndale for interment. The father died in Davenport Indiana at age 81. Funeral services were held at Auburndale Catholic Church with interment in the family plot, where elder Mrs. Dempsey rests. The Dempsey family once lived in Auburndale in the 1880s.
A reflective poem by Frank E. Hering in Eagles Magazine urges readers to heed a spiritual call. It likens life to pages the Book of God writes across fields, skies, and night sounds, urging bold service when dawn comes and the call to serve awakens the soul.
A Marshfield reader asks whether a motorcycle left in the road without a rider constitutes an offense. Authorities say a motorist cannot be charged with obstructing the highway if no rider is present. The remedy for the team driver is damages, including costs and a nominal six cent Roosevelt damage. If the motorcycle had been left running with the driver absent, it would be a different offense under law.
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