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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1915
Page
2
Graeme Davis is vicar at St Alban's Church next to the Post Office. Sunday services include Low Mass 7:30 a m, Choral Mass and Sermon 11:00, Evening Prayer 7:45. Weekdays Mass 7:30. Holy Days 7:30 and 10:00 am. Saturday Children's Mass 9:30. Sunday evening Lent series on Man and His Soul. Open to non churchmen.
A dialog contrasts counting to ten before speaking when angry with a playful quip about counting ten dollars to calm a wife. An old Boston Transcript line warns that a man who never advertises is like a rusty nail headed for the discard.
The notice touts ready compounded prescriptions with pure, fresh drugs. It claims doctors need not instruct quantity increases to reach the desired result and promises top drug service at the counter.
Thief River Falls Minn announces land sales with free maps and printed matter. The ad invites homeseekers and investors to secure cheap lands on easy terms while offering farm exchanges. Separate note promotes a factory horse for sale to help with milk delivery and farm work. The French acting talent is praised with comparisons to great European performers and contrasts with lack of top tier tragedians.
A Marshfield citizen Mrs Louis C Schmidt credits Dear’s Kidney Pills with curing her backache and kidney symptoms after nightly pain and worsening condition. The ad urges readers to ask for Toan’s Kidney Pills at 50 cents and notes Foster Milburn Co as publishers. A second fragment seeks a calipers calculator for astronomical work, jokingly noting the applicant’s prior role as a bridge club scorekeeper.
Fond du Lac, Wis to build a cat ranch enclosed with high fencing to protect pets from dogs and stray cats. Furniture dealer Pettingill, a noted cat fancier, aims to place Fond du Lac on the map with Persian lines led by Jerry of Keewadin from Dr. Haines’s Kee wadin cattery and a pedigree rich in show ribbons.
A Merrill Wisconsin report shows only one in eight marriages end in divorce, well below the national average. In the last year and a half, 22 couples filed for divorce and obtained court permission to remarry, while 169 couples obtained marriage licenses. Average marriage duration of those seeking separation is seven to eleven years, with incompatibility cited as the main cause.
In Superior Wisconsin a dictograph was found in Sheriff George Comminsky's office, wired near the ceiling and connected to another room. The discovery follows years of heated city government politics around Mayor Konkel and a recall drive. Unclear if the device was used or planted for future leverage, but the planting theory is deemed plausible.
In Beloit Wisconsin jitney buses surge in service causing collisions and injuries. Mrs James Hywell of Shopiere was thrown from a carriage when struck by a jitney and sustained a broken leg. Beloit Traction added cars but electoral patronage falls. The Beloit common council plans a motion to regulate automobiles carrying passengers.
Farmers plan a large wolf hunt after raids by bands of wolves. One farmer Will Haulin, near Treeds Corners, lost twenty five chickens and others reported losses. Tracks near farmhouses suggest many animals in the pack. Green Bay Hospital project slated at sixty five thousand dollars to the Deaconess sanatorium.
Paid notice states the advertisement is written authorized and to be paid for by John Seubert of Marshfield Wisconsin. It identifies the person responsible for the ad and its origin.
John Seubert declares candidacy for re election as City Clerk of Marshfield. The notice references boundary maps of Europe and etymology of the word ogre tracing to Oreus the Latin bell and underworld god, noting historical folklore.
A terse exchange frames postwar sentiment with Teutons declaring victory, Allies insisting they won, and the public accusing deceit. The lines capture tension between official success narratives and popular distrust amid ongoing debates and criticism.
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