Arpin Social News and Community Notes
Ma and Mrs Byron Whittingham visit from Madison. Wm Sisco and wife of Thorp visit George Sisco and wife in Arpin. Mrs Schumacher, former Arpin resident, visits Fred Hause household. Mrs Albert Holmes stays with daughter Mrs W E Van Nattylef in Madison for a week. Mrs Cliff Bluett of Grand Rapids visits sister Mrs O Dingledeen. Bluett installs as RNA marshal. Gus Hause learns of son Chester’s pneumonia relapse at Camp Hancock GA. Chester improving. Nit meeting at Vande Walle Feb 20 with Prof E of Bethel Academy on Bible study. County Supt Robert Morris discusses Arpin High School prospects. Luncheon and social games follow. Jake Koerkstra to repair harness and shoes with Champion sewing machine installation soon.
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Byron Whittingham
Madison
Wm. Sisco
Thorp
George Sisco
Arpin
Schumacher
Fred Hause
Albert Holmes
W. E. van ‘Nattylef
R. Reuter
Cliff Bluett
Grand Rapids
O. Dingledein
Hause
Chester
Vande Walle
Prof
Bethel Academy
Connard
Traiches
Robert Morris
Jake Koerkstra
Skyline Pride and Sacrifice on Shipboard Memory
Excerpts from When the Troopships Come In recount a Philadelphia veteran of the 28th Division who lost an eye and suffered meningitis, now approaching New York Bay aboard a troopship. He reflects on the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan as a stark contrast to his injuries.
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Manhattan
al Ameriga
Philadelphia
Ward O'Malley
March Red Cross Magazine
Beloit and Kenosha Lead Wisconsin Liberty Loan List
Beloit tops Wisconsin cities over 10 000 population in subscribing to the Fourth Liberty loan with a 4.61 percent rate, followed by Kenosha. The achievement honors both communities and their residents, qualifying Beloit and Kenosha for naming two ships under a government program tied to the loan drive.
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Heloit
Kenoshi
Wisconsin
Beloit
Kenosha
Lelolt
United States
Agcardanes
Washington
Caterpillar Tractor Film Show At Adier Theater
The Caterpillar tractor, key in American innovation and armored warfare, is featured at Lyman Howe Travel Festival in Adier theater presenting a two story house moved on its belts and filmed travels from Japan to Yellowstone. The program includes Howe’s animation of topux and other film novelties along with the travelogue through the Italian Alps and Washington.
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America
Lyman MH. Howe
Adier Theater
Maredith
Howe
Japan
Canadian Wilds
Yellowstone Nation
Italian Alps
Washington
Movida Glades
South Seas
Characterisiig Howe
Webster's New Handy Dictionary Adapts For Busy Desks
A compact Webster's New Handy Dunctionary from the Merriam series offers exceptional value for stenographers and desk workers. Its small size and light weight make it highly portable, with a low price bringing the work within reach. It excludes obsolete terms to include new words like barrage Bolsheviks camouflage jazz hands slacker Roche and includes a Gazetteer of the World and a Great War summary. Printed by American Book Company Chicago.
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Merriam
Webster
Barrage
Roche
Guernsey Breeders Meet at Marshfield Hall
The annual mating of the Wood County Guernsey Breeders Association will be held at the city hall in Marshfield on Monday March 8. The meeting opens at 10 30 with M B Wood of Mankato Minnesota presenting spring plans for a quality sale. Central Wisconsin breeders will attend to consign satisfactory animals and strengthen the local Guernsey industry. A I Bean secretary invites members to join and get in touch with fellow breeders.
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Wood ‘County Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Ity Hall
Marshfield
M. B. Wood
Mankato
Minn
Western Guernty Breeders
Wisconsin
Wood
A. I. Bean
DIRECT FROM BATTLE FIELDS MINSTREL SHOW AT AUTER THEATER
Uncle Sam's Minstrels, formed of wounded and returnees, will entertain after hellish war ordeals. Belleau Wood hero Sergt. Ritchie to speak, Sith Infantry Band to perform. tickets go on sale Sunday at the market office. War history committees seek county data and soldier rolls for future student use, chaired by W. D. Connoly Marshfield. Assemblyman W. B. Chilson proposes a state mounted police to enforce laws and aid conservation efforts.
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Uncle Sam
Auter Theater
Xadiers
Seogt. Ritchie
Belleau
Wood
Sith
Covery County
Council of Defense
Red Cross
W. D. Connoly Marshfield
W. B. Chilson
Merrill
Gate and Conservation Commission
Death of John Hiles at Granton After Illness
John Hiles died at his Granton home on February 23 after lingering illness of heart trouble. Born August 22, 1848 in Perry County Ohio, he married Adeling Gillet in Viroqua Wisconsin on January 2 1871. He worked for Upham Manufacturing until 1905 then guard at Waupun State Prison before farming near Granton. Survived by his wife four sons Otto Neillsville Charles Omaha Lloyd Chicago Harold Sperner one daughter Mrs John Martin Milwaukee and seven grandchildren.
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John Hiles
Granton
Perry County
Ohio
Adeling Gillet
Viroqua
Wis
Hiles
Upham Manufacturing Company
Waupun
Otto
Neillsville
Charles W
Omaha
Neh
Lloyd Tr
Chicago
Harold
Sperner
John Martin
Milwaukee
Walter Reed party hints at Croix de Guerre wearers
Thirty men from Walter Reed Hospital attended a 4 10. Woman's Club event in Washington. The report notes formal dress and playful exchanges as dances began, with several men jokingly concealing Croix de Guerre decorations and asking where their partners kept them, a playful nod to wartime bravado.
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Walter Reed
Washington
Red Cross Magazine
Rebuilding Efforts Near German Position Amid War Weariness
Photographs show Uhres and Amweri soldiers removing wire entanglements to open a road through a wrecked German area. Recon struction remains the major challenge as troops and civilians press on with the work in a devastated district. Common Law Wife Wins In St Louis Mrs Catherine Clark testified she was Walter J Clark's common law wife. Friseo railroad switchman killed at Choteau avenue viaduct April 1 1917. Verdict of 16.60 awarded by circuit court in a suit for 20 000 brought by Shay.
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Uhres
Amweriwan
St Louis
Catherine Clark
Walter J. Clark
Friseo Railroad
Choteau Avenue Viaduct
Beven
Elrcuit
Shay
Business Pool in the Hamlets
Turnips asks what business was done for Shakespearean repertoire this season. Carols call the effort rotten as Twelfth Night failed to run, As You Like It disappointed, A Winter's Tale stalled, The Midsummer Night proved frosty, The Merchant of Venice sold poorly, and The Tempest drowned the venture. The piece notes Marshfield as a place where trade in such matters pays off.
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Cartoons Magazine
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Webster's New Handy
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Wah- Let- Ka
Fatty Arbuckle
the Masher
Antonio Moreno and
Carol Holway
Pathos
Tarius
Official
Allied War Review
Wilson
France
League of Nations
Congress
Europe
Christ
Swift & Company
U.S. A
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