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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
8
Richfield notes include Dean Knapton writing from Ireland aboard the Tuscania describing survival after a torpedo attack near Rex’s birthday, longing for news from home, and plans to publish wartime experiences. Local society reports cover the Richfield Neighbors entertainment, familiar visits, illnesses, births, wedding bells, and community events such as Ladies Aid meetings, Red Cross sewing, a box social, and caucus announcements.
Richard Moldenhauer appeared as a Stratford caller on Saturday while Gus Nipko John Staadt and Gen Stover visited Marshfield. William Deru and his wife spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Joseph Baxter between trains. Harry Schar visited Stratford Sunday afternoon Arnold Pennebecker sold his team and left for Highbridge recently El Augustine and wife visited with the Baxters Sunday.
Community notes detail hospital visits in Marshfield including Chas Jr and Irvin Hughes with brother John, Mrs Ernest Matthes admitted after a week of illness, and relatives visiting between trains. Capt John Fesshoff and wife from Tomahawk visit Geo Colvin and wife, with other local movements and minor injuries noted as a saw mill starts and a man strains his left hand.
Hewitt August Brucks a retired farmer living one mile west of here died last Thursday after three weeks in hospital following an operation for internal troubles He was 68 and survived by his wife and Gustave Brucks of Marshfield and a daughter Mrs John Amier Funeral held Monday at 2 in Immanuels Lutheran church Rev Aur Ristow officiating In Marshfield ten year old Joseph F X Haselborper underwent an appendicitis operation at Marshfield hospital Wednesday and is reported doing fine
Mill Creek reports Aloysius Simon treatment in Marshfield for an eruption on his face. Gallatin tears down an old log barn to salvage lumber for a new granary. Ela Ohm visits Marshfield with Korth family as Arts brothers visit. Wm Seidel on sick list. Emil Ohm and wife now live with Ohm parents Aug and Mrs Korth. Mrs Wm Ohm hosts Lutheran Ladies Aid. Pupils plan selling nets to buy a school flag. All hopes of spring were blighted.
Saturday was marked by a raging blizzard that blanketed the area. Miss Elia Ohm visited with Mary Horn on Sunday afternoon. The unusual sky display seen Thursday night sparked much discussion in the following days. George Haselberger reports a recent loss of one of his horses.
Buenos Aires reports the Beti sh government issued safe conduct for Count von Luxburg former German ambassador to Argentina to depart for Sweden aboard the steamer Valparaiso. A medical attendant to accompany him was refused due to concerns about his mental condition.
Ex Senator Jonathon TL Bonene of Oregon wed Mrs Karal B Spery in Mobile Aly on March 1. Spery, once a Portland resident, has managed Banine plantation near the city. The ceremony was attended by a small circle of intimate friends.
St Albans Church lists Rev Grant Knauf as priest. Sunday Holy Eucharist at 7:30 a.m and Evensong at 7:44 p.m. Weekday services include Holy Communion at 7 a.m. and Vespers at 7:80 p.m.
A reflection on how excessive expectations strain relationships. The piece argues spouses, parents, and friends impose standards they do not meet themselves. It urges moderation, simpler views of life, and a shift toward contentment and happiness.
New titles across history poetry biography travel and fiction headline a wide library addition. Notable items include Breshkovsky Reminiscences and letters, Cammaerts Through the iron bars, Clarke Treasury of War Poetry 1914 1917, Hazen Alsace Lorraine under German Rule, Huard My Home in the Field of Mercy, and Davis Adventures and Li Richard Harding Davis. Also travelogues by Anderson and Hyamson and fiction by Churchill Dodge Gale Barton and more for adults and children.
Postmaster general rules no law allows free postage for bank notices to customers about installment payments on Liberty Loan Bonds. It treats the matter as a private bank customer transaction and suggests supplying banks with franked return envelopes or permits for sending such notices.
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