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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1898
Page
5
Local items report new births, marriages, business openings, and misadventures in Marshfield. Highlights include a birthday celebration, new butcher shop, veneer orders to Germany and England, a firewood accident, telegraph and rail chatter, and civic election notices amid a year of revival and town progress.
Good Ice, Mess, the ice man, offers ready contracts to furnish ice for the coming summer. He advertises 150 cards of the finest quality and seeks to close his contracts now. Season price is framed at ten dollars per season with no extra charge for taxes. Dry wood supplied by AL Kleinherne & We uw.
Ansel Strong writes from Skagway Alaska on February 16 1808 describing the town’s crowded condition on the eve of a gold rush. He notes ships bringing passengers and freight, the Chilkoot Pass traffic to Dyea, and plans for a possible narrow gauge railway. He warns of gambling dens, shootings, and a lynching scare, plus local crime and rough character. He forecasts rail and river road work toward Lake Bennet and White Horse Rapids, and ends with a personal sign off and a short social note about a local jolly gathering gone wrong.
Last Sunday night marked the close of union evangelistia meetings. Rev Astrum and Prof Willis were concerned observers as Mr Hillis boarded the 1529 train to Averneastie. The group sang farewell songs and wished him well as he left Marshfield for Milwaukee via Oshkosh. He will be remembered by Marshfield residents for his work.
The Times reports the death of Edward Lynch aged eight, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lynch of Grand Rapids, who died Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. The obituary notes he was an exceptionally bright boy, the joy of his family, and expresses deep sympathy for the bereaved parents.
Expert specialist and professor at Indianapolis and president of Trask's Medical Institute plans a one month treatment program at Marshfield for nervous, spinal and surgical diseases. Free consultation offered with no pay no knife no caustics. Includes eye and hearing exams with special glasses. testimonials available from Wisconsin patients.
Legal notice from Wood County Wisconsin probate alleging the will and testament of Peter Weber, deceased, and seeking letters testamentary. The court orders bearing of the application, publication of the order twice in the official county newspaper, and a hearing date for proof of the will.
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