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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1896
Page
5
Thos Wright returned from Anviga last Saturday and won the contract to build a large brick schoolhouse at the place. Bids opened showed Wright as the successful bidder at 6668 dollars. Work will start after frost ends and be done by August Lith Frank Ward subcontracts drink and stone work from Wright.
A fragmentary moralizing note blends advice about trust and money with observations on children, doctors, women, and manners. The text argues against asking favors, warns about delaying payments, and comments on temperance in finances and speech.
The Milwaukee Sentinel announces a forthcoming Good Friends edition in partnership with the Wisconsin League for Good Friends. Editor Otto Dorner leads a $40,000 print run of 60 to 90 thousand copies, with members like President Hubbard, President Blackstock, ex-Gov Aoard, and officials from the Wisconsin Dairymen and other farmers contributing articles. Free distribution targets town chairmen and clerks, with copies obtainable by writing the Sentinel office.
Mayor Cole spent most of the week in Milwaukee handling city engagements and meetings. The trip focused on regional collaboration, infrastructure updates, and public appearances, showcasing the administration's outreach efforts.
The bulletin reports 2 339 persons under sentence in U S penal facilities with 45 293 in state prisons and 10 BGT in county jails and workhouses. It notes Arizona 4 136 convicts per million, Montana 4 269, North Dakota and Iowa lowest, and Wisconsin 605 per million. It gives nativity by color rates, cites Chamberlain's remedy for bilious attacks, and lists Henry Horn druggist as seller.
A patient from Sunbury Pa recounts crippling rheumatism healed after using three bottles of Penn Balm bought at Melick's Drug Store for 50 cents a bottle. Testimony by Charles B Wetzel and Walter Shipman appears, with a notarized subscription date.
The Cumberland edition announces the first issue of The New Wisconsin, published by Hon. H. S. Comstock. The eight column quarto is filled with content about northern Wisconsin's resources and prospects. Comstock is noted as the man to lead the publication, promising to highlight regional industry and opportunity.
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