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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1918
Page
3
Report describes a wartime salvage program where returning battalions discard worn uniforms and wash clothes, entering baths and receiving clean garments. Salvage depots, wash tubs, and shoe repair units support ready uniforms, with clothing sorted for redistribution to front lines and rehabilitation centers.
C Hy Wilson, longtime high school coach and teacher, left for his draft induction in the United States Army after a farewell luncheon at the Palms. The inter-class basketball results crowned Seniors, Sophomores, Juniors, and Freshmen in order, while Stevens Point hosted Norman state tournament finals with Nekoosa competing. Local staff changes include Supt Don Miller traveling on business and A C Murphy leading farming classes with about ninety enrolled. Edward Meru named captain of the 1918 football team and Lloyd Whitney guiding the 1918-19 basketball schedule. Mistie Stocking under quarantine and Dorothy Pulling substituting. Pat Murphy’s chickens laying.
Lieut Theodore Marburg Jr in charge of the Royal Flying Corps in New York is the son of former Belgian minister Theodore Mar ute. He trained at Oxford and Krake, earned his wing a year later and has since qualified as a pilot. His wife is Baroness Giselle von Viveria.
A series of small updates note plans by Mohle Nive and Kleine to erect a baw baser ment horn soon. Farmers hunted holonies to Lown last week. A party was held at the home of Mt td Str. Ay Brooks last Saturday evening. Brown Morey reports completion of a new har ning. Sd. Lehnherr spent Tuesday in Grand Rapids on business. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith returned from Chippewa Falls where they spent the winter. Several cars were seen heading toward town Sumlity. I S renewed my license for Gap ain Baker, the Standard Bred Trotter Stallion owned by Mr. G. Hankel.
Mrs August Katentioutel of Hewitt plans a Friday visit to New London to see relatives. She is accompanied by her sister Petrich of Marshfield. Mrs Emil Ohm was hospitalized in Marshfield last week with a shoulder injury. Joe Muxelerger was hospitalized in Marshfield after an appendectomy and is recovering. Jos Fach sold his farm and moved to Milwaukee with household goods. Mrs John Denk had her belongings loaded for shipment to Manitowoc County as she prepares to relocate.
Sergeant Gandecaf at a Marine recruiting station faced a shocking scene when Diver TF Shichts of Marietta Ohio entered with a dynamite bundle and a hatchet. Shields declared he was not a German spy and planned to enlist, leading to an abrupt confrontation and a transfer toward training on Parris Island.
An eloquent plea to American youth urging resilience and renewal after war. It contrasts Europe’s fragile future with American vigor, urging boys and girls to stay strong and ready to contribute to freedom and rebuilding at home. It names young Americans like Bill, Jack, Gauge, Mary, Susan, and Jane as the nation’s future stewards.
The University of Wisconsin Extension will omit state and county titles this summer to allow staff more work time while continuing lectures. Educational programs will still be sent to isolated communities, with the division’s lectures department maintaining performances. Last year the local chautauqua was led by Extension staff and received general satisfaction.
The war department battles weather delays that threaten roads, farms, and the movement of men, horses, and motors in France. A downpour could ruin hay or grain and impede victory. The piece urges timely purchase of Liberty bonds to secure supplies this summer.
Marshfield election day will open polls an hour earlier under a new time change law. Six o clock standard time becomes five o clock, delaying check in for voters and election workers. The shift, occurring in the early morning hours of Sunday March i, is not expected to affect Easter services unless some miss the new timing.
The notice instructs senders to address mail in full and include the sender’s name and address, using the ship page or reverse side for the return. It requires full names, organization, and the phrase Americas Expeditionary Personnel when applicable.
A wartime bond guide lists purchases funded by Liberty bonds including trench knives hand grenades and supplies for allied troops. It notes $100 bonds cover eight months of rations clothing and equipment for a soldier, while larger sums fund mules motorcycles and headquarters needs.
At a meeting of the Yellowstone Trail association in Minneapolis Earle Whipple was chosen to head the eastern extension committee. The trail will receive yellow tin signs with black arrows and marking continues from Butte to Hudson as weather allows. Dowling was reelected president Cooley secretary and general agent. Free information bureaus will operate in several cities.
A Burnett county banker provides a sizable loan and support to boost the county’s shese industry. The grant funds and financial backing aim to expand local businesses, create jobs, and strengthen the regional economy under the banker's initiative.
On Holy Week, the Adler theater opens with Charles Chaplin in A Jitney Elopement plus a Triangle feature and another comedy. Easter Sunday features Or until They Get Me a photodrama about a Mountie torn between love and honor, with themes of service and sacrifice driving the plot.
The Liberty Loan appeal stresses moral welfare and profit from supporting soldiers. It contrasts American care for soldier ethics with German practices and cites Gen. Pershing praising the U S Army in France for its high conduct and absence of immoral behavior among its ranks.
Two rival sausagemakers on opposite sides of a street trade bold shop signs. One proclaims We sell sausages to the gentry and nobility of the country. The other counters with We sell sausages to the gentry and nobility of the whole country. The first posts God save the King.
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