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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
4
The draft proposal envisions a total armed force of 2 million with an army of 287000 and National Guard of 624000. It fills militia gaps by volunteers and compulsory enlistment and would raise 1 million through two groups of 500000 by selective conscription. It imposes liability for all male citizens aged 21 to 40, with exemptions for pacifist religious groups, clergy, and government officials.
An old notice outlines service hours from 7 A M to 8 P M in the city and country call charges including normal and abnormal confinement costs. It mentions additional fees for complex cases and references medical and surgical duties. The document is signed by A Vedder Wat Veal Mason.
Marshfield plans an early season with a May 13 road game at Stevens Point. Batteries Johnson and Delmere, veterans from the 1915 season, will start. May 20 features a trip to Grand Rapids. Open tryouts Sunday at the fair grounds begin at 1 30 p.m. with local players plus signings from Mosinee Colby and Oshkosh.
Students from all sections of the state will go to Appleton on June 11 to enter the summer echinol at Bushers' Business College. In addition to the regular course, a special Ixperial exam preparation program will be offered for those preparing for examinations.
Congress passes selective draft legislation for men aged 21 to 49 in the Senate and House with exemptions for married men dependents and critical workers. The act requires all affected citizens to register, with doubtful cases sent to higher authority. First group of 500 000 to be chosen, training to follow, while militia and regular recruiting continue.
The article lists new enlistees including Wilford Jehman Rib Lake Clem Fry H Scheike Vernon Labelle Albert Winger Philly Baumann Calbert Sparks Alfred Horn Louis Weiderman Melvin Arneson Jacob Kramer Abbotsford and notes the total enrollment at 187 men. Howard Morehouse enlisted and transferred to Troop 3 in Milwaukee. Captain Frank B. Reigels in Stevens Point is organizing the company and First Lieutenant Edward C. Witt expects the unit to reach about 300 men soon.
The Lincoln school Parent Teachers association will meet tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock. The program includes a lullaby sung by Miss Beatrice Schuette, a reading of Home by Mrs. Jay Burns, and a paper titled A Mother's Influence on Her Boy by Mia of RBC Hastings. Seventh grade pupils perform a May Pole Dance.
Nickoli Nelson longtime resident dies Monday morning at home from tuberculosis after a two year illness. Age 26, son of Nels Nelson, survived by wife and one child. Funeral will be held tomorrow at St Pauls Evangelical church at 2 PM.
Announcer warns Mr Datryman about a recently patented invention designed to aid the milling industry. The device focuses on aerating and ventilating processes to improve commercialization and efficiency within milling operations.
Cooling milk fresh from the cow by exposing it to air thoroughly cools and deodorizes it before shipment to cheese factories milk stations and the like It also prevents fermentation or souring Every aerator fully guaranteed for money refunded For particulars write the Marshfield Milk Aerator Co Marshfield Wis 23tf
The Adler theater presents a busy week with William S Hart in Truthful Tulliver, a J Pagnell Egan concert Thursday, a big Metro picture Friday, and Love and Hate Saturday. Sunday features a standard program, then The Temptation Monday, Greed Tuesday, and Ramona, a Southern California transformation tale. Ramona and viewing of the film promise broadening influence for readers and attendees.
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