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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
5
The semi annual muster of Company A and the Second Regiment band at the Marshfield armory drew fifty seven of sixty men. Officers with Porto Rican campaign experience led precise drills to new evolutions. Captain Marvin praised the readiness and dress while Adams' orchestra played for a afterward dance despite a storm.
Report claims four prominent senators and four associates from Anos Held company held a private banquet Saturday night. Police were called after disturbances. two lawmakers were arrested while another resisted and was jailed. Prosecution for breach of peace threatened, but unlikely. Calls for restraint and early adjournment of the legislature follow.
An evening lecture by Hercules v2 Villace, once a tele com officer, attracted a small audience. He argued strongly for the South African Republics in the Boer War, citing personal experience and urging sympathy for fellow burghers. Major Upham introduced him, with several prominent locals present. Visual aids and steroscopic views illustrated key scenes, while Cornet Viljoen defended British actions as barbarous in places, sparking applause for the speaker’s warm reception.
Project to open a new section line road from the city toward Anton Dust's corner extends beyond Wood town line. J C Davis leads the movement with help from city business leaders. The road is expected to attract new settlers and provide direct market access for farmers. local businessmen have donated to the fund.
Members of the Wood County Toll Line company met Monday evening to consider extending lines to Babcock Dexterville Hanson Veaver and Bethel amid demand. A possible sale of the Piusville exchange to a cooperative group and a Wisconsin Valley Telephone absorption plan were floated but no definite action taken. The full plan remains unpublicized.
At the Milwaukee site conference the Evangelical Association returned Rev. Nehs to lead the mission for another year. Plans include extending work to Grand Rapids and Rey with an assistant, preparing Marsh to host smaller church bodies. Additional congregations may form under his supervision in neighboring towns as faith gathers strength for continued services.
A New shipment of Scotch Shorthorn cattle arrived at Wisconsin Central stockyards purchased by Alderman Blodgett, boosting his herd beyond a thousand registered imported animals. Blodgett plans a fall stock fair attracting buyers nationwide. farmers report benefits from earlier purchases. The Marshfield Gun Club shows rising popularity with recent shooting scores: Marsh 57 of 60, Worth 35, Lagerman 20, Geisse 24, Torry 25, and a 24 straight by Marsh in the first squad.
The act removing part of the sump tax becomes effective July 1. It exempts bank checks, certificates of deposit, commercial brokers, money orders, export bills of lading, promissory notes, telegraph messages, express receipts, simple bonds, charter parity, certificates of damage, leases, life insurance policies, mortgages or deeds, powers of attorney to sell, warehouse receipts, protest, perfumery, cosmetics, proprietary medicines, and chewing gum from taxation.
An item notes skirts of 18 short length urged to accompany shirt waists, praising new masculine fashion while contrasting with traditional trousers. It imagines an elderly, bulky man in such attire, predicting a shift toward style. Also advertised is a booklet on Oregon, Washington and Idaho with a Columbus River region map, available for six cents from W. Boiskera in Chicago.
The message informs friends of deceased veterans that government headstones are available free of cost or freight. Contact Commander Vanovjom or Adjutant fees with disclosures to obtain name, rank, regiment, unit, and date of death. It urges prompt use of this opportunity and notes officials T. Fly and E. G. Mans of the Annecom Com 5 Adjt.
A handsomely illustrated cloth bound 115 page book issued by The Chicago and Northwestern Ry covers settlement of the great northwest. It includes half-tone engravings of Black Hawk Sitting Bull Red Cloud and other chiefs Custer’s battleground and ten color map plates locating tribes. Price 50 cents postpaid lead by WW Koiskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago. Larry Warrer Smokers urged to smoke Lake View cigar by John Hoviz.
A garbled 1920s insurance sworn statement fragment from the American Warren company in Philadelphia, describing assets, liabilities, premiums, and disbursements. It notes net unpaid losses, unearned premiums, total receipts, and disbursements including dividends, taxes, and salaries, with a Madison Wisconsin Insurance Department certification dated January 1930.
The report to the Wisconsin Insurance Department outlines the condition of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston for the year ending December. It covers assets liabilities and disbursements including premiums income taxes and agents' costs. The document notes admitted assets ledger and non ledgers with totals and mentions policies in force and insurance in force as of December 31. It is signed by the insurance commissioner in Wisconsin and dated January 10.
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