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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
5
A jumble of brief items reports confirmations, auctions, mill work, revival meetings, new office equipment, a grave monument delivery, mislaid residents, promotions, and a Green Bay marriage. It mentions a state _public_ fortress debate, street adverts, and a fatal flood aftermath, all in compact, period tone.
Local notes record visits and travels of residents including Miss Louwle Droup of Abbotsford and Mrs Athke Clancy guests in Sleaford, plus Bart Atwood from Oshkosh and families from New London and Ladileome. Also mentions Frank A. Cady and D. Pickett at the grand lodge meeting in Sparta, and conductors Brown and wife heading to Chicago for a convention with plans to visit Western states.
Rey and Brown are scheduled to speak at the Wie General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in America. The event starts May 20 at the Assembly Grounds in Warsaw with a Sabbath mission talk. A popular Friday night program follows on May 21, featuring missionary themes and community gatherings.
The text describes May brewing lore with a celebrated brand called flogk and mentions Marshileth brewery unveiling a Qualys bred, while public opinion cheers for Gesunduell. It introduces Weir Bock with vivid artful imagery including a sparkling bottle, a veiled maiden, a bicycle scene, and a promotional beer chorus noting a 31% sweetness level in a lyrical spring tableau.
A chaotic narrative describes a tense evening with a stabbing and a mysterious intruder at a store near Beis' dwelling. Witnesses recall a man in a white robe entering hallways, fleeing from a presumed pursuit, and an abrupt arrest or confrontation ending with help to a lodging.
Zulm, chairman of Ge Birhfeld, recovered a double harness stolen from Linte in March or early April. The thief fled toward Centralia after selling the harness for $15 to Arpin Bros. at Port Edwards. The suspect disappeared after being promised payment and has not returned. details remain unclear.
In Muscatine there is discussion of tuberculosis mortality by gender. Dr Abbott reports numbers showing female deaths per 1000 males fell from 1055 in 1890 to 674 last year, with a historic shift in deaths favoring females. The trend coincides with more women cycling and outdoor exercise.
Letters from a former Grand Rapids native describe a wave of men fleeing to Alaska to seek gold. Sixteen years of exploration, tickets sold to pastors, and a long trek by foot toward the Yukon river are noted as hopefuls pursue wealth in little traveled land. A Pioneer party from Parville is set to depart for the same destination, with the Piatswitle Piut among those traveling.
The Skerbeck family announces a home produced show from Dorchester touring the northern states this year. The act, named Shexy, will perform twice on Wednesday May 12, with an afternoon and an evening show. They advertise a 23 cent roadside show as part of the package.
A distressed firm named Qaren Chu Clothing and Shoe company collapses for fifty thousand dollars. An extensive stock is shipped to Marshfield and stored at Bauer Bros. stand on Central Avenue for a four day sale advertised as the greatest event in Sarshield. The sale runs May 18 to May 21 with deep discounts on footwear and clothing for men women and children, including dress goods and furnishings.
Mortgage sale notice for Daniel Beach as trustee. Tobias Pilsner and Anna Pilsner mortgagees assign to Daniel Huach trustee. Auction set for May at 11 o clock in the forenoon at the front door of the post office in Marshfield. Property in Wood County consisting of 40 acres in Township Twenty-Five North Range Fourteen East. Agency and legal costs specified.
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