Local Briefs From Spencer and Nearby Towns
Spencer notes include Miss Belle Salter of Unity visiting callers from Spencer, Dr and Mrs G Strayer and Miss Jennie Butters traveling visitors, Mrs Whitney of Sherry visiting C M Christiansen, and Bert Whitmore returning to Kellogg Idaho with Hazel. Many locals attend teas, a Ladies Aid lunch, and a roller skating season finale.]]
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Salter
Unity
Spencer
Mrs
G. Strayer
Marshfield
Bert Whitmroe
Kellogg
Idaho
Hazel
Bakerville Community Notes and Local Visits
Miss Carolyn Cramer visited the district 2 school last Friday while opening at Lincoln Park on Monday evening May 20. Edwin Ott, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ott, works in German town. Miss Gertrude Michels, recently at Marshfield, is home. Nora Michels visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Nuber. Mr and Mrs Joe Koeniz of Marshfield visited Mr and Mrs Anton Hensler last Sunday. Nelson family and children of Antigo called on Mr and Mrs Joseph Regele last week. Corpus Christi Church services are next Sunday at 10 am and Thursday at 8 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hayward
Martha Schwan
Loyal
J Gardiner
F. H. Hand
Elizabeth Potts
Stevens Point
Leonard Nichols
of Unity
Dara Schwantes
Spencer
Lutheran Church
A. F. Imm
Fred Andrer
Unity
C. M. Christainsen
Campbellsport
Andler
Verle
F. Sook
Earl Anderson
Morgan
Sook
Anderson
Bother
Carolyn Cramer
Louis Kasberger Jr
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Marshfield
Nora Michels
Joseph Nuber
Joe Koeniz
Anton Hensler
Nelson and
Chilfiren
Antigo
Joseph Regele
Pittsville Notes and Local Visits Highlight Week
Mrs H C McCoy is on the sick list this week while Mrs A B Cotey visited Chicago. Ernest Barnes left for Wausau after a visit here. Mrs Hi E Spears of Pardeeville visits friends. Ev W King and wife left for Portland Oregon. C E King and I B Parker on a southern business trip. Miss Emily Sanvilla left for Merris after visiting her mother. A high school ball game Saturday afternoon ended 31 to 30 with the city team defeating the high school boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Cotey
Chicago
Mr. Garison of
Thorp
Ernest Barnes
Wausat
Hi. E. Spears
Pardeeville
Ev. W. King
Portland Oregon
C.E. King
L. B. Parker
Emily Sanvilla
Merrisl
Richfield Notes of Local Visits and Injury
Richfield reports Mrs. George Arndt is improving after illness. Mr. Joe Hesenfang suffered a severe cut from a wire fence. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gessert visited Marshfield over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Arndt
Joe Hesenfang
Will Gessert
Marshfield
Whittier and His Mother and Farm News in Marsh Field
Miss Emma Sherron of Marsh field helps with sewing as road work uses a split log drag by Albert Thompson and Merman Poppy to level a road. A birthday for Mrs Will Doll draws a large crowd. Milking pails hung on pegs during milking risk contamination, though perceived clean. Whittier shares a Quaker mother’s sea voyage misadventure with a bonnet mishap and a plea to go home, told in a New York Telegram tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Sherron
Marshfield
Albert Thompson
Merman Poppy
Will Doll
Whittier
Portland
Smith
John
New York Telegram
Mules Offer Real Farm Value for Profit
Farmers overlook mule advantages as workhorse substitutes. Mules use less feed, live longer, stay sound, and respond to kind training. Raising male mules yields strong returns, with a healthy pair at three years old worth 409 to 500 dollars.
Watchman’s faux pardon sparks department probe in Washington
A longtime Justice Department watchman opened an after hours telegram to the Attorney General and answered a crime question with No in dead. He was suspended for three months but continued drawing pay on every payday. The incident triggered an internal inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ymnri
Department of Justice
Washington
Reneral
Nynor
Hqnor
Indead
John Jones
Justice
Department
High School Notes Reflect Incubator Progress and Plans
Of the 120 eggs set in the incubator 77 hatched. The chicks are a week old and only three have died. The Physics class finished electricity and begun sound. A Memorial program is planned at the McKinley building on May 29 inviting Marshfield’s old soldiers. Agriculture will begin a garden next week if weather allows. The play The Cricket on the Hearth by the Sophomore class will be staged again next Thursday at the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Marshfield
Literary Society
Sophmore
Presbyterian Church
Milwaukee man fined for employing underage sampler
D G Head of Cudahy Packing Milwaukee was fined ten dollars and costs in municipal court for employing a 13 year old boy, Collin Allen, to distribute samples during a school session without the required permit. The defendant claimed ignorance of the law and noted the work was light and outdoors and the boy earned 75 cents daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.G. Head
Cudahy Packing Company
Milwaukee
Collin Allen
B. Toby
Watisau
Eckhoff Buys Wittenberg Telephone Exchange
John Eckhoff former Marshfield Water official buys Wittenberg telephone exchange for 2500 dollars. The system serves about 100 phones and will be expanded with new sets and lines to nearby towns. He plans to move his family to Wittenberg and his daughter Lydia Eckhoff will help run the operation alongside Otto Eckhoff, previously superintendent of the local electric plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eckhoff
Marshfield Water, Electric Light & Power Co
Wittenberg
Eckhof
Lydia Eckhoff
Otto Eckhoff
Wittenberg Electric Light Co
Pay of Rural Carriers In Wisconsin Set By Post Office
Postmaster General Meyer approved a July 1 salary adjustment for rural free delivery carriers in Wisconsin. The graded increases range from 9 to 25 percent based on route length, with annual pay for routes from 6 to 24 miles listed from 396 to 900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Post Office Department
Meyer
de Graw
Medical Men Meet in Stevens Point
The annual meeting of the North western Wisconsin Medical society was held in Stevens Point last evening. Dr Karl Doege presented a report on Transverse Repture of the Membranous Urethra which was well received by the medical men. President John F Sims of Stevens Point Normal gave an address on Medical Inspection of the Schools which proved very instructive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Wisconsin Medical Society
Stevens Point
Karl Doege
John F. Sims
In a Woman's Power at Adler Oper House May 18
The melodrama promises a five act stage production with original plot and intense action. Sensational scenes and realism are highlighted as surpassing previous efforts in stage mechanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler Oper House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jennie Butters
Chippewa Falls
Mrs. Whitney of
Sherry
C. M. Christiansen
Ingharm’s Hall
Will Parret
Geo. Burnett
M. E. Church
Ile
Prank
Robin Burnett
Bakerville
Lincoln Park
Edwin Ott
Frank Ott
Germantown
Gertrude Michels
Corpus Christi Church
Pittsville
H.C. McCoy
Richfield
Schoolboy
British University Correspondence and College Magazine
Atara
Vorses
Socrates
Lebor
Telephone Exchange
Ayer
Armee
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
First National Bank
Payl
Peter J. Kraus
Hiler’s
King of the
Schumaker’s
Prescription Store
Lume
Planet Jr
Kliner,Lang &Scharman Co
Sexton Bros
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