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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
2
Prices for farm products and feed items listed by Spark Cereal Company include potatoes, butter, eyes, and various meats by weight or count. Grain and feed prices cover wheat, oats, barley, bran, hominy, middlings, rye, corn, and pig and cow feed with per ton and per bushel figures.
Checks totaling about 12000 dollars cover back overtime for January February and March to locally employed Soo Line engineers conductors firemen and brakemen in freight service. Switchmen expect about 2000 more soon while passenger staff receive monthly pay. eight hour shifts end overtime opportunities.
Willis Hartman of Glenwood New York attempted a height boost for Marine Corps enlistment by affixing adhesive plaster and cotton to his heels. A medical exam revealed the ruse, leaving him one inch short of the required height and rejected as a potential recruit.
Ancient Greek pythazarians valued temperance and simple food and used a five-pointed star as a health symbol. A red star on Chamberlain's Tablets signals health benefits. If you suffer indigestion biliousness or constipation a package from your druggist offers quick relief obtainable everywhere.
Secretary McAdoo outlined a two billion dollar Liberty Loan issue with denominations from fifty dollars to one hundred thousand, maturing in thirty years and redeemable in sixteen years. Subscriptions require two percent on application, with staggered payments and semiannual interest, and options for coupon or registered bonds. The offering is capped at two billion, with books to close June fourteenth, 1917, and a second treasury certificate offering possible within ten days.
The Brooks and Ross Lumber Company camp near Bowler is described as the state’s only military lumber camp. A former U S Army bugler cooks the camp using bugle calls to meals and bedtime. The transient workers fund a camp life with planned daily signals though drills are not yet organized.
A Brandon Springs Alabama reader reports severe whooping cough in his baby and credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a quick recovery. The advertisement states the product is obtainable everywhere.
Governor Philipp instructs County Clerk Sam Church to organize a statewide registration of men of military age once a conscription act is approved. Registration will use election machinery and precincts, with costs handled like ordinary elections. Clerks must notify election officers, distribute blanks through sheriffs, and expect a provisional proclamation with details after presidential approval.
Advertisement notes Chambers and lain's liniment offers relief for chronic and muscular rheumatism. Claims quick pain relief and good value, with availability stated as obtainable everywhere.
A playful verse on universal courting from ancient Eden to today. Cupid strikes all beings from birds to people, unfailing in his arrows. The poem ends with a note on rainy suede shoe care from the Springfield Republican.
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