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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
5
Local items report wedding ring sales, visits by relatives from Milwaukee and Green Bay, and various city business, school events, and church notices. The section notes된 residents traveling to Appleton, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, and Manitowoc, plus assorted ads and public notices.
A Farm and Fireside slogan is cited about frontline soldiers with the line The hoe behind the gun appears as a national alternative slogan. The quote contrasts wartime patriotism with home front labor in a historical context.
The Wisconsin highway commission outlines plans for 1244 miles of road construction this year plus 50 bridges. Total road and bridge expenditure is 4 300 000 with 2 700 000 for roads. State and county aid bridges total about 350 and 560 thousand dollars respectively. Plans cover graded and surfaced to non permanent surfaces and surveys remain for 222 miles. The current session passes a federal aid bill after engineers assisted in drafting highway legislation.
An assembly and senate committee favor repealing the one buck law and propose an open deer season in the last ten days of November. A strong senate battle is expected to retain the Jonesbuck law, with a chance it may stand for two more years.
The United States announces a new newspaper venture The Official Bulletin to inform the public on wartime progress and official acts. The bulletin will be published daily from Washington and serves as an official information source.
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