Wisconsin News Highlights From Around the State
Wisconsin items note a Memorial Day service flag at the University of Wisconsin bearing 3,500 stars for fallen soldiers. Menasha’s Herbert Ttosenow reports gassing in France and hospital care since March 10. Wisconsin physicians surveyed show 488 of 2,803 recommended for army surgeon commissions. A July 1 deadline set for a site vote. Marinette’s Marinelle-Grain Furniture expands to employ girls in light factory work. Milwaukee Boy Scouts acquire 40 acres on Silver Lake for training and outings. Washburn county has no drift quota due to many planters. Wausau curfew lifted until fall with no stated reason. Brown County boosts pay for nine assistants and courthouse staff by $780 yearly. War medical officers and city health staff collaborate on scarlet fever checks. Oshkosh to fund agricultural course costs via Smith-Hughes law at $2,500 this year. Large pine timber tracts described.
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University of Wisconsin
Ain Deathrone
Herbert Ttosenow
Menasha
France
Wisconsin
Marinelle-Grain Bay Manufacturing Company
Marinette
M. & M Sox Company
Milwaukee Council
Boy Scouts of America
Silver Lake
West Veonsmowoc
Milwaukee
Washburn
John L. Sell
Wausau
Brown County
Army
University Clinic
Madsin
Oshkosh
Smith-Hughes
Road to Happiness and Health Through Digestive Care
A cheerful note advises amiable living as a path to happiness but acknowledges constipation as a barrier. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to relieve constipation and notes improved appetite and digestion as added benefits.
The Markets Prices Paid in Marshfield
The Markets Prices Paid in Marshfield report shows initial price quotes gathered from local sellers. Buyers and merchants gathered to compare rates and determine fair values for common goods in the Marshfield market.
Italian officer Gives Shirt to Baby on Train
A young Italian officer, a Red Cross volunteer, told of a starving mother who gave birth on a crowded train. He stripped and wrapped the newborn in his own shirt, then the mother and child were cared for by the Red Cross as thousands of similar acts aided refugees after the Italian army’s retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italan
American Red Cross
Sologna
Italy
Hshe
EU Cross
War era notes and local updates across Wisconsin
War relief funds report strong support with Kenosha and Racine counties noting large April receipts and Red Cross needs. Ongoing tech and business moves include Wisconsin Valley Electric seeking control of Marshfield plant, and new hotel plans in Manitowoc. Local ordinances, court actions, and accident deaths punctuate the chronology while communities rally for refreshments at Red Cross canteens and soldier support activities.
Indigo Revealed as American Indigo Gap Filler
After eighteen months of study American chemists at Mareus Hook, Pa. announce a new indigo supply. Three leading firms organized research that produced a pigment equal to German indigo in quality and yield. Textile buyers praise it and foresee strong global demand if production expands.
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Germany
Mareus
Hook
Rempney
America
Atlantic
Monkey Causes Panic in California Church Stampede
A monkey from the McGormickes escaped from Winscent Maathardt in Montecito and ran through Grace Methodist Episcopal Church terrifying attendees. It bit Alma Barnes and others, leapt from shoulders to baby strollers, and was shot dead by Maathardt in the street. The brain was sent to Los Angeles for exam after the incident.
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McGormickes
Montecito
Cal
Winscent Maathardt
Alma Barnes
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Moulhardt
Maulhardt
Los Angeles
Stamps as Beauty Spots Sweep Los Angeles High School
Thrift stamps are being used as face decorations by girls at a Los Angeles high school. The stamps, though of no monetary value, are applied as beauty spots and have become a social craze among students despite the playful mockery of authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Various Wisconsin court and crime items reported
Eliza Demunck of Kiel, widow of Abraham Demunck, was released after the court found no evidence tying her to poisoning her husband. Racine police seek an unidentified man who allegedly dumped an infant's body into a furnace at the Milwaukee Electric Railway power house. A clerk at the state secretary of state’s office was exposed to a powder described as cow itch powder by analysis. Federal agents in Kenosha detained six men on sedition charges tied to war product concealment. A La Crosse woman sues Wisconsin Railway, Light & Power Co for 310,000 over dangerous car door closing practices.
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Eliza Demunck
Kiel
Abraham Demunck
Phelan
Sheboygsan
Racine
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company
Secretary of State
Chemical Department
The
State University
Kenosha
LaCrosse
Wisconsin Railway, Light & Power Co
Mary A. Madley
la Crosse
Hooveritis and the urge to save in wartime articles
The piece blends thrift and preservation as households store food and preserve resources to support the war effort. It urges temperate consumption and domestic efficiency to help defeat the German menace. A shipping day at the Soo Line Yard is noted with contact for Marshfield Poultry House.
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Soo Line
Marshfield Poultry House
Food Administration sets local retail limits May 21 1918
U S Food Administration for Wood County outlines maximum consumer prices and purchase limits. Notices prohibit certain combinations, specify discounts and delivery charges, urge public cooperation, and detail per week and per sale limits on flour sugar and substitutes. County administrator E C Pors calls for vigilance and compliance with 50 50 substitute rules.
Proper Food for Weak Stomachs and Food Advice
Proper food varies by age and occupation and those with weak stomachs should eat slowly and thoroughly mast their food and keep regular. If dull or constipated after meals Chamberlain's Tablets may help to strengthen the stomach and move the bowels. A group of 100 women telephone operators have been sent to France and 190 more are in training. Wives of officers and men eligible for duty in France are not accepted.
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France
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Aimed at Constitution Cure
Historical ad describes catarrh as widespread incurable, claiming local remedies fail. It promotes Half a Century Catarrh Medicine by F J Cheney Co of Toledo as a constitutional internal treatment improving blood and mucous surfaces. Offers $100 if no cure, with circulars and testimonials.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Oho
Hall
J. Cheney & GO
Ohio
Humphreys Comphinys Homeopathic Remedy Ad
An 19th century ad for Humphreys Comphinys Homeopathic Medicine claims long use over sixty years and lists numerous ailments it purports to treat from fevers and colic to coughs, dyspepsia, eczema, malaria, and whooping cough. It invites purchase from druggists or by mail from TANPAREY'S HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CO at William and Ann Streets, New York.
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Lambago
Bea
Grip
Geippe
la Gripps
Tanpareys' Bomeo
Medicine CO
William and Ann Streets
New York
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