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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1897
Page
13
Local notes tell of church events and dances at Adler's hall, a musical treat at the Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening, and a moving of residents G. W. Griswold and family to Weyuwega cottages. Reports cover shopping deals, a new Odd Fellows delegation, a fire loss adjustment, a veneer history project, and community updates on markets, transport, and personalities in Marshfield and nearby towns.
Reverend W. S. Trowbridge leaves Marsfield for Philadelphia to assist at St Elizabeth's Church. He is succeeded by Rev. Dakin from New Hampshire. Community notices swirl with visits, travels, and shop promos including Mrs. Upham at Appleton week, Harshaw’s Eau Claire trip, and Stierle Bros. urging low planted prices.
Those interested in cheese and cheese making are invited to the first meeting of the organization in the city next Tuesday afternoon. All are asked to be present for the inaugural gathering.
The Nason of Marshfield Wisconsin weds J W Barrie of Barre Barrie firm in this city. Rev J B Day conducts the ceremony with H A Badner as best man and Bisa E Adelside Nason as bridesmaid. The bride is S L Nason’s daughter of Nasonville and well known locally.
Methodist and Presbyterian notes indicate no forenoon services at the M B church due to a memorial service at Presbyterians under James G. Bivian Post with evening services planned. Grand Army Post members and Company A 260th Regiment join Rev J Frank Young for a memorial at 10:30 a.m. with the theme In Memoria and special music at the church. Sunday school at noon, Junior C B meeting, and a 6:45 p.m. prayer meeting with a sermon on The Thirteenth Apostle and Paul the Man in the evening.
Louis Mushibuder of Marshfield was jailed for forty days after an assault on his wife left bruising purple marks. Judge Hirth sentenced him to county jail. the article notes this is his fourth offense and suggests forty years would have been more apt.
A large plate glass window at Roessler Co trailer shop was broken by a stone or hard object yesterday around 8 am. Mr Roessler, working nearby, heard the crack and found the pane cracked and pushed outward by the impact. The glass measured about 12 by 8 feet and repair cost about $100. No suspect seen at the time.
James Favour, returning to Hartford from a mill eight miles from Athens, reports sighting a torn and travel-worn man matching a wanted tramp description. He notes the man was seen with four others at a mill supper and may be the suspect in Meyers murder, headed north through the woods toward the big woods.
Weather delays the Wisconsin Central excursion planned for last Sunday. The train departs bound for the trip at 7:30 am with tickets priced at 1.59 dollars.
Joe Sheehy John Kynson and Mike Below will stage an athletic exhibition in Adler's Dall next Saturday evening featuring bowing and bag punching. They tour Northern Wisconsin and are praised by the press as skilled performers. Hey Jos Brown attends the Presbyterian General Assembly at Eagle Lake Indiana and sends this clipping from the Chicago Tater Ocean. The evening session focused on a board of publication and Sunday school work with Rev. James A. Worden and Rev. Joseph Brown among speakers. A notable incident followed Joseph Brown’s address prompting a motion to collect funds for Sunday school missions, resulting in a 126.00 collection after a chairman picked 12 volunteers. Sam Bhafey editor of the Phonograph and postmaster of Colby visited the big office yesterday to discuss documents appointing a new P. M. Also a late-Chicano Cottage Organ will be sold cheap at the office. Neillsville readies for a July 4 celebration.
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