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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
12
Spencer residents recount visits by Grace Butters from Wausau, Hurley Hines from Colby, and others. Local travel, hosting, and school events are noted including May 21 outings, a wind mill installation, G A R and W R C decoration plans for May 30, a Spencer school entertainment, and commencement exercises with a slate of speakers and performers. A testimonial praises Harts Honey and Horehound via Lincoln Ill.
Bakerville and nearby towns report multiple social visits and home projects. John Schubert bought a young heavy draft horse. D W Rausch and wife visited for a combined business and pleasure trip last Friday. Nels Christensen began laying a foundation and cellar for a new house. J P Kraemer hosted an opening dance at Lincoln Park last Sunday with a good turnout. Mrs H Paulson and children erected a monument in Nasonville cemetery. W Mason of Marshfield photographed Royal Neighbors group last Sunday. Mr and Mrs James Larson moved into a new house on the former site of a burned building. Mrs Larson remains in frail health. The town board met to discuss stump pulling, road work, and town hall and bridge repairs, with bids from Dan H Brooks and others. H Sherman offered row corn planting, capable of 12 to 20 acres per day. Upcoming meetings June 5 and 6 to award road and building projects. A class of young people includes Edwin and Charles Meisner, Clara Riedel, Martha Block, Katie Steltenpohl, and Hoermins Vogt.
In a German Lutheran service at Nasonville last Sunday Rev C Pohlman presided before a very large crowd. Andrew Peterson suffered a serious cut to his left hand while working on a cam marker last Friday as the axe glanced off a block and struck him between the thumb and index finger. Dr Lathrop sutured the wound.
From a Cat Scratch low the arm to the worst sort of a burn sore or boil DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve is a quick cure. In buying Witch Hazel Salve be particular to get DeWitts this is the salve that heals without leaving a scar. A specific for blind bleeding itching and protruding piles.
Paul Darms hosted a family visit in Auburndale while Mrs Klein near the village raised a new barn last week. Ben Darms and wife visited his brother Paul. several residents planned trips to Oshkosh and Butternut. School events included a June 5 picnic and a last day literary entertainment. A young boy, Leonard Zink, broke his leg again after previously injuring the same leg.
Lindsey is praised as a thriving central Wisconsin business town where traveling salesmen converge seeking cash. A juncture for a June 17 farmers institute is announced with eager participation urged from locals, including women. Mention of Ezra Hahm’s visit with grandparents and C Schreoder’s property interests is noted, plus a testimonial for Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup sold by Henry Horn, Druggist.
Town residents report Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cramer drove to Marshfield on Thursday returning the same day. The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Korth was ill late last week but not seriously. Miss Crace Butters returned Monday from Wausau where she had been for the past year engaged in dressmaking.
A group of youths were entertained at a Saturday evening soiree hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Korth with games and dancing. Chas Rienow and N Schwantes attended a county board meeting in Wausau to represent their towns. Farmers prepare land for corn and potatoes as humidity adds favorable weather for a larger upcoming acreage. Connor Retail Lbr Co located at the old chair factory in Marshfield.
A Richfield account notes a shooting incident in town on Monday. John Marwell bought horses and cattle and resumed farming. John Jenkins moved onto the Milnes farm with 80 head of stock. A yearling broke its leg during calf transport, requiring humane euthanasia. Severe storms damaged Sampson Rowe’s horses and his stable.
An advertisement touts Cole's Blood Purifier as a guaranteed cure for blood and skin diseases at $1.00 a bottle. Local items note Mrs. H. Henning's Neillsville trip, Gus Bulgrin visiting Chili, Carl Hanson doing business in Neillsville, H. Albreight Sr.’s nearly finished house in Chili, Mrs. Ethel Young visiting Thorp, and several neighbors from Pleasant Ridge and Granton delivering hay. Mention of H. H. Henning and a tongue in cheek remark about robbers and a jury box in Neillsville.
No mother who has once had occasion to use Cole's Carbolisalve for herself or children will willingly be without it in the house. It instantly stops the pain of burns and spots and heals without scars, and the many other things it is best for makes it a household favorite. Guaranteed to satisfy. 25 and 50c by all Druggists.
Rain relief possible for locals as Sir Gay Thompson tours Nasonville on a Sunday pleasure trip. Herd Bros. complete moving P. M. Hansons barn in five days. Wm. Becker reports 7000 pounds of milk at his cheese factory with a 6000 pound daily creamery output. Photographer Mason from Marshfield risks travel to capture Royal Neighbor lodge performance. filming shakes but succeeds. Local hustle includes lumber suppliers, contractors moving houses, and officials in town for business.
Longmont Colorado showcases giant crops with peas grown like wheat using regular drills, elaborate irrigation, and special thrashing machines to handle harvest. The area also hosts the world’s largest asparagus bed at 120 acres with 2.5 million plants and a 135000 plant currant patch, employing 150 harvesters paid by weight and yielding up to 10 gallons per bush.
An Italian engineer M Mazza described in Le Genle Civil a centrifugal depositor that concentrates heavier oxygen molecules at the device edge. Air drawn from the surface yields richer oxygen, claimed up to 24 percent, with standard air at 28.2 percent by weight. The unit also functions as a blower delivering enriched air under slight pressure, powered by a two horsepower engine to output 38 000 cubic feet per hour.
Nero owned by Judge Wayne Bailey of Rutland VI was billed as the world’s largest dog on record. The mastiff weighed 284 pounds and stood 36 inches at the shoulder. Measurements include a 55 inch chest, 35 inch neck, 16.5 inch foreleg circumference, and a nose to tail length just under six feet.
Ludwig Manrer has developed a friction wheel system to transfer power in cars built in Nuremberg. The device allows a vehicle to run at a constant speed on level ground or uphill by adjusting friction wheel contact on a shaft. The motor's steady speed governs vehicle velocity through wheel position shifts.
Venerable financier Jay Cooke is gifted felt hats made from South American squirrel fur by neighbor John B. Stetson. The hats, produced in highland Andes regions, are costly to craft and unlikely to be bought or sold for profit.
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