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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
6
A 14 year old girl writes a phonetically spelled note seeking fashion and advice while describing struggles with making clothes. The column mocks the letter and offers comic guidance on outfits and a ataunt drawer plan. Separate anecdotes describe a child’s dinner dismay and a shop clerk misreading “fisher” for “fichu” with a penny price.
The McMillan cooperative cheese factory, to be opened by June 15 with George Glover as cheesemaker, will operate on a cooperative plan. Patrons elected Ole Johnson president, F Detrioff secretary, O H Giles treasurer. The factory starts with 189 cows and aims to grow, meeting Monday night with harmony.
During the coming commencement at the University of Wisconsin the 50th reunion of the Class of 1861 will be a prominent feature. Capt. Michael Leahy and Judge Ball are among the three surviving graduates. the 1861 class of nine men all but one joined the Union army and earned ranks from Captain to Brigadier General.
A proposed passenger timetable on the Nekoosa branch will start Monday. Exact running times for the main line are not yet fixed, but Nekoosa crews will begin and end trips daily, with a 7:00 a.m. arrival and 9:05 p.m. return from Nekoosa. Afternoon service arrives at 3:15 p.m. and waits for main line No.5 at 6:15 p.m.. main line departures remain essentially the same.
Norwood the hypnotist, with his strong company, staged a sensational street drive Monday afternoon in front of Hotel Blodgett. He located a knife hidden in sand around Contractor Larsen's water barrel while blindfolded, following the committee’s prior route. The act drew heavy attention as Adler's opera house hosts the troupe all week with seats at Potter's drug store.
The Eagles hold a convention at Marsh field beginning Wednesday June 21 with a special Watson train departing Thursday morning June 22. An excursion of about three hundred, with a band, will travel to the scene of action and the marching club will arrive in new uniforms. Delegates and alternates will be elected next week and many Wausau friends are expected to join the Marshfield trip.
The U S supreme court again sustains government action against a trust. American Tobacco Co is declared a monopoly under the Sherman Act and ordered dissolved within six months. The ruling remands the case to the lower court to supervise dissolution and possible reorganization.
A long familiar label used for over thirty years, Castoria bears the signature of Charles H. Fletcher and is the trusted remedy associated with the brand you have always bought.
In bad weather and light crowd, Marshfield loses 5-4 at the fair grounds. Marshfield led 3-0 in the third, Stevens Point answered with two in the fourth and three in the fifth. Marshfield rallied in the ninth but fell short. Emeron Wright led Marshfield with three hits and flawless defense. Kamps pitched six innings before relief.
Public advisory urges residents to keep yards tidy and free of refuse. Do not scatter paper or ashes, avoid backyard trash piles, and refrain from chalking sidewalks fences buildings or pavements to maintain a neat urban environment.
A public message urges residents to avoid littering burn only burnable rubbish. clear vacant lots and alleys. use rubbish cans. plant grass and flowers. remove ashes and dirt to dumps. clean cellars stables and sheds. whitewash walls fences and henhouses. It stresses daily effort to improve Thi ga better with added axioms.
Patent yA DE describes an invention forming an air space between inner and outer plaster walls to enable solid concrete buildings without framework. It claims cheaper, better, more comfortable construction and offers selling blocks or contracting erecting the building. See their blocks and figures before building.
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