Local People and Visits Highlight Marshfield News
Spencer resident Roy Holmes stayed with his brother Earl. Frances Stokeson returned from Merrill. Frank J. Hayward will work as an engineer in Cald erward. Ed Clark and Arthur Lammers traveled from Cascade. Mrs. M. A. Pottet and two children visited aunt Mrs. Gard ner t. Miss Esther Gummo visited Hazel Whitmore in Rib Lake. Local residents made business calls at Marsh. Mrs. Hiram Johnson and son Ejils visited H. R. Crowell. Miss Sweet and iinfeldt from Greenwood visited Genevieve Ackerman. Ben and Chas. Payne of Cascade visited and looked at land. Mrs. G. H. Heath had an appendicitis operation at St Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield. C. Varney arrived to run a hardware store. Tillie Junstman and Amil Martin wed at home. Rev Thomb officiated. Gladys Davel died after one day of illness from gastric indigestion and spinal meningitis. Mrs. Martha Latton arrived from Canton, Ohio for a visit with sister J. Lardiver, then visited Elizabeth Potts in North St. Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
John Davel
Martha Latton
Canton
Ohio
J. Lardiver
North St. Paul
Elizabeth Potts
Bethel Community News From Marshfield and Surroundings
Mrs William Palmer visits augue near Milton Junction and Bethel residents attend church activities in Marshfield area. Eighme delivers potatoes to Rose Bros for top market price. Mrs E R Dorman from Columbia County visits her parents at Hethel. Melvin Wood family moves into their new home in Twin Blin. Thurston leaves Hethel for Ontario Canada Conference S C A field work, to return in spring. Mrs Stephen Brigham tends to Mrs J W Greenman as cancer nears end. S E Pearl spends night in Marshfield after failing to return home, with Chas Me Crillis family nearby. Community members host Spirit Promises discourse at Greenman home honoring Mrs Greenman despite frail health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eld. Thurston
Hethel
Ontario Canada Conference
S.C. A
J. W. Greenman
Eld. W. H. Thurston
Sunday Socials and Local Rally Highlight Crandon
McMillan residents attended a Sunday dance at Nennings while Clara Tiry visited Amelia Schilling. Cora Peterson and Petra Swenson greeted Mable Munhall. Fred Tenke Jr. returned from Crandon after visiting his sister Julius Schalock. FLA Schilling drove thirty head of cattle to town and sold them to F. Seehafer. A large crowd attended the Democrats rally at the town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Tiry
Amelia Schilling
Cora Peterson
Petra Swenson
Mable Munhall
Fred Tenke Jr
Julius Schalock
Crandon
Fla. Schilling
F. Seehafer
Stratford News Notes Local Visits and Events
Miss Ella Aiteritz and Olive Gardiner visited Mrs Wm Wendt in Wausau Sunday. Miss Ina Lambert and Miss Martin of Fanwood visited here Friday. Primary teacher Rosalia Bary visited her home in Wausau Saturday and Sunday. The R Connor Co closed their sawmill for the season. the past season was prosperous. Stratford basketball schedules a Nov 6 game with Granton. Granton is strong this year. On Oct 27 at St Josephs Catholic Church Anna Verch and Jobo Burkart married. bride daughter of Gust and Mrs Verch, groom son of Phil and Mrs Burkart. Attendants were Elizabeth Rock, Agnes McDonald, Frank Burkart, Joseph Platteter. Wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home. a dance in the evening. Fifty-plus couples attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalia Bary
Wausau
St. Josephs Catholic Church
Anna Verch
Jobo Burkart
Gust Verch
R. Connor Co
Phil Burkart
Elizabeth Rock
Agnes McDonald
Frank Burkart
Joseph Platteter
Lindsey A Wiken Visits Relatives in Wisconsin
Local notes report Lindsey A Wiken visiting relatives in La Crosse last week. Church services are planned Sunday morning and evening. James Johnson visits his parents and plans to depart for New Mexico soon. Mrs O Rinna and children from Scofeld Wis are visiting here. Leila Lee of Waterloo stays with Mrs Canfield and attends school. Community members attended a tally and social at Nasonville and regret the passing of Edward Tilton after a battle with typhoid. The A Wik en Co store and warehouse were traded for a farm at Brandon. The Ladies Aid meets with Mrs McFail. all are invited. Sympathy extended to the Tilton family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
New Mexico
A. Wiken & Co
C. Wooley
Brandon
Edward Tilton
Justin Porter
Minot N. D
Chippewa Falls
Northwestern Hospital
Edward
Community Notes: visits and a local obituary
Mann assists with the winter wood supply for the school. Fleischmann of Campbellsport visited with his son C. Jey Fleischmann. Wm Hintz and wife visited Laval to see her sister. Emilis keeps bachelor hall. Agnes Fleischmann visited Marshfield and teacher Miss Weigl. Francis Cherney aided Mrs Huber in Bakerville then returned home. Mrs Francis Kriel, ten miles away, died last Wednesday and was buried Friday. daughter Mrs Hensler stayed with her before the death. The community extends sympathy to the Hensel family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleischmann
Campbellsport
C. Jey Fleischmann
Francis Cherney
Bakerville
Francis Kriel
Hensler
Hensel
Korntved Family Farming Activity Report
Antone Korntved began logging his land while the farming community plows through. Marshfield visitors include Mrs. E Mellgreh and John Korntved with Chris Korntved visiting from Stratford. Safemaster and Vogt have pressed in the vicinity this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone Korntved
E. Mellgreh
Chris Korntved
Stratford
John Korntved
Safemaster
Vogt
Wook
Local News Bits From the Week in Town
Hewitt Chas. W. Schroeder traveled to Klondike on Sunday. M. E. Menke, our operator, is on the sick list. Henry Ganger begins a new kitchen this week. John Reinert plans another popular dance soon. Louis Ley’s creamery is complete and will start Monday. Wenzel Henrick Jr. assists at the carpenters on the new creamery. Mrs. Martin of Luxemburg Wis visits the Ley household this week. A crowd of young folks gathered at M. Schifuls Sunday night for a good time. Wagons and buggies were seen atop buildings Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ganger
John Reinert
Louis Ley
Halloween Social and Local Happenings Reported
Miss Dorris Hollister spent Sunday at home. A rally occurred Saturday night at Lawerence's ball. Anthony Wix took the contract job on Bert Trimborn's house. Frank Carl spent Sunday evening at Priesing's. The Hallowe'en social by Miss Matel Pennebecker drew a good crowd. Shadows were sold well. Staadt boys worked Halloween night. Vehicles ran without horses. The town was a noisy spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Wix
Bert Trimborn
Hallowe’en
Matel Pennebecker
Staadt
Hallowe
Vesper Gossip and Local Happenings Now Offbeat
Vesper chatter highlights a local wedding at the bride’s brother’s home for Celia Ladick and Oscar Goldammer with about fifteen Goldammer relatives from Adell attending. Miss Monica McCarthy of Grand Rapids aimed to organize a music class during a recent visit. Louis Johnson suffered an eye injury from dynamite powder during dam work. Paul Ratelow and Ed Zabel returned from the potato country after harvesting season. The new brick house of Mr Gatroy destroyed is nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murgatroyed
Monica McCarthy
Grand Rapids
Paul Ratelow
Ed. Zabel
Celia Ladick
Oscar Goldammer
Mr. Goldammer
Adell
How the Turks Keep Time
The New York Tribune notes a Ottoman custom where the day begins at sunset and Turks reset clocks at twelve each day. This reckoning makes foreign visitors confused as they must continually adjust watches. The sun’s routine aside, such a time system renders long-wearing watches largely ineffective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Turkey
New York Tribune
Boy claims dry wit over wet paint prank
Hob bursts into the house in a state of high excitement his hands and clothing smeared with a sticky substance. He proclaims that new neighbors across the road do not know much and that a notice on their front door warned people away from wet paint. He insists the substance was varnish, not paint, and that the notice proved it was not paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hob
Rob
Lotit
Two Businessmen Plan Dinner Amid Old Friends Chats
On Broadway two prosperous men meet in a lively exchange about social calls. They reminisce about missed dinners with Mrs Dayton and Mrs Brown and squabble lightly over scheduling. Dayton suggests dinner next week and mentions a new cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bere
Brown
Dayton
New York ‘Times
Last Tribute to Chopin A Loyal Collector’s View
Count Grzyw staunch admirer recounts Chopin’s final hours as Mme Potocka sang Rosini and Benval songs just before his death. The funeral featured Mowirt’s requiem and Lablanche Viardot and the concert society, with artists charging 2000 francs for the tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Grzy- Male
Chopin
Mmé. Potocka
Rossini
Benval
Mowirt
Lablanche
Viardot
What is a congressman at large in grocer lyceum quiz
At the grocery lyceum a quip asks what a congressman at large is. Zeb Whiffletree says elected but not seated, Peleg Haw counters that he has served his term and is entitled to the oar. The session adjourns with the question unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocery Lyceum
Zeb Whiffletree
Peleg Haw
St. Louis Republic
Hair Growth Rates Among Boys Girls and Men
The passage states that a boy's hair grows one half inch slower than a girl's. It notes that boys grow on average 3 feet 3 inches in six years, equating to 0.18 inches per day. It also mentions that during the twenty-fifth year a man's bale grows faster than at any other period.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Holmes
Earl
Frances Stokeson
Merrill
Frank J. Hayward
Calderward
Ed Clark
Artur Lammers
Cascade
M. A. Pottet
Unity
J. Gardinert
Esther Gummo
Rib Lake
Hazel Whitmore
M. A. Wendell
G. Wendell
Mr. C. H. Hall
Marsh Held
Hiram Johnson
Ejils
Brothertown
H. R. Crowell
Sweet and
Iinfeldt
Greenwood
Genevieve Ackerman
Ben and
Chas. Payne
G. H. Heath
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Marshfield
C. Varney
Dickens
Iowa
Tillie Junstman
Amil Martin
Thomb
Bethel
William Palmer
Milton Junction
William, Palmer
E.R. Dorman
Columbia County
Portage
Mrs. Thorburn Obnstad
Melvin Wood
Twin
Wis
Wood
Stephen Brigham
Brigham
S. E. Pearl
Chas
Me Crillis
Marsheld
Nennings
Ella [Aiteritz
Olive Gardiner
Wm. Wendt
Wausan
Ina Lambert
Miss Martin of
Fanwood
Granton
Grafton
Lindsey
A. Wiken
la Crosse
Leila Lee
Waterloo
Mrs. Canfield
Nasonville
Ladies Aid Society
Mann
Wm. Hintz
Laval
Emilis
Agnes Fleischmann
Weigl
Romeo
M. E. Menke
Wenzel Henrick Jr
Martin
Luxemburg Wis
M. Ley
M. Schifuls
Dorris Hollister
Lawerence’s Ball
Frank Carl
Priesing
Bryan
Teft
Louis Johnson
Washburn
Crosby 'S
COA Ylang
Rose Bros
C. C. Thresher
A. E. Kump
M. Steinmetz
A. J. Meidl
Tiffanyt- Kamps Mercantile Co
B. Beilshowsky
L. A. Wright
Kestel Bros
L. Nick
Laure
Chicago
Alu Mi
Sexton Brothers
Armory
Miller Bros
S. Cent. Ave
M.C. Lueckenbach
Mey
Central Avenue
Dr. King
Banner Mills
Makers OF
Geo. H. Welton
Deming Building
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