20 Nov 1896
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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1896
Page
1
A fragmented OCR item notes a post office block and mentions professional cards. The readable text centers on a street corner and an interior postal area with unclear names or dates. Further specifics are unreadable but suggests a public or business card display within the post office setting.
The Milwauk Sentinel reports the Upham Sawyer wedding at Madison executive mansion last Tuesday uniting Miss Caroline Upham and Mr Phil Sawyer. The bridal party included ushers Robert Upham Louis Myted Frank Van Kirk Chester Cleveland with best man H Suit Markham and bridesmaids Miss Ray Wheeler Miss Lilian Ferguson Miss Jessie Tand Miss Alice Jowell Miss Katherine Noyes. The bride wore white satin with diamond pendant and carried a shower bouquet. maid of honor Catherine Noyes wore white organdie with violets. four bridesmaids in white organdie carried Madame Duston roses. a flower girl wore white organdie. The couple left for New York and Philadelphia then Oshkosh to reside. The room was decorated in white and grey with chrysanthemums from Sawyer’s Oshkosh greenhouse. Rewards followed with many presents. ex-Senator Sawyer gave a silver tea set.
The region braces for a strong logging season as winter foresees extensive hardwood cuts. Frank Reed of Necedah Lumber Co reports about 6,000,000 feet to harvest with 140 men and 40 teams, wages up to 23 dollars monthly. Gov. Upham visits to discuss plans, and multiple mills in Stratford, Auburndale, Medford, Withee, and Arpin prepare for substantial activity, aiming for over 13 million feet this winter.
Local discussions outline a parochial school expansion on St Johns Catholic church property. Current facilities are crowded with about 450 pupils, averaging eighty per room, and ventilation is inadequate. Proposals favor a new $10,000 brick building with modern improvements or substantial remodeling to relieve the capacity, with construction hoped for early spring.
After McKinley’s victory a Chili gathering ignited a cone of dry slabs with kerosene, L Vinslash Kelley supervised the burning pile while Postmaster Sawyer’s mill whistle joined the blaze. Fire drew locals, then a snowball fray pitted single men against married men, ending in a win for the bachelors.
A column discusses a quirky idiom be coming popular in Mace as a bar scene tale spreads. It notes how a line from a drink order led to “Any old thing” becoming common, then shifts to public safety about children near railroad tracks and a note on a new German paper printing in Grand Rapids with staff and mass schedules.
Upham invites customers to a two day linen bar sale this Friday and Saturday with special discounts and limited stock. Shoppers can expect fresh deals on bedding towels and table linens as prices drop for a limited time.
Damask table linen item priced at 36 cents per piece. Describes 60 inch bleached damask with a regular one dollar quality. Advertises limited Friday and Saturday offer with strong inducement.
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