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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1912
Page
11
Train number 163 prepared for departure from here with passengers bound for Chicago and Minneapolis. Schedule notes indicate the car and con notes are in order for the daily service.
A partial railway timetable lists multiple trains serving Fond du Lac and nearby cities. It notes departures to Oshkosh, Milwaukee, Milwaukee followed by connections to Minneapolis and Chicago routes, with many services marked Daily or Except Sunday and several from Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, and surrounding lines.
The snippet lists rail departures and routes including Velvet Special Duluth to Chicago and services between Minneapolis and Chicago, Chicago to Duluth, and various branch lines like Green Bay Green Greenwood and Loyal. It mentions main line and limited services, with notes on schedules and suspensions except Sundays.
In eastern Kentucky a revenue man visits a farmhouse as part of a still hunt. Widow and Joe Comstock’s wife lures him into a trap then confronts him with a plan to expose and end illicit distilling. She and the revenue man eventually part ways, and she later agrees to shut down the operation. He catches up days later and persuades her to relinquish the still, leading to a shift from outlawing to farming success.
A humorous tale from a bygone canal era follows Enoch Shock, a plain, redhaired mule driver, as he woos a woman through a series of comically failed letters and garbled signals. After repeated misfires and a rough courtship, they exchange letters, endure mockery, and eventually marry.
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