George Sexton Laid To Rest By The Masons
George Sexton a Marshfield resident and Waushara County pioneer died at eighty four due to senile gangrene. Born in Limerick Ireland November 29 1829 he came to America in 1848 and served as first lieutenant in Co 52 Wis Vols during the Civil War. He was Waushara county clerk for ten years and survived by four children nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The Masonic lodge and Colby Marshfield relatives attended his funeral at Hill Side cemetery with full Masonic honors.
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George Sexton
Marshfield
Wautoma
B. V. Kautsky
Colby
Sexton
Mr. Sexton
Limerick
Ireland
America
Milwaukee
Waushara County
Anna Heffernon
W. A. Lizzie
Andrew
E. V. Kautsky
Wis
Emi
Marie
Ruth
Helen Kautsky
Marjorie Sexton
Joseph Glassner
Mildred
Andrew Sexton
Hollywood
Cal
Glassner
My. Sexton
William A
Marshfield Lodge No. 224
Masonic Lodge
E. M. Deming
John F. Cola
J. c. Marsh
P. A. Williams
E. E. Winch
E. Winney
I. P. Tiffault
Governor Upham Receives Historic Racine Advocate Relic
During a Milwaukee sanitarium stay former Governor W. H. Upham received a keepsake from Racine friends. The item is the Racine Advocate dated August 21, 1861, noting that Willie Upham was alive and a prisoner at Richmond rather than dead at Stone Bridge. The dispatches later placed him alive and serving in Union efforts and guarding Jefferson Davis. The old Racine paper, over fifty three years old, remains well preserved and rich in Civil War details.
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Milwaukee
W. H. Upham
Racine
Willie H. Upham
Stone Bridge
Richmond
Upham
Marshfield
Battle of
Mr. Upham
Jefferson Davis
Two Emperors in Field with Armies
The article notes two emperors directing forces in the war, with Emperor Nicholas at headquarters with Russian troops near Cracow and Kaiser Wilhelm joining German camps to coordinate with generals. General von Kluck resists Allied advances in France and Belgium as German forces push toward Antwerp.
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East Prussia
Nicholas
Cracow
Kaiser Wilhem
General von Kluck
France
Belgium
Antwerp
Wilcott Goetz couple wed at St Johns Church
Miss Laura Goetz and Archibald Wilcott were married Tuesday morning at St Johns Catholic Church by Rev Joseph F Volz. Attendants were Miss Margaret Wilcott and Henry Wilcott. Bride wore crepe de chine with lilies of the valley and roses, veiled. bridesmaid wore pink silk. A large gathering later joined at Solomon Wilcotts home on Bakerville road. A dance followed at Lincoln Park Bakerville. They will reside in the Adler addition. The families are prominent farmers in Lincoln and Mannville areas.
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Laura Goetz
Archibald Wilcott
St. John's Catholic Church
Joseph F. Volz
Margaret Wilcott
Henry Wilcott
Solomon Wilcott
Bakerville Road
Lincoln Park
Bakerville
Adler Addition
Lincoln
William Goetz
Mannville
Hayes-Timm Couple to Wed Next Wednesday in City
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Sophie Timm of this city to Mr. William Hayes of Wausau, with the wedding planned for next Wednesday morning. They will visit Niagara Falls during a wedding trip to the east and then establish a home in Wausau. Miss Timm oversees the ready to wear department at Rose Bros store, while Mr. Hayes works for the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railroad.
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Sophie Timm
William Hayes
Wausau
Niagara Falls
Miss Timm
Rose Bros
Mr. Hayes
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Runge-Rienow couple wed at bride's home in Sixth Ward
Friends announce the marriage of Mrs Emma Rienow to Mr Carl Runge yesterday at the bride's Sixth Ward residence. Rev L Th Thom of Immanuel's Lutheran Church officiated the ceremony.
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Emma Rienow
Carl Runge
L. Th. Thom
Immanuel’s Lutheran Church
Mrs Hume Favored For State Regent
Marshfield chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sends four members to the state conference in Madison October 15 and 16. They back Mrs John P Hume of Milwaukee for re election as state regent and expect strong support from other chapters.
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Marshfield
Daughters of the American Revolution
Madison
R.E. Andrews
A. £. Beebee
McMillan
E. G. Finney
FR. Pollard
John P. Hume
Milwaukee
Israel Huber Dies at 53 in McMillan County
Israel Huber, longtime McMillan resident, died yesterday at 5 am in a Marathon County hospital from glandular carcinoma. Aged 53, he moved to the area twelve years ago from southern Wisconsin and farmed north of the Eau Pleine river. Survived by his widow, five daughters and a son. one daughter married in Chicago. Funeral Friday with interment at Hillside Cemetery in Marshfield.
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Israel Huber
McMillan
Marathon County
Chicago
Hillside Cemtery
Marshfield
Charles D Greenberg Obituary in McMillan
Charles Davis Greenberg died Monday afternoon at his son William Greenberg’s home in McMillan aged 81. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 pm from the Lutheran church in Hewitt. He is survived by six children Ida Mueller Michigan Minnie Zettler Stratford Sophia Zettler McMillan Mary Barclay Marshfield and William and Charlo McMillan.
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Charles Davis Greenberg
William Greenberg
McMillan
Hewitt
Ida Mueller
Michigan
Minnie Zettler
Stratford
Sophia Zettler
Mary Barclay
Marshfield
William and
Charlo
McMillan Town
Mrs John Mott, Lincoln Woman, Dies at 89
Mrs John Mott aged eighty nine died Monday morning at her son Emil’s home south of Blodgett corners in Lincoln. Funeral will be held at ten o clock this morning from St Johns church.
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John Mott
Emil
Blodgett Corners
Lincoln
St. John’s Church
Pastor Russell Foresees War as Bible Prophecy
Brooklyn and London tabernacle pastor Charles T. Russell asserts that the current European conflict fulfills 2500 year old biblical predictions. He says the war will weaken nations, clear the way for Armageddon and the future Kingdom of Messiah, a view the New York World calls uniquely prophetic.
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Pastor Russell
Brooklyn Tabernacle
London Tabernacle
Europe
New York World
Agricultural School Opens Next Tuesday October 13
New classes form October 16 in arithmetic writing spelling bookkeeping for both sexes, with soils fertilizers drainage and dairying for boys and foods dressmaking for girls. Students may enter any time, ideally at the year start October 18. M H Jackson principal W W Clark agriculture Mary Carroll domestic science
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M. H. Jackson
W. W. Clark
Mary Carroll
Fortnightly Pironnightly Musical Club Meeting Preview
The Fortnightly Pironnightly Musical Club gathers Friday with Mrs. Raymond R. Williams leading. Program features Bellini and Denza works including La Somnambula and Come Away to the Daisies, plus Stanislao style choruses and duets. Members listed include Mrs. Spalding, Mrs. Bly, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Connor, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. McCulloch, Mrs. Heath. A question segment asks about the chief failing of the Italian Romantic School and requests details on Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti, including birth and death dates and number of operas.
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Pornightly Musical Club
Raymond R. Williams
Bellini
Denza
Phantom
Spalding
Norma
Connor
Williams
McCulloch
Heath
Rossini
Donizetti
Woman's Club to Observe Founders Day in Marshfield
The Marshfield Woman's Club will meet next Monday October 17 to observe Founders Day with Mrs E M Deming hosting the event. The program features music selections Fra Angelico Masaccio and a leader Jiffs Vollmar with assistants Mesdames Bouldrie Kraus Marsh Nol Tack Miss Brown Miss Roddis and others.
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E. M. Deming
Fra Angelico
Masaccio
Jiffs
Vollmar
Mesdames Bouldrie
R. L. Kraus
Marsh
Nol
Tack
Miss Brown
Miss Roddis
Elva Leona Sanders to Wed Oliver Yerke
Marshfield friends learn of the coming marriage of Miss Elva Leona Sanders daughter of Mr and Mrs George Sanders of 102 South Maple street to Mr Oliver J Yerke of Highland Wisconsin. The ceremony will be next week Wednesday at Highland with only relatives present. Mr and Mrs Sanders will travel with Mr and Mrs Anton Dallendorfer Mrs Dallendorfer a sister of the bride to be.
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Marshfield
Elva Leona Sanders
George Sanders
South Maple Street
Oliver J. Yerke
Highland
Wisconsin
Sanders
Anton Dallendorfer
Dallendorfer
Monster engines for Western work
Marshfield residents glimpsed two enormous Mallet locomotives on a westbound Soo freight passing through town. Nearly 100 feet long with double cylinders and double drive wheels, the two engines resemble two engines in one. The powerful machines are built for the heaviest duties on American rails.
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Marshfield
Soo Tracks
Battle Echoes From Great War Fronts In Aggressive Headlines
Readable fragments sketch a wartime front page with references to battles and potential falls, plus quips from readers and comic bits. It notes fears of German bomber drops on London and mentions various national groups. A stray joke about a hen and a fisher of men adds local color.
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Antwerp
London
South Seea
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Masons
Chinato
Dlinois
Paris
Expositia
Por Nica Cago
Leeptedg Dee Tegwia Bey
Wilcott—Goetz
Hayes—Timm
Runge—Rienow
Mrs. Hume
Charles D. Greenberg
John Moti
Brooklyn Divine
Agricultural School
Hart Schaffner
Hart, Schaffner
Marx
Rose Brother
Men’s Department
Bly
Bailey
Star of My Heart
Mrs. Mason
THE
Woman’s Club
Marshfield Esa S Club
Yerke—Sanders
Missouri
Ja_ae
Canadian Rockies
Ana Tre
Johnson’s Electric Shop
South Central Avenue
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