Local business notes and social updates from Marshfield
Marshfield column records numerous local items including Kestel Bros. Co. advertisements for Best Patent Flour and ladies coats, visits by residents from Hewitt Park Falls and Madixon, upcoming charity events like a chicken pie supper and rummage sales, society meetings, and local political hints. Prominent names include Ethel Cole, Paul Reynolds, Mrs. H. A. Lathrop, Miss Emma Krueger, and Pat Wright with mentions of Alfred Juno and Mr. and Mrs. Christman among others. Highlights feature theater notices at New Adler Opera House and serial “Trey o Hearts” at the Unique theater, plus road trip notes and civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kestel Bros. Co
Beth Ernest Wendt
Hewitt
Wty
G. W. Campbell
Park Falls
Liberty Bell
Ethel Cole
Milwaukee
M. EL Aid
City Hall
Ywock
Anson J. Campbell
St. Alban’s Guild
Matt Wright
South Cedar Street
Zweck
S. 410
Dorothy Pulling
T. J. Strauss
Michael Griffin
Grand Rapids
Guild Hall
R. J. Sanders
Hastings
Neb
Fred. Kamps
Zweck’s
P. L. van Epps
Weyauwega
James
Ebbe
Burns
Fred
Albrecht
Anna
Elwood
E. H
Murphy
W. D. Wheeler
Frank K. Bissell
Stevens Point
Westley
Sigel
North Central Avenue
F. M. Follendorf
Marshfield
Colby
Tiffauy-Kamps Mere. Co
Peter Christman
Loyal
Marshfield Cchapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
EB. M. Deming
Central Wisconsin Teachers Association
Mervil
Vicinvill
Emma Krueger
Appleton
Rose Bros
Sophia Timm
Pettibone
Trey o'Hearts
Adler Opera House
E. B. Winch
E. N. DuFour
Waupaca Lakes
Special bargains mix at local grocer sale
Readable lines list items and prices from a small shop: bulk coffee six pounds for 1.00, electric spark soap seven bars for 25 cents, toilet soap 5c per cake, 7 cakes for 25 cents, Gold Dust 25 cents, corn starch per package, yeast foam, toilet paper seven rolls for 25 cents, olives per quart, blueing seven bottles, ammonia 18 to 25 cents, lard per barrel, Early June Peas for 25 cents, ten cans of tomatoes for 10 cents, Golden Syrup 35 cents per ten percent pail. Note: OCR fragment, prices and items vary.
Elks Dance At Armory A Crowd Enjoys First Downtown Event
The Elks lodge hosted a well attended dance at the armory, with Second Regiment orchestra replacing the Sorority Ladies due to a railroad wreck. The venue was richly decorated and music was praised. Leo Rose reported mixed mercantile conditions postwar, while optimism lingered for a rebound after hostilities. Prof. M H Jackson spoke to multiple audiences about European travel, with plans for further countywide addresses. The St Alban's guild rummage sale is set for October 14–17 at the new guild hall across from the city hall. volunteers should prepare items Monday and Tuesday. A horse for sale, a former mayor’s socialist speech, a new grocery wholesale building break ground, and various social and clerical notices follow in brief items.
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Elks Lodge
Armory
Sorority
Marshfield
The
Elks
Leo Rose
Chicago
M. H. Jackson
Wood County Normal School
Europe
Arpin
Milladore
Jackson
St. Alban’s Guild
New Guild Hall
Vollmar & Belows
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
J. F. Weinberg
Harney
Bats
Epworth League
Gc. Ronk
Ladies Missionary Society
Harvey Milem
John
Louis Gruber
William
Park Falls
The Times Enters Its Thirty Sixth Year
The Marshfield Times marks thirty five years with Volume Thirtyfour, Number 52 as it ends this year. Next week the paper begins its thirtysixth year with Number One of a new volume. The Times asserts independence from local, state, or national machine politics for the coming year.
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Marshfield Times
Times
Marshfield Man Acquitted In Justice Court Case
J. J. McDonald of Marshfield was acquitted in Grand Rapids justice court of using abusive language toward Mrs. Emma Crutemacher of Balladore. The case occupied nearly the entire day in court.
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Marshfield
J. J. McDonald
Grand Rapids
Emma Crutemacher
Balladore
Mill Creek Drainage District Questioned by City
City officials await university engineers input on forming the Mill Creek drainage district while nearby farmers push for action to address a stinking creek they deem a public nuisance and urge city remediation.
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Mill Creek
Marshfield Man Cannot Return Home from Germany
Carl Schulhauser residing east of the city on Route Five is detained in Germany after a summer visit with relatives and cannot obtain passage home. A letter dated July 29 reports his brother enlisted early and he will stay to operate his brother's butcher shop for the time being.
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Aloysius Daniels
Hewitt
New York
Germany
Pat Wright
Lawrence College
Appleton
Catlin
Oshkosh Northwestern
Marshfield
Pottinger
Nis
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Paul Reynolds
Madixon
Walter Sexton
Everett A. Upham
Upham
Missoula
Mont
Harold Vollmar
Duluth
Arthur C. Hoene
Hoene
Franklin
Rice
Walter Laabs
Yarskein
Bolt
Tate Bloun
Tiffault-Kamps Merc. CO
Wisconsin
the Times
Carl Schulhauser
San Francisco
San Diego
California
Chicago and North Western Line
West
C. E. Strouts
Wis
G. H. MacRae
St. Paul
Minn
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