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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
12
A social club gathers indoors as rain ends and a newcomer arrives. Members speculate about a well dressed quiet woman, discuss debt rumors, and poke at a local man’s umbrella mishap. A long-winded member muses on weather, gossip, and life, ending with reflections on changing seasons and Thanksgiving.
After January first it will be unlawful to sell a basket or box of fruit without a definite weight measure. Markets must use bushels, pecks or halves, and berries fall under the rule. The city sealer enforces the act with penalties for breaches, and fruit barrels must have an interior capacity of seven thousand fifty six cubic inches.
The October meeting covers Puebla topics Miss Verna Judson Miss Roddis and more. Weather and flood impacts hit Bethel with washed creek bridges and water flooding academy boiler house. Nearby sales include John Bennings selling 70 acres near Arpin to Iver Nelson who plans to move near Bethel academy for his sons education.
Oliver Roland suffered a sick spell last week while Mrs. Wm Keisling aided Mrs. C Porter in the later part of the week. Mrs. Wilbur Sherwood visited her parents Mr and Mrs Bilas Noble.
The Rock Bible study, Friday prayer meeting and choir practice occur each Friday at 7:30. Teachers training and prayer at Town Hall Mission Wednesdays at 7:20. Changes include Lincoln District No 2 Sunday school at 2 pm and preaching at 3 pm, Town Hall Mission preaching 1:30 pm and Sunday school 2:40 pm, with church services at 11 am and 10 am Sunday school. Rev H Lothian invites all.
L Sullivan is filling his filo. Oswald Dohm spent Sunday at his home. Gertrude Christopherson is back after a long absence. Mike Bridgman of Spring Green Wis is visiting his uncle Tim Curtin. H R Bathrick spent several days here on farm business. Gertrude Christensen attended school Saturday evening due to wet roads.
The note covers a dry inquiry about a math result 20-22 equals 88. It mentions August Kotenhintel finishing his newborn John Durst and Pete Beidel painting the public school. Anna Kolbeck and Louis Brand of Auburndale wed at St Michael's Church. Forecast hints at rain after heavy prior showers. Carriage of fur coat ads offer bargains and a cemetery lot registration notice appears.
A Ruselan, who had spent some time in Paris and knows little French, was sentenced to a youth’s imprisonment for assaulting a policeman. He was also accused of insulting the officer, but acquitted after his counsel explained that the word deemed objectionable was a Russian term with no insult.
A Sunday Magazine piece extols flute playing as healthful for consumptives. It argues the instrument trains precise lung motion, delivering full but controlled inspiration and gradual breath release to aid recovery and longevity.
A health note urges standing for twenty minutes after every meal. Stand perfectly balanced on both feet, with a book running the dining room, near a window, and tread gently after each meal. The method is claimed to aid digestion and cannot hurt.
A historic label on a product shows the signature of Chas H Fletcher used for over thirty years with the phrases She Kind You Have Asseys Zought indicating long association and branding in a vintage context.
An ordinance creates the Cemetery Board of Marshfield to manage and improve the City Cemetery. It assigns three members, two taxpayers and one alderman, with terms of two and three years, appointable by the Mayor and approved by the Common Council. The board selects a President, Secretary, and Treasurer, meets annually on November 10, and reports December 10, with duties including setting lot prices, controlling cemetery use, and handling sales and funds for cemetery improvements. The ordinance repeals part of Ordinance No. 97 except for deed forms, takes effect upon passage and publication, and was approved October 4, 1911.
The Common Council of Marsfield approves amendments to Ordinance Nos. 64 and 18 adding duties for property owners to trim shade trees in front of their lots. Sections mandate trimming to keep branches nine feet from sidewalks and nine feet above street grade, and to avoid interference with city power wires. If owners fail within a day of notice, the city may trim and recover costs. Effective upon passage. Paused Oct 3, 1911. approved Oct 4, 1911.
A compact reflection on cheerfulness valued above reason and talent. It argues cheerfulness can be cultivated and cherished, noting that sustained goodwill may become a hereditary gift over time and that the world may be unaware of its rooted origins.
The fragmentary text references bathing water and the Aiken area amid unclear tender details. The readable words suggest a local notice about water quality or bathing regulations, but key facts are missing to establish a clear event, date, or participants.
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