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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
6
A Saturday fairgrounds football game between Marshfield and Neillsville ended abruptly after the Neillsville official, a young coach in a yoke coat, biased calls favored the visitors. Marshfield led by missed downs and disputed plays, the crowd shouting to eject the referee as fans escorted him from the grounds.
Adam Bentley and Evelyn Brown, both of Hull, were married last Friday at the Presbyterian manse with Rev. A. S. Badger officiating at 3 PM. The couple, witnessed by Mr and Mrs Russell Strong, are compactly connected to local mill and business circles. They will reside at the mill near Shantytown.
A Wood County Reporter item jokes about Marshfield hosting a charity ball Friday to aid the town’s poor. It contrasts with Grand Rapids, noting few poor residents and implying tax relief when county accounts are audited next month. The piece mocks county-seat vanity and fiscal prudence.
The Helping Hand society held its annual charity ball last Friday night at the opera house. The event drew the finest party of the year with receipts of 156 dollars, about 100 dollars net for charitable uses. Evergreens and autumn leaves decorated the hall, refreshments were served on stage by Caterer Peter Pommier, and Adams' orchestra led by Louis Novotny provided music praised by attendees.
Company A football team suffered a second loss to Grand Rapids after a long dawn trip. They left late and rode eighteen miles by lumber wagon, arriving at 8 a.m. The first half was even, but fatigue showed in the second half as Grand Rapids pulled away 17 to 0 after ten minutes of overtime. The lineup included Cournoyer, McLees, Hafer, Hoerl, Ringletaube, Roehrborn, Clapper, Hosterman, Heath, Kreisch, Crawford, Webster, and Lees.
A promotional blurb urging readers to acquire the Milwaukee Sentinel Sunday sporting section for the latest on football bowling horse racing bicycle racing chess checkers boxing billiards, with a push to order through newsdealer.
A list of undelivered letters remaining at the Marshfield post office through October 15 1901 includes names such as Chas Arddt Yura Nays Bars Poomntes Johnson Mrs T Rasitake Annn Kelings Will Bratchel Chis Melituney S A Fraser Frank L Petmy Mrs Mary Ann Wiltz Bu PBuday Robt Gray B Le Roberts Nolgon Geske Mra A D Smith Anny Grili C Smith Gauri Gohlke Prank Somers Joan Hino Roy Wassner Dita Wreeper and notes that patrons should say advertised to claim their letters.
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