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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1896
Page
5
A chaotic collage of advertisements and short notes mentions register dates 37th and events on Tuesday the 27th plus Spooner speaking the 24th. It notes Laemmle's stock, gloves and hosiery, a campaign rally on Oct 29, and various personal notices, weddings, meetings, and local business promotions amid voter talk and election chatter.
Married couples from the city include George Allman and Idx Meyerpeter at Bever Dam home on Tuesday. Arnold Gligason and Katie Trieweiler wed at the Lutheran church Wednesday evening with Rev I Thom officiating. Ernest Cummings and Minnie Bliesper united in marriage at Mr and Mrs P P Cummings home with Rev Rollo Branch officiating. A wedding supper followed as friends gathered. The newlyweds rented a house in the Omaha addition.
Fred Allman visited Beaver Dam this week while E B Schmidt stayed in Cecil over Sunday at his home. Mrs S Sherrin visits Whitehall relatives and Mrs G W Allen of Loyal was in the city Saturday. Geo Wagner toured the southern part of Wie state this week. Mike Clifford of Stevens Point called on friends Saturday. Charley Foster, lately at Madison for medical treatment, was home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lacy Gowin visited their parents at Waupaca over Sunday. C B Coty of Plataville guest of J W Vaughn Tuesday. Miss Sophie Thomas enjoyed a visit last week from Iristh at Milwaukee. Misses Butte Osborne and la Feldman of Wausau were Feldman’s guests over Sunday. Miss Mary Borofka and Miss Leon Thomas visited Stevens Point over Sunday. XB Bates, national bank examiner, made a professional call at the First National Tuesday and after examining the books everything was correct.
The Bel clothing store reached a satisfactory settlement with its insurer after recent smoke and water damage. An obituary for Jacob Wiedman, 61, details his birth in Wertenburg Germany, emigration to the U.S., military service in the 62nd Wis. Infantry, remarriage last August, four children, and a funeral at Detheran church on Sunday. An update mentions a potential formation of an order of C. M. A. in the city, with ties to national lodges and plans to establish a local lodge by the next issue.
In Port Edwards a Wednesday meeting of GO M and St P B Co officials and Marshfield and Southeastern Railway leaders signaled near completion of a rainyarde track project. Grading is nearly finished and track laying is set to begin Monday, with completion possible within a week to ten days if weather holds.
Capt. Esch of La Crosse spoke plainly on labor decline since 1872, wage trends under Harrison, and the wheat vs silver myth. He blamed open Dakota land, Russia growth, and power costs for shifts in trade, praising clear, masterly delivery and urging attention to lumber and market fears.
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