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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1914
Page
5
Local headlines cover visits, business trips, and social events in Marshfield and area. Notables include George H. Welton in Junction City, A L Bouldrie on tour to La Crosse Winona and Galesville, and Miss Lillian Kruch celebrating a birthday in Grand Rapids. Community clubs, church events, and theater updates accompany brief notices on police, medical society, and local commerce.
A witty column riffs on abundance of politicians as if ducks were easy to obtain. The piece satirizes political access, comparing crowds of candidates to a plentiful supply of ducks, and notes the humor in crowded campaigns.
Rice Lake draws politicians who plan frequent visits to Central Avenue as gunfire practice or artillery work continues nearby. Marshfield, seen as a southern county political hub, attracts deputies who travel in small groups to make a stronger impression, enabling quicker outreach.
Owing to the need to plaster the high school assembly room a large force of men was employed so no classes could be held Friday or Monday. Sant W. Otte, after consulting with the school board, declared both days holidays and classes did not resume until yesterday. Temporary partitions were removed and the second floor rear wing converted into a bright large room with seating for current needs. some work remains.
Miss Alma Vanderhoof, daughter of Mrs. D. A. Vanderhoof of 611 South Cherry Street, Marshfield, died Wednesday evening after a long illness. Born October 17, 1879 in Bavernut West, she moved to Marshfield as a girl and was a bookkeeper for Roddis Lumber and Veneer Co. Surviving are her widowed mother, sister Eleanor, and brothers Merten J and Eugene Vanderhoof, all of Marshfield. Funeral services were held Saturday at home and at the Methodist Church, with interment at Hillside Cemetery. Pallbearers named were Jacob Teinwander, Kimer Txuksun, Orin Clark, Austin ier, Edward Witt and Herbert Weber. The Roddis office closed at noon Saturday so workers could attend.
Railway City Council No. 189 United Commercial Travelers announces its annual ball in the first week of December. Committees are working on arrangements and the party is described as one of the finest in the city for the winter season, aiming to maintain a high standard after entertaining the state convention last June.
The circuit court action between Marshfield State Bank as plaintiff and John A Thomas and Robert Connor as defendants has been settled out of court. The suit sought recovery of money on a note by Booster Thomas endorsed by Connor, who paid the note in full.
Snow falls Monday driving temperatures to freezing. Birds head south, with many ducks killed at Rice Lake during the storm. Farm work winds down across the region as colder weather settles in.
Five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilfred Boucher died Thursday from convulsions. Funeral held Saturday at Zion's Evangelical church with burial at Hillside cemetery.
The Stratford Journal urges hunters to carry a license or face fines and possible confiscation of gun and ammunition per an attorney general ruling. Saturday night is Halloween and the police say they will arrest violators, but hope for orderly celebration as last year. Chief A. F. Gerwing, StL Police.
Marshfield residents watched a steam-shovel like sewer digger chartered by August Senn clear trenches along Second Fourth and Fifth streets and Central avenue. The machine travels 300 feet per hour on dual wheels and wooden shoes, laying new sanitary and storm sewers to relieve the old systems and improve the city sewage plant.
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