Central Wisconsin State Fair Opens With Full Action
The Central Wisconsin State Fair in Marshfield opens today at 10 am with a strong cattle exhibit, agriculture and dairy displays. Officials toured grounds all week preparing exhibits and preparations include a Red Cross event in the evening and various entertainments. A referendum on market square plans passed 78 to 10, prompting follow up by chamber directors and road sign proposals to direct travelers to Marshfield.
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Wisconsin
Marshfield
Red Cross
Central Avenue
Jst
John Cole
Market Square
Lamson
Joan Kestel
West Second Street
Upham Company
Hatteberg
Messrs
Musbach
Pors and
Edwards
A. Fi Meid
Joseph Goldbach
J. H. Gundy
A. G. Pankow
John Miller
F. L. Musbach
J. C. Marsh
Geo. Campbell
M. J Kraus
C. B. Edwards
Market Square and Rest Room Report Favored
A Marshfield Chamber of Commerce Members Council meeting at the Eagles club discussed the market square and a rest room project. Business leaders praised the idea as an improvement boosting public comfort and aligning Marshfield with progressive cities, with Larry Clark presiding as chair.
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Marshfield
Eagles Club
Chamber of Commerce
Market Square
Larry Clark
Marshfield Boy 18 Cited Over There
Marshfield youth Joseph Scidl Seidl of North Central avenue earns praise from overseas for taking command of Company A after officers were wounded. Serving with the 127th Infantry in France, his act helped lead an attack as the Milwaukee Journal notes. Community urged to back the boys to victory.
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Sergi
Joseph Scidl
Louis Seidl
North Central Avenue
127Th Infantry
France
Milwaukee Journal
Sergt. Seidl
Marshfield
Hoys
Berg Brothers Paper Publishes Then Disbands
The Marshfield Times announces the Berg Brothers firm will dissolve as Loo H Berg has been drafted for service. The paper will be managed by Michael Berg Jr and Martin Hoerl starting with this issue, with a fuller notice to follow next week.
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Marshfield Times
Berg Brothers
Loo H, Berg
Michael Berg, Jr
Martin Hoerl
County to Exhibit at State Fair this Year
Wood county plans a county exhibit at the state fair again and asks residents with unusually good items to notify Q. J. Leu, chairman, or W. W. Clark, county agricultural shoal principal, before Sept 6. Crop prospects are strong this year, promising a creditable display.
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Q. J. Leu
W. W. Clark
Wood County
Private Frank Lenert War Story Emerges From Grand Rapids
The Stars and Stripes recounts Private Frank Lenert, a nineteen year old marine from Grand Rapids, who reportedly emerged from Beleau Woods with eighty two German prisoners. The tale frames Lenert as a sleepy looking soldier who led a drive that overwhelmed remaining German machine gun units. The piece emphasizes his asserted tally and the chaos of a nighttime firefight that changed control of the woods.
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Frank Lenert
Grand Rapids
Brieg
Stars and Stripes
Beleau Woods
Spectacular Volcano Scene in A Night in Honolulu
Adler theater presents a dramatic reproduction of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano in A Night in Honolulu next Wednesday Sept 11. The show portrays lava fountains and fiery eruptions visible from the sea, recounting legends of Pele the volcano goddess and ancient offerings.
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Honolulu
Adler Theater
Mauna Loa
Mokuarweo-wee
Bear
Kilauea
Pele
Wheat Flour Four One Begin Monday
County Food Administrator BE C Pors announces new ration rules allowing consumers to buy and retailers to sell one pound of substitutes for four pounds of wheat flour. The 50 50 mule is rescinded and bread must be made on an 80 20 basis. Substitutes include barley corn meal oats heung potato and peanut flour. Rye flour allowed at two pounds rye to three pounds wheat. Whole wheat and graham flour may be sold without substitutes.
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C. Pors
Marshfield Fights War Losses and Wounds Reach Home
Local families receive news of casualties from the war as Corporal Ray Winch of Marshfield dies in action. Winch, 23, served in Company A of the 127th Infantry and previously fought in the Mexican border campaign. Born in Marshfield in 1894, he worked for Marshfield Hardware and Auto Co. He is survived by parents, two brothers and four sisters. Also reported are Private Leonhard Rienow wounded on August 5 and William Petri killed in action on August 5, with notices reaching their families.
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Marshfield
War Department
Washington
C. R. Winch
Corporal Ray Winch
127Th Infantry
Corp. Winch
Marshfield ‘Hardware and Auto Company
Lynn
Rollin
Lewis Soles
Marjorie
Norma
Mabel
City
Louis Rienow
Leonhard Rienow
Company
Razellville
Wm. S. Petri
William
Hattie Harper
South Vine Street
Corporal George Harper
Corp. Harper
Company A
Wm. Trierweiler
Priv
Nick Trierweiler
France
Richfield
Texas
Germany
Germany Came He Again Left As A Member of Company A
John
Athens
Louis
August
Mick
Anton Beaver
Washington, D. C
Louis Fleisner
Joe Schlagenhaft
St. John’s Catholichurch
Elietors
Milwaukee
Gregor
New Holstein
Frank
Henry Lanzer
Port
Geo. Wolf
Anton Weidman
Steward Parks
Adjutant General
Edward John Parks
Edward Parks
Camp Douglas
Edward J. Parks
War losses toll Marshfield men in Company A
The list records multiple Marshfield area soldiers from Company A 127th Infantry, killed in action in France and wounded on the Mexican border. Names include William S. Petri born Razellville, George Harper, Nick Trierweiler, Louis Fleisner, Mick Parks, Emil Oertel, Edward John Parks, and others with birthplaces, enlistment details, and survivor notes.
Kaiser Beast of Berlin Returns Next Week
Manager Adler rebooks The Kaiser the Beast of Berlin, showing Monday and Tuesday. This will be your last chance to see this picture.
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Adler
Beast of
Berlin
Nationwide Draft Registration Set For September 12
President Wilson fixed September 12 as the registration day for all men aged eighteen to forty-five, including noncitizens, to enroll with local draft boards for potential military service. An estimated 13 million men may register. those in good health will be called first, with all under arms by June 30, 1919.
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Washington, D. C
Wison
United States
Tne
Now Sas
War Department
Schools Opened Monday For New School Year
Monday marked the start of a new school year as many students and a large influx of teachers filled streets and classrooms. The first sessions began with pupils ready to receive final instructions for the year ahead.
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Ady
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Marshfield Boy
Private Frank
Lenert
William §. Petri
Atction
August Petri
H's Lair
Comstock
Wis
Floyd M. Lair
Paul Oertel
Rozellville
Emil G. Oertel
127Th Inf
Hazellville
Pres. Wilson
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